Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-06-21
AGRIClLTrRE.

AMERICANS are good deal Ike pota.
to bugs. They ~ 10 Paris green.
4 KANSAS man SAID his house would
have blown down, but II had ~ heavy
mortgage ON IT,
liz does not pay to make COWS wmho
over too much territory to set their
food, nor to 20 long distances Tor drink,
i Ii there is too much travel ior food and
water, the vital energies are used up II
exercise, and cannot be expended in
producing milk.
WElmtr or lIvE CArnE--Thc live
weight Of cattle cam hc pretty accurate
j ~ ascortaincd hy the following method
Measure with u tape line from the tc
of the shoulders to the root of the TAN
for tho length, then around tho body
Immediately behind the (orclcgs for the
glrth, Then apply this rule. Suppose
IAN OK is five feet III length and seven III
girth, multiply the square of the girth
4 In inches by the length in inches, and
divide the sum hv 1.23S; the quotcnt
multiplied hy II is tho weight I'M
IpoundS. Ii the animal should be per
/ feet in form, an accurate result would
/ he obtained. hut when not thus perfect,
rs i generally the case, M estimate of
the weight II good Judgment is used,
/ will be secured near enough correct for
all practical purposes DiT99 Rn1uL
Wool oN rllE SuEEr's BACk The or-
Hdinary breeds 81 sheep met with nmost
countries do not cl angc their coat as
has been clearly demonstrated 10y cN-
! Ihaustive experiments. They have been
left unshorn for four. seven and eleven
years, without amy fresh growth being
observed, although the original coat
continued to increase by simple prolon.
CATION Of the individual hair The rate
Of growth is faster during the first three.
years Of the Sleeps hlc, after which ii
decreases gradually and considerably.
In domesticatcd sheep the growth each
year is most luNurinnt immediately at.
ter the shearing, III June and July, while
in the wild breeds, ms might be expect
ed, it is most marked in winter time,
when the severity ol the weather de
mands additional protection. T. ErehonW.
TAKE CARE or THE TooIS.-We never
knew farmer To take nm aNo or II
beetle and go around and break ~
MllpHl Htlt UIlNl. hIlH9h ~ " bltA1f NINlty
and ornck this section, and clip that
one among his farm machines wagons.
and implements -tlat is unless he was
drunk. But some Of thcm-prctty
good farmers, too, IN most things get
about the same results IN II roundabout
way. They stow the moving machine
in lcaky she'd where it is used rs n
turkey roost; the lighter instruments
arc put away where the cattle knock
them down and break them the clrri.
age and harness are kept where the
stable fumes spoil the vnrnish; and II
general shp-shod style knocks of fifty
per cent. from the value Of the farming
equipment. The farmer who keeps
things shipshapc" is generally the
I, thriving man. Down-nt-th e-hccl-aC-
tivcncss spreads tile black frost of u
mortgage over II farm nearly as quick
us rum-dllnklng.
SALriNG STOCK One Of the most i'm
portantthings To attend to IN the care Of
farm stock Of every Kind Il that they
have access ut MI times to salt. In this
connection we would again call attcn-
ton 70 the bnd practice III vogue with
many otherwise good farmers, i'll that
they salt irrcgularly, and III such times
with too liberal n hand. Thus animals
will gorge themselves, and this often
results in severe purging. Again, when
salt II thrown about on the ground to
be licked up the stronger animals get
more than they should and the weaker
ones little or none Besides this. injury
to weak animals is often the result of
this struggle. The proper way to salt
! stock is to have the salt placed under
cover, where they may get IT every day
If they wish Ia this way they take
l1lst what they want and no more and
while eating what IS necessary forthcm,
they never take enough TO do them in.
Jury. Thus cattle will seldom take
more than an ordinary tablespoonful
per day, and this II about what they re-
qure III summer as nm aid 10 proper
digestion. Frair1e tar01er.
TEXAS SuEEP ANn SIIEpGIrHDs The
kcatuctg Lim Stack Rec0rd, il its
reports 81 conventional wool growers
ut san Antonio, Texas at which Isl
sheep and wool growers and others at-
tended, aud in relation to the protest
entered there against any reduction III
the present tariff on imported woods,
says: Respecting the protest itself we
have nothing T. say. There are few
active industries which can afford 10 be
more independent of legislative protce.
/, ton than wool-growing, or which the
b6undless prares lnxuriant grass and
equable climate Of Texas and .hc Pa.
cilic states give such incalcnlablc ad-
yantages. Not pound of wool the
less would be raised If the duty were
entirely repealed, and certainly the
home wooden cloth factory interest
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