Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-05-02
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a thrifty farmer, on the other hand,
viii keep all his buildings in good re-
I pair and looking neat.
PRoMrrNISS and energy save time.
/ While one man drags his work along,
never having any leisure, another drives
his work, pushes everything ahead, and
has abundance OF Tune Tor reading,
/ planning, Investigating and attending
meetings OF the Farmers Club
1 PsRnArS few Of our farmers are aware
that the same planting 81 rye can he
used as 4 pasture for number Of ears.
One sowing has been used in MasSa.
chusetts for seven Years in succession
| by grazing sheep upon Il and never
! letting II so up 10 seed, Four years
has also been known, the rye producing
a crop ofgrain the fifth year.
\ MAkE your farm 81 valuable ~ con-
slant Improvement, SSillul culture,
good fruit, ornamental shrubhery, and
pleasant surroundings that no money
will tempt you To leave it. We think il
should he the settled purpose ot every
! lie, to make u permanent home which
he will never wish to part with till he is
called . the better land. Spirit u
Kansas.
FARMERS lose money 10y Keeping no
account ct farm operations; paying no
attention to the maxim that ~ stitch
! III time saves niue;' allowing fences To
remain unrepsired until strange cattle
are found grazing in the meadow, grain
fields or browsing on the fruit trees,
planting fruit trees without giving the
trees the attention required To make
them profitable, and many other forms
OF neglect.
Few of us are sufficiently aware OF
the true value of our inseCtivorous
birds From early spring until late
autumn the restless visitors haunt Tie
fields and gardens III quest of food,
prying into every nook and crevlce
where the destrOycrS of oar crops lie
concealed, countless host OF which
falls II prey TO their busy search during
the seasons of planting ami harvest.
Every bird THAT freQuents the arm- il
We except the henhaMk and crow
comes 70 otter us an unpaid service
whose importance We can hardly over
estimate. Let any one who doubts
this watch Il phWbehird or sparrow
for half an hour, and see how, with
scarcely Il moments intermission, our
little lnsect-hunter pnrsucS his eager
task; and then let him reflect ON the
necessity, the duty, of atlording the
birds every possible protection. EI.
change.
Much nonsense is circulated in re.
gard To the rapid loss OF fertility OF
larry farms by reason of the carrying
away OF tho phosphates in the milk,
Now, 1000 pounds of milk contain
about three to four pounds phosphatcs
Of which nearly the whole is phosphate
Of lime. or this less than half is phos-
phoric acid. Five thousand pounds OF
milk therefore, contain but seven aud
one-half pounds of phosphoric acid
which may he taken M the yearly CON
sumption in this way of each COW. Az
wheat bran contains % per centum 81
phosphoric acid, ii needs only BOT
pounds Of bran to he feed to each COW
yearly 10 replace the draft upon the
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fed less than this quantity Of either
bran or some food equivalent to it, and
ii is pretty certain that very little, il
any, phosphoric acid is really taken
from the soil of dairy farms. On the
contrary, to say nothing Of the natural
supply in the soil, which slowly be.
comes soluble, there il good reason To
believe that every well-kept dairy farm
becomes gradually richer IN phosphates
every year.-Americ1n AWicuttuist.
The BOYS AND THE FARMs.-At the
meeting Of the Berks County Agricul.
tural society, Prof, James Calder, presi.
dent of the Pennsylvania state college
was present and spoke upon the sub
iect of Glow to keep our sons on our
farms" Among other thing. he said
A fortune acquired through the tillago
OF the soil is more permanent than that
secured through any other means. II
farmers have failed III their business,
and suffered pecuniary losses, il has
been because they diverted their attcn-
ton TO other matters, such M unproiit-
able speeulations and business under
takipgs with which they were unfamll-
Jar. There is no calling without lis
temptations, but there is none so free
from temptation as that of the farmer,
who, by his location, is SO isolated as to
be removed from the evils and vices
which beset tho denizens Of cities. The
calling Of the farmer leads him to com
mune with nature. He IS ALA taught
patience, perseverance and hope, and
becomes naturally man Of faith, con
fidence, hope and assurance. Under all
circumstances the farmer is more like
u to be man Of honesty and integrity
than If he was engaged in any other av-
ocation in life. Young men should be
left TO understand that If they desire 10
become good farmers they require an
education. Much can be done by far
mers in the care and improvement OF
farm stock. On some farms in Penn.
sylyania can be found ~ fine cattle
horses and mules. Qaite a revolution
has been accomplished in this respect,
as compared with the practice OF years
ago. If a farmer desires 10 have his
boys early trained 10 the farm, it is well
TO instill in their minds love for farm
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