The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-08-26
FARM NOTES.

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IT IS found in my own experience that
urine collected into tanks from fifty
COWS tied up during the winter months
is sufficient to keep In high. condition
seven or eight acres of meadow land
Lofa1e's Agi-fctlltnruI U0settSs
INSECTS as they relate to man are fioxs
ious, beneficial or neutral. Those
ranked as beneficial may be directly
beneficial, like the silkWorm or honey
bee, or are indirectly beneficial as ds-
stroysrs of noxious insects.
SPEAKING of the pioneers of cattle
breeding, the Live Stock Record re-
marks s'The distractions now in the
way of breeders are by ne means those
which met Blackwell, Ceilings; Bates;
and Booth. They had to lay the foun-
dation and build from the ground up,
while at this time these are found ready
to hand, and it only remains with the
present breeder to keep them up to the
standard of excellence of iudiciotis eross-
ing and true breeding.
CoUNT THE CogT.-NO man Is fty 70
manage farm who does not think be-
is the best way to do it. Work with
out thought, without plan, has been the
blunder of many who pretend to be
farmers. Raising crops without knowl-
edge as to their cost, or thought as to
whether they will sell or not, has Slapped
many fortune. More forethought in
the management of farm is required
than in most any other pursuit followed
by man, and the forehanded farmer is
always the one who counts the cost, and
closely calculates all matters that apper-
tain to the farm, not that farmer is
necessarily obliged to make shifts and
turns IN order to succeed, but simply
to count the cost.
BALKY HoRsEs.-It is rarely well to
whip or kick or sceld balky horse, as
is the common practice: One of the
best methods is to feed where he stands
with any accessible food, such as oats,
ears Of corn, or even grass by the way
side, or hay from the wagon, which can
be provided for the emergency. For
getting his whim he will generally start
without trouble Another good way is
to do something not harmful, but new,
which will direct his thoughts, and be-
fore he knows it he will be jogging un-
consciously along. Sometimes, if one
can spare the day, it is best to wait till,
from uneasiness and hunger, the animal
submits to the will of his driver, and
the triumph in this instance is generally
complete. In any event, it is poor pol
icy to whip and abuse the animal, be.
cause it does no good.
INDICATIONS OF THE WEATHER.-The
color of the sky at particular times
affords wonderful good guidance. Not
only rosy sunset pressages good
weather, but there are other tints which
speak with equal clearness and accuracy.
A bright yellow sky in the evening indi-
Gates wind pale yellow, wet a neutral
gray color constitutes favorable one in
the morning. The clouds are again full
of meaning in themselves. II their forms
are soft, underlined, full and feathery.
the weather will be fine if their edges
are hard, sharp and definite, it will be
foul. Generally speaking, any deep,
unusual hues betoken wind and rain !;
while the more quiet and delicate tints
bespeak fair weather. It is very true,
however, that all signs in regard to the
weather some times are deceptive and
fail.
SELLING BY WEIGHT.-Tt cannot be
denied but what the fairest way in dis
posing Of articles from the farm is by
weight. It is the only proper way and
why? Let us take eggs, for instance
A dozen of large eggs, under the pres
ent system of traffic, brings no more
than dozen of small ones. No one will
pretend to say there is any justice in
this. Then take potatoes or turnips, or
apples or onions, or fruit of any kind. A
person who understands clark ways:
can make, by measuring by the bushel
or quart, good deal more or less, &C
cording TO the interests that suits him.
In all the berries sold in this mar4et by
the quart there is leakage in the meas
ure in most instances. Honest scales
WON'T cheat. It is just as right to sell
wool by the fleece as it is eggs by the
dozen or hay by the load-as to sell po-
tatoes, tomatoes, wheat, rye, barley,
oats, corn, apples, berries by the quart
Or bushel. There is no justice in it,
neither is there any representation in it.
The only fair way in either buying OF
selling farm products is by the weight
THERE is q good deal said about sheep
breeding in this country, and the advan
tages respectively presented by the
grassy mountain or Western prairie land
for sheep culture are commented on by
exchanges and correspondents. But
Australia, it is probable, exceeds any
other part Of the world for sheep. The
GoUe5 71G51e9at Gazette for Canterbury and
Otago, New Zealand, gives q list OF q
few owners and tiocks, as follow, III the
colonies Of the antipodes -s5
New Zealand and Australian Land Co. $50, 900
Mr.. Robert Campbell. Observation-Disclosures. 300, 900
Mr.. George Henry Moore. ............. 10000
Messrs. Dalgety & OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 208, 900
Massrs. Clifford L Weld ........ go 600
Sir Dillon Bel. $4,000
Hon. Will lam Robinson. ......... S. 900
Sir Cracoft Wilson ................. $4,000
Mr.. Kitchen. $4,000
Mr.. Allen Mclean. $4,000
There are a number of milIionaires
among the Australasian sheperds.
Mr.. J. G. WooD, farmer of Switzer-
land County, Indiana, says the best way
Of killing the common sheep so1rel in
meadows is to treat it literally with old
brine. He says the rusty brine from
old pork barrels is certain death to the
sorrel-a fact worth knowing. Fresh
salt brine is not so destructive to the
sorrel.
HIGH FARMING. farming is a
system of tillage and farm management
that is sells ustaining, a system that
takes nothing but the bare land, the do
nestle animals, the farm implements
and machinery, and cultivates the soil,
sustains the family and the animals,
pays the annual taxes, defrays the ex-
penses incident to the improvements
that must be made on the farm, cancels
the annual interest on the money in
vested in the land, eventually pays for
the land, all from the products of the
soil cultivated; ana Ger one, two or
three decades of years, leaves every acre
in far better state Of fertility than the
soil was at the beginning. This is high
farming. There are untold numbers of
| nuiat unobtrusive filIers of the soil in