Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-09-01
Farm Items.

Give mich COWS extra feed as soon
as signs of falling off are seen.
A run in the pasture at night will be
beneficial for working team.
The Colorado potato crop is short
this year. Even the mountain districts
have failed.
One acre of land well prepared and
well titled produces more than two
which receives only the same amount
of labor used on one.
Paris green on the fingers of a CO.
lame, Mass, farmer while he was pois.
oning bugs, became mixed with the
"fne-cut" in his tobacco box and
caused him severe illness.
Mississippi county, Mo-, is the great
watermelon region of the world Over
1000 acres are this year devoted to
watermelons alone, and the yield is
about carload an acre
Col. lie Grand B. Cannon, of New
York and Burlington, VT, has sold his
herd OF ShOrt-horns to western men,
This herd is said to be the largest and
best in the country
Growing or adult fowls drink great
deal if they have pure water by them
constantly. If this drink be clean and
accessible, they visit the tank or foun-
tain often. Milk is healthy and profit
able.
Pennsylvania has law for the pre-.
ventlon of trespassing on gardens.
yards, orchards, fields, etc., and doing
damage to property of any kind. The
fines for infraction are not less than s.
nor more than $50.
The root crops, mangels and beets.
and field cabbages, need frequent cul-
tivation during this month, and until
the leaves cover the ground. If weeds
are allowed to grow, and the soil is left
unstirred, the crop will be small.
Quite an excitement has been prevail
ing among the farmers of Madison coun-
ty, Iowa, by the breaking out of
disease among the horses resembling
CHAMBERS. Gov. Gear has sent veter-
mary surgeon down to investigate the
matter.
The wheat crop in quality as well as
quantity IS the poorest produced in the
State of Illinois for over twenty yeas.
This exceptional year will not disheart-
en- Illinois farmers from seeding large
area this season, as the fact has been
repeatedly confirmed that the soil and
climate of the State are not surpassed
for the successful production of wheat
of the best quality.
When other work will permit, it is
best to plow the land for fall-sowing
soon after the haying and harvesting is
over. This avoids the drought-dried
soil that is frequently found later in the
season, besides turning under the weeds
before they have time to ripen their
seeds. Thorough use of the cultivator
will prepare the early plowed land for
seed when sowing time comes.
Pototoes should be harvested as soon
as they are ripe, otherwise the tubers
may start into new growth. They are
much more apt to be affected by the
rot if left long in the soil. If this
disease" which is fungus growth,
makes its appearance, the vines should
all be burned so soon as all the potatoes
are dug, as the spores are thus destroy
ed in vast quantities.
1t the pasturage runs hort, says the
Southern Illinois Farmer, prepare for
another year by breaking up some of
the poorest portion, SOW to winter rye,
and next spring harrow in clover, tim
othy and bluegrass seed in equal parts.
Serve another portion in the same
manner next fall, and so continue till
the whole pasture is completely renew
ed. This will furnish rich feed all the
year round when not covered with snow.
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Medical men say no benefit is derived
from seasicBness. 1t will continue to
be fashionable, however Orleans