The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-07-31
SEASONABIE FARM NOTES.

EVERY ldlneF should have work
shop.
Common sulphur is the best remedy
for vermin on fowls.
COLD green tea, well sweetened and
put into saucers, will destroy flies.
FINELY ground bones is the best fer
tllizer for onions, unless it is hog
manure.
KEEP up "A succession of peas for the
table by sowing a row or two every week
or ten days.
SALTED soapsuds that have been al
lowed to stand until sour, are recon-
mended as a means to kill cabbage
worms.
LIME wash is good purifier. and
should be used freely about the prem
ises of Il farmer rs well as about those of
Il merchant.
WATER is one of the most important
elements, not only in rapid development
of beef, but i'll the production Of choice
qualities.
EVERY dairy-man should raise mt least
one-eighth Of an acre Of corn fodder for
each COW, to help the pasture through
the dry season.
SAVE your cabbages from grubs by
winding little slip of paper loosely
around the stem from roots to leaves
when set ont. To destroy cabbage
worms sprinkle them with water.
A FARMER who has experimental with
poultry, well rotted COW manure, barn
manure and bone dust for melons. re
ports that the best yield was obtained
w hon tho homo l11Ct ,UaG o,,,,1in1
The latter part of July and through
the month of August, in our northern
climate, the pastures get dry in average
seasons, 50 that a modified soiling sys-
tenn is desirable to secure a full supply of
feed for the COWS and horses.
RADIsHEs may be grown in very few
days by the following method: Soak
the seed III water for twenty-four hours,
then put III bag, and expose it to the
sun, and they will commence TO germin-
ate the same day.
SHEEP can take care Of themselves if
they have shady pasture supplied with
good water. The matter of II ram to be
used later in the season should be con-
sidcred now and secured i'll time, if not
already on hand 4 full blood will often
improve the stock
\ CORRESPONDENT of the Rurui NClr-
IOrkCr stops cows or steers from Jump
ing fences by mailing horseshoe on one
forward foot. This prevents the hoof
from spreading, and consequently rem
ders futile any attempts of the animal TO
spring.
AN old dairymn recommends having
a faucet in the bottom of the cream lar
so as to draw off the watcrv portion of
the cream without disturbing the rest,
rs it is this watcry portion which be
comes bitter and thus imparts a bitter
taste to the butter.
Tue farmer who has plenty of stock
will find manure making both simple
and easy For the land there is nothing
better than good baln-yard manure. But
III cases where there are not stock
enough on the place to yield a full sup
ply it is the best to resort TO cOmposts.
CABBAGE, containing as it does a large
per cont. Of phosphoric acid, makes one
of the most valuable kinds Of food for
young pigs, calves and chickens. All
young animals require a bOuDtitul sup
ply of phosphate food to make bone
Glover comes next III value to cabbage.
3. 7. CocKRLL, Tennessee, says that
he annually expended $500 i'll cutting
blackberry bushes from his grass lots
which have entirely cleared his farm of
briars. Joseph Phillips, Nashville,
Tenn, reports a similar experience.
Mr.. SANBORN, OF New Hampshire.
thinks, after careful experiment, that
currying cattle prevents them from fat
tening. II This is so with fat cattle.
what must be the effect upon COWS in
milk, whose bones are so much nearer
the surface?
ToAps, according to Prof. Miles, live
almost entirely upon slugs, caterpillars,
beetles, and other insects, making their
rounds at night, when the farmer is
aslecp-and the birds, too-and the in
sects are supposed to be having their own
way. French farmers understand these
facts SO well that they purchase toads at
50 much dozen and turn them loose.
IT is now a well established fact, that
the Hessian fly is much less troublesome
on wheat that is sowed in drills, between
which the cultivator IS passed now and
then during the early growth of the
gram. Two fields of wheat growing
side by side, one of which is cultivated
and the other not, but alike in all other
respects, seem strong proof Of the above
statement.
ARUS in a good clover stubblc Will be
beneficial to thepigs. Theyarls should
be kept as clean as possible. 4 quanti-
ty of coppcras sprinkIed about the pens
Will deodorize and disinfect the place
very satisfactory and cheaply. Young
pigs should be pushed now if they are
for early market. A rapid growth Sc
cured now is of the greatest importance.
If the stock is not what is desired begin
to improve it at once by securing a full
hooded boar of some good breed 20 use
in the herd.
THOUSANDS upon thousands Of children die an
nually of those diseases incident to early child
hood whereas if DIR. Bulls Baby Syrup were
used in time their lives would, i'll all probability