Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-05-30
THE FARM.

planted start the harrow and keep it
going. Corn pays, The most etfectual
way 10 raise good corn is TO show the
weeds no mercy. Now is the time to
head them with the harrow,
STAIN bread moistened with sweet
milk is recommended very highly as
good feed for young chickens the first
few days, When week old they may
be fed on cracked grain soalded, When
old enough to swallow grain give them
plenty Oft.
NEW ENGLAND has now over $3.50 far.
mer'S clubs, with $1,000 active mom-
bers and library books To the number
Of II 600, and in the United States there
are nearly 100 agricultural societies,
with $1,000 volumes III their libraries,
and with access to $50 different agricul-
tural publications.
THE SourtpowN.--Au inquiry comes
to Ills, as To the size and merits of the
Southdown, MS to the reason that breed
ers OF this sheep do not advertise them
in our columns, We cannot answer the
latter inquiry, unless the breeders do
not want to Introduce them. The
Southdown of the present is very
marked improvement ON the original
They are without horns, and have dark
brown faces and legs; the hind quarters
are square ana full. They are very fine
i'll form and beautiful in appearance
They are very docile, very hardy, and
easily adapt themselves to surrounding
circumstances. They fatten easy, and
this enables them 10 be brought into
the market at an early age. Al twelve
months old they ought to weigh eighty
pounds At two years old they ought
TO weigh from a hundred TO n hundred
and twenty-five pounds, The meat is
OF Il tine quality. The Southdown eve
isvcry prolific. The fleece closely GOV.
ers the body, and is short in staple, fine
and curling.
PorAToES UNDER SrRAw.-Thc cul-
ture of potatoes under straw is SIM
pie matter. The seed should he placed
ON the surface of the ground, nj short
distances apart, say Sin inches, and then
carefully covered with straw. If the
ground is comparatively free from
weeds, the straw need not he more than
six inches thick; hut il the land is very
foul, the covering of straw should bc at
least n foot deep. Rye straw, il it has
been bound up, will lie closer, moro sol
id TO the ground, and need not he so
thick. Tho light must be excluded
from the potato, and il will grow and
take root in the ground. There must
he straw enough to produce darkness,
and that is NIL that is required. The
straw does not turn to mould during the
season, but packs down and affords y
complete protection, SO that the hills Of
young potatoes form on the top of the
ground with nothing over them but the
mulch made by the straw. or course
there is no cultlvating or hooing, but if
weeds mako their appearance above the
straw they must be pulled out. -Rmdi
NdV Yorker
INSPECT YouR CELLARS. You think
your cellar is in good sanitary condi.
ton; do you know that il il? Have you
looked over your potatoes, turnips
squashes, and other vegetables, to ms
certain their condition. Dipthera
typhoid and scarlet fever, and many
other more serious illnesses, have theil
origin in cellars in city and country
and we can do our readers nj
greater service than to see al
MI times that they are in dry
wholesome condition. Why should
farmers families living in the country
away from the pestiential yapors ol
cities, be so subjected to attacks of mai
gnant diseases There is reason foi
il. They arise from the indifference
manifested 10 observance OF hygicnit
rules and the violation Of sanitary laws
Cleanliness is essential to the health
and il is just as necessary in the coun
try as in the city. a family living over
foul cellar is more liable To b,
poisoned and affected with illness tina,
q city family living in its polluted at
mostphere, but without cellar or base
ment, filled with fcrmentlng roots ane
fruits. There is far more sickness il
the country among the husbandmer
than there ought to be. With plenty o
pure air, water, and exercise, the ev
imp, disease, ought to be kept at bay
and we would bo better if an obser
vance of certain hygienie conditions
were maintained. Bad conditional Gel
lars, small, close sleeping rooms, stoves
these are all agents Of evil, and mr.,
fast making the homes Of farmers nj
most MS unhealthy az those Of th,
jewellers Of the cities.
CoLoRISG BUTTER. We notice in Tho
Western Rural brief communication
from Farmers Wife," describing
her mode Of coloring butter, which doe,
not at all injure, but adds to the flavor
Of the butter. IL is simply using Tho
juice Of orange carrot, as follows: "Fol
about three gallons Of cream take six Of
more good Sized carrots, wash them anC
crate them on coarse Crater; wher
grated pour on boiling water, which viii
extract the color. Put the cream il
the churn; strain the carrot juice
through coarse muslin into the cream
and churn. Should the cream be worm
enough, the carrot joice must cool be
fore using. Aside from tic coloring
the carrots give the butter sweet taste
similar TO grass butter" This is the
statement, and We wish 10 add our III.
dorsement to it's correctness in every
respect. Some fifteen years ago
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