Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-11-20
FARM HINTS.

" VAC "Ah0A iccuiug Oh Chickens
If the wool of sheep will paw the o.
penses OF care and keeping, is not tbs
carcass increase clear gain.
Do not let your lambs breed the s,..
year, but give little extra care the f,s,
winter.
WEAN your lambs at five months ola
and see that the ewes bags do not snnS
bat milk them twice (the second sn5
fifth days. after weaving,
A RICHMOND Ull man made in On.
year, from 100 hens, $3.50 dollars nat
profit, besides supplying eggs ana popI.
try for home consumption.
To cure a horse from paving in III.
stable, fasten short piece of loo
chain-say five or six links--by mean.
of light strap to his leg, just above tho
knee.
STAGNANT and impure water which
cows drink while at pasture is one oi
the most prominent causes of bad odor,
in milk.
TAKE care of the health of Won,
your sheep. Put little pine tar in
your feed troughs in winter, and give
little sulphur occasionally with tb4ir
salt.
THE little greasy Merinos," as thew
are sometimes derisively termed, though
possessing fewer attractions for the eve
of the casual observer than most other
breeds of sheep, are the back bone of the
wool growing industry of more than one
nation.
A FARMER in Streator, H., attempt.
ing to smoke vermin out of his hen
house with a bunch of hay, could moi
get enough of what was left of it to build
his kitchen fire. He is going to read
good agricultural paper now, 10 as to
find out how to keep the new hen-house,
when built, clear of the pests.
SAVE the potato seed. We do not
mean the tubers, but the seeds within
the balls or fruit. 1t is from these that
new varieties are produced. They may
be planted in the greenhouse or asunny
window now. Little tubers will have
formed ere another planting season rolls
round.
Da. HORNE said: "Never pet bull
under any circumstances" la this be
is very much mistaken, There is no
domestic animal but what is improved in
condition, docility, and more easily
handled and controlled by pe!tng
And bull is no exception to the rule,
Mr.. BENJAMIN P. WAEE recently
remarked at the Farmers Convention
held al Auburn, N. Y, that heavy corn
land was good for onions, and better the
second year than when first devoted to
the crop. The manure should, if posi-.
BILE, be applied in the fall.
Gov. JOSEPH GALE, who resides in
Eagle Valley, Union County, Oregon
farmed sixteen acres of ground this year
and on that raised 5000 pounds of beans
of different varieties, 10000 pounds Of +
onions, about Is, 600 pounds of peaches
1000 pounds of tomatoes, $50 bushels
of potatoes and a vast amount OF
squashes.
EVERY kind CT litter and waste matter
except weed in seed, may be gathered
pad spread in the yards Abundant
litter of the stables and pens will De val
liable. Straw is worth too much Tor
feed to be trodden under foot II the
straw and chat after threshlng are In
the way buy some thin steers, or take
some cattle for feeding OF shares, but
give something besides the straw,
If you would feed proftsbly you must
bring the pasture into the problem
Summer feeding pays better thsn WIN.
ter, because cattle need less to Keep up
the natural heat of the body in summer,
and their blood is kept cool by the grass,
These elements of success can pe Drought
into winter feeding by warm houses anu
the use of roots and oil-cake.
THE Nebraska Farmer recommends
new kind of wheat: Tally one more iol
grass wheatW Farmers in this vlclniY
repor. that chinch bugs, which nave in'
iured other kinds of spring wheat, nave
not disturbed grass wheat IL Is cei,
tainly the surest kind of wheat Tor lhis
soil and climate, and is fast becoming
general favorite.
The Massachusetts, PtouQhn'aa recon-
mends as a proper remedy for in1ameu'
hard or caky udder in COWS, the ioti4N:
ing: A pound to pound and hali q 81
FL som salts, according to the SIZE 3n o.
the animal, dissolved in water, aadlns
two tablespoonfuls of ground gingel,
should be given, hot water applieu "
the udder twice day, the parts !" O'
wiped dry with asoft cloth.
EVERY farmer should consider vac
conditions of his soil and surrounain!s
before he decides what is best for hh
ar.icular farm; for that practice whisn
NAV be best for one farmer may re run
ous to another. There are few If any oe,
partments of agriculture where il H.
rrloa of action can be laid down. Inc