The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-12-13
AGRICULTURAL.
BANK I'D the cellar in time.

PACK celery away in dark place in
sand. 1t will help to bleach it.
CABBAGEs supply an excellent auxil
larry for the winter feeding of chickens
THERE is probably no potato that is q
better keeper than the Snowflake.
To keep cider sweet, put one ounce of
oil of sassafras in each barrel, and keep it
in cool place.
Two sound eyes to hill are sufficient.
As many potatoes can be raised there
from as if whole potatoes are used.
A BELvIDERE( Gil. man raised 1913 so
worth of clover seed this year from thir-
ty acres of clover.
Two.TRIRDs of the cultivated land in
America is cultivated by the personal
labor of the men who own the land.
The best potatoes grown under favor
able circumstances contain 20 per cent
of starch; poor ones, about 10 per cent.
THE favorable fall weather in Dakota
has enabled farmers to gel in an immense
crop of whest i'll the northern portion of
the state.
TURNIPs are healthful for horses.
They should be cut in slices, or, what is
better, pulped finely and mixed with a
little meal and some salt. Rutabagas
are better than white turnips.
TIE value of farms in the United
States is eleven billions, and the annual
product is three billions In four years,
therefore, the farm products equal the
value of farms.
a FARMER living near Sy kesville, Md,
raised a brood of five young crows this
year, and two of them are perfectly
white. They difcr in no other respect
from their black com oanions.
ONE of the phenomena of the season
is a second crop of the raspberries and
Strawberries in Delaware and Maryland.
One grower has shipped at one time as
many as 100 pints OF raspberries from
bis bushes.
THE Rural Nea0 Yorker says: awe
take the liberty to regard the u.e of bags
SIS covering for punches of grapes,
thereby protecting them from birds and
insects, as one of the yagaries of enthusi-
astic horticulturists.
FOR iron rust take dry cream of tar
tar and rub on with the finger while the
cloth is wet. Hang or place where the
sun will shine directly upon it. Should
the rust not come out with the first
application, repeat.
a CELLAR that is cool, dry and dark,
and yet we'll ventilated is the best place
for preserving potatoes in large quaint
ties. When smaller quantities are to be
preserved, there is nothing like dry
sand. The same may be said of fruits
and roots of all sorts.
COLD and wet do much harm to young
stock and stop the growth, which is
rarely commenced again till the warm
weather Of the next season. A rough
protection, and a small supply of rich
food is of value in keeping up the thrift.
Is nearly all eases small boned AMI
mails are good feeders, will manure early
and possess fine flesh. On the other
hand, coarse bones and large joints indl-
cate late maturity, poor feeding quality
and coarse flesh, with la-ge proportion
OF offal.
THE season is too far advanced for
turning horses out at night. A cold rain
coming on suddenly may do much harm
If horses are caught in the rain and
thoroughly drenched, it will be well to
rub them dry, and then blanket them as
soon as they reach home But the blan-
kets should never be put on till the
horses are thoroughly dry.
EARLY in January, 1877, it was re-
ported that Mr.. VIM T. Lawrence, of
Lansingburg, y. Y, had prepared a
claim which, in the opinion of such ad-
vOcates as the we'll kDvwn chancery law
yers, Messrs. Blake, Kerr & Boyd, would
satisfy the requirements of the English
court. We have, however, as yet seen
no allusion TO decision in his favor.
SHEEP need freedom of action and
variety Of food more than any of our
domestic animals. In winter they re-
quire shelter only against heavy rains
and melting SHOWS, as even cold storm
is better than heated barn, ct least for
Cotswolds. A rough shed, facing the
south and capable of being closed during
the rain and snow storms is quite suffi
Gent. They should then be kept in
small flOcks, have spacious yards to roam
in, and at all times, exc pit during
storms, fed in racks out of doors in
ordinary weather. Where cold storms
are rare, and the ground is free from
heavy snow, artificial shelter is hardly
necessary, for Cotswolds at any rate.