Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-03-21
AGRICULTURAL.

fertilizers to fruit trees as near the ex-
tremities OF the root as possible, not up
against the body or collar of the tree.
The feeding roots are principally those
farthest from the tee. Lateral roots
extend about equally with lateral limbs.
MAKE your farm SO valuable by con-
slant improvement, skillful culture,
good fruit, ornamental shrubbery and
pleasant surroundings, that no money
will tempt you to leave it. We think
it should be the settled purpose of every
young man to put down his stakes for
life, to make permanent home
which he will never wish to part with
till he is called to the better land
Spirit Of Kansas.
BARN-iARD manure must remain, for
many years at least, the backbone Of
profitable farming; hence it should be
guarded with special care. Manures
should invariably be under cover, and
in absence of proper shelter they should
be protected by thick coat of dry
earth, road scrapings Of sods and mold.
DO not permit your most valuable aid
to increased profits to blow off with ev-
cry wind, or wash away with every rain.
EXPERIMENTS with borax which have
been carried out in the dairy connected
with the agricultural station in Florence,
Italy, have, itappears from all accounts,
proven that borax has q wonderful ef-
feet in nsuring the preservation of but
ter. Fresh butter made mt the Florence
station for testing this matter, and re-
cciying the addition of about eight per
cent. of borax, is reported to have MAIN
tanned n fine flavor, without any change
whatever, for upwards Of three months.
TIE Western Stock Journal gives this
sensible advice to farmers: For the
western grain farmer thee is but one
safe plan for this season, and that is to
reduce expenses, raise corn and oats,
and feed the product into pork and
beef. BY reduction Of expenses | refer
to such rs accrue from farm manage
ment. Put in no crop that will compel
You to buy expensive machinery to cul-
tivate or harvest it; make NJ plan that
will necessitate the employment Of
much extra labor.
JOHN FlNNELL, of Tehama, farms on
q large scale. The Los Sauces ranch in
Tehama county, purchased by him last
year, borders for sixteen miles on the
Sacramento river, and contains 10000
acres. Ninety-seven horse and mule
teams, six animals in each, are now
ploughing on this place. Mr.. Fnnell
also leases ranch in Colusa county,
containing 10000 acres. This ranch
borders on the Sacramento river for six
teen or seventeen miles, and on it lG,-
600 acres are seeded to wheat, which is
now looking finely.
A New YORK farmer, the past year,
cut from two acres of land six tons of
clover hay, then plowcd and sowed ru-
tabaga turnips, and raised 500 bushels.
These turnips were regarded us equal
TO fourteen tons Of hay from two acres
in one season. The turnips were used
to feed the horses, Mt the rate of half q
bushel day, with what oat straw they
might eat and no grain. The horses
were fat and looked well, and were in
good condition to drive five or six hours
per day.
Mr.. LYONS, of Muskingham county,
Ohio, has n peculiar COW. Parties have
visited and tested the truth of his state.
ment, which is rs follows: This COW
has had her second calf, and her milk
produces butter without churning.
When set in common pans for twelve
or twenty-lGur hours, butter rises in
stead of cream, and all we have to do
is to take the ladle and throw it into the
butter bowl; with two or three minutes
working it is ready for the table, and Is
surer0r butter at that. Quantity pro-
duced is fifteen to twenty pounds per
week when she is fresh. She is full
bred Durham, and II very peculiar
looking animal.
SOMETIMES cattle get the habit OF toss
ing their fodder out of the manger and
under foot THIS generally happens
when they are too we'll fed or have too
that sort in the old fashion of tying
them close together with their horns
knocking together almost on the barn
floor. Animals are not likely to poke
their feed toward one another, YOU will
observe, but they are very apt to draw
more hay towards themseves--if there
is II chancc-than they can possibly
make use Of. A Stat or two nailed
across Manager stops all that flirting of
tho head and holds the hay better than
mere sidc-boards will.
NoRACITY OF CArvH.--Joseph Nj.
Hoadley stopped at farmers in Hun
tington and left his horse in the barn
for about three hours. When he re-
turned he found that calf had eaten
part of the horses name and tail and
had made considerable progress on the
harness. lie was glad he got back in
time to save the horse. W. w. Blake
man took y party of young folks 70
Bungy to pick berries. He put the har-
ness in the wagon and turned the horses
into u neighboring field. When he
came back lie found that the calf was
making mesl of the harness, and he
got homo with difficulty. Some time
ago, a. H. Sherwood drove 10 Great Hill
and hung his harness under shed. in
the morning he found that the calves
had made such havoc with itthat ii was
necessary to get new harness before
he could get home. lfthere is anything
n calf will not eat il must be the tires