The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-09-04
SEASONABLE FARM NOTES.
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IN Saxony diaries, milk is kept from
souIing by passing n thin iron chain
through the milk pans, the ends of
! which chain are kept constantly in
cold water
I THE Rurdt Messenger thus tells how 10
turn horn: Rasp the horn on the out
/ side If you wish to turn the horn In. 1t
will give lie to that part and increase Its
growth wonderfully on the side rasped.
You can give the horn any shape YOU
please by scraping.
THE meaning Of the word "soiling, .
rs understood among the cattle feeders,
is the practice Of combining animals to
the stake or small lots, and feeding them
on green clover, corn, grass, etc, cut as
needed, and not allowing the stock to
/ Craze on the ground where the food
grows.
IT is well known that butter. cream.
milk and flour are peculiarly liable to
absorb etfiuyia, and should, therefore.
never be kept in mouldy rooms or placed
/ where there are sour liquids, aromatic
vegetables, such rs onions, cabbage and
/ turnips; or smoked fish or bacon, or in
deed, any kind of food or thing Of strong
! odor, lest they lose their flavor.
| HAVE had very good success both in
/ growing and feeding beets, either sugar
mangel Ghe yellow globe [ pre-
! fcr). They are sweet and healthy to
4 give as change to all stock in winter.
As an experiment | have fattened beet
/ by feeding only beets and clover hay,
making what butchers call tirst-rate
! quality of meat.
! \ SERIES of experiments has demon
! strated that bran possesses valuable
/ qualities rs a fertilizer, 1t being claimed
/ to be superior to guano, bonedust
land plaster, etc, by contemporary
/ About half a ton to the acre, applied
once III three or four years, is sufficient
while the yield is prodigiously increased
This would make 1t a cheap dressing.
SOME varieties Of potatoes are more
liable to scab than others. A row 81
Buckeyes were almost eaten up by the
scab, while other yarities close by were
free from 1t. | have, ! think, proven
to my own satisfaction at least, that since
the exclusive use of commercial fertile
ers my potatoes have become entirely
free from scab, and better than Will
the use of barn-yard manures
Mr.. w. H. CHAPMAN, who owns on,
of the largest cherry orchards In Nap5
valley, Cal, smokes his orchard in spring
to prevent injury by the frost. Here
after, says the Napa Register, he intends
smoking when the trees are in blossom
whether there is danger of frost or no.:
as from past experience he is cOnfden
the operation is very beneficial to the
trees, causing the fruit to set better.
Il some parts of France rye is largely
employed for green feeding, but of lat,
farmers are substituting barley, which
appears to be better relished by stock
it is sWeeter and somewhat more tender.
Its nutritivc value is very different fol
lowing the period Of it's development
When young it contains but six parts il
100 of dry matter, and twenty-one abou
fifteen days after coming into ear.
A CORRESPONDENT of the OH,
Farmer says that he has found by ex
perience that six COtswold sheep vii
not consume more food than a COW, anG
are more profitable. For lamb 0
this breed, weighing l % pounds, So. 80 i
obtained. He estimates that six eve
will produce eight lambs per annum an
fifty pounds of wool
PARSNIPs carrots, Swedish turnips
and especially manGcl-wurtsel, will al
fattcn pigs. The roots ought not to bt
given in raw state, but always cooked
and mixed with beans, peas, India corn
oates or barley, all of which must be
ground into meal. When pigs are fee
ON such cooked food as we have STATED
the pork acquires peculiar rye flavor
and IS much esteemed, especially TO
family use.
CoBNsTALKs are good food for cattle
but their is a great difference in thci
value as saved by different farmers. lie
ont to become weather-beaten, they art
poor food for any kind Of stock; bu
when saved without being injured eithc
by sun or weather, well cured and shell
tered early, retains the sweet Juices I'M
impaired they are one of the best fodde
crops. 1t pays to cut and secure then
early, while there are some of tn,
juices remaining in them.
CRTB-BITING is often a habit, but ma,
be caused by a disease. Indigestion oc
/. CasiOnS q constant irritation and un
casmcss, which may impel the horse t.
take hold with the teeth and stretch tn
neck as n means of relief From thi
grows the habit of cril'-biting ant
wind-sucking, which ceases when tn
cause Is removed As q remedy Civ,
the horse in his feed, daily, for "A few
weeks, one drachm of copperas and hal
an ounce Of ground ginger, and feed hin
upon cut feed, with crushed or groun,
grain, and an ounce of salt in each feed
NEVER water a horse directly afte
feeding him, especially if he is fed OF
corn. Thirst should be allayed befor
the feed is given, and if any water is
allowed after it should be merely
, mouthful, until the lapse of two o
three hours time has been had for gas
trio digestion. Many valuable animal
have been lost by allowing them to drinl
freely directly after eating.
FoR Cole. Dysentery. Teething and other dis
eases Of babyhool. always Use Dr. Bulls Bah
Syrup.
TIE absence of very large pebbles ol
some parts of the seashore this year is du
to the fact that they were all collecto,
for hotel bed rooms early in the season
and are still doing duty as cakes of soap
New Dress Goods.
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