The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-05-17
RURAL ECONOMY.

A soJJTTION of caTbOl1c aclu III ooV
narts of water has been found etfectlVe
for scab. A strong decoction OF tobacco
is good wash, also. II
In Matching turkey eggs sprinkle
them the last two weeks slightly every
ether day with water that has hao tlie
chill taken off. Some moisture seems 10
be necessary for turkey eggs.
For throat distemper, CRATE hne
small green wild turnip, or, IL airy, give
a heaping spoonful mixed with bran OF
oats. Never fails. Good Tor congh'
also.
Mr.. T.. S. COFFIN says: l Would
almost as soon think of being without
salt, as oil meal or faxseed5 with hero
Of cattle. Then again | suppose shete
is no bedding that is equal to flax straw
for hogs =,
From so to 60 bushels of oats should
be the least satisfactory yield, and the
aim should be to have the ground IN
condition to produce this instead OF the
25 to 80 which is the usual harvest
The whole secret is fertilizlng the SOIL
STALE bread moistened with sweet
milk is recommended very highly as
good feed for young chickens the nrse
! few days. When a week old they may
be fed on cracked grain scalded. when
old enough to eat grain give them
plenty of it.
The main object of fair is of course
the good of the farmers, that is
the good which he derives from comPar-
ing his own products and processes
with his neighbors'. Therefore, the
display of agricultural products Is the
first thing to be regarded.
TREAT the family cow to little OIL
cake meal every day, and she Will quick
ly responded in more and much richer
milk. Try it. Fresh ground and pure
it contains larger percentage OF gluten
albumen, starch, sugar and fat. Best
spring feed for all kind of stock.
HENS should not be allowed to dis
turb the settlers by laying in their nests.
Broken eggs and bad hatch will result.
If the sitting hen cannot be isolated IN
any way cover her with an empty coop,
basket or box, being careful to have her
come off every day for feed, and water,
exercise and dust bath.
WHITEwAsH sticks much better when
put on hot. If the lime be Stacked in
hot water in which rice has been boiled
until thoroughly dissolved, and some
salt added, it will be greatly i'm,
proved. Now is the time to apply the
brush. 1t helps the appearances if well
done.
A SUCCESSFUL daryman feeds his
COWS night and morning the year round
and in each feed puts teaspoonful OF
salt. He considers this method of salt
ing COWS preferable to the usual one OF
giving animals salt once or twice week
and thinks this method adds largely tC
the amount of milk given.
Every family finds more or less bones
accommodating. Burn them with youl
wood, and ashes thus enriched is one o.
the most valuable of all fertilizers
Money can not buy any article which
will SO fertilize your soil. Bones thu
consumed will quadruple the value O.
wood ashes, which in themselves ART
among the best of soil enrichers.
IT is of among the very best mixers
and buttermakers that nervous animals
occur, and we cannot afford to have
their value thus impaired. No violence
should be allowed between the cows a
any time; but if you have impatien
help or are quick tempered yourself, le
some person who does not get mad 81
easily milk the nervous cows. A crue
man ought never to have charge of any
stock whatever.
A FARMER, On the subject of oats
makes these remarks: Those who have
strong soils and yet tolerably dry, anC
have the very best of oat land, and thos
who have not much, watch every chanc
to get in the seed early, if they would
, have the best results. Those who know
, this, and yet have land for oats which
they feel they will hardly be able to see
before the end of April, sometimes pre-
pare the land in the fall, and then SOW
the seed on the snow in February.
Roof crops have done much to redeem
the agriculture of England. The suga
beet is doing wonders in France. |
may be that in the west we can no
stand the work necessary for raising ant
feeding roots to live stock for theil
nutriment, while corn and hay are 81
cheap and abundant, yet it is possible
that SIS p condiment, and for variety
roots would pay as well as any crop W
can raise. Have any of our readers eve
tried the experiment?
A FEW warm days will often temp
the farmer to doff his fiannels and tax,
his chances on the rheumatism or hare
cold, as it may turn out. The sam
feeling assails the housewife, and sh
takes up the carpets, opens the window
and stores the stoves away in the barr
for the summer. A week of cold winds
or four days rain, dispels the illusion
and cold feet blue noses, coughs
sore Threats and Group among the child
rem are the rewards of haste much NOR
ambitious than wise.
The top of fruit tree, to secur
the best results in color and flavor O
: the fruit, should be kept open to tn,
admission of air and sunlight. If som
branches grow too fast for the harmoni
Gus balance of the tree pick out tn
| buds at the end and thus force tn
growth into the other branches that ar
! not so thrifty. Five years of cultiva
| ton and watchful pruning and you wi
never have occasion to remove larg
: branches. 1t is terrible loss to a tire
, to allow bran ches to attain large si2
only to be slaughtered.
+. P. Roe, writing in Harpers Maqc
slne, says that as soon as the ground
dry enough and the frost out of it, h
will commence to plant some Little Gel
and Saxten's Alpha peas. For tn
Little Gem he will open burrows on
foot apart, and in each scatter compo:
about an inch deep. draw nointed bo