The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-03-27
SEASONAELE FARM HINTS.

MANURE applied to the lawn aud gar
there viii be no risk of its containing the
seeds of weeds.
BEETs delight in good strong soil.
If well drained and thoroughly worked,
even q clay soil will produce good beets
But it must be rich andmellow.
Ii there is not sufficient rain 10 keen
compost heaps moist water should be
supplied, even If 1t has to be hauled and
poured on them. Decomposition is ar
rested when the heap becomes dry 4
few barrels of water from the well soon
start up heat and decomposition in dry
pile of compost.
SOME seeds, like the parsnip. are not
good the second year, and should not be
kept over. All doubtful seeds. either as
to age, name orquality, should be thrown
out. Good seed is one Of the essentials
to success In the garden, and now Is the
time to sort, label, select and reject if
necessary.
ALL the seeds that may be required
should be procured at once There are
some kinds of seed that are better to be
changed occasionally; oats and potatoes
are of this kind and should be procured
from a northern locality, where the oats
are harder, and the potatoes larger and
more vigorous,
IN nearly all soils ashes are beneficial.
Their action Is twofold; they supply to
plants inorganic constituents which they
require, and they ;oct chemicallvas solv-
ents upon other salts in the soil. or
they neutrahze acids, etc They are
more beneficial on sandy and gravellv
lands than on clay. For plants that con-
tam a large percentage Of potash and
phosphonc acid, as carrots, tulnips, po-
tatoes ana cabbages, ashes are essential
manure.
\ FARMERS wife who makes sweet.
gllt-edged butter says she uses 10 color
ing, neither does she wash the butter.
She churns sweet cream at Il temperature
OF SO degrees, IN dash churn. Tomake
nice, fresh butter, it IS necessary to ar
range that different members Of the herd
should "come in" at different periods.
Ii the COWS are fed Oh good second crop
hay the butter will need no colormg.
She allows the milk to stand from thirty
six to forty-eight hours, the cream beng
kept in jars and we'll stirred, churning
three times a week.
A New YORK shepherd says: It's not
impossible to get rid Of ticks on sheep.
Take fine dust tobacco; put in box such
as ground spice is sold in, making OPEN
ings with an awl III the cover to suit;
part the wool Just behind the fore legs,
around the body, dust ring around the
sheep quite thick. Do the same also in
different places on the body wherever
the ticks are the most likely to congre-
gate. Use the tobacco literally, and [
will warrant a cure.
THE best place to keep eggs intended
for Matching is to wrap them in paper
and put them down cellar In a covered
box or basket. | have known eggs to
hatch after being kept this way for tour
weeks before being set. If they have to
be kept some time it is best to turn
them once every day or every other day
But set the eggs as soon as a hen can be
had to take them.
SOME people make the mistake Of Civ
ing the broods Matched by two or more
hens at once SO "A single hen to nurse
If each hen has Matched but one or two
chicks, then, of course, it is right and
proper to give them all to one hen But
If each hen has Matched five or six chicks
she should be allowed to rear them.
That number IS nearly or quite enough
for 4 small or medium-sized hen at this
time Of year
THE carly chicks get the early worm, >
and the sooner begins to feed itself
March pullets are those which fill the
egg baskets III the winter time There
fore set all the broody hens for which
eggs can be procured as soon as possible,
and take great care of the chicks which
come in this month. 4 warm run ont Of
doors can be made under hot bed SASH
arranged between two coops, and laid on
boards set on their edges.
Stop coughing at once by the immediate use
of DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup; % cents a bottle.