The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-12-24
SEASONABLE FARM NOTES.


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CIoNs should be cut before they have
been exposed to hard freezing, and
packed in sawdust, damp as it comes
from the mill. If no sawdust is at hand
use sand.
BEES should now be in their winter
quarters. Those who practice out-of-
door wintering may reasonably expect
success if we have, as many anticipate. a
mild winter.
HEAVY falls of snow may do much
damage to evergreens. The snow should
be shaken from the limbs soon after it
falls before it gets icy. The shovel
should bI used to remove the snow that
has dragged down the lower branches.
A MODERATE freezing does celery no
harm, but it should not be allowed to
freeze hard. AS soon as the winter sets
in, the covering OF hay-which until
then had been slight-should be in
creased until it is one foot in thickness.
In Denmark, in the management of
the dairy, rape cake, oats and wheat
bran are reckoned as first class butter
foods, palm-nut cake and barley as sec
ond-class foods. while linseed cake, peas
and rye are placed in the third-class
By the employment of first and second
class foods, with cut straw, hay and
roots, an abundance of excellent butter
is produced throughout the winter.
MANY plants are protected too much.
Strawberries require very little litter
directly over them-most OF it should be
put on the ground between the rows. A
little brush, or evergreen boughs placed
close TO shrub that is not quite hardy,
will ward off the severe winds and pre-
serve an even temperature better than
the "bundling up" with straw, as was
thought necessary few years ago.
The Dublin Farmer claims a full
feed of hay to horses, to follow concen-
trated food, is wasteful, and crowds the
latter out of the stomach before proper
digestion occurs. This authority claims
that the hay should be fed first to avoid
the aforementioned trouble A hearty
drink of water upon a full stomach also
operates to push its contents into the
intestines before there is proper diges-
ton.
THERE are some common-se rules
In tattening stock, the value Of which
every farmer must acknowledge. The
animal must be comfortable and con-
tented to do its best. To insure this
condition they must have plenty of good
clean water, easily accessible TO drink,
plenty of good, palatable food which
they can eat in quietness and undis-
turbed, besides having quiet, pleasant
companions in the field, that do not hook
OF bite.
WINTER is trying time for newly set
trees, as the storms bend them and mice
and rabbits feed on their tender bark.
Ali rubbish should be cleared away from
the trees and mound OF earth, a foot Oh
more high, thrown up. This serves tc
support the young tree and keep away
the mice. Shows should always be
tramped hard close around the trees
! Rabbits have a distaste for flesh anC
blood, and by smearing the lower part
/ of the trunks with blood the trees may
! be protected.
/ ANIMALS IN a state OF nature have
| great variety of food, and are subject t.
! but few diseases. Domesticated animal.
| during the summer season have al
opportunity to crafty their taste for {
| great variety of substances and are ben
Gifted by it. Some roots should bt
raised for condiments if for nothing else
Carrots and parsnips are well suited
for our climate, as they grow in the
ground instead of above it. Their roots
shade the soil, and in that way keep i
from becoming very dry during a season
Of protracted drouth.
The common acceptance is, that freez
ing of wheat lands late in the fall is
very damaging, but an old wheat-growel
gives it as his opinion that the light fall
freezes are a decided benefit. The re.
suit of the fall rains is to form crus
upon the surface of the wheat fields
which is against the perfect growth Of
the plant. These slight freezings, no
enough to heave the land and iniure tbs
roots, loosen up the soil and makes i
mellow so that in the warm days tina
intervene between the frosts, the whea
roots get better chance to "feed." ant
so it results after all in a benefit equa
TO slight coating of fine manure.
THOMAS MEEHAN, in his last seed cat
alogue, just published, says that mos
failures with seed arise from not SOWING
in partial shade. If the hot sun burst
upon the seed-beds while the seeds ar
swelling and cold follows, many may TO
before the plants reach the surface
For large quantities, artificial arbors
tall enough to work under. are EN-
ployed. For smaller quantities, brush
wood, or the thin shade of cornstalks, o
of a skeleton frame answers well. Lat
tice frames may be employed to exclude
birds. Many kinds of seeds, with ex
perienced persons, do not require shade
but for others, shade Is always recon-
mended Very early sowing is impor
tant. With seeds which do not groy
until the second season, the groun,
should be kept clean and shaded tn
summer through. These hints will d.
TO remember for next springs opera
tons.
THE farm animals at this season ar
, directly dependent upon the care an
: attention of the farmer. To pass tn
, winter with profit they must be vel
; kept. Animals are very complicated en-
! eines, and must be run by careful en-
oineers. The food they receive is th
; fuel, and the daily rubbing, cleaning
etc, may be likened to the inspection
: cleaning and oiling of the engine. TIL
: fuel must be equal to the demands mad
of the animal engine, else the machir
, cry will be run at disadvantage, an
: therefore at diminished profit Whe
e the water is low and the fire almost OF
! the engine Is a source of loss to til
owner. On the other hand the fire ma
be brisk, and the boiler we'll supplied
5 but some screw is loose, or one pal