Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-06-14
NO. "A.


raising Hereford steers, which, when
two years old, sell for about 500 each
to the butchers. A correspondent re-
Gently wrote the pyuiFc Farmer that he
would like to "sce tho figures 70 show
how u man can raise cattle on S60 land
SO MS to make il profitable" We pre-
sumo any number of breeders could
show him how To feed steers proftahly
ON stu land in Illinois or other western
cattle states, II is done hy raising inn
proved stock, not necessarily hnc or
fancy stock, but high grade steers for
beef.
INsE'rS IN WlNrEE.--lt does not me-
eessarily follow that we will have an un-
usual number of injurious insects I've.
cause ol the mild winter. Insects hih-
ernato i'll either the pupa or the chrys.
alis state. and instinct has been So
strong in them that they can generally
pass with certainty the winters OF the
section in which they are found, There
is lust rs much reason To believe they will
hc destroyed hy u mild ~ u severe win
lor, rs in the former the pulm or chysa.
lis may be warmed into an image hS
the premature suriug-hkc weather, and
then killed by II sudden change Of tenn
ptraturc. Again when the winter is Sc
vorc, and warm weather docs not come
until il comes To stay, the insects will
not he warmed into life until the proper
time for them to enter upon the accus-
toned summer career. - Farmers Home
Iourndl
RAISING SHEEP AND Does, 1t may hc
regarded as II settled maxim, says EdyM
and FnrSidf, that u good crop of both
dogs and sheep can not he raised in the
same neighhorhood ut the Same time,
Deg husbandry requires but little skill,
and having the advantage Of the law
they multiply with nrapidity Tint would
astonish the lightning calculator him-
self. A comparatively recent invcsti-
CATION shows that there nro over 100000
dogs in Georgia, which annually destroy
nearly 10000 sheep valued at $4,000.
| Atthis time there wore only thirty-one
dogs to every sheep, II is oslimat-
cd that while only six per cent are de-
stroyed hy disease, fifteen per cent are
annually killed by dogs. 1t is further
estimated, that the dogs requiroas food,
which, il fed 70 hogs, would produce
bacon enough to afford M annual sup,
ply sufficient to feed 10000 laboriug
mon. kunsns, though one among the
best adapted states for woolgrowing,
/ has 7IGl0 dnpa. Aud !. "a - ro",iy
/ every state in tho Union. Hardly aweek
passes that we do not see IN account Of
sheep being killed by dogs. Tho ny.
gregato number thus slaughtered ex-
ceeds over 1,000,000 head. There are,
in the United States, about 32,000,000
sheep and s,oo0,ooo dogs, or about one
dog to every five persons. II is estimated
that these dogs eat enough, aside from
the sheep they kill, to feed and iatton
5000, 600 hogs, each worth $l2 or $60,-
100000 in the aggregate.
10 the average farmer, shccp-rnislng
is more profitable than dograisng, in
spite Of the combined opposing inilu-
ences Of dogs and their allies, political
wire-workors. In tho cotton growing
states it has been demonstrated
that it costs no more TO rnis
II pound Of wool than one
Of cotton, and the market value Of the
wool II three times rs great. IL il es-
timatcd that the annual value Of the
wool clip in the United States " valued
nj S50,000000. There must and should
be more persistent and united effort
made by wool-growers 10 properly pro-
tdct their interests. Will ,hcy make
the necessary effort.