Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-12-25
AGRICULTURAL.

The steer to feed profitably should be
we'll bred, and one that inherits good
appetite, a large capacity for food, and
good digestion and assimilation.
MULCaING should be employed around
newly planted trees, either in fall or
spring planting. The mulch should ex-
tend out beyond the extremities Of the
roots. Any coarse manure or rough lit
ter makes good mulch.
THE fortunate man is he who, born
poor or nobody, works gradually up to
wealth and consideration, and, having
got them, dies before he finds they were
not worth so much uble.-Beade.
We need more variety in farming.
Onious are now retaiied in Des Moines
for 81 so per bushel, and very few to
be had at that, And yet 400 bushels
can be raised on an acre.
ONLY few years since the word
"chicken fancier" was used in derision
by the breeders and fsnciers" of horses
and horned cattle; but the fancy has
suddenly increased and spread, 80 that
now no agricultural exhibition is COM
plete without its poultry department,
and, further, it is the only one of the live
stock interest which pretends to hold
shows exclusively of stock pertaining to
that fancy.
IT pays now above all other times of
the year to take care of the poultry. See
that the houses are wsrm. See that their
drinking water does not remain frozen
over. Pour kerosene over the perches.
Clean out the nests and supply them
with clean straw. Dust sulphur in the
nests Supply them with sifted coal
ashes and sand for busting baths. Give
them green food of some kind daily.
Give them sweet food-it matters less
what kind then that they get variety.
This is the way to make winter lay
ers"
FIFTEEN cows, allowed to stand out
one hour on cold day, shrunk in milk
nine quarts; ice cold water given to a
COW will shrink the milk; cows allowed
to stand in water on bot day will also
shrink their milk. Cows should never
be allowed to stand in a draft A good,
careful man, placed in charge of badly
managed nerd of cattle, has increased the
flow of milk to an extent sufficient to
pay his wages. Putting salt on the hay
NOW is useless practice; in this case it
has no curative properties.
"THK melancholy days are come,
Toe saddest of the yoar,
or wailiDg winds and naked woods,
And meadows and
Heal ed in the Follows of he grove,
TIE xiihered leVes 9 dsau
The rus le 20 u e rdd yiug gust,
And TO the r bbit s tread.
The 10 10 ana the wren are flown,
Ard from the eht tbs jay,
And f'om the wood tips call the crow,
Throug ali the gloomy day."
WHILE there are q great many cows
that will not pay for their keep, for the
simple reason that they have not it in
them" there are great many that do
not pay, but which would pay if they
were properly taken care of. We be-
lieve in blood-believe that " it tells"
but as frequently expressed we not only
believe but know, as every one else who
has had experience in such matters
knows, that the native COW is not only q
good mixer, bat al extra good one.
TIE yield of milk and butter in the
summer depends greatly upon winter
feeding. All the feed given to COWS is
not consumed without return. The
manure gives good dividend upon the
outlay, and, the animals are storing up
energy and strength to make available
aiterwsrd. The winter is the season for
liberal and judicious feeding, and not
for "short commons" Which is but
another term for half starvation.
THERE is farmer in Massachusetts,
who is noted for the excellence of his
corn crops, and he says his plan has been
for years to SOW clover on one third part
of his plow.land and let the clover grow
and remain uncut through the entire
season, ploughing it under late the next
season, .snd plsnting corn upon it, and
ne says experience has shown him that
this clover, with its vast amount of roots,
Is fully equal to twenty-five loads of
manure per acre. Then he takes another
third part and proceeds in the same
way.
IHE large quantities of dry, woody
and lndigestible food consumed by stock
IN winter tsx the digestive organs very
severely, and constipation, CONGESTION,
etc, are ever threatening dangers to the
health OF the stock. A moderate guam.