The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-05-14
SEASONABLE FARM NOTES.

until the ground is settled and firm.
The bulbs of the tuberose never bloom
but once. They require sandy soil.
A MIXTURE of bone dust and ashes is
said to be the best fertilizer for straw
berries.
ANY hog, and especially SOW in pig,
should have, atleast three times a week,
a small quantity of charcoal.
TT is said that oat straw and clover hay
will make as good growth in young ami
mails as the best of English hay.
The ground about the crrants and
gooseberries should be cultivated thor
oughly and given good mulch.
The strawberry bed should be kept
free from weeds, and the soil loose and
mellow. Before hot weather apply a |
mulch.
ACCORDING to the Mark Lane Er-
press, "Opinion among cattle breeders
in the United States is setting dead
against horns.
To certain extent tillage may be a
substitute for manure, but the man IS
not wise who endeavors to substitute
manure for tillage.
Cows at pasture, as we'll as those kept
in stables under the soiling system,
should have an abundance of fresh, pure
water, and be properly supplied with
| salt.
MOST of the teaming upon the farm
is upon soft ground, and the light draft
of broad Tired wagons should make them
preferable, because they are saving OF
animal strength.
For worms in hogs, give teaspoon
full of copperas to each SIX months or
over; give half the dose to younger ami
mails. Give by mixing with mash made
of chopped grain.
A roP-DREssING of fine barn-yard ma
nure, OF artificial fertilizer to the grass
land, either pasture or meadow, Will OIL
, ten give new life to the grass, and return
the expense many fold.
Too much hay and too little grain Is a
, common mistake in feeding working
horses. Twelve quarts of good heavy
oats and twelve pounds OF hay are a
good daily ration for working horse
Ar odd times, during rainy days, ETC.,
it will be profitable to took over the ma
chiuery and utensils used III haylnG and
l harvesting, and see what needs to De
E! bought or mended, and thus be i'll readl-
: ness when the clover is to be cut or when
j the wheat is ripe for the harvest.
ERAsTUs CORNING, of Albany has pur-
chased a remarkable cow in HerkImel
;, county. She is of the jersey breed ano
is FIVE years old 1t Is claimed thai
" twenty-three per cent. of her milk Is
cream, and that she can produce eighteen
v pounds of butter week. Herprlce wa'
+ 81, 800.
ONE greatpoint in improving the corr
y crop is to carefully select the seed iron
prolific stalks, that have through serle
4 of wears yielded more than one ear to th
~ plant. 1t is safe to say that aproper ut
10 tention to the selection of seed VII
% double this valuable crop on every corn
. growing farm.
re IT may be well to remember that a
each female potato beetle is capable c
W LAYING about |, 000eggs $50 say entomolc
gists), it is a matter of considerable IN
n portance that those which lave passe
e. the winter III the ground and appear l
the spring should be as nearly extel
IL minated as possible.
IS WHEN an orchard requires fertlllzln
it is best to do this all over the grounc
E. and not to apply manure only near th
or trees. This produces large growth
er roots close to the trees, for roots gro
where soil is richest. Orchards nee
rs lime and ashes more than manure, an
er these soon produce healthy, smooth bari
er PICS profit by run to grass. Whe
ul the trees the orchard are large enoue
it should be seeded to clover as apastu-
mt for the pigs. This will afford them GOO
as grazing, and at the same time they W
he destroy many of the orchard vermi
us Young pigs will need plenty OF goo
-ul milk, which should be given them sep
rate from the older ones.
n9 A FRENCH paper relates the followil
aH experiment: A COW was MIXED thr
81 ~ times day for eleven days, and yield
IT, 10 quarts of milk. With two milkin
daily she gave only 1tG quarts IN t
same number Of days. Analyses, MOI
TO; over. showed the milk III the first Ca
ast was richer in butter globules by me
10 than one-seventh than in the seco
T. case.
" WITH the hard work of the month t
200 horses require the best care, which
am cludes cardiug and brushing. Too mtI
us corn. fed now, make the animals restl'
Law by producing an irritation OF the SIX
me A moderate feed of green rye will be We
II acceptable to horses, and promote TIL
do health. If the land is not stony t
,in' shoes may be removed from the Ia
MS teams, for a time at least, with benefit
to IT is best to set blackberry and ras
at berry plants in the early spring, but
de NAV still be done. Some means of no
ing up the growing canes should be p
bin vided, either ON single stalks or trellls
to The canes produced last year bear
ted fruit. and the new ones are for II
icI next year. All suckers at dlstal
dat from the rows, unless new plants are
an sired. should be considered as weeds {
mas cut away.
sou Crane vines that have been kept q
pee mant in cool cellars may still be plant
, ON Nl The cost of few vines Is but trltle
IN the returns are great. All persons '
'l L19 have ground enough for garden, h
ali ever small, have room for at least
me go grape vine Newly planted V ines sho
g s; u be allowed to grow but single ST
In this year. Tie it to n support.
pc" fruit bearing shoots for this year she
men have their further growth i'll length ]
Il 9e vented by pinchin8 off the end of
ue ,, shoot at two or three leaves above
Ne uppermost cluster The earlier
work is done the better.
, 90 THIS is, over most of the country,
3 all month of corn planting, and now is
t;nts time to look to the improvement of
rors great cereal grain. No crop in
, he United States has greater possibillt