The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-06-25
SEASONABlE FARM NOTES

lhls is very important.
| LINsEED meal is not only nutritious
food for cattle, but also regulates the
system and loosens the coat. ~ Ia
| IF you want good-sized potatoes. Use
! good sized tubers for seed. Do not if
you can avoid it, cut more than one eve
III a set. -rEf-s .s... t---. .,- 3D. =
GRASS seed will usually take we'll if
covered with bush only. But on drv
ground harrow and roller make n bet.
ter job of it. yAa DIS s
The crops that do best on rather stiff
soil are potatOes,E onions, celery. late
cabbages, all kinds. When we'll drined
such soil will often produce good early
capbage. LA@ q ..
NERVOUS, excitable steer is not as
profitable to feed as Emphatic one
with broad, deep chest, for this last is
seldom disturbed much 10y anything.
He feeds well and fats we'll.
GROUND bone, bore meal and fine
graduated bone are all understandable
articles nowadays, aud large quantities
OF this economical provision for poultry
are used by those who understand its
value.
GRAPEvINEs should not be planted
more than six inches deep, as most of
the roots grow near the surface. Vines
that have been laid down or covered
should be fastened upon the trellis be-
fore the buds start
The toad destroys from twenty to
thirty insects IN an hour, and the mole
is continually destroying grubs, larvae,
t11Nn, 4
agriculture; no trace of vegetation is
ever found III its stomach.
SAssAFRAs bushes may be eradicated
by blowing deep and narrowing. This
will bring the roots to the surface.
Plant corn or potatoes, and keep the
crop well hoed to kill any sprouts that
may appear Two years of this treat
ment will thoroughly destroy them.
In testing eggs, the fresher the egg
the smaller the air-chamber This can
be seen at the broad end of the egg if it
be held up against n strong light in q
dark room. Stale eggs have a notified,
graylsh look about them. A new-laid
egg will always give feeling of warmth
If the tongue is pressed to the large end.
Too many farmers merely skim the
surface of the ground with the harrow
andthink that few scratches are enough,
Just as boy takes few dashes at his
hair with comb, and thinks that with
lick and promise, it is slick PuIverize
the soil SO that it is fine, and you will
gain moisture and an easy chance for the
seeds.
A FRENCH paper relates the following
experiment.: A COW was MIXED three
times day for eleven days, and yielded
40 quarts of milk. With two milkines
daily she gave only lac quarts in the
same number of days. Analysis, more
over, showed that the milk in the first
case was richer In butter globules by
more than one seventh than i'll the
second case.
Hay in a NOW differs considerably in
compactness both from the kind and the
depth of the mass. Timothy hay i'll a
NOW twelve or fourteen feet deep for a
year would weigh ton for each 500 Gu
bic feet. Two hundred and fifty cubic
feet of pressed hay make ton, and this
may form good means of estimating
for other hay. Hay in NOW twelve
feet deep and pressed down, with grain
packed on it, would take about 400 cubic
feet for ton
THERE is always great uncertainty III
breeding from cross-bred animals, the
inheritance Ill such cases being quite as
likely to take one direction as the other,
and III either case frequently reverting
to the original type in avery unexpected
manner. The surest is to use thorough
bred male of some one breed, and make
your own crosses. A breed of cattle can
not be built up in one or even three gen
eratlons OF cross breeding, or of grading
IN given direction. 49,
FARMERS, put up your own liniments.
One of the best for rheumatism is made
as follows: One pint of spirits of fur
pentlne, two ounces Of camphor, two
ounces of spirits of ammonia and one
ounce of oil of sassafras. One of the
best liniments for wounds is made bv
melting one pound of pine tar, add one
quart of hnseed OIL and half pint of
spirits of turpentine; it is Just the thing
for any wounds Oh man or beast, and it
Is one of the best remedies to apply to
brittle feet.-H. s. IfiU.
IT is best to SOW fodder corn III drills
two and-a- half to three feet apart, and at
intervals of ten days, for number of
weeks from this time on, SO that there
may be continuous supply of green
iced. j. tLo seed is sown broadcast, the
plants cannot be cultivated while young,
and this early attention is very impor-
tant to insure good crop. The fact
that the grain Is sweeter does not indi
cate that the whole plant is therefore
better. The smaller and leafy varities
of corn are best on account of the
superior quality of the finer fodder.
The Poultry Monthly says that
ninety pounds of grain is sufficient to
keep hen IN prime condition for one
year. If fed as much as ninety-eight
pounds, divided as follows, the cost
would be about 81: Thirty pounds of
corn, % certs; tbirty-two of oats, 80
cents; and thirty eight OF wheat screen
lngs, 40 cents. Besides this, if the hen
is fed on the debris OF the kitchen it will
increase the production of eggs, and she
will lay about ten dozen, worth not less
than $50, and will also hatch a brood of
chickens. With proper care and at
tention, one hundred hens should be
made to produce an annual profit of
from $1.50 to $l.75 each.
IT is often the case that COWS como in
after the grass had become flush, and
there is then danger that they may
have swelled udders, and that milk fever
or obstructed teats may occur. When
COWS coming in thus late are in good
it is better to keep them off
from grass altogether, combining them to
the stable for two or three weeks before
calving, and for week or ten days after
wards. By that time the stiffness and
swelling will disappear from the udder,