River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-10-11
FIELD AND FARM.
Notes Tor Farmers.


| There are now 900 head of imported
cattle at the Boston quarantine. grounds,
and over GOO more win come this month.
/ IF there is anything that win arouse a
man to renewed action, it is the sight of
a production of neighbours farm that
exceeds in quality that OF his own farm
| He will endeayor to find out the secret
| of his success, and if it is because of
/ better breed of cattle, or better varie-
| ties of fruits or vegetables, he win be
! very likely to introduce improved breed
/ or variety upon his own farm Thus the
=! =. nnuai fairs become n direct advantage
I 10 the farmer. In a socie+y where there
/ is so much that can be learned, no man
| can afford to refuse TO become member,
and the more active he becomes the
/ more practical knowledge will he be
/ able to pick up. Every good farmer
/ will feel that he ought to devote at least
| one week in September TO agricultural
! fairs, and he will give his boys as much
| time as he spends himself.-M assachu-
| sets Iloughman.
| The Michigan Farmer gently remarks
4 that "a farmer who has tried the no
road-side-fence plan, declares his pious
! soul TO have been greatly vexed because
/ of the trouble and damage caused by
any transfer of stock from parts of his
/ own farm, or the passing droves in the
/ highway, and also that in crop rotation
| the want of a fence compelled him to
/ omit pasturing fields when such forage
! would have been of great advantage to
him. He thinks he cannot quite spare
the fences yet"
The New York Times says the roofs of
barns should be steep, and if of wood
the surface either painted or the shin
giles dipped in lime water, to make them
IN ore durable. Straw and dirt collect
under hat-roofed shingles AMI cause
rapid decay.
Western readers, prepare your wheat
fields better than ever before and see
whether it pays you or not to do so.
That the yields of rich western wheat
fields should be but from Is to 20 bushels
per acre shows thai the preparation is
neglected. How much extra labor can
you afford to increase the Weld 100-foId?
When grown mules are selling at $500
to $409 pair and sucking mule colts
bring $50 to 500, it might be worth
while for those who could Just as easily
rear mules as not and who could keep
a few mares as well as many geldings, to
bear these figures in mind
DowN SHEEP Henry Stewart says that
the cups" are now in favor of the
Downs" as that class of sheep with
dark faces and medium wool are called,
of which the South Downs are the pro.
genitors. These sheep are all excellent,
but vary in size, from the smaller South
~ IL. r j
F.! Hampshire breeds. For mutton these
breeds are unapproachable, and the
wool is of that class known as flannel
and clothing wool, the great staple OF
the manufacturers. But the Merinos
have their place as wool bearers, from
which thew can never be pushed, while
these Down breeds will be the farmers
sheep for wool, mutton and lambs.
The wheat crop in Kansas is threshing
out mush heavier tnan was expected,
and the state board ofagriculture now
says that the crop will reach 35,OOO,O COG
bushels. The corn crop in Kansas it is
estimated will reach fully 200,000,000
bushels and will be the largest ever pro.
duced in the state.
If the farmers who will keep dogs
would get rid of their worthless ours and
substitute one well-bred sheph erd pup
not more, to each farm, tie wealth of
every farming community would be
vastly increased in many ways. Farm
ers soon find the colly saving them
many step. Eager and anxious to
learn, willing to do anything within his
power, the young dog needs only wise
and patient restraint, and intelligent di-
rection, to become the most useful hand
on the place.
We can readily understand why our
neighbor who rises at seven in the morn
ing and spends three or four hours Of
almost every fair day and all of the
rainy days in the town or village, Cos
slipping or talking politics, does not pros.
per at farming, and he does not deserve
to succeed.
Sheep prefer upland pastures and
great variety of grasses. 1t has been
proved that the pasture has greater
influence than climate on the fneness
of wool. Fat sheep yield heavier and
coarser .heecGs than those that are poor
in flesh. The fine nocks east, when ia.
ken to the western prairles in the same
latitude, will in few years change their
character. The quantity of fleeces and
size of the sheep will increase; but the
Aeeces of the wool will not be retained.
Sweet or upland heritage is the best for
fine wool