Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-11-08
FARM NOTES.

wheat. He discovered that the opidcr-
mis-. seed skin, gluten cells, layer and
germs formed lSpcr cent, Of the weight
ot the wheat, and the flour cells 50 per
cent. Therefore, - per cent. or ~
pounds Of flour to tho hushel of GO
pounds. is the greatest possible yield OF
flour. What bothcrs the millcrs, is how
to get II out. -PmUie Farmer,
Z 4 writer sends to the Elmira Farm
cr's Club the following cure for gals on
the shoulders Of draught animals, which
he says is the best ever used Dissolve
six dMchms Of iodine in half pint of
alcohol, and apply ii on the sore with a
feather MS soon us the collar is removed
and, when ut rest, twice day, morning
and evening. The article should be in
the stable Of every farmer rs il is an
excellent application on horses whore
the skin is broken hy kicks OF other
accidents. and is sure cure for sphntS
If used iii \ proper manner, Pdcticd
Farmer.
TINS Mcnnonitos seem to hc Nh in
dustrious people, who flourish wherever
they settle. Those of Manitoba are
getting along prosperously. They have
seeded $4,000 acres OF land, and sown
$50 bushels of llaXsecd, have bought
/, sixteen threshing machines, besides one
run 10y steam power built II saw-mill
and grist-mill, and constructed through
" swamp road sixteen miles long,
broad enough for two teams to pass each
other on, and solidly built upon tim
Der foundation, the enterprise being un-
dertakcn to give their settlements froer
access 10 the markets without.
AMONG tho entries at the New York
State Fair, says the HuSbUdmdn, are
some sheep, bred hy young Ind who,
n few years ago, started his flock with
n eve purchased Of his father. lIc has
bred his sheep with great care. securing
the use Of high-brcd males, and now
has flock of twonty-three head of first
class sheep, winch shcared the present
season six pounds each Of washed wool,
which brought him something over $40.
He has his flock Of sheep and 1925 at
interest. the money was derived from
the sales Of lambs and wool. This il Il
very good way for boys to learn to take
~ interest III farming.
The sheep bites closer than the OK.
He was designed 10 1.-Two whore the
other would starye; he has designed in
many places to follow the other, and to
gather sufficient nourishment where
the OK would be unable 10 crop single
blade. Two purposes are answered by
this: All the nntriment that the land
produces is gathered from il, while the
pasture Is made 70 produce more her
bage than by any other means it could
be forced To do; the sheep, by his close
bite, not only loosens the roots Of the
grass and stimulates their spreading,
but by cutting of the short suckers
causes the plant to throw out fresh,
more numerous and stronger ones, and
thus improves and increases the value
Of the crop. Nothing will moro expo-
dlclously or cl!ectually make rich,
permanent pasture than iLs being oG.
asionally and closely eaten down by
sheep.
The English government does not
appear to be satisfied with the density
obtained by ordinary hay presses. We
read that the plant Of hay.prcssing ma
chinery which has been in course Of
erection for some time past in the Roy
nj dock yard ut Woowich, was officially
tested on the 10Th ult., and it was found
that, with the aid Of this machinery,
which is worked by hydraulic power,
three ordinary trusses Of hay can read
lily be compressed into somewhat
smaller bulk than TINT Of one single
truss IN the space of three-quarters of
Il minute. The pressure applied
amounted to no less than two tons on
the square inch, and 80 powerful is the
plant that as many as six trusses can be
pressed into the compass Of one, and
the machinery is capable Of turning out
800 tons ofcompressed hay per week,
or double that amount If working day
and night.
CHEAP BONE Dusr Nearly every
farmer has surplus apples, or some
other fruit, that the boys Of tho neigh
borhood. and especially Of the neigh
boring village, long for. Tell them you
will give them a peck Of apples for n
bushel ot bones, and you will have
plenty Of customers. Then, late in the
fall, take little waste wood, pile il
with the bones in heap, and burn
them until they are white, and can be
pulvcrlcd with the back Of shovel.
This gives you what is called bone-ash,
powerful fertilizer, and just what Ii
wanted rs an ingredient Of the compost
heap 1t il tine cheapest way both to
get and utilize the waste bones, thou
sands Of bushels Of which lie around in
every community. y.-Rural New Yorter.
WELLKEIT FARMS "A well ordered
farm, well chosen stock, comfortable
buildings, d neatly-kept garden, road
way or entrance way, gates well hung,
fences we'll kept, shade trees, Ornamen-