Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-10-11
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I The silk crop in France and Spain
is short
| There is no better food for chickens
than skim milk.
The buekwheat crop in the Eastern
States is reported light.
The wild carrot is one Of the weeds
that should be most dreaded.
The best authorities assert that
cows should go dry at least six weeks
before calving.
Dead meat now shipped to Eng
land from Russia as we'll as Australia
and America.
\ writer in the Prairie Farmer,
after eXtented experiments, is con
WINGED that wheat is generally sown
too deep.
Grease is said to be a sure remedy
for apple trees bark lice 1t should
be applied cautiously, however, for it
injms' the twigs.
Professor Arnold thinks there is
not necessarily any connection be-
tween color and flavor in butter
lightcolored butter may possess good
flavor
The advantages Of having early ma
turing corn have never been so
we'll demonstrated as this year Bear
it in mind in saving seed for next
year
The exhibits at the fairs in the
Northwestern States this year are re
ported as fuller and better than in
previous years. The attendance has
also been good.
The potato crop nearly all over the
country is reported to be unusually
fine. In Eastern Pennsylvania some
phenomena yields are reported In
Bucks county many fields produce 500
/ bushels and more per acre.
Dealers in wool state that the mum
Der of sheep that are washed before
shearing diminishes every year The
practice is regarded as cruel by most
shepherds, and as Unsatisfactory to
both sellers and buyers of wool.
The twentieth annual exhibition of
the New England Agricultural So
ciety was held this year at Manches-
ter. n. II. The agricultural eNhlbi-
ton. as a whole, was very even IN all
departments, very creditable, and an
excellent representation OF the fine
stock of New England.
The price of apples, dried in evapo-
rators and bleached is so much high
en- thau that of the best dried by the
old process, that the latter can not be
protitably followed. In some large
fruit-growing localities nearly every
farmer has an evaporator, and there
should be at least one in every neigh
borhood. The "evaporated fruit
commands double the price of the
sun-dried.
A delegation of Irish members of
Parliament represent that large
quantity of the butter which passes
through the Cork markets is grossly
adulterated, and a com binauon of
spectators is held responsible Earl
Spencer plainly states that unless the
corporation of the city undertake to
carry out needed reforms the Gov
eminent will take the matter in
hand.
The Gardeners Chronicle relates
an instance where apples and pears
wore planted ON heavy clay, which
had been trenched down to IAN iron
hard pan The trees made no growth,
and moss and lichens grew on them.
The orchard was then thoroughly
drained. In six months the lichens
began to disappear, and the next year
a fine growth was made The soil
had been warmed by the drainage,
and the fertility had been made ac-
cessible to the growing roots.
1t is time and money lost to raise
common geese when there are breeds
that are vastly more profitable.
Emden and Toulous are the most pop
ular breeds A poulterer, in one Of
our exchanges, says that the produce
of Emden geese crossed by Toulouse
gander lays ON sound flesh rapidly.
/ Goslings may be put up to fatten az
five or six weeks old les sthan seven
weeks should BRING them to perfec-
ton if properly fed. Wheat and bar
ley grain and barley meal with
brewers grain are good fattening