The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-06-09
FARM NOTES.

IN AOO0 supply u 0M0QGQ duQ NOT
way shows deficit in grain, but sur
Plus OF meat.
THERE are upwards Of 1000, 900 agri-
cultural land owners In Germany, pos
sessing less than 81 acres.
The products of the farm can be in
creased by large percentage through
rejecting all inferior seed and planting
varieties notedIy prolific.
In SOME sections of the West the con-
dition of the roads through the farming
districts is much improved by the use of
tile drain on each side of the line of
travel. If the tile has a good outlet and
Is always kept open, a dry road will be
secured.
ILLINOIS is now the foremost State in
the Union for cattle. Kane County has
eighty-nine head to the square mile, be-
ing mostly milch COWS, while De Kalb
County has an average of seventy-four.
The average of the whole State is thirty
eight to the square mile.
ANY marked falling off in the supply
OF milk COW has been in the habit of
giving should be at once noted, for it is
an almost unfailing indication that there
Is something amiss. This will some
times take place before any falling off in
the animals appetite is noticed.
The French census shows that, though
the rursl population is declining, yet
more than one-haH the total population
still depends on agriculture as q means
of living. There are Is, 513, 1926 individ-
uals, comprising 500, III heads of fam
illes-and the rest dependents engaged
In agriculture.
OF THE wheat crop in the East Indies
one peculiar feature is that it is never a
failure. Nine-tenths of the rainfall is
during four months of the year, ending
about the Goth of October, and the
wheat is sown at the end Of this period.
In some districts where the soil is .
sandy loan, the crop will mature and
yield at least moderate harvest without
drop of rain after it is sown.
The London Agricultural Gazette is
authority for the following item concern
ing prolific flock of sheep: "In a
well-known flock In the eastern counties
forty ewes have this season brought the
extraordinary number of $50 lambs,
thirty of the sheep having three lambs
each and the others four each. The
youngsters are all nice, strong lambs.
The flock is of the pure-bred, black
faced kind"
In sHoEINa fat-footed horses, if the
animal has spongy toe it may be cut
off to the proper length. After this is
| done the horse will travel easier than
before. If, on the other hand, there is
hard shell around the hoof, it is best
to cut as little as possible as to the sole.
If the sole of the foot is thick let the
shoe bear on the sole and hoof equally,
but if the sole is thinner, dish or con-
cave the shoe SC as to bear on the rim
only.
ONE of the ancient grist mills of Pom
| pei, which has been unearthed, had
| four run of stones, conical shaped with
stone hopper receiving the grain,
turned by the upper stone, which was
the runner. The stones were hard.
porous and black, similar to some in use
at Naples at the present time for the
manufacture of macaroni. The stones
were turned by two levers, one on each
side, the motive power, Of course, being
manual labor.
| BETWEEN 1916 and 1880 there has been
an enormous increase in the imports OF
grain and -four into Great Britain. In
1916 the imports of grain and flour
| amounted to seventeen pounds weight
per head OF population in 1856 they had
risen to seventy pounds per head, and in
1865 to ninety-three pounds weight per
head Of population. Finally, in 1880,
the imports of grain and -four amounted
to 1876 pounds weight per head Of popu-
iation of the United Kingdom.
WHEN wheat is not very rich in gluten.
and the -four is therefore wanting in
body, an addition of two to three pei
per cent. of bean -four produces an ex-
cellent effect it increases the extending
properties of the gluten and renders the
bread light. This small quantity is
neither injurious to man nor does it de-
teriorate the flavor, but this proportion
must not be exceeded. Egyptian beans
| are the most suitable for this object. In
France this admixture is quite generally
resorted to.
SINCE last June, M. Pasteur has vac
cinated 10000 head of stock, among
which were 10, 900 oxen, COWS and horses.
In every instance his process was
successful; the animals vaccinated es-
capeN the Charlton n1alady, whise those
non vaccinated fell victims to that
plague. M. Pasteur (and others have
corroborated his view, lays down that
the effects of his preservative vaccine dc
not last longer than eight months, SO that
vaccination must be repeated annually,
and that April is the best month for ex-
| ecutlng the operation.
NJ GoFFART states that his corn fodder
for ensilaging is cut in the field by wo
men, with sickles These French women
have great skill in the use Of that i'm
plement, and eight of them will cut cas-
| ly one hectare (23 acres) a day They
receive ifteen francs per hectare, and
therefore earn about thirty eight cents 8
day each. If water invades a silo
whether it enters from without or from
compression upon maize that is very wet
at time of ensilage, it should not be
wasted. Cattle will drink that kind Of
grass-soup with great avidity.
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AN ENGLISH farmer, in the matter OF
rearing calves, writes: After weaving. al
the end of week or SO, the calf can feed
very well upon skinned milk. Many
substitutes for milk have been expert
mented with, including hay tea and
linseed jelly. Hay tea is made by pour.
ing boiling water over fine sweet hay,
and inclosing the vessel, when in the
course Of couple of hours stone
liquid is produced It should be given
of the warmth of the natural milk of the
COW. Linseed jelly is made by
putting one quart of seed to
six of water. and allowing it to boil for
ten minutes. Nothing is better than skim
med milk thickened with linseed. Some
very successful calf-rearers use mixture
of linseed and ground wheat to thicken
with, in the proportion of two bushels
hnseed to one of wheat.
IT has been matter of surprise to
American farmers that English bacon
sold so much higher in London than
that from America. An English con-
temporary explains this matter. West
OF England bacon has for many years
been famous for its delicious flavor.