Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-08-20
FARM NOTES.

| Milk sold at three cents a quart pays
about the same as butter sold for %
cents per pound, says an eastern ex-
| pert.
Let your onions grow until the tops fall
ed to become dry and be stored in a cool
place.
| As soon as the ears have been taken
| from the sweet corn the stalks should be
cut up and fed to the cows in green con-
! dition.
Sheep will eat nearly all kinds of
weeds, and may be made to do good ser
vice in some fields. They should, how
ever, always be given feed of grain at
night.
The largest barn in the world is proba-
bly, that of the Union Cattle company, of
! Cheyenne, near Omaha. 1t covers acres,
cost S125,OOO, and can hold 1850 head of
cattle.
The Over-spreading of any kind of
| breeding stock is calculated to impair
! fertility and that species of thriftiness
which prompts to activity and the full
working powers of all the vital organs.
Fruit that cannot be sold may be dried
evaporated, made into cider for vinegar,
| or jelly. In this manufactured form 1t
can be kept as long as necessary and sold
when fair price can be procured.
To protect your fruit trees in unfenced
| lots or along the roadsides, drive three
! stakes around the tree and wind barb
wire around them close enough to keep
an animals teeth away from the tree.
On many farms the pigs must be kept
in close pens all the summer. Such pigs
should have green food delivered to them
daily. OF course, some grain is needed IN
addition to the green food. Milk is also
good.
The Rural New Yorker notes that where
the ground is covered to a depth sufficient
to keep out frost, with some rich manure,
asparagus can be cut earlier than when
1t has to wait for the frost to thaw out of
the ground.
In buying pigs for breeding stock the
best is the cheapest, though it cost lit
tie more money. The reason why breed
ers Justify themselves in saving runts is
because some men are thoughtless enough
to buy them at low price.
Use the scales on the farm in order to
more accurately keep an account of all
the sales and purchases, as well as the
amount of food allowed. Every meal
should be weighed, and the gain or loss of
flesh carefully observed.
All small apples and Others defective in
form or damaged by the worms have their
best market on the farm by food for ami
ursls. If packed with sound fruit, even
in small proportion, they reduce the price
of all often to the point of loss.
Ivy or any vine that runs perpendicu-
larry up tree does not iniure 1t unless
branches from the vine extend along the
branches and by its mass of leaves smoth-
er the leaves of the tree. Vines like Wis
taria, that coil around a trunk, do injure
trees.
Poultry farming doesn't take great
deal of land, but with good management
the harvest comes every day, and though
1t Is small its multiplication by all the
days of the year makes a sum that com
pares favorably with more pretentious
ventures.
The disposition of an animal depends
somewhat on the treatment 1t receives
Rough usage causes the animals TO be-
come irritable, and when they are not
VICIOUS they are IN perpetual state OF
fear, which prevents Improvement IN
yield of either milk, butter or meat
Soapsuds may be advantageously used
around the pear and peach trees. 1t Is
quite an undertaking to carry them
to an orchard but there are trees and
grapevines usually growing near the house
and kitchen which viii be greatly benefit
ed by the use of the suds.