Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-11-03
FARM NOTES.

found to extend twenty-six feet or more.
AN agreeable flavor in cattle food slim.
uiates appetite and probably promotes
| digestion.
A cIsTERN four feet in diameter viii
hold ninety-four gallons of water to every
foot In depth.
| GREENBURG, Ind, can boast of several
trees growing on her court house tower
l20 feet above the ground
PLINY tells us that Doedalus invented
| the saw. The earliest saw-mill of which
we have mention was built at Madeira in
1920.
PROFESSOR RILEY says that kerosene
oil is sure death to insects in all stages.
and the only substance with which we
may hope to destroy their eggs.
THERE are 100000 cows in the
United States. This is more than are
kept by any nation Of Europe, Germany
having the highest, or 1906, 221.
TIE digestibility of fodder plants is
largely determined by their age. All the
constituents of young plants are more
| digestible than in the same plant of
greater age.
GEESE are easily kept; grass and
water form their chief requirements.
These, with fair supply of corn, oats
and boiled potatoes, make up their bill
| of fare.
IT HAS been proved by experiments
that if young turkeys be fed on soft
food mixed with milk, instead of water,
much superior and more tender meat
will be produced
A FARMER has recently died in Pen
obscot County, Maine, whose property
exceeded 800. 900, every dollar of which
was made in farming, and without specu-
lating in real estate.
NEWLY painted rooms are very un-
| pleasant for several days, but if hand
| full of hay is strewn on the floor upon
which is sprinkled little chloride OF
| lime, after a couple of hours the often
sive smell will have entirely disappeared.
FATTENING ANIMALS Sheep fatten
most rapidly at two to three years
of age. By feeding rich fodder, one
year old sheep will increase in weight
more rapidly than when older, for
the period of growth is not yet passed
Whilst they will fatten also at this age,
the flesh Is not esteemed as when older
as it IS more watery Lambs taken very
young and fed high are fattened and
made palatable. But when fattened
for profit as we'll as palatable flesh.
sheep, as of Other animals, should
be matured in growth first. It is
also true that after animals have
become too old, neither profitable fat
tening nor the most palatable flesh can be
secured with the best Of food Whether
for economy in feeding, or choice
meat. the best is attainable when the
animal is well matured neither before.
nor much after that period. Indiana
Farmer.
PROGRESS OF HoRTIcULTURE-Amo
most gratifying evidences of progress
are the numerous acquisitions OF new
and valuable varieties, by which the sea-
son OF our fruits is greatly prolonged
with the accession of early and late varie
ties. BY the better knowledge in the
keeping and packing of fruits, and. the
facilities of transportation, our markets
are now supplied with fruits throughout
the whole year. Instead of the straw
berry for three or four weeks, as for
merly, we now have it for four or five
Hloutus, Tire psssS1@ e-,ss-- So.
months, the grape from six to eight
months, the pear from eight to ten
months, the orange and apple the year
round, and the smaller fruits in then
season SO he who has the means may
replenish his table daily with such
variety as no other nation can produce
The process of hybridization
is simple, whether by the air, insects,
or the hand OF man, and We have only to
have due regard to the characteristics of
the parents from which we breed. Thus,
as it were, Zine upon line and precept
upon precept, / have endeavored to i'm
press on you the importance Of this
branch OF our science, and as it was my
first, so it shall be my continual and last
advice: PLANT the most mature and
perfect seeds of the most hardy, vigorous,
and valuable varieties and as shorter
process, insuring more certain and happy
results, cross or hybridize your best
fruits. From the A1lnuat ADDRESS OF
President Wider Of the american
Pathological Society.
How TO TELL Coop BUTTER. The
Legislature of Ohio recently passed a
bill providing for the inspection of but
ter and cheese, 'and all substances hav-
ing the resemblance of butter and
che Sc, and of diaries and other places
where milk is sold or butter or cheese
manufactured to be done by inspectors
appointed by the State Board of Health.
The Superintendent of inspectors of but
ter and cheese, Mr.. Robert Orr, has is
sued circular of instructions to his sub
ordinates, giving information which may
be Of value to butter-makers generally.
He says: "When butter is properly
churned, both as to the time and tenn
perature, it becomes firm with very little
working, and it is tenacious but the
most desirable state is that of waxv,
when it is easily nodded into any shape,
| and NAV be drawn ont a considerable
! myth without breaking. 1t is then
st ! d gilt edged. L is only in this state
that butter possesses that rich nutty fla
vor ami smell, and shows up a rich,
| golden yellow color, which imparts so
| high degree of pleasure in eating it,
aiid which increases its value manifold.
| It Is not always nece ssary, when it smells
sweet, to taste butter in Judging it. The
! smooth. uuctuous feeling in rubbing a lit
| tie be ween thefinger and thumb express
IS atonce its rich quality the nutty smell
| and rich aroma indicate similar taste
and the bright golden glistening cream
| colored surface shows its high state Of
cleanliness. 1t may be necessary at
/ times to use the trier. oreven use it until
yOu become an expert in testing by taste,
smell and rubbing"
| lille DRAIEISG. A correspondent
asks us to give some rules for laying
tiles ia different kinds Of soil and under
! different circumstances. This We can
| do only in general terms Dlains should
never be less than three feet deep, aud
III black mucky soil the ditch may be
four feet. In very compact clay, the
! tile may not drain satisfactorily the first
! year or two: but it will improve each
! year for ten years or more. The admis-
sion of air into the soil breaks its adhe-
siveness and renders it more porous
every year, and consequently its drain
! age is improved. The deeper Grams are
! sunk. the wider the surface which they
/ drain. and it is cheaper to dig deep
/ bitches than to buy more tile Ii the
ditch is short, We may risk fall of half
an Inch to the rod, but if it is forty rods
! long We should have an inch fall to each
rod. Straight bitches will operate with
less fall than crooked ones. and large
tile, than small But on no account
should the bottom Of the ditch rise if it
be but half an inch, and that only for a
single rod If ditch is long aud has a