The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-08-21
SEASONABLE FARM NOTES.


In feeding bran to stock we obtain
return almost equal to its cost in the
active quality of the manure.
A BULLOCK, when slaughtered, Yields
about fifty pounds of blood, which, for
fertiiZing purposes, is worth twenty-five
cents.
ALsIKE gives smaller crops than red
clover, but of better quality. 1t is high
lv recommended for soils liable to
heaving by frost, and affords to be ex-
cellent pasture ground.
To keep seeds from the depredations
of mice mix some pieces of camphor with
them. Camphor placed III trunks or
drawers will prevent mice from doing
them injury.
CLOVER cut early for hay will be ready
to cut again for seed this month. The
sod may be turned for wheat, and Will
furnish a large amount OF valuable
quick-acting plant-food.
THE last thing to BE- done before going
to bed is To go out to the barn and give
a good look at the cattle and horses. and
they will be likely to have a good look
in the morning.
For fall pasture rye, or millet may be
sOwn early tins month, on rich and thor
oughly prepared soil. If not wanted
this fall, the rye will make Il good crop
for the spring soiling of the farm ami
mails.
WHITE turnips may be sown this
month. With the use of manure or
artificial fertilizers, an oat stubble may
be made to produce a crop Of 600 to 800
bushels per acre These roots make ex-
cellent food for all kinds of stock, and
will keep III good condition until January.
For manure for potatoes take one cask
of lime and slack it with water, and then
stir IN one bushel of fine salt, and then
mix In loan enough so that it will not
become mortar; it viii make about FIVE
barrels. Put half a pint in a hill, at
planting.
BY proper management two filters OF
pigs may be obtained from the same SOW
in a year, and with considerable profit
1t IS frequently an advantage to have
pigs come in August, as they can then
be ready as small pork for the holidays.
Above all, keep the pens neat and clean.
In a section of from fifteen to twenty
miles around Philadelphia wlnd-powers
have SO greatly multiplied within the last
five or six years that they are to be seen
seen in almost every direction and have
become regarded as one of the necessi-
ties of farm, especially where much
stock is kept.
THIS month and the next are the best
for cleaning up the wet, low lands. The
thick growth Of grass and weeds is fisrt
to be cut and burned, when the soil will
be ready to break up with q pillow. So
soon rs the soil has been made fine by
thorough narrowing, it should be sown
to grass seed. Frequently it will be
necessary to run one or more.
AN English seed firm of high standing
suggests the following remedy for the
turnip fly 1t is to drill little extra
seed in the rows, and to scatter little
seed broadcast between the rows. We
have known this to answer admirably in
checking the pace Of the flies through
the rows, and thus atfording time for a
sufficient portion Of the plants to de-
7elop from the seed leaf, after which
period the plants are proofagainst the fly.
PASTURE alone will not be enough for
horses at night that are kept at work
through the day. a run in the pasture
Will be beneficial, but feed of grain
should be given before being turned out.
Work horses blowing on hot, dry ground
are subject to brittle hOofs; this may be
remedied by keeping the hoofs soft by
an occasional application of glycerine.
The shoes should not be kept on too
long. otherwise the hOof growth VIII not
be natural
SOILING saves fences, one of the most
expensive features Of ordinary farming,
prevents the propagation of weeds, and
keeps stock from wasting more fodder
than they eat by trampling it down. 1t
doubles the amount of stock which can
be kept on any given amount of land,
end there Is a vast amount of valuable
manure that may be saved. There is some
additional labor, but the returns are so
much greater that soiling is the system
of the present, as well as the future of
agriculture.
If the t1lrnip is to be fed to stock, it is
not necessary to cut off the top, espe-
ciallv f YOU have not a root cellar, where
a low, even temperature can be kept, and
the green relish of the leaves, together
with the bulb, Will cause them to be
eagerly devoured With turnips, feed
tops and all to sheep, with small addi-
ton Of green, either oats or corn, the
amount of hay required for flock of
sheep will be very small. If farmers
would make up their minds to give this
root a trial, their superior feeding quail
ties would meet with prompt recogni
ton.
"MY plan is to SOW all my wheat
ground every year, let lie in pasture two
years, then plough for corn, thenfallow,
then SOW to wheat, then seed to clover
again. [ never cut clover for hay or
seed but let the cattle or hogs tramp it
down and by sowing the Sappling variety
I have a wonderful litter to turn under
and il pays a large per cent. As to
amount sown per acre, l SOW one bush
el to fifteen acres. l am ploughing
field Of twenty acres for corn that was
sown with forty pounds of seed and
there is a splendid stand on 1t. If you
will place your seed on table as thick
as you want it, weigh your seed and
measure your table, you will find one
bUshel to fifteen acres enough. B. c.
Roberts.
The opinion prevails that one table
spoonful of the various fertilizing COM
pounds that are now being extensively
used put in the hill is sufficient to grow
a crop of tobacco on land that would not
otherwise produce a second crop Of peas.