The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-07-03
SEASONABLE FARM NOTES.

lltIttIl SIti1tlA4E WA.
Now and then farmer may be found
who annually sows an acre or two OF bar
lev. This grain is excellent when mixed
with other sorts for feeding purposes.
The two-rowed and four-rOwed are the
principal varieties sown.
IRON plugs set into plum trees and
struck s0undly with an axe or hammer IS
said to be the most effective means OF
bringing down the curculio, and Is much
better than the padded mallet.
MANY chickens are carried oil by
hawks. rats. etc, unless safe coops are
provided. which should be closed at night
and not opened until the dew is OIL the
grass III the morning.
PICS for early fall killing will need
regular and generous feedingof bran ana
meal slOps. A quantity OF milk, with Il
run In the grass viii DO them good. A
little forcing at the start pays well Tor
pigs that are grown for the early market
In the hurry of haying the saving
which is made by using a horse fork VIII
more than pay its cost III few DAYS AS
a time and labor saving machine, horse
fork should be used on every farm OF
ordinary size.
ALL who have the comfort of theirmi-
mails at heart-and, we may add, desire
to preserve their fences intact-should
provide few rubbing posts for the am
mails The pleasure OF seeing them used
is pay enough, but there Is more.
SALT boxes are easily made and are
very useful. A few boxes III the pasture
will be a saving of the salt which Is
otherwise thrown upon the soil and
! largely lost Long fiat troughs may be
used
! HAY caps are excellent things to pro
tect the hay from the damage that show
crs would otherwise do to the curing of
the hay. They should be made OF stout
cotton, yard or a yard and a half square
provided with loops at the corners for
fastening down with wooden pegs. II
well cared for q set of caps will last many
years, and save several times their cost.
BUCKwHEAT may be sown during this
month. and may be made a profitable
crop, especially upon newly cleaned
ground where the mellowing effect of the
crops are of importance. The Silver
Hull buclwheat is better than the com
mon variety, the yield being greater, and
the -four from ii is winter and of finer
quality than the ordinary sort
MowING machines have come to be an
indispensable part of the machinery of
the farm 1t is serious loss of time and
money to get in any large stock OF hay
without using them. Scythes may be
used around fence corners, trees, etc,
but in open fields they must give place
to the horse mowers, many knds OF
which are so near perfection that 1t IS
hard to go astray III selecting one.
In rare cases it may he wellto summer
fallow. The object is mainly to kill off
weeds that have become plentiful and are
otherwise difficult to destroy, especially
on heavy clay soils. There are SO many
green crops that may be grown to advan-
tage for cleaning the ground that Ii sell
dom pays to keep Il field idle for q whole
season merely 10 rid II Of weeds. Ii 1t IS
decided to summer fallow 1t shonld be
done with thoroughness that the greatest
good may come from the expensive rest
that is given to the fallowed land.
EVERY farmer knows that exposing
potatoes too long to the rays OF the sum-
. or exposing to plenty OF light and air,
will soon ruin them. i good farmer
Will dig and dry his potatoes at the
proper time, as quick as convenient, and
take them to his dark cellar without de-
Law. being careful not to have to mauyin
one bin. Potatoes which are fine and
mealv when dug treated in this manner,
will remain good until new early potatoes
are ripe.
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r,,-aacio al,i,ls ~ e;o.,t Gallons Of water
has boon fiTn6 verv nsefuI in prevent
mr. l,I;oJ,+ ~ I,ooclI +raes and vines If
some of the infusion is put upon the
hands and face after washing in the
morning there Will be very little neon
veniencc felt during the day from the
attacks Of mosquitoes. gnats, or other
insect pests.
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