Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-09-01
THE FARM.

! WHICH, Is reasoned at i. uUU
/ LARD is now used in cheese-making in
/ place of cream to make a cheap article.
1t IS on par with suet for butter In the
/ form Of oleomargarine.
/ STATISTICS show that the annual con-
sumption of eggs in the United States is
! about l0,600,000 barrels The poultry
marketed or consumed is estimated at
$50, 200, 900 pounds, at $68, 900, 900
LET every farmer who is not able to
fence large pasture get few boards.
build few rods of portable fence and
make small enclosure for his hogs and
move it around as circumstances REQUIRE
1t will make pork-raislng more profitable
| than to keep hogs confined in pens all
i the time.
| The most dangerous insect to farm
| crops Is The wheat nudge. Late sowing
of wheat is sometimes a remedy, though
thus has its disadvantages. All insects
found in cleaning wheat should be de-
stroyed at once, and wheat stubbles
plowed Immediately will be likely to de-
stroy all those wound up in cocoons on
the ground.
| CAUSE AND EFFECT fattening
an animal for beef let the process be as
| quick as possible. Any stint in feeding
will make the meat tough and dry.
| Stall-fed animals will fatten more readily
than others, and younger animals re-
! qnire richer food than older ones. In
winter fattening much depends upon the
warmth OF the stable. The warmer the
cattle are kept the less food will be
needed.
SHEEP do not impoverish land. Rug
! ged canyons and mountain slopes. at
| present not available for other use until
better roads are built to market, may be
utilized long way In advance of the
| the march OF improvements. Time will
| surely enhance the value of these DOS
sessions as surely as roads, settlements
and school-houses draw nearer to them.
And, i'll the meantime, the hardy pioneer
need wait but short while for their COM
| ing.
CASTOR oil is undoubtedly the best.
and therefore the cheapest, for iron
axles-whlch should always be wiped
clean. A correspondent informs us that
bis market-wagon would run only twenty
miles before requiring to be regreas d,
when lard was used, but with castor oil
| it ran sixty mites, aud was good for
! twenty more-a big difference, and worth
remembering. He further remarks that
81 wheel we'll fabricated viii turn one
| half easier, and wear as long again. a
! gain of one hundred and fifty per cent >
| by the liberal use of OIL
| NUTRIrIvE MATTER IN HAY AND Conn.
| - s,fsa
theory, so to speak, make 81 pounds Of
Indian corn, equal to 100 pounds OF hay
or l., 40 pounds of Indian corn to the ton
of hay But it must be remembered
| that the nutritive effects Of food upon
an animal are varied by mauy causes.
and also that the comparison of foods is
affected by the object sought, as fact.
growth, labor, milk, &c. The above is
! the relative amount of nutritive matter
IN corn and hay, as determined by ex-
| pertinent and theory.
IT IS evident that the changed condi-
ton of ON agriculture must soon com
| pei the employment of skilled hands.
and these skilled hands must be cdu-
| Gated before they can be employed.
| Agricultural laborers are composed too
| largely oil floating. unsettled class, and
this must be changed before amendment
In the degree Of skill can be expected.
They must be composed Of a class with
| settled and definite ends and aims, who
are educated to the business as earnestly
as mechanics. With such assistance agri-
culture viii attract capital, and afford it
safe investment. Skilled labor is the
immediate demand of the future in agri-
| culture
| Coop FARMING. 1t is one sign CT a
| good farmer If he prizes manure. 1t
does not require a good farmer to raise
| hountiful crops on farm already rich.
but the art lies III SO managing the firm
that it will produce good crops every
| year without losing in fertility A man
may make money from his farm while he
is wasteful of fertilizers, but he is not a
| good farmer, for he is constantly running
his land into debt. Good farming con.
sists OF such management as will make
the farm produce the best possible re-
| suits without deteriorating the soil. This
can only be accomplished by a rigid
economy in the making and use of ma
| nure, and sy stematic rotation of crops
| that will be the least exhaustive to the
| soil.
| WHERE sheep are kept for the double
purpose OF direct income in wool, nut.
ton, ETC., and the manure they make, il
is important that the extra food, or that
outside of what the pasture furnishes,
should be chosen with care 1t would
be wise for the American farmer to be
come better acquainted with cotton seed
cake, linsecd oil cake, and like concen-
trated foods. By feeding. and feeding
literally of snch foods, the sheep not
only grow rapidly, but the manure they
make is rich heterogeneous matters and
valuable fertilizing salts. The growth
Of animals is means to an end, and
when the most money is made from the
flock and the land enriched, the most
rapidly the end is gained. The profit OF
sheep rs fertilizers depends largely upon
the kind of food that is used.
PIcKISG FRUr-The following sug-
gestions in regard to picking fruit fol
canning are furnished by gentleman
conversant with the business =" 1t pays
to pick Your fruit carefully and in time
if in right condition one day the mex
will be too lite to pick. Go over you
trees many times. Don't try TO pick al
NJ once. Ii green, Won lose weight. /
too ripe, 1t is spoiled for canning. The
proper condition for apricot. plum, peacf
and nectarine is when fully matured
hut before softening. Use shallow boxes
Shakes make good boxes and are cheap
Above all, bring to the cannery, or senC
to the market, at the earliest possible
moment after picking. 1t is not too latt
to thin out some fruit. Trees that over
bear do not yield marketable fruit"
Fowls IN ORCHARDS. Last fall, says
The Potdfrp World, we visited an or
chard in which fowls were kept. the
owner of which told US that before tht
fowls We're confined in it. the trees made
little or no growth. and only cores
ponding amount of fruit was obtained
5ut what a change vas evident now
| The grass was kept down. the weed
killed, and trees presented an appear
ance Of thrift, which the most enthusias
tie horuculturlst could not hut admir-,
and envy. The growth of the trees wa,
most vigorous, and the foliage remark
ably luxnriant, the fruit was abundant
Of large size, and free from worms ant
other imperfections. The excellenc,
was accounted for by the proprietor
who remarked that the "hens ate al
the worms and curculio IN their reach
even the eanGer worm. He found les