River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-03-27
FARM, FIELD AND TIRESIDE.
nrisoellanaous rarming Notss.

miscellaneous FARMING NObeS.
experienced breeder of farm horses
gives as his opinion that the best animal
Tor the farm is that produced by cross
ing the thoroughbred (the running
horse) ON large, coarse mares. If the
mares are partly Norman or Clydesdale,
20 much the better; but the use of the
thoroughbred insures stamina, endur-
ance, and yigor. The small but hard
bones of the thoroughbred are heavily
covered with muscle, and the horses of
that breed are famous for speed, cour-
age, and power The cross produces
a horse very similar to the Clevelands,
and such horses are not only well adapt
ed for nearly all purposes on the farm,
but do not fail till well advanced In
years.
DIR. r. Bayley Of Derby, VT, writes:
"There are many who have not learned
that it is not the feed which makes the
stock do well, but the relish with which
they eat that which is fed them A good
appetite gives clean managers and clean
managers give good appetite. never
like to feed anything, either hay, straw
or corn fodder so poor that my stock
will not clean their managers in at least
one and one half hours"
Professor Browne, of the Canadian
School of Agriculture, says DIR. Hoskins,
asserts, on the strongest possible
grounds-by evidence indisputable,
again and again proved by actual trial
in various temperatures, with variety
of the same animals, variously conduct
ed-that for fast and cheap production
of pork, raw peas are fifty per cent.
cheaper than cooked peas or Indian
corn in any shape. This seems to COR
roborate the experience of quite num-
Der of persons.
A vote was reached on the 18th inst,
on the resolution advising the governor
to pardon Finis Allen, and resulted in
it's passage by 30 to 8. No other bust
ness was transacted in the house. The
state veterinary surgeon bill provoked
lengthy discussion, resulting in its ref
erence to the committee on agriculture
A bill levying special half mill tax for
the ensuing two years passed. This
will make the state tax exactly what 1T
has been the past two years.
There is no reason why, on the ma
ioritv of farms, the kitchen and. the
small fruit gardens should not be large
enough to allow of planting sufficiently
far apart to permit of horse cultivation.
This would do away with one of the
greatest objections to garden In the
minds of many farmers.
1t is said that 1000, 900 of horses are
now owned in America and more than
1000, 900 year must be fed annually to
keep us the supply. The largest por-
ton of these are used for agricultural
and heavy draft purposes, and such
horses bring from $l75 to $3.50 each.
Carbolic acid is death to ali insects in
every stage of their growth. A fruit
grower in Duchess County, N. Y,
whose ounce trees were being destroyed
by borers, used a mixture of one gallon
of soap to two of water and q gill of
carbolic acid. This he applied to his
trees with complete success, the mlllers
refusing to deposit their eggs on the
trees. On another occasion he applied
the mixture, which was washed off by
frequent rains, when the pests annoyed
hum seriously. He thinks repeated APP
plicaticns very effectual, and recon-
mends the mixture to all who have or
chards.
1t is estimated that there are now in
the United States 10, 900, 900 mich COWS;
and that there are made annually |, 800,
600 pounds of butter and 45O, 900 pounds
of cheese. In 1880, as
shown by the census, 772, 204, 000pounds
of butter were made on farms and o.
451, 600 pounds in factories, and total
of 243, 145, 900 pounds of cheese. Be-
sides this, over 1900, 900 pounds of
oleomargarine we're also manufactured.
The watermelon, the muskmelon and
cantaloupe, though of distinct genera,
are so similar in their habits that they
are generally treated under the same
head-melons. They are supposed to
come from the East, and some canta-
loupes are vet called Persian They are
certainly of semi-tropical habits, aud
the temperate climes and sandy plains
of the South are the most favorable to
their culture, though they may, with
care, be raised in all these States.