Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-05-25
Agricultural Items.

Agricultural IVtulS.
Great Britain has 1S4, 500 acres in
orchards.
"A broody hen always makes a
small clucking sound.
The food supply of Sweden and
Norway shows deficit In grain, but q
surplus of wheat.
Nearly forty-six per cent. of the
whole surface of the kingdom of Spain
is still uncultivated.
There are upwards of 100000 ag-
ricultural land owners in Germany pos
sessing each less than 81 acres,
The products of the farm can be
increased by large percentage through
rejecting all inferior seed and planting
varieties uotedly prolific.
Hens sit 10 to q generally q, days;
turkeys and peafowis, rs to 20 days;
geese, % to 33 days; pigeons, Is days
from last egg; canaries, 10 days from
steady sitting.
Any marked falling off in the sup
ply of milk a 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
som etimes take place before any falling
off in the animals appetite is noticed.
"A piece of lemen bound upon a
corn will cure it in few days; ltshould
be renewed night and morning A free
use of lemon juice and sugar will al
ways relieve a cough. Mos people
feel poorly in the Spring; but if they
would eat lemon before breakfast
every day for week-with or without
sugar as they hke-they would find it
better than any northumberland.
The London Agricultural Gazette
is authority for the following item con-
corning prolific flock of sheep: In a
well-known flock in the eastern coun-
ties forty ewes have this season brought
the extraordinary number of 1870 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.
I'm shoeing hatfooted horses, if the
animal has spongy toe it may be cut
off to its proper length. After this is
done the horse will travel easier than
before. If, on the other hand, there is
hard shell all 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 concave the shoe so as to bear on
the rim only.
1t was common remark in Chicago
last week that there were more good
cattle on sale than any week for a long
time. 1t was q matter OF keen salts
faction for an observing stockman to
wander through the pens and feast his
eyes on the product of western feeding
enterprise. One could almost imagine
himself in fat stock exhibition. The
feeders of the west are progressing with
rapidly which is making them the
foremost stockmen in the world.
Robert Martin, of Green Farms,
Conn, Says that he works his three
horses without shoes, saying; I" l find
that they work better, are more sure
footed, and far less liable to lameness
than when shod, and am satisfied that
horses feet as nature made them, are
all sufficient for ordinary work. After
my long experience l should now So
soon think of going to farrier myself
TO be shod as to send my horses. Our
roads are rough, hilly and stony, much
more than the average roads. TO pre-
vent the hoofs from chipping, The toes
should be kept slightly rounded by a
coarse file, such as is used by shoers,
and the feet should always be looked
to when the horse is groomed." What
surprises us so much in this matter OF
horses going without shoes is, that if
this is really correct, why the thing
does not become universal.