Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-10-29
or Interest 10 Farmers.

American Agricultural ia received. |
FROM II We make the following sclec-
tions:
The depressing tendency of the wool
market is apt to influence man, sheep
1t "ts to get rid OF their fiorks at amy
price ana 30 o'il OF ia, business. We
beiiev' i.los" who do this will mis- il
Every business has it low tide, bur il
Will su'"i, rise again, aud they who
hold on t" their sheep will Ir g"inrrs
in the end. The farmer "f,tock lai er
shnll!G not i,t tickle.
he grcaI ."nt Il. k,,l,ir: lions
lhr 'ngl! tle winter 10 80 la ~ dry
and keep item dry AMI DOL. < camp,
arm e. Tier J. &c Of
The wors places. / You II" net want
t"u'e !heni u'.D ei:,..". :" i::""i place
= i" put 'hcn, in II dry i'arr "r lon
aid cover Them over with straw .r
10y Il foot or more t':irk, and let them
yea ~ at,G Stay frozen until !lcy thaw
OF their own arr"!''. They should not
ir handled while iraZrn, unless you
y i:h to Use Tin N immediately.
i'.uvid,ai viii. Wholesome food, pure
ser, aid c.ean, dry well-iittered
shed, IL hog " Iincver become diseased
unless previously infected, and that
ilc farmer must carefully guard
against when procuring his change of
stock. A healthy hog requires no
slimulants, preventives or tonics of
ANY kind. A diseased hog should be
completely isolated from all other, or
killed or burned. Lice are indications
of lll-conditiun or Gnclran quarters.
Kerosene applied with u swab will de-
stroy the vermin.
The punkin is an outcast, crowds it.
self in the world, and gets along as
hes, 1t may. We object to its being
So ,lcspicably treated. For dairy cows
tic pumpkin is highly valuable, and
IN no way Objectionable. 1t is rich in
fat and sugar, tending to increase the
yield, while it's yellow color adds to
the appearance of the butter. A we'll
known authority claims, that II ton of
pumpkins is more preferable for dairy
COWS than two tons of ruta bagas, and
several times as many white turnips.
The bard shell varities can be kept
we'll on into the winter, if stored in o
dry place with hay or straw packing.
There are worse things for farmers to
have in a field than sixty-pound
pumpkins.
Keep your eye OH the market and
get all the information you can con-
corning the supply of hogs and pork.
Take advantage of rise and sell.
Fine, smooth, even lots of hogs are al
ways in demand, and are certain to
bring the top price. Farmers liv-
ing over a mile from market will find
it much the best plan to erect chute,
loading their hogs into wagons and
hauling them. In case they are driv-
en-, some of their bedding should be
taken along in wagon for use on
bridges. Hogs will readily walk over
a bridge On their old bedding: After
passing over one bridge the bedding
can be raked up, loaded into tire wag-
Oh, and used OH the next, and so on.
| We can best answer numerous in
quiries about building an ice-house,
by giving description Of one we put
up for our own use a few years ago.
The locality selected was one afford
ing facilities for drainage, was well
shaded by trees, and conveniently
near the house. The surface being
sandy, was levelled, and four by six
inch stills, fourteen feet long, were laid
down and halved together at the
corners. The plates of the same
length, of two or four inch stuff, were
put together in the same manner.
Studs two by four, and thirteen feet
long, were mortised into the stills and
spiked to the plates every eighteen
inches. The roof, "square-pitch,"
is covered with ten inch boards, two
Inches apart, and othsr boards of the
same width nailed on as battens.
Hemlock boards, nailed horizontally
on both sides of the studs, cover the
sides and ends; the four-inch space
between the outer and inner siding,
being filled with saw-dust. There is
q door at the ground level, and All
other just above, both being practi-
cally double, by means of horizontal
boards placed OH the inside as the
house is filled. The roof projects over
the sides about foot, and the spaces
between that and the plates are left
open to afford gentilation, 4 layer
of sawdust, four INCHES or more thick
was laid upon the ground, and the
blocks of ice stacked upon it rs closely
as possible. The top Of the ice IL
covered with layer of marsh hay,
about two feet thick. This house, if
filed up to the roof, would hold about
six tons. When half filled, there has
been considerable quantity of ice
left over each year, though 1t has
been used very freely. The cost OF
| the house is small.
| Globe Democrat. The democrats
didn't expect to carry Ohio. Certainly
not. And Lee didn't expect to win
the battle of Gettysburg. OF course
not. He fought it for fun-just to
keep his hand in. He thought he'd
take u run into Pennsylvania, and
while there he thought he'd have 2
little brush with the Yankees:
There is one way to make men stop
drinking. That is, by making them
prosperous and happy. In that way
the Republican party propose to be
the biggest Prohibition party ON re-
cord. A man with happy, conten-
| 4. i ,,,,>,,of,,l,ln adueate1 family ia