Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-03-08
THE FARM.

English experience in dressing we'll
fed hogs il as follows The per cent. Of
pork from n hog, the live weight of
which is above 800 pounds is 81 to S.;
a hog live weight 800 to $50, 81 to 50
Der cent. Of pork; $50 to 100, 81 to 81
per cent; 300 to 800 IS to 50 per cent. :;
under 200 pounds. IS to II per cent.
Swiss cheese is usually made from
skim milk and favored with herbs;
there arc, Of course, richer chccscs,
such us NcufchateI and Bondou, of the
nature Of cream cheese. In Westpha-
liza cheese, the curd is allowed to be-
come slightly s0nred before it is COM
pressed The Italian cheese which il
prepared for expectation is kept in
brine, and consequently is excessively
salt. 1t is intended ~ II condiment for
maccaronl.
WORKING OXES, The signs Of good
working oxen are Long head, broad
and level between the eyes, and the eye
full, keen and plea SAINT; forward legs
straight; toes straight forward; hoofs
broad, not peaked, and the distance
short between The ankle and the knee
These properties enable nm OK to travel
on hard roads; if the animal turns his
toes out the strain comes on the inside
claw, and when travelling on hard
ground lie will get lame ut the joints
between the hoofs and hair; full breast;
straight back; round ribs, projecting
cut us wide as the hip bones; those are
signs Of strength and good constitution
The best colors are brown dark rcd and
brindle. AT four years of age the steer
becomes an OK, and having completed
his eighth or ninth year he should be
fattened for the butcher.
VEGETABLES IN CELLARS. - An cx-
change says that such vegetables as
beets, turnips. cabbage, etc, should
never be kept in the house cellar, rs
they frequently decay and cause acri-
GUS illness. This is true, if they are
careessly thrown III uncovered heaps
on the cellar bottom, but there is no
necessity for such mismanagcmcnt. A
vegetable cellar which should always
be II separate apartment from the fruit
room and from the room where cooked
food ii kept, should be as neat Us 4 par
Ior, aud I'LL vegetables should not only
be stored i'll clean boxes or barrels, but
they should be imbcddcd iii pulveri2ed
moss, which will preserve them fresh
and prevent bad odors. Clean, danp
sawdust Viii do III place Of moss, il the
packages are not largc. Potatoes do
not need such packing, but they should
be placed i'll clean boxes, ventilated At
the bottom, and well covered from the
light at the top.
VALUE or EXPERIMENT. When | was
Il little boy ON my fathers farm, once
made little experiment on my own
account, and carricdit through secretly,
for tie purpose Of enjoying the surprise
it might create. With this view, MS soon
ns father got through planting his corn,
| selected and marked of, unknown to
him, small space near the centre Of
the field. 70 each stalk of corn plant
ed on this place | gave special atten-
ton, for the purpose of finding out how
much each grain planted could pc made
to produce by giving 1t extra manure
and extra hoeing When the corn was
gathered, the difference between my
oct stalks and the rest Of the field at
tracted my fathers attention, and re-
membcr how puzzled he was in trying
to account for it. When Mt length |
disclosed the secret, he instantly inquir-
ed how much extra work and manure |
had applied. Tell me this exactly, said
he. and can tell the value Of the ex-
pertinent. | told him | had simply
doubled what he had given the rest of
the field. After examining the result
and comparing it with the rest Of the
field, lie found that his yield was ut the
rate of Al bushels to the acre and mine
at the rate of 60 bushels. Now, said he,
if extra culture and extra manure are
good for single stalks, il must be good
for the whole crop. SO the next year
he adopted my plan for the whole crop,
and found that the gain was even lar
ger, by several bushels than IN my en-
pertinent; ana lie also found that the
cost Of each bushel was reduced to 9
cents. Conrad Wilson,
The BREEpINtt AND IMPROVING OF CAT
nus. In no other branch Of agricultural
| huShandry has there been SO much lnl-
provemcnt within the last decade rs III
the breeding and improving of cattle,
and this has been the case notwithstand-
ing tho shrnkage in the ordinary re-
ceipts from the farm. True, but little
has yet been done in proportion to what
remains to be done. In every part OF
the country cows of The old uninprored
breeds are still more numerous than
grades, and the beef offered int the great
majority OF cases is such rs must be
sold for prices that do not Pay the
feeder while hpevcs good enough for
expectation totoreign countries are but
few. Rut there il, Notwithstanding, Y
great and better still, u steadily m
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