Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-05-28
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destroys the green flies, currant worms
and other pests. and was used without
injury on !uchsias, geraniums, callas
ard other plants.
FARMERS lose money by keeping no
ccount Of farm operation. paying no
attention to the maxim that "a stitch
in time saves nine;" allowing fences to
remain u~nrepaired until strange cattle
are found grazing in the meadow, grain
fields, or browsing on the fruit trees.
POTATOES ON A CLAY SoIL.-The best
potatoes are of.en grown in what is
called a clay loan, which con.bats the
somewhat widely diffused idea that po-
tatoes cannot be grown in clayev lands.
A very necessary precaution, however,
is to keep the soil as light, loose and
fine as possible.
PAsTURE.-We think a great mistake
is made in putting cows suddenly from
hay and stabllng to young grass and
open air. Your COW will lose both in
milk and in flesh, and indeed you may
lose the COW herself. Pat your cow, es-
pecially if she DC a heifer OF good stock,
out only one or two hours a day at first.
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food and new air. But do not turn out
a COW to look after herself very early in
the season..
The use of salt in the ARE of farm
animals seems to aid an economical
digestion and assists assimilation Of
the requisite normal amount of food,
while it is also believed that it makes
the flesh harder and gives the animal
functions a more regular and healthy
action. In England the average daily
allowance of salt is-for calves, one
ounce per day; year old animals, three
ounces; fattening oxen, six ounces: and
mich cows, o ounces. Sheep, it Is
said, will never stray from Enclosures
where salt is kept for their constant use,
provided, of course, lunning water is
also found in the pasture. -CuAiudtor.
A WRITER in the Farm Journal seems
to have q proper understanding of the
farmer S position at this time, and very
correctly remarks: 1.-The margin Of
profits to the farmer just now is close
and sharp. The way to make farming
pay is not to run off on side issues, and
so neglect the business in hand, but by
higher cultivation, improved methods
Of tillage, more economical manage
ment, and by greater industry seek to
swell the profits. Promiscuous mixing
of trades will do very we'll for gentle
men farmers who are not dependent for
their bread and butter on farm products.
For those who are dependent, it is better
policy to do one thing at a time, do it
well and with all ones might"
QUEER THINGS ABOUT CATTLE.-The
Melbourne, Australia, Leader tells the
following: There is a story told of a
bush missionary who hung up his
horse to the verandah post of a house
where he was visiting, and OF his return
found a party of young heifers about
his horse. The absence OF the mission
airy must have been lengthy, for the
heifers had gnawed the stirrup-leathers,
saddle pouches, the crupper, and had
destroyed the saddle beyond repair.
OF course, healthy cattle, hal have in
their feed the ingredients nature intend
ed for them, do not eat or chew such
things-all symptoms of the kind are
gross and unnatural. They indicate,
clear rs MONDAY, that the framework
of the animal is deficient III the mate
rial fouhd iii old bones and other garb-
age. We say nothing at present re-
garding the danger OF swallowing bones
or other indigcstible material. Many
casualties occur in that way, and many
a mysterious ailment IN stock could be
traced to foreign substances in the Gull
let or stomach of the sufferers. The
writer in question says that IN the
county Of Cumberland New South
Wales) the stomachs Of the cattle are
swarming with leech worms-"Not a
calf is dropped free from leech worms
he adds. And the belief is expressed
that lime and salt are the ingredients
from the want of which cattle suffer
most. The absence of these materials
is seen in bone-chewing, flUke and
stomach worms in cattle, and rust in
wheat. The work done by the Queens
land board of inquiry, in searching out
and giving plain practical information
regarding such enemies to vegetable
and final life, is spoken of warmly, and
the hope is expressed that the board
may persevere in the good work done.
We trust tue hoard may continue in the
direction it has been working. There is
abundance of room for investigation,
and there are men on the board able,
willing and enthusiastic in whatever
they take in hand. But the efforts are
crippled from the ever present doubt
that there are not funds available to
carry out what may be necessary. The
beneficial effects of salt and lime mix
lures, particularly where phocpha.es Of
lime are added to the condiment, are
u.1iI E,nur, r,ttfn hnrcor Shnap orl
poultry all take readily to condiments
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