The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-04-03
SEASONABLE FARM HlNvS

! IHREE peclks OF boiled potatoes. fed
day, warm, Is a remedy for diarrhes il
cattle.
SEPI,ZMBER calves escape the TRYING
heat of summer, and can be pUsbe,
throngh the winter with grain.
; LOSE no time in selecting SEEDS an,
vegetables for planting. Cons slider tIt
merits of each variety and plant only tn,
best
DAMAGED corn Is exceedin civ iui1rio,,
as food for horses, because it brinos ON
inflammation of the bowels aud skin dis.
eases.
MANY trees become hollow. or fall mt
premature decay, from the rain peue,
trating through old saw-rents msde i
: pruning.
ASHES saturated with kerosene and an.
. piled to cucumber and squash plants i
the bill will be great help in Leppinc
Of striped bugs.
FIVE years ago barb wire fierce wo.
little more than an experiment.: it Is stat.
ed that 81, 600 miles OF this fence will he
set during the coming season.
Is trimming off branches thew shouId
be cut close to the trunk. so that no dead
stu nps shall disfgure the tree. also
that the bark may readily grow over.
S ALT and ashes mixed In the drink o,
hog 5 has a great tendency to ward of
disc ase. \ solution of copperas is also
ofte u useful to purge them from worms.
I Emmy economy and pound extraya-
gan &c is often exhibited by farmers in
pun chasing grass seed containing foul
sea is for fe !, cents less per bushel than
cle.m plump seed would cost. The mi
croscope Is valuable aid in buying grass
seecl
u ERMAN authorities recommend the
use OF salt at the rate of $50 pounds per
acre for clover and other leguminous
plants, Tor wheat and flax, 25G pounds:
ami tVr barley and potatoes, 300 pounds,
TO pe soWn broadcast in the spring sea-
sor, before the heritage has attained any
COZ siderable growth.
-sN eastern farmer says the best way to
get nd OF wlre-worms Is to starve them
out by planting two successive crops of
buc&wheat III fields infested by them.
kee ping the land well cultivated during
the time the crops DO not occupy it, so
that the worms can find nothing to feed
upon. The worms viii not eat buck
vi tIat.
CHIP dirt taken from under the wood
2 lie Is known by most people to be an ex-
client fertilizer for many kinds of shrubs
and trees, and III view of these self-evi-
dent benefits derived from the use of de
cayed wood, we believe farmers can de-
{ vote few days time to no better work
than hauling sawdust for next winters
: use as bedding or an absorbent Of LIQUID
manure
If your cows teats are sore from any
cause, wash them clean with warm water.
and then apply glycerine while they are
moist. Two or three applications will
cure the worst case and render the teats
soft and pliable For caked bag use
fresh lard rs hot as you can handle it.
Apply with rag or brush, and thorough
II rub It III with the hand. Itnever fails
to effect cure III a few days.
PorAToEs in the cellar need looking
after now, whether they are to be used
for planting or for the table. If stored
il bins they should be picked up, and ii
/. barrels are plenty, Il is well 10 use them
for storing for the rest of the season.
Have the barrels little less than full. and
then once in every ten or twelve DAYS
pour them from one barrel t. another.
This willkecp them from growing sprouts,
which so nuch INJURIES them, either Tor
eating or planting.
4 PHYSICIANS authority tells us that
the good OK should have a long, lean face
and bright hazel eyes, which show capa-
billty 81 the OK to work on hot dav.
Very large horns at the base denote laZi-
ness Full breast, straight back, wide
rlOs-by which Is meant the ribs that
round out nearly as wide as the hip
'1ones-and wide gambrI, are evidence
. of strength. Straight knees, broad toes,
pointing straight forward. show IN OK
that can travel on hard roadOr pavement.
An experienced farmer says: 81 have
thoroughly tested planting potatoes
whole, IN halves, quarters, eighths, and
IN one, two and three eyes, and my con-
cluslOn Is, that cut To a single eve on q
piece, and two pieces III q hill, is the
. best economy for the most profit Ipre-
fer planting IN drills three or three and a
half feet apart, dropping the pieces to-
gether every ten or twelve inches. It is
true that, III this way Of planting, there
are not as many potatoes, but what there
are grow to good size for the table, and
viii yield more bushels to the acre than
more seeding will give.
FARMERS who do not make gilt-edged
butter and DO not always find a ready,
remunerative market for the same, may
keep It for a rise IN the price by packing
the same IN sweet tubs and spare Jars and
covering it with strong brine, or by max
ing It into rolls which are done up IN
cloth and kept IN a barrel of brine, but
III this case it must be borne in mind that
unless the brine is fully saturated with
salt, 1t will draw the salt from the butter
and so injure it, or. again, unless the
whole IS perfectly submerged, it IS liable
to become tainted and so extend to the
brine and thus eventually iniure the
whole
W. J. BEAL says of Alsike clover:
BOtanists DO not consider it a hybrid. [
have twice tiled TO make crosses with
this sand white clover, but without success.
| have never seen any plants which were
intermediate between Alsike and white
clover, though [ have seen bees working
on the flowers Of each species where the
plants were well mixed ii the plants
can be crossed we shall expect to sec new
hybrids. The stalks sometimes grow
four to six feet in length, but they fall
down and the leaves decay toward the
base Of the stems. The stems recine
but do not take root Ike white clover. 1t