Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-06-27
AGRICULTURAL.

ing him too fast immediately a,,er 4
hearty me&l Ii the journey must be
resumed without delay, the horse should
be driven very slowly for n half hour
or more, when the speed may be safely
Increased. A good horse is too valu-
able an animal to ruin by i0udioious
haste.
ColLNcr some SCOT from u chimney
or stove where wood is used rs fuel, put
into an old pitcher and pour hot water
upon II. When cool Use il to water
your plants every lew days. The effect
upon plants is wonderful in producing
rapid growth Of thrifty shoots, with
large thick leaves and great number
Of nchly-tinted roses,
CoRN cohs dipped into molasses and
suspended from limits in the plum trees
has saved many u crop OF plums for u
Moreland farmer. He has done this
for many years with success. The cur
cul;o will lay his brood into the sweet
ened corn cob instead cf the pmms.
From six to twelve prepared corn cohs
are sufficient for an ordinary.si8ed tree.
prLL tools are labor MASTERS. 1t Is
cheaper to use up whole grindstons in
one season than to work with dull hoes,
spades and other tools. See that dull
tools are ground sharp every evening;
the mon may do thiS.while they are talk.
ing, and chatting over their pipes, and
the tools will I've ready for use in the
morning.
TnH original SouthdownS were the
pureSt blood of any English sheep.
Their Improvement was accomplished
Ivy judicious selection from various
iloc&s. Great symmetry of form has
been attained, large sixr and fattening
qualities. by reason Of their purity,
they have stamped their mttening DUAL.
tiles moro certainly upon their offspring
than any other English breed. Lord
WalSinSham flock is the most ccle-
hratod. Stock Journal and Farmer.
A FARMER says: "Four years ago my
farm was foariully infested with rats.
They were so numerous that Ind great
fears OF my whole crop being destroyed
by them after il was housed; but having
two acres of wild peppermint that
grew in field of wheat, cut and bound
with the wheat, drove the rats, from
my pr ,mises. | have not been troubled
with them since, while my neighhors
have any quantity OF them. felt con-
ynced that any person who is troubled
with these pests could easily get rid of
them by gathing good supply of mint
and placing il around tho walls or base
of their barns.
TiiE top Of fruit tree, to secure the
best results in color and flavor of the
fruit, should be kept open to tho admis-
sion of air and sunlight. II some
branches grow too fast for the hnrmo-
NOUS balance of the tree, pinch out the
buds ut the end, and thus force the
growth into the other branches that are
not SO thrifty. Five years oi cultiya-
ton and watchfnl pruning, and You will
never have occasion 10 remove large
branches. Ii is u terrible loss To tree
to allow branches to attain n largo size
only to bo slaughtered.
No FARMER need expect to gather
fruit many seasons without mnnurinp
the orchard well. This point is often
overlooked. Every third year Il good
coat of bnrnyard manure should be ap-
piled. Bone dust and ashes are excel
lent. In western New York 1t IL the
habit to feed fruit trees we'll; here VIZ
starvo them, aud the result is Now York
supplies our great markets with fruit
when we ought to do IL ourselves. Sow
eral times u year We unfold to our read.
ers the great secret of laigo fruit crops
manure, manure, manurol and We
shall keep ON in that line if it takes u
lifetime. Apples ut 81 II barrel and
pears nj So are more profitable than
milk NJ 2 cents quart butter ut ~
cents u pound, Or corn Mt 80 cents u
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A SPECIAL WANT MORE SHEEP. Tho
United States need more sheep. In NIL
parts of this great country TO secure
health and comfort its people must
have food and clothing. The sheep
furnishes the best and most wholesome
food, and the most comfortable cloth
ing vet tested by the masses Of our
people. In malarial distrots--espe-
cially those where extremes Of heat
and cold are WOODEN clothing
and freer and more common diet OF
good young mutton, would insure bet
ter health and greater vigor than gen
orally characterizes pork eaters and the
wearers Of cotton and fine linen. From
the best data within our reach,
we ascertain that there arc on
the entire globe about G00,O00,000
sheep OF these the United
States has but 35000,000. Our manu-
factories consume annually more than
225,000O00 pounds Of wool. II each Of
our sheep furnished five pounds Of
wool, there would yet be n yearly
deficit Of 50,000,000 pounds. Here is n
good field for enterprising stock men.
We need double our present number Of
sheep. Let no one indulge single
fear Of an over production Of either
mutton or wool. Could our llocks be
tripled Or quadrupled they would add
not only TO the comfort and healihful-
ness Of the people, but 10 their intelli.
gence and sobriety, as well as to the
productiveness Of every field used M n
sheep pasture. We hope that every
farmer who reads this, will at once con-
sider how much his interests would be
snbservcd by adding a score Of sheep 10
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