New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-12-07
Live Stock and Agricultural.

Bnttermilk poured over the back of .
scurvy pig viii remove the scurf.
Oats grown on clay land make the
best meal. keep longest, and bring the
highest price.
Pigs are able to consume far more
food in proportion to their weight than
either sheep or oxen.
1t Il estimated that there is not more
than one acre Of land to . farm in Ver-
mont planted to corn.
If salt and charcoal be fed to pigs
every week it will greatly benefit them
by preserving their health.
Combs and wa.tles of fowls may be
prevented from freezing by oiling them
20 As to prevent their getting wet.
Sweet apples are excellent food for
cows II supplied in moderate quantities
and under favorable circumstances.
Experiment shows that with Early
Rose potatoes the smallest amount Of
seed in the hill yields Che best crops.
Young cows do not give as rich milk
as those of mature age do. A lean COW
gives poor milk and 81 fat COW gives rich
milk.
Linseed is perhaps. of ordinary foods,
the one most similar to mi k in comp0-
siti0n. and hence desirable artificial
food for young animals.
Green manuring or the plOwing-in OF
green crops is especially adapted for
light, sandy soils, which need hunus to
increase their retentive power.
Pruning ought to be done after the
leaves attain their size, when the
wounds will not bleed and they will
commence to heal Immediately.
A farm can be stocked with sheep
cheaper than with any other animals.
Sheep will come nearer to utilizing ev-
ervthing which grows Oh til farm.
To remove rust from knives: Cover
them with sweet oil we'll rubbed on,
and after two days take lump of fresh
lime and rub till the rust disappears.
Joseph Harris says that we can make
our lands poor by growing clover and
selling it, or we can maze them rich bv
growing clover and feeding it out on
the farm.
When wheat is cut young it will be
lighter in color. and will ferment more
quickly than that cut later. Late wheat
will make The least flour, but the strong
est and best.
For family cows. heifers with their
first calves should be MIXED within q
few weeks of their coming in again. II
dried off early they will always dry up
their milk early.
The general opinion is that ants are
enemies to fruit trees. but it has long
since been proved that they destroy
larvae ard chrysalides, and that they do
not destroy the fresh fruit
Add little glycerine to the grease
applied to harness. and it will be kept
in soft and pliable state, in spite Of
the ammoniacal exhalations of the sta
BILE. which tend to make it brittle.
Sheep should be tagged regularly and
kept clean. They should be culled
every year, and those in any manner de-
fcient in form or age should be put in a
separate pasture and fat.ened for the
butcher.
Swamp muck is of little value for pot
plants. Leaf-mold mixed with the
loan taken just under the sod of an old
pasture il suitable for nearly all plants;
additions of sand and manure can be
made as necessary.
"A VIC OuNu10OVA "uAVu S4O"S u00IO8t
the root be saved for seed for number
Of years in succession, the result will be
smaller and earlier variety. If the
fruit on the extremity be saved it will
produce larger and later variety.
In sowing wheat be careful that no
foul seeds get into the ground through
the drill or by the hand of the sower.
Have your seed wheat perfectly clean.
An hour spent in making seed clean
will save . day or week in the future
in eradicating weeds.
The stings of bees, wasps. yellow
jackets, hornets. ETC.. are not only pain
ful, but with some persons may be dam
gerous. II you can see the sting extract
It with tweezers. or by pressing watch
key over it. Apply soda, hartshorn,
sweet oil. whisky or cologne. If there
is depression give stimulants.