Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-02-12
AGRICULTURAL.

,r,..Ty hay ana ualhaSeu Sialu can
NJ NJ fad TO stock with impunity.
n2 rrrp turnips to milch COWS Just after
lS, LrD The milk will not then be
min Favored
sorr firm, yelvety skin is nearly
-, = found on a good COW, and
1 s;rt hard hide on poor one.
-, ,,r,posrSE will soften boots or shoes
M have been hardened by water,
s III rsnder them as piable as new.
''- ru1 M all depressions in the surface
! aronnd the buildings, SO that there
sv ar he no standing water, no matter
.'', much rain may fall.
THE introduction of the cultivation
: tba mangle wurtzel into Great Britain
"a. nIace in 1856, and formed almost
new era in British industry.
WHEN commencing your agricultural
N, remember that industry, economy
.nl integrity will insure success, and
I'm he best capital that can be en-
pIoyed.
OATS vary in quality with the soil on
,L;ph they are grown. The meal made
;,am oats grown upon clay land is the
be.t IN quality, is the thriftiest,"
seeps the longest and is worth the
highest price.
The heaviest turkey that We have
heard of is the one sent to President
I5bnson in 1866 by the Union Club, of
sanford Conn. This bird turned the
scales at forty-seven pounds, alive and
was not two years old.
An excellent farmer says that for
every sheep he kept last year he sold,
in lambs and wool. an average Of 50
worth per head. He SAID also that his
sheep paid him better than anything
Else grown on his farm.
BREEDING ewes should be fed daily
ration of about one gill Of corn, or,
better still, about one pint of cats.
They should be warmly sheltered from
cold winds and drenching rams. Such
treatment will give strong healthy
.4mbS.
Buy a coal oil barrel; knock one head
in; take bunch of old hay, set fire to
it. and throw it in the barrel; let it burn
until the slaves commence 10 burn;
put it out by turning the barrel upside
DOWN; scrape the Goals off, and you
nave good, sweet barrel.
No animal should be killed for food
Immediately after violent exercise.
Under such conditions tae meat will
keep but very short time, and some
tines it is impossible to keep it sweet
with all the salt that can be used. Hogs,
specially, should be butchered early
in the morning after quiet rest during
the night.
Every farmer may not be able to
reach the maximum of production, yet
he can make his land produce what he
needs and what an accommodation
market will pay him well for, when he
mas it in excess of home wants. No
armer in the land, however poor his
,OImay be at the outset, has any ex-
Cnefor not making every acre con-
tribute to his own and the general good.
AGooD and cheap rack in which to
place fodder for sheep may be made of
rough boards nailed at the corners to
>C2ntlings. A good size is 10 by q
feet, Two boards, l foot wide. with
space of 8 inches between them, con-
suute the sides aud ends. The edges
Of the boards next to the opening should
be rounded to prevent injury to the
neckS of the sheep.
Mr.. VIM. FOSTER, says the Hartford.
ny, Herald, has n Poland China SOW
That has dropped forty-six pigs inside of
the last two years. In December, 1876,
she dropped nine; the next was in
September 1877, she dropped eleven; IN
Apl 1878, she dropped seventeen, and
IN TINS month she dropped nine. A
single brood SOW like this is enough for
any ordinary farmer.
HE more the agricultural situation
IS discussed, whether by the press or in
pubic meeting, the more general be-
comes the conviction of the Importance
o. agriculture in the nations welfare.
1t is OF Importance to the whole COM
iAumty that the land should be worked
70 the highest advantage. The farmers
themselves are fast rising to proper
appreciation Of the value and dignity of
'helr calling.
ScITUATE. Mass, is almost tie only
pace IN the country where carragreen,
VI IRISH moss, used in jellies, blanc
mango, and in making lager beer, is
gathered and cured. About $50 fam
mes are engaged in the harvest, the
men gathering the moss with long rakes
mo dorles, while the wives and daugh-
'efa prepare it for market. The annual
product Is 10000 to $1,000 barrels,
worth to the CATERERS about $4,000.
HORSE raising has become large
business on the western plains. Some
vi the herders on the Yellowstone have
nom oOO to 1900 head, and are max
I4g fortunes by selling the three-year-