The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-01-09

Dobbtn dearly loves feast
enihs the air, pricks up his esrs
When the ROXY fruit appears.
Well he knows he'll get his share,
Apples ripe and rosy.
Hearths are glowing; winters near
Nuts and apples and good cheer;
Father, mother, children all
Love the wholes me fruit OF fall.
Heaven bless and multiply
Apples ripe and rosyl
AZ MILKING Time.
At milking time we do not want 20
much talking and running around the
pound" or yard. We want all those
who are not milking TO either stay away
or to act quietly or sensibly. We do
not want the cattle chased all around
the yard with sSalk or heavy stick,
until they are "tired enough to stand
still now, are your" but by being uni.
formly kind we want each COW to know
that we come TO relieve her of her milk,
which we intend TO do quietly and
quickly We want her to understand
that we are her best friend and never
intent on injuring her in any way. BY
having only quiet, and experienced
mixers you will, reader, be surprised at
the great difference in the daily yield of
milk. 1t Is scarcely necessary to caution
cleanliness at milking-time, for all
should know its great Importance, but
we must speak of the habit of moisten-
ing the cows teats to make the milking
easier. This may be the case, but when
this is persisted in the teats are apt to
harden and crack. The best plan Is to
sponge them of Just before milking with
pure water-warm in winter, cool in
summer-and, when they have dried of,
do the milking and the teats will always
be nice.-Fdrm and FIestde.
Corn and Aogs.
Farmers are frequently at a loss TO
settle the question of the relative value
of corn and hogs. 1t is not always a
loss TO feed dear corn to cheap hogs, for
the reason that the hogs are on hand and
must be either prepared for market, or
they must be kept and increased in num-
Der TO eat the coming cheap crop Of corn.
Il Is easy to calculate what one Is doing
in hog feeding. II the hogs are the
right breed, thrifty and hearty as they
should be, every FIVE and six.tenths
pounds of corn should add one pound to
q hog. Or, bushel Of corn should pro.
duce ten pounds Of pork. II they do
not do this there IL either deficiency in
the hogs or bad management in feeding.
Then II one bushel of corn represents
ten pounds of pork, IL pork be % per
100 pounds the feeder viii be getting so
cents per bushel for his corn. II pork
Ii "a, he gets 40 cents for his corn. But
II the winter be cold, and the hog quar-.
tars bad, a bushel will not produce five
pounds Of pork, and in cold and muddy
pens Il Is difficult 10 increase any, 10 that
time and corn are thrown away. And
too much of this kind of business is done
in Iowa. Our hog pens for winter are
not comfortable enough to enable the
owner to get 10 cents per bushel for corn
when feeding Is done until late in the
winter. Hogs must be fattened in
and October and turned of
In November; or very warm quarters
must be prepared for them. There is
no disputing this fact, and farmers must
apply themselves to this business. Too
much of the caloric of the bodies of
hogs, horses, and cattle Is blown of in
the winds which has to be supplied by
rich food which should 90 to increasing
fat, instead of expended in keeping up
the warmth Of the body.
wtntertng Becs In box Hives.
In answer 10 an inquiry, Mr.. A. /.
Root gives the following advice in his
" Gleanings in Bee Culture:" With q
winter such as we had last, I cannot but
feel that box hives are rather precarious
especially where they are very
large and rooiny. II the hive is small,
30 that the bees come pretty nearly up
10 the walls all around, should set
them in a large box and pack chat all
around them, bridging the entrance 30
they could fly when the weather permit.
ted. This arrangement, with a good
roof over all, would come very near the
chat hive. II the box hive Is not small,
would. aw of the bottom, or cut down
It's dimensions in some way, until the
bees could pretty nearly fill 1t, and allow
the chat TO come up near enough to be
some protection.
Should the winter prove severe one,
It will, without doubt, be q great saving
10 carry them in, providing you have a
dark day, frost proof cellar. Should 1t,
On the contrary, prove an open winter,
and your cellar IL not proof against
warm weather as well as frost, your bees
will get uneasy, come out OF their hives,
and often prove more troublesome and
10 worse than II you left them on their
summer stands. Should you try half
indoors, and the other half out, one
winter they will do best one way, and
The next the opposite way. From this
you will see why advise beginners TO
winter bees out Of doors In this latitude.
A great many times bees In box hives
come through the winter strong without
any protection; but Of late years this Is
rather the exception than the rule.
considerable apiaries winter
we'll without care, but taking the country
through this ia very far from proving
the rule.
II there are no holes in the top Of the
hive, or cracks where tho breath Of the
bees can escape, should have some by
all means; but instead Of leaving them
open for q draft Of air TO pass through
the hive, would cover them with box
Of loose chat or thick chat cushion.
II you can pry the whole top OF the hive
Of IL will be much better for winter, as
for box honey next summer. Spread
over the exposed combs q piece Of old
or burlap, and put over this
box 70 hold six inches or more OF chat,
and then q rain. proof cover that cannot
be blown off by the winds. Close the
bottom up as tight an you can, leaving
only an entrance large enough to let out
two or three bees at time, and then
when day comes that bees fly, see that
none of these entrances are clogged with
dead bees. II were going TO carry the
hives into the cellar, would pack them
about In the same way would TO leave
them on their summer stands. Chat
packing, In connection with cellar win
tering, has given some Of the best results
that have been reported. This 10 for all
kinds Of hives. When You set them out
they do NO not feel the sudden change a.
they do In unpacked hives.
winter Dairy ing.
It 10 evident that farmers must make
preparations TO do more dairying In
winter. Arrangements should DO made
not only to have cows come In suitable
for that season, but warm, comfortable
and clean quarters provided for them:
And then have taken care Of by careful
devotion 10 their interests. Clean beds,
curried frequently, aired In the sun on