Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-05-21
AGRICULTURAL.

Going is what counts IN a long race, and
me farmers race is a long one. 1t takes
hut a few hours, or even u few minutes,
IN so tax a horse that he is out of fix
for months.
A MOST valuable remedy for heaves,
and said to be a sure cure: Forty ST.
mac buds, one pound of resin, one pint
of ginger, half a pound Of mustard, one
pound of unslacked lime, n pound of
epsom salts, four ounces of gum guiac-
nm, six ounces of cream tartar. Mix
thoroughly and divide into thirty pow
ders, and give n every morning in
their feed before watering:
THE old writers on agriculture were
wont to put practice first and theory
last. The order OF which seems to have
changed, and modern writers have
many pet theories that are forced to
the front, some of which have FLOW
ing that will be greatly reduced when
practice has been so thoroughly applied
As to be entitled to be called experience.
Thousands of farmers would achieve
more if they would give as much atten-
ton to improving the details of their
practice, as they do now to the follow
ing of some pet theory.
FooD FOR CALvEs.-They should
never be ruined by an effort to save
either care or food while quite young.
Plenty flood, though of the kinds that
are cheaper than milk, will cause a
healthy calf to grow and hold his
smooth coat and rounded form. What
a pitiful sight is a pen OF calves that
have been knocked on the head with
a churn-dasher?" Cruel made of1our,
buckwheat flour, oat meal, cornmeal,
and hay tea. and added to skim milk or
buttermilk, and fed with care, will raise
a calfin fine style. There must be care
not to over-feed. This is very import
ant. A hungry calf is a glutton,
whether fed on milk or anything else.
As three weeks old, or less, a calf will
take shelled corn and oats, and soon
thereafter will eat hay. Do not ruin the
calves by starvation. The rounded
form once lost is seldom fully restored.
TILE-DRAINING.-J. G.. Brown writes
for the Marshall, Iowa, Republican that
he has been putting in some tile, and is
pleased with the results. He began by
putting tile in the sioUghs, through the
pastures and feed lots, where the rains
and live stock have been tearing out
deep gullies. Places that before drain
ing would mire down cattle are now as
dry as the highway. He secured water
for the stock by raising it from the
drains, and allowing the surplus to re-
turn to them, and thus had a running
stream of cool and clear water at all
times in the troughs. He estimates
that his slougs, when drained, will yield
nearly three times as much grass rs
land that is supposed to need draining.
He thinks the popular estimate that
tiled land is at least doubled in pro-
Effectiveness is not an over-estinlate.
PRESERVING EGGs.-A writer IN the
English Mechanic says: in the year
1912, / preserved eggs so perfectly
that, after "a lapse of six months, they
were mistaken when brought to the
table, for fresh laid eggs, and | believe
they would have kept equally good for
twelve months. My mode of preserva-
ton was to varnish the eggs as soon
alter they were laid as possible with a
thin copal yarnish, taking care that the
whole of the shell was covered with the
varnish. subsequently found that by
painting the eggs with fresh albumen,
beaten up with a little salt, they were
preserved eqnally well, and for as long
q period. After vanishing or painting
with albumen, l lay the eggs upon a
rough blOttlng-paper, as l found that,
when allowed to rest till dry upon a
plate or on the table, the Glbumen
stuck so fast to the table or plate as to
take away a chip out of the she'll. This
is entirely obviated by the use of the
blotting- paper. | pack the eggs IN
boxes of dry bran"
EARLY MELoNs.-Gardener generally
ind it difficult to get as early melons as
they would like, for the reason that
they will not bear transplanting. have
tried a way by which they can be start
ed early and transplanted when wanted.
Save all the pasteboard collar boxes,
and fill them with the best soil. Any
kind Of boxes will do; they can be made
OF wood with bottoms tackled on. After
warming the soil plant the seed, about
tive to the box. They can o be sunk
N the hot bed, or if you do not have
one, they can be kept in the house by
the stove. When the young plants are
large enough they can be transplanted.
After making the ground mellow, make
a hole the size of the box; then ship out
the bottom and the earth with the plants,
Will slip through without being disturb.
ed. This plan will do for other plants
besides melons, cucumbers, ETC., the
tender egg plant, and some varieties Of
lowers. By starting plants early in
this way, several weeks can be gained.
BEE DISEASES AND FEEDING.-In the
latter part of winter and early in spring,
many aplarists experience considerable
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