River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-08-07
FARM NOTES.

FARM NOTES.
A Vermont farmer recommends tn
use of sawdust as bedding for cattle. t
keep them clean and absorb the liqui,
manure. An experience Of twenty year
in using on large farm shows that i
Fdoes not injure the soil, being freely APP
piled in this way Some soils, no doubt
would be improved by the addition o
sawdust; others might be injured some
what for a time until the sawdust decay
ed
A moderate quantity of green rye
will be very acceptable to the horses. Il
will have healthful effect, and win COO
| the system as we'll as dose of medicine
When there are no stones in the fields
the shoes may be removed from the pillow
team for time, with benefit. Hurry VI
the work during this month so that as
the midday heat increases next month
some leisure may be taken.
Cows that have access to water at al
times will drink often, but little at {
time, and return to their feeding Cow.
deprived of sufficient supply of water
fail in milk and flesh; and when they arr
allowed to fail, not only in milk, but II
condition, also, it is almost impossible, =
bring them back to their proper yie,d o
milk and condition of flesh, at least with
out extra expense and trouble
A farmer says: "Four years ago my
farm was fearfully infested with rats
They were so numerous that had grea
fears of my whole crop being destroyed
by them after it was housed; but having
two acres Of wild peppermint that grew
in a field of wheat, cut and bound witt
the wheat it drove the rats from my prem
Uses. have not been troubled with then
since, while my neighbors have any guam
tity OF them"
Fresh manure produces but little effect
when applied to crops, but when it is wei
rotted it then contains much valuable
soluble matter, absorbable by plants. In
fresh manure the most important con
stituent of its soluble portion is potash
and it contains but small proportions Of
ammonia and phosphoric acid Rotten
manure, on the contrary, yields to the
solvent action of water, large amounts o1
nitrogen and phosphorus acid.
The following is a good recipe fol
worms in horses: Powdered poplar bark
two ounces; powdered sulphur, four oun
ces; salt, three ounces; mixed well. Di.
vide this mass into twelve parts, and mix
one with the food every night This will
not only remove worms, but also tone uI
the digestive organs, so that the parasite
wood ashes and two of salt, a table
spoonful fed daily with the feed, is &
simple and effectual remedy.
In recent discussion of the profits OF
wheat-growing in England, the curiou:
fact was developed that the product o.
the straw has become, in that country
more important than that of the wheat
This is not because the yield Of wheat, il
proportion to the straw, is less than for
merly, but is due to the fact that straw il
now so extensively used in chopped fooC
for animals, and enters into SO manl
manufactures that there is demand TO
all that is raised, and it brings gooC
price.
Robert Vanvoorlis, Was Nington coun
| ty (Pa.) wool-raiser, has just clipped from
20j sheep 1904 pounds of wool, an aver
age of over IS pounds. All the sheep wer
ewes with two exceptions bucks
one of which was yearling. Half of TIL
ewes were also yearlings. This enormou
clip, at 80 cents per pound, will realiz
81, 156.40, an average of $7.T2 per head
Mr.. VanvoorhIs is the champion sheer
man, 50 far az heard from.
Dust young cucumber plants freel,
with a mixture Of ashes and plaster o
air-slacked lime, to keep away insects
Unless seed is to be saved, cut away al
that are large enough TO use, whethe
wanted or not, to prOlong the bearing
In sowing for pickles the last of thi
month or the first of next, j. is AS well IL
SOW in we'll MANFRED rows, as in hill
putting in twelve to twenty seeds to tn
foot, to allow enough for the bugs Whei
well established thin out the vines to
foot apart, and let them spread out OF
each side of the row.
An old farmer says "If | had tn
choice of one fertilizer only, should sc
lect genuine guano, and if my garden
soil was heavy, | should require nothin!
to mix with it; but if light and hot in it
nature, ! should covet some common salt
Guano alone, or mixed with one third o
salt for dry soils, and spread over til
surface during damp weather at the rat
Of say, two ounces per square yard, vii
increase the value of any crop to which
is applied. To destroy slugs. half tn
quantity, or less in dry weather, will b
found highly beneficial.
Lard and kerosene are good to kee
lice from calves; sulphur mixed with sal
IS good to drive ticks from sheep. Calve:
like all other animals, should be KEEP
growing from youth to maturity. Her
is one place where the profit comes il
There is always loss of time and feed
and more, too, by allowing young animal
to ''stand still' for six months or more {
the year. Sheep are well clothed an
need shelter from the snow or rain, an
perhaps from the strongest wind, but col
agrees with them. Feed them we'll; Civ
them plenty of water in small fiock'
| keep them dry.