Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-04-30

elementary schools. There are at
present % 900 OF these schools, each of
which has garden attached 10 II, and
is under the care of q master capable
Of imparting a knowledge Of the urin-
ciples of horticulture.
Mr.. McAFEE. superintendent of the
university of Wisconsin experimental
farm. informs us that for three years
past be has grown lima beans without
poles or stakes, by persistent punching
back, after they reach the desired
height--about that OF common bunch
beans. He is confident the crop is very
perceptibly earlier, and thinks it is IN
creased in quantity--the plant being
checked in It's growth Of vino, expend-
ing its energy IN jrult production On
the farm we saw some so created
that they were well loaded with fruit.
A CURRENT paragraph chronicles the
forced termination of II lone-contlnued
lawsuit between two neighburipg farm
ers in Indiana, all about the contested
ownership of n cOw-be worth 80 cents.
"Not being able to pay fees any longer,
the lawyers refused to serve IN the Case,
and the liligants were compelled to
compromise, which they did by each
agreeing to pay his Own costs, amount
ing to over 81 800 Il side" 1t Is added
that both men are impoverished
which suggests Proverbs xvii, IA; Xxx, 3,
and XIV, 8.
Four turkeys (says an old raiser)
were confined In II pen, and ted on
meal, boiled potatoes and oats. -Four
others OF the same brood were at the
same time confined in another pen, and
fed daily ON the same article, but with
one pint of very finely pulverzed CHAR
coal mixed with their food mixed
meal and boiled potatoes. They had
also plentiful supply of broken char
coal in their pen The eight were killed
on the same day, and there was DIFF
ference Of one and "A half pounds each
in favor Of the fowls which had been
supplied with charcoal, they being
much the latest, and the meat being
superior i'll point of tenderness and
flavor.
BETTER THAN SCoLDING.-I have
waited for somebody to say
something for farmers boys. The girls
have taken all the attention, and the
boys are left in the cold | think if
fathers would pay their own boys for
something they would get along better,
and boys would stay on the farm and
not go to the overcrowded city. Now |
hear some father say, "What! PAY nay
own boy?' Yes; pay boys that are big
enough to work; not to spend foolshly,
oh, no, but to buy their own clothes,
"a that hnpl n "a ,Ib lt
men are made Of and like little indie
pendence. A little money will do
more good than ever SO much scolding.
TO prevent saddle gals the saddle
should be lined with some smooth,
hard substance. Flannel or wooden
cloth is bad. A har1fnished, smooth
rawhide lining, similar to those OF the
military saddle is preferable. Then, if
the saddle is poorly fitted to the horses
back, there will be no gals, unless the
horse is very hardly used. Calls should
be washed with soap and water, and
then with solution OF three grains OF
copperas or blue vitriol to one table
spoonful of water, which will harden
the surface and help to restore the
growth of the skin. White hairs grow
ing upon CALLED spots can not be pre-
vented Neb,aSko Farmer.
IT is we'll known among feeders that
when an animal is once ready for tat
tening, the quicker the process Is car
ried on the better and more tender the
meat. Above all, once an animal Is
being fed, it should not be allowed to
shrink during the fattening. 1t IL not
only loss OF time, but the animal Will
not retain that uniform juiciness OF flesh
that it otherwise would. II the animal
be intended To he fed light along from
the calf, plan usually practced by the
best feeders nowadays, so That 1t may
be turned off ripe mt not more than
three years old past, 1t must be forced
right along from the time 1t Is weaned.
In fact the calf should never know the
weaving process Prairie Farmer.
To MAKE feed for chicks, fill bin
with cornmeal, oatmeal and middhngs,
each fifty pounds, and bran ten pounds;
add and thoroughly incorporate with
the lot three ounces bonemeal and one
ounce best caye pepper. Put pen
of thick milk ON the stove till the whey
is formed and it is scalding hot; add
mealto make still butter, salt little,
bake in slow oven four hours. If in
setting nests you find clear eggs, add
two or three of them TO the mixture be-
fore baking. If you can afford it, add
eggs any way. This cake, wet with
either milk or water, or csumbled dry,
is the most economical feed that can be
given; economical not for price, but be-
cause it gives the birds growth material
III perfection and in shape that per
mits waste from neither loss nor fer