The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-11-27


inches deep and eighteen and one-haf
inches in diameter, containing 2,150
cubic inches. The heaped bushel re-
quires six inches in the height of the
cone above the top of the struck bushel.
and contains 2,74S cubic inches III all.
From these figures the farmer may cal
culate the contents of his granaries, and
divide them, into different quantities by
horizontal marks, 50 that he may know
very nearly at any time how much grain
there is on hand, by observing the num-
bers on these marks.
A POOR farmer cannot conceal the fact
that he is a poor farmer All his sur
roundings proclaim the verdict against
him-his horses, cattle, wagons, harness,
plows, fences, tields-even his wife and
children bear silent but unmistakable
evidence against him. On the other hand,
all these things will testify favorably on
behalf of the good farmer. Every pas
ser-by can read the evidence pro or con,
This fact alone ought to stimulate every
farmer to do his best for the sake of his
own character, as well AS interest; for he
may rest assured that every passer-by
will pronounce judgment according othe
evidence. Drigo Rurat.
DEATH by strangulation always pre-
sents bad appearance, because the
blood is instantaneously arrested, and
having no outlet to flow off in, it
coagulates III the veins, presenting a
swollen dark appearance. This may
take place, to some considerable extent,
when death is produced by any sudden
manner; therefore, the best way to kill
fowls for market Is to cut off the main
arteries by putting a smal-blade knife
, into the mouth or upper portions OF tho
throat, and thus bleed them freely, hold
ing them quietly until the struggles
cease. Fattening Is not to be done to
prepare for market But to have pOul-
try well dressed, preserving the color
and freshness which most nearly resem-
bic the living flesh, is q matter of prime
importance In determining prices
Poultry World.
4 CORRESPONDENT makes the practical
suggestion that it costs no more to win
ter an old hog han it does pig. The
practical difference IS that a breeding
SOW may be kept on the same feed Which
pig would require, and IN the spring a
litter of Young ones would make large
/ enough margin in favor Of the old ones.
! Old sows are twice as profitable as young
I ones, as the offspring are always larger
and more Of them. They may be kept a
number of years with profit When a
+ year old, small-boned breeds Will have
7 their growth and require but little food,
/ only enough to maintain life and loco
motion, whereas a growing pig requires
! food for the same purpose and to pro-
mote its growth.
A FARMER of somewhat extended ex-
/ perience seeds down his land as follows:
+ [ plough the land about four inches deep.
! thoroughly harrow 1t, SOW six quarts of
mammoth clover seed per acre then
/ brush or roll, and never fail of getting q
good stand of clover. ! had twenty acres
over-crOpped two years. / planted if to
corn, sowed rye in the corn the last of
+ July, cultivated 1t on ten acres, kept
/ sheep on 1t in the winter and early
i spring, and ploughed the rye under when
! the berry began forming. The other
i half was well m0nurcd and sOwn to wheat
i and clover on the 10th Of September.
I The result was twenty bushels of wheat
! per acre and a good seeding. Where the
rye was | got the best wheat.
\
ence III handling and dealing IN horses
( for more than half a century, says that
he has never known a horse 10 rcf . ten
der-footed that was kept loose IN q shed
and ward. or IN O box stall: that turning
ronnd and treading with their forward
feet ii the manure keeps them constantly
moist and soft, His theory seems per
fectly reasonable. He bad nc box stalls
but used shavings for bedding, ard every
morning with a large shovel moved the
wet shavings from under the horses
front feet, and then the last thing at
night covered these with dry sbavings
for him to lie on. He also remarked
that he had never known a tlat-tooted
horse but what was a great worker.
To make butter In cold weather strain
the milk into pans that have been pre-