Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-07-06
Live Stock, and Agricultural Notes.

The creameries are monopolizing n
large share of the milk at this time.
One horse with "planker" will fit
ground faster than ten men with rakes.
The United States produces so per
cent. of the grain Of the world and 81
per cent. of the meat.
The backs of your harrow teeth will
often find the Jumps faster than the
points, and bring no trash to the sur
face.
You can harrow broadcast over most
of your crops, and kill weeds while
small in both hill and row. Try it with
a sharp eye and with your wits about
you.
A rake will kill as many weeds, Just
week..later.
Don't fail to work your soil constant
ly. 1t draws ammonia from the air as
| from the manure heap.
The following points should be sought
after in selecting breed of fowls:
Early maturity, fertility as layer size,
quality of flesh, and hardness at all
ages.
Corn is susceptible OF more marked
Changes than any other crop we pro-
duce, and can be bred to our fancy in
shape, style and color very easily if we
will give the care and attention neces-
sary.
Tillage is manure; tillage is earlyness;
tillage is moisture in draught, and you
can not give them too much of it; and
here, again, one horse with a cultivator
is worth ten men with hoes.
The average yield of wheat per acre
in 1881 was only 104 bushels, against
10! bushels for 1880. This of itself
would be equivalent to falling off Of
100, 10000 bushels in the total wheat
crop of 1881.
The soil for radishes should be very
light and rich. They grow fast and are
able to keep out OF the way of weeds.
They can be grown in succession from
the time frost leaves. the ground TIL late
in the fall.
Those who use lime as fertilizer APP
ply from ten to fifteen bushels to the
acre; ashes may be applied al the same
rate, salt at the rate of 200 to 400
pounds and plaster at the rate of 100
pounds.
1t is said that lime "whitewasn, /"
made yellow with copperas, covering
stones and rafters the crystals of the
copperas thrust into rat holes-will
rout net only rats, but cockroacnes and
mice.
To prevent chicken cholera. keep
the drinking water for fowls in old,
rusty iron vessels. and occasionally
throw a small quantity of sui phrr and
quick lime in to the vessels, and do not
let them get filthy, but wash them out
every few days.
If small piece Of sulphur is occa-
sionally thrown upon the fire for
smoking, it will effectually prevent
shippers and bugs from making inroads
upon the bacon; nor will it produce
any effect on its flavor, save on the
mere surface or skin.
Mr.. Greeley used to remark that he
always knew when farmer was pros
porous or not by the way in which he
managed his manure heap and handled
the whitewash brush, rs well-kept
buildings were advertisements Of we'll
kept farms.
Water left to stand idle soon becom es
stagnant and dead, and SO does the soil.
To make it alive and productive move
it, stir it, hoe it, keep it kicking" all
through the season. Weeds are only
blessing in disguise, for we wouldn't
till half enough without them.
The New York Sun says that the
great California millionaires don't run
TO family. Leland Stanford has but
one child, boy of 10. Flood has a
son, not a very satisfactory specimen,
of 25, and daughter, fine young
lady. Mrs. Mackey has daughter,
Miss Bryant, by her first husband, and
two sons, who are yet boys, by Mr.
Mackey.
Till tleep with cabbage and SHALLOW wi h
onions and turnips. Earth up fibrous
rooted plants ike cabbage, corn, etc,
but mol edible rooted crops like beets,
carrots and parsnips: nor should these
last be worked deep after they are well
along in size, or they viii be put out
side shoots and grow scraggy. Beans
and celery should never be touched
while wet from dew or rail-. Cabbage
and caulifiower seem to prefer that
time.