The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-20
AGRICULTURAL.

GREELEY was one of the superior
class of city agricultural editors. Ono,
a countryman enquired OF him whethe
he put guano on his potatoes. He repli
ed that he preferred butter or gravy.
COMMON soda, such as they use il
making bread, dissolved in water ant
used as q wash, will sometimes remove
warts, says a farmer. Another says &
strong wash of alum water is cure.
GA FEW years hence" says Mr.. Jo-
seph Harris, " American Cotswold sheer
will be shipped by thousands and tens
of thousands every week to England
There is no reason why they are not
now shipped in large numbers, except
the fact that they cannot be found. We
do not raise enough Of them, or feed them
well enough"
WHEAT requires a fine and mellow sol
it is best if compact below and roughish
on the top. If there are any clods, these
should be brought up from below by re-
peated borrowings and broken by the
roller or disk harrow. If they can not
be broken up completely they are better
on the top than below the surface. A
roller will break many.
POTATOES suffer more from weeds
than any other crop. One weed will
take up and evaporate a good deal of
moisture from the soil, and rob the crop
of what it greatly needs. This loss OF
moisture is not often thought of in con-
sidering the effect of weeds, but it is
very important When too late to be
killed by cultivation, the weeds should
be hand pulled.
WE venture the assertion that the man
who takes sufficient care of his stock
from their infancy till ready for the
market, providing for their proper and
necessary feed and shelter in the varying
seasons to keep them always growing,
healthy and thrifty, that his profits will
be 25 to 80 per cent. greater than those OF
his neighbor on similar stock which re-
ceives the ordinary care given by the
ordinary farmer.
THE digestion of horse is governed
by the same laws as that of man, and,
as we know that it is not best for man to
90 at hard work the moment hearty
meal is eaten, so we should remember
that a horse should have little rest
after his meal, while the stomach is
most active in the process of digestion.
Many a good horse has been ruined by
injudicious haste in working him with
full stomach.
OvER-FAT stock at our fairs is not as
popular as premium animals as formerly
Visitors and purchasers also prefer ami
mails in good breeding condition. The
English breeders are coming to see it,
too. A recent issue of the London Livt
Stock journal says: {" 1t is not asking 8
good judge too much to give the prizes tc
the best shaped animals in good breeding
condition, rather then to animals that
are more suitable for a fat stock
show"
SLEEPS pelts can be tawed and moi
tanned. Tawing is done by scrapiDs
the flesh side of the pelt clean from al
flesh or fat, then sprinkliDg it with 6
mixture of finely powdered alum and
salt in equal parts. Two skins are then
laid with the flesh sides together, or 6
single one doubled lengthwise and rolled
up for a week or ten days; then opened
scraped and washed and rubbed dry
with a piece of chalk, and worked ard
pulled until the skin is soft.
MUCH has been said about getting
down to "hard- pan" in financial matters.
The farming of this country needs to get
on this basis as well, and this will not
be until crops are grown with the dis
tinct understanding that their growth
has taken from the soil something that
must be replaced before we can know
whether the crop is a profit or loss
Selling crops year after year without
manuring is quite as bad in farming as
doing business on fuctuating and de.
preciated currency in money matters.
The Philadelphia Bulletin says that
one desirable feature in regard to ban.
tams is that they are eminently useful
pets, for they are invariably good layers
of eggs, no matter what the breed, and
their plump bodies are most delicious
eating. The surplus stock each year can
always be disposed of at a fair price, if
one has any hesitancy in serving themluI
on the table, and thus they prove them.
selves more than self sustaining. This
is more than can be said of most other
pets.
A GOOD remedy for lice on cattle is
water in which potatoes have been boil
ed. For every one of your cattle take
two quarts of water and eight middle,
sized potatoes cut in half. If you have
ten cattle you must take eighty potatoes
and twenty quarts of water. When the
potatoes are soft take them out. Get q
large sponge and battle them freely on
a warm day. Comb them with curry
comb, and you will be astonished to see
the effects of the potato water.
On the subject of keeping eggs the
following has been contributed to a
country paper; 81 would say that the
eggs could be kept the year round
Pack them in a box with oats lends
DOWN nail cover on nicely when full;
then take another box four inches larger
each way, put about two inches of plas
ter in the bottom of this box and fill
all around and on top with plaster, then
put a cover on this box and put away
in a cool place. Turn the box each
alternate day"
SCIENTIFIC farmers in France are exper
imenting on giving favor to the meat
of animals and fowls by particular kinds
of food, SO that when slaughtered the
meat may be of excellent or superior
flavor. That the flavor of flesh may BIZ
Influenced by the food is proved, mega
lively, by the fact that the flesh Of deer
rabbits, cartridges, ETC., is bitter from
their feeding upon seeds, bark, anC
leaves. To what extent the favor may
be influenced by the particular feed, il
not so important as that all the food o.
our domestic animals shall be whole
some, that the meat may be sweet, jul