Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-11
AGRICULTURAL.
BANK up the cellar in time.

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CAGBAGEs supply an excellent auxil.
lary for the winter feeding of chickens.
THERE is probably no potato that is a
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 a hill are sufficient.
AS many potatoes can be raised there
from as If whole potatoes are used.
A BELvIDERE CHI. } man raised 1888. so
worth of clover seed this year from thir-
ty acres of clover.
Two-THIgDs of the cultivated land in
America IS cultivat d by the personal
labor of the men who own the land.
THE best potatoes grown under favor
able circumstances contain 30 per cent.
of starch; poor ones, about 10 per cent.
THE favorable fall weather in Dakota
has enabled far ners to get in an immense
crop of whest in the northern portion of
the state.
TURNlPs are healthful for horses.
They should be cut in slices, or, what is
better, pulped finely and mixed with
little meal and some salt. Rutabagas
are better than white turnips.
The value of farms in the United
product is three billions. In four years,
therefore, the farm products equal the
value of farms.
AFARMER living near Sykesville, Md,
raised q brood of five young crows this
year, and two of them are perfectly
white. They diti-r in no other respect
from their black companions.
ONE of the phenomena of the season
is second crop of the raspberries and
Strawberries in Delaware and Maryland.
One grower has shipped at one time az
many as 100 pints OF raspberries from
his bushes.
The Rural Mem Yorker says: awe
take the liberty to regard the use of bags
as covering for punches of grapes,
thereby protecting them from birds and
insects, as one of the vagaries 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 ventilsted Is the best place
for preserving potatoes in large quanti
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 |
shed in the pasture will furnish useful |
and small supply of rich
food is of value in keeping up the thrift.
In nearly all eases small boned ami
mails are good feeders, will manure early !
and possess fine flesh. On the other
hand, coarse bones aud large joints indi-
cate late maturity, poor feeding quality
and coarse flesh, with a ls-ge proportion
If offal
THE season is too far advanced for
turning horses out at night. A cold rain
coming on suddenly may do much harm.
f horses are caught in the rain and
drenched, it will be well to
.ub them dry, and then blanket them as
Don rs they reach home. But the blan-
,ets should never be put on till the
lorses are thoroughly dry.
EARLY in January, 1877, it was re-
ported that Mr.. VIM. I. Lawrence, of
r. Y, had prepared
;laim which, in the opinion of such adj
7ocates as the well-kn~ wn chancery law
,ers, Messrs Blake, Kerr & Boyd, would
atisfy the requirements of the English
,ourt. We have, however, as yet seen
10 sllusion to a decision in his favor.
This little pest, is not, rs many sup
pose, brought in from the field, bu.
works upon the grain after it is stored.
IN ia pc RECT state it is little beetle,
,ne-elS < 18Th of an inch long, and has
,rest powers of multiplicstion-s single
beetle is said to produce 5000 eggs.
The eggs are deposited in the housed
,rsin, and soon Matched, the grub eats
1t once into the interior of the grain,
and in time leaves only an empty hull.
Fumigstng the grsnary with sulphur
8 q remedy; the sprinkling of air Stacked
ime has been recommended. If the
yranary is badly infested it is better to
change the place of storage for year or
,wo and starve them opt.
SHEEP need freedom of action and
variety of food more than any of our
domestic animals. IN winter they re-
1uire shelter only against heavy rains
and melting SHOWS, as even cold storm
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