The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1882-06-29
Live Stock and Agricultural Notes.

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A fat calf seldom makes a good COW.
Plenty of stock and grass makes good
land and large crops.
Cows purchased from rich lands sci
dom do well on poor soils.
Excess of water in the soil prevents
root development.
Animals in constantly good condition
consume less food than those that are
not.
1t is poor economy to let cow get
into low condition either in spring or
autumn.
A daily supply Of roots, Swedes or
mangolds, is very conducive to the
health of the COW.
No animal is so extensively distrib-
uted over the globe or increases SO rap
idly as the hog.
Negligence in the preparation of seed
furnishes the key to many low averages
in yield.
The sweetening power of a good quail
ity of sorghum syrup is greater than
much of the molasSes now in the
market.
There are 10000 pounds of pepper
mint produced annually in the United
States, and of this amount two-thirds is
produced in Wayne county, n. Y.
Cotswold sheep have large. handsome
frames, well covered with flesh, and a
great propensity to fatten. Their NUT
ton is apt to be rather coarse grained.
Agriculture is taught in 900 of the
$4,000 schools of France, which have
gardens attached in which practical in
struction is given.
The nearer fattening animal APP
proaches maturity the greater is the pro-
portion of fat in the gross increase OBJ
tanned.
Horses are social animals, particular
ly so in the case of young horses. They
thrive best when in the society of 9TH
ers, hence the advantage of pasturing
several in one field when practicable.
Whatever he has done, or neglected
to do, in the past, the farmer who has
land which can properly be devoted to
that purpose should make it a point this
year to set few fruit-trees.
Deeply-rooted crops, as wheat, red
clover and mangel, are those best fitted
to resist drouth, while shallow-roote
crops, as grass and turnips, are those
that suffer most from it.
Put four or five lima beans in pot
and cover them an inch deep. 1t is real
fun to see them come up. Take care of
the plants, and set them out without
disturbing the roots.
The oleomargarine factories of New
York have a producing capacity of 49,
600, 900 pounds annually, while the pro-
duction of dairy butter in the State is
only Ill, 100000
A fat calf is 65 per cent. water and Is
per cent fat, while an extra fat sheep is
81 per cent. water and As per cent. fat.
and fat pig is 43 per cent. water and
"A per cent. fat.
AFrench chemist reports that water
made slightly salt, and to which, when
boiling, bran in proportion of one quart
to every gallon has been added, has been
found in series of experiments to in
crease the yield of milk to % per cent,
if given to the cows as their ordinary
drink.-Mark Lane Express.
The Journal of Science makes the
statement that no beautiful or useful or
organic species, animal or vegetable,
becomes naturalized in any country
without human intervention, while the
| ugly and the nOisome cOntrlyeto extend
their range in spite Of mans efforts to
the contrary.
CorncobS are very valuable, especially
after they are reduced to ashes. They
contain a great proportion of potash
about 25 per cent.-and the ashes can
be either used for making soap by leach
ing them or spread on the soil. Cobs
furnish a quick, hot fire.
There is no wisdom in working a
thirty-acre field year after year to get
five bushels of wheat or ten of corn to
the acre, when, with the same expense
for fertilizers, you could raise fifteen
bushels of wheat or thirty of corn to the
acre.
A few sprigs of cedar branches Cor
leaves) have a strong tendency to drive
off insects from the nests of hens. Mix
them among the materials composing
the nests, and they will certainly do no
harm, while they may do much good.