Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-01-28
In AgrIenltural Alrhabet

A correspondent OF the Orange
County Farmer furnishes one as fol-
lows:
A COW, fat at the beginning of win
fer. will not eat near as much and
come out in spring in just as good
condition as q poor COW fed high
through the winter.
Be careful of the comfort of your
stock and ii will put money ia your
pocket.
Consider well through the winter
now to conduct your farn operations
next year.
Don't let your poultry roost in tress
through the winter. If you can't have
wooden house, fix that big stack of
corn stalks into one, 1t is better than
nothing.
Eggs bring a good price now and
later; receipt for production-warm,
clean house; water slightly warmed,
warm food for breakfast.
Fix up the horse stable; close all
cracks, then don't blanket your horses
in the coolest weather unless they are
heated from fast drive.
Get the new seed catalogues and
look over the novelties, but don't be-
heye everything they say. Oh, my
mol
Have lots of books and papers to
read through the winter.
It very good plan to bring your
brides in the house after using them
in cold weather. Then when you want
20 90 riding in cold weather you won't
have the pleasure of freezing horses
tongues.
Just make it s practice in very cold
weather TO mix the horses food in the
morning with water very slightly
warmed.
Kill hogs before the new year gets
around, whether the moon is right or
not
Look well to the sheep and have
sheds for them to gcL out of the storms
and don't try TO raise early lambs IN
less you have warm place for the
ewes in the barn barement or some
where
Make all improvements on tao
farm this winter-in your mind-and
then when spring comes, you can
make them without delay with your
hands.
Nuts are fine for eating during the
long winter evenings Have a full
supply.
Oats and rye are lot very good food
Tor poultry. Save them for your
horses and feed corn, buackwheat or
barley; these are all good. Give 81
variety.
Put your chicken-coops, If you have
any, and if you haven't you'd better
make some sort of cover, and they will
last twice as long.
Quantities of hay and corn fodder are
wasted by the careless farm hands in
feeding the stock. Keep au eye on
the feeding and see that it is done cor
Tectly.
Remove all the old manure, if you
have not done so before this, or it will
Lose in value by freezing. Perhaps il
Is too late already.
Start a Farmers Clubin your neigh
oorhood and be president of it, if no
one else viii accept.
Turn as much ofyour gain into meat
as possible, and thus increase your
manure pile. 1t is more profitable
lnan selling the grain.
Use your morse every second day, at
least, even if it isn't for anything ex-
cept going to the postoffice.
Nendues are pretty thick Just about
TINS time. Attend them If you want
anything, but remember that anthing
not needed is dear at any price. Don't
ouy because a thing is cheap.
Water the stock regularly every
day. Some says it pays to warm the
drinking water Of the cows. Try it if
you can.
&celleut advice has been given
above, but it won't profit you much il
you let 1t go in one ear and out OF
the other.
You can make farming pay nova
DAYS by
Asalously studying all the different
departments Of your business and
carefully considering whether your
Plans are correctly formed for bring
ing the most money for the least time
aud labor.
Winter Hints.
Country Gentleman.
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