The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-01-31
FARM HINTS.

WARMTH saves feed, helps fatteninc
and prevents sickness among live stock
\ MAN in Easton, Maine. has this wear
harvested 10, 600 bushels of potatoes from
forty-tive acres of ground.
BUCKwHEAT -four is recommended for
giving the hair of horses a fine. smooth
brilliant appearance.
GIVE .hens constant access to lime in
some form. Hens must have the raw
material In order to manufacture shells :.
they can not make them ont Of nothing
STAGNANT and impure water which
cows drink while at pasturage is one of
the most prominent causes of bad odor
in milk
DAMAGED corn is exceediuglv iniuri-
Gus as food food for horses. because #
brings on inflammation Of the bowels and
skin diseases.
4 JERSEY COW III Memphis has sur
prsed her owner and the farmers there
abouts by giving milk that made three
pounds of butter from one gallon of
milk. So the papers say.
THE best remedy for the sting Of n bee
wasp or hornet is liquid ammonia, and
nothing viii equal Its dilution in water
III alaying the irritation caused bv mos
quitoes.
AMERICA stands first in the world for
honey production, as well as for scien-
titic management and improved imple-
ments for their apinry; next comes
Switzerland, then England and France.
Horses contract habits very easily
when improperly managed, and transmit
them 10 their offspring. The balky
man makes balky horse. lis easier
to prevent than to cure.
FARMERS should bear in mind that
frozen meat will not absorb salt. Before
either frozen beef or pork is put in the
barrel for sailing 1t should be thawed
out.
THE reason that cabbage emits such
disagreeable smell when boiling is be-
cause the process dissolves the essential
oil. The water should be changed when
the cabbage is half boiled, and it viii
thus acquire greater sweetness.
WHEN a horse is worked hard his food
should be chiefly oats-if not worked
hard his food should be chiefly hay, be
cause oats supply more nourishment and
discriminating material than any other
fuod-hay not 80 much.
To utilize feathers of ducks, chickens
and turkeys, generally thrown aside as
refuse, trim the plumes from the stamp,
inclose them i'll tight bag, rub the
whole as If washing clothes, and you
will secure a perfectly uniform and light
down, excellent for quilting coyerletB
and not few other purposes.
To cure gals on the shoulders Of your
horses: st morning, noon and night
wash the shoulders well with water and
apply with feather tie following; Six
drachms Of iodine dissolved in half q
pint Of alcohol. It IS a good preparation
to keep in the stable at all times.
WORK horses and those kept for driv-
ing purposes often receive permanent
injury at this season Of the year, between
wheeling and sleighing, by being shut
up and deprived of exercise. Lung,
bowel and foot diseases are frequent
penalties of neglect of regular exercise
when not in use.
1t is held that England viii eventually
become one Of the best customers for our
mutton sheep. To accomplish this, how
ever. our Stth III lllliIOI SIcttD must
not only be increased, but especial care
must be taken III breeding, and especial
pains used in fattenlng In beef cattle,
what consumers want nowadays IS supe-
rior flesh not masses OF taliow.
II you take into consideration hard
ness, proliticacy, weight Of fleece and
average weight when full grown, you
will find that the Cotswold viii best ar
swer your purpose. The average weight
OF the most common breeds of sheep,
when fully grown, is about as follows:
Cotswold 200, Leicester 1885, Shropshire
Down 175, South Down 155, American
Mcrino 103 pounds.
PLowING land when it is very dry is
nearly as hurtful as when it is very wet.
But any experience is with heavy clay,
or land in which clay is an important
constitution. Such land when plowed
dry breaks up lumpy, and consequent
rains do not dissolve the Jumps. 1t is
my opinion that there is never a more
suitable condition for blowing any soil
than when it has enough moisture TO
cause the burrows TO fall loosely from the
pillow with no appearance Of packing and
no humps. = William armstrong, Einlj-
ru, y. y.
THE objection to rolling wheat fields
after being sOWn has been made that the
snow viii blow off or collect in drifts
here and there. But if wheat is sOwu
early the leaves should cover the entire
surface before winter. and we should
suppose would hold the soil as well az a
rough soil surface. Whether this sup
position IS well founded OF not, We have
this fall rolled five fields after the seed
has been drilled in or sown broadcast,
and another season Will probably enable
us to test the question.
PROF. L. b. ARNOLD advises skim
ming the milk as soon as sour
ness IS perceptiblc, and TO churn at
so degrees instead of 20, before the
cream gets sour. When the butter
comes it granules, enough cold water or
brine should be put in to reduce the
mass to about 55 degrees, when after q
little slow churniug, the granules will
become hard and distinct, and the butter
be in candition for washing out all the
buttermilk The salt should then be
worked in with as little labor as possible,
and after standing q while it viii be
ready TO pack.
Hoes when nearly fat are liable to
have n disordered stomach through over
feeling, refusing their food. The best
antidote for this Is charcoal. If the char
coal il taken from the stove when cold
there viii probably be ashes taken up at
the same time, these viii not hurt the
hog should he eat a portion Of them
Charcoal is best taken from an open fire
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