The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-11-13
SEASONhBLE FARM NOTES.

ton Of the Introducing grain.
ROUP IN fowls Is an inflammation Ofthe
mucous membranes lining the nostrils
and adjoining parts.
FRESH bones from the butcher shop
pounded fine are superior to the COM
mcrcial bOne-meal for fowls
Many an inferior COW has been sup
ported by the superior COWS IN the herd,
the owner knowing that his total milk
yield was bringing in money, but not
realizing the loss incurred III keeping
the poor beasts
4 COUPLE of years ago when wool was
so low, farmer near Statewide, Mis-
sIssippi, put his wool clip into mattresses.
This season he ripped open the mat
trcsses and sold the wool III them for
$500.
The largest hog in the country is Il
Poland China, four years old this
spring. lately on exhibition at Junction
City Kan His length is seven feet;
girth Of neck, 6! feet; girth of chest, Z
feet; girth Of centre, 5 feet: width across
the hips, So inches, and weight, 1852
pounds.
\ CORRESPONDENT Of the Rur0i NcW
IorECF answers a query as to the rem
edy for worms in a horse, which, he saws,
has never failed Of q cure, 10y simply
taking half Il cup Of pure, hard wood
ashes, finely sifted, and mixed dry with
the mash on food Ii one dose should
not prove sufficient. repeat it after 4 day
OF two.
FIcK's N0guzjuC recommends coffee
grounds as It manure for plants. 4 lady
III San Francisco lately received some
plants from Mexico, and with the plants
came the advice to fertilize them with
waste coffee and co11ee-grounds. This
WAS done, and the result was 50 satisfac-
tory that the same treatment was tried
on roses, and the effect was II healthy
and vigorous growth, and more aud bet
ter flowers and OF richer cOlors.
THE last milk drawn from the COW at
each milking is much the richest part
OF the mess. The reason is the same
tina. the top Of a pan of milk which has
stood awhile Is the richest part Of it.
Tie cream being the ightest part of
the milk, rises or remains at the top Of
the uddcr, while theheavier, watery por-
tons settle at the bottom. similarly,
though not as perfectly as when set in
pan. The richer portion of the milk
being Of greater consistency, settles to
the bottom OF the udder but slowly as
the milk Is drawn off.
\ WRITER gives this method OF curing
setting len. ." You inclose the
hen in coop Gight or dark,
and keep her there for three days and
three nights. She must not have par
tiole Of yictGals to eat or drink. When
she energies she Will be so run mad
hungry as to Danish all thoughts of her
former intentions. Nofear of starvation
in this plan. ! have practiced it for
wears, and recommended it to hundreds
1t IS a sovereign cure. Several hens
may be put together. One obstinate
case in a hundred may occur. Then re-
peat the dose.
EXPERIENCE teaches that stock enter
ing into winter quarters in good con-
dition can be kept without difficulty;
while an animal beginning the winter in
poor condition. notwithstanding an
abundance of feed careful housing and
the best attention, will invariably be in
poor order IN the following spring; par
ticularly Is this the case with common
stock. Fat stock consumes a less
amount OF food than poor stock, be-
cause there is not so much required to
keep up the animal heat.
TIE Poul,W Mouthly advises every
farmer to keep q good stock OF guinea
fowls, not merely for their flesh and
eggs, but for their extreme watchfulness
IN Guarding other poultry They are
3 IL
giving the alarm in an instant. and al
ways sleep with one eve open. As it
Is almost impossible to catch a guinea
fowl ON the roost or off OF il. when it is
desirable to xiii one or more. a flock on
the farm affords the amateur marksman
q fine opportunity to practice. They
must, OK course, be shot through the
head in order not to tear the flesh, and
to 10 this with q rife requires practice
and skill.
THE crop of wheat at the Virginia
Agricultural College this wear, on clo-
yer fallow with superphosphitec costing 81
per acre, says the Planter and Farmer.
yielded thirty-onc bushels per acre,
weighing siXcy-seven pounds per bushal.
On account Of the mildness of the win
ter this crop had to be grazed down
twice with sheep. Before harvest it
suffered from drought. The variety
planted was Fultz, one bushel to the
acre. The seed, drilled wide and cult
waited between the rows, Welded only
One-half as much as similarly planted
plots not cultivated.
ALL blowing under or otherwise dis
posing Of rubbish from gathered crops
should he done during September and
October Ii roots are TO be grown next
season where corn stubbIe is to be
plowed under, lot il be done deeply
and all tie stubble well covered. Root
culture requires good farming, and
rough uneven plowmg, with loose corn
stubs on the surface, Is not good farm
ing. A well-plowed corn atubble may
be worked with the disc harrow in the
spring and well fitted for roots, which
are preferable to oats to follow corn.
4 RESIDENT Of Belchertown, Mass,
reports to the FTuH Rccordcr note
worthy results of mulching with stones.
Tomato plants, around each of which
a compact circle three feet in diameter
was placed, ''not only proved very
thrifty and productive, but commenced
to ripen very much earlier than the
rest, and the mann portion OF their
fruit was gone before the others had
ripenad but a small portion OF their
crop. This trial was so satisfactory
that it was repeated the next season
with like results.