The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-03-31
FARM NOTES.

nrSG GWentJ-One Gays leu them on Eheiled
corn, Of which they ate eighty=thtes
bushels. During this period they
gained 857 pounds, or upward Of ten
pounds to the bt1shel of corn. He then
fed the same hogs for fourteen days on
dry corn meal, during which time they
consumed fUrty-seven. bushels and
gained 535 pot1nds; or eleven and three
quarters pounds to the bushel, The sam6
hogs, next fed fourteen days on corn
meal and water mixed, consumed fifty
five and half bushels of corn, and gained
731 pounds, or thirteen and half
pounds of pork to the bushel. He then
fed them fourteen days on corn meal
cooked, and after consuming forty-hve
bushels of the cooked meal the hogs
gained 799 potinds, or very near fifteen
pounds of pork TO the bushel of meal.
LAST summer d g Prairie Farmer !" in
formed us that he damned slough,
and took out some twenty-five loads of
ice and piled it up closely on dry spot.
He then covered it with several feet in
thickness of wheat straw which would
otherwise have been " burned to get rid
Of" The heap was sloped to shed most
rain, and some boards and weighted
fence wire put on to keep it from blow
ing away. About onco o week, one
side of the heap was opened, weeks
supply Office taken out, and the opening
closed by Iamming in straw. He had
plenty of ice left near the close of
August. The ice removed was kept in
a large double box, with ten or tWeive
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outer and inner box. It stood in the
shade on the north side Of the house;
with some straw thrown over it to ward
off the morning and evening sun. His
labor he did not reckon. The total out
lay was less than 81 for rough boards
and nails to make the box.-American
AqricatltuTist.
JUST at this time there is an announce
ment of new agent for the preserving
of fruits, meats, provisions, ETC., and il
has received the euphonio11s title of
6zohe. For the benefit OF Our readers
we give the process Get an air-tight
box, purchase a pound of sulphur
for a few cents place whatever You
| wish to preserve in the box with euf-
6cient amotiht Of sulphur to fill the box
with the ftlmes, when burnt; Ignite the
sulphur close the lid of the box and
leave it alone for twelve hours. Then
open it and you will find the fruits or
contents so saturated with sulphur that
they will not decay for some time there
after, and giving every evidence of being
completely preserved. You can place
the fruits in jar filed up with water,
or preserve them dry, as pleases you
best, and as for the flavor, that depends
on your taste. Sulphur when burned Is
q great disinfectant, and destroys ali
animal life; even the aniihalculB tt1rn
Up their toes to its deadly fumes, and
that is the whole secretof the wonderful
preservatiye. -Salens Democrat.
A CORRESPONDENT in Pennsylvania
sends sample of what he calls
Japanese Nest Egg Gourds." We
are not SO sure Of the Japanese"
part of the name as we are
Of the "Nest-Egg" portion. The
specimens were upon our table for some
days, and not one of the many who saw
them suspected that they were hot real
eggs. These little got1rds in size, shape
and color resemble eggs In d most sttik=
ing manner. One Of the burlesdue
writer's Of few years ago spoke of eggs
as "hen fruit" as applied to these
gourds the name is hardly misnomer.
Without any further knowledge than
that afforded by the specimens, we sus-
pect that this is the true cucurbita oVi-
ferG, from which most of the ornamental
or fancy gourds are derived. We wrote
Mr.. Samuel Wilson, who sent them, to
inquire what proportion of the fruit was
so perfectly egg shaped as those sent.
he replied that In field OF some acres
he could not find dozen that were not
as perfect as these. He proposes to of
fer the seed for sale, SO that every pot1-
try keeper can have his nest eggs raised
instead of laid. Aside from their ability
to deceive an ordinary hen these little
gourds or squashes have many advant-
ages over glass, porcelain and other
styles of nest eggs. Their being poor
conductors of heat will be an important
point having a smooth surface, they
are easily cleaned, and, though they are
squashes, they are not SO hard that there
Is danger that they will squash" the
feal eggs in the nest.-Anaer5cdn Agri-
oitlturiSt.
S. r. AMEs, who lives four miles
southeast of Sioux Falls, is highly
gratifed over his success In making en-
silage, or preserved food for stock. The
material generally used where the plan
has been adopted is chopped corn-fod-
der, but Mr.. Ames took the coarsest
sort of slough grass, and the product Is
preferred by all his stock to the finest
hay, and his horses and cattle do better
on it than on any kind of feed he has
used, and the hogs run after it as they
would after swill. The COWS give more
milk, and the butter made from it is of
excellent quality, as we have had oppor.
tunity to know.
Mr.. Ames' method of putting down
the ensilage was as follows A large
round pit was dug and walled with stone,
that shape being best. Into this was
put thirty-fve tons of the coarsest
slough grass, which was always cut
either in the morning or evening when
wet with dew, and hauled at once to the
pit, quantities of salt being sprinkled in
occasionally. Heavy pressure was then
applied by piiing stone on top of the
grass, and the contents of the pit left to
work and become kind of grass sauer-
kraut. The ensilage is now being fed,
and it comes out nice and juicy and quite
as green as when first put in, and, as
has been said, is more highly relished by
the stock than any other sort of proven
der they can get.
The experience of MIR. Ames in this
matter is of great Importance, on &C.
count of the advantage presented by
the methods he pursued. In the first
place. the coarser quality of the grass
which can be used gives ensilage an adj
vantage over hay. In the second place,
the farmer is made entirely independent
of the weather in the matter of cutting
his grass. It can, without fear of dam
age, be moved and hauled to the pit
and packed down during rainstorrn
if necessary, SO that wet> seasons will
not interfere with putting up
feed. In the third place, there is no
fear of damage by fire or wind or storms
or any Of the disasters which make hay
precarious property. In the fourth