Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-07-05
FARM NOTES

omcial report numbers the shsep
wv y, United States at 45,O0O,0O0.
,.a.5 meas and beans-if fed warm so
pm ~. better-make excellent winter
4, food
oore profitable to keep few hens
u In ouarters than many in close,
.-sl rooms
~, ont the manure and spread 1t if
na ,-ornd be frozen. 1t will save time
| ,,5 lsbor later on.
Vino Kindred and fifty three women
-. farms in Iowa, and only eighteen
w carving mortgages.
r;sb refuse contains not only nitrogen
s,ge proportion, but alse phosphorlc
.,,8 due 10 the bones.
rb.,a have been but few improvements
sotbsds They are nearly the same
,,jsy as they we're 100 years ago.
There is no danger of growing too much
| .-,t of good quality, but it is an easy
-'t,s, M over stock the market with an
nfsrior article.
s.sgrsnt water on farm is the hot bed
# disease, and annually causes ten times
| 4. loss equal to an amount appropriated
or draining it off.
ina sheep must have dry location at
.gs. Dampness is fatal to sheep, being
! ~ cause of distemper, while wet pasture
| tsi:conduce to foot-rot.
When the rye shall be ready for feeding
mot turn the stock upon it, especially
tbe ground should be damp, as more
snggs would be thereby done the rye
.Dn barg trampled under the feet of
| eock than from grazing 1t.
l.htep.breeder up in Manitoba reports
| ,sse. saws the Live Stock Indicator, that
| -sga, has less than three lambs at time.
had he says her daughters kept up the
/ rt-.3. One Of them had three lambs in
1.y5er. 1855; two in April, 1886; two in
,ober 1856, and three III April, 1887,
sislng all ont one (which died when a
month oIdl thus bearing ten lambs IN
| rsnty three months. A good family of
bsep 10 breed from, that, and one likely
70 pay many fold to careful shepherds.
Mares in foal should have exercise and
| Moderate work, but under no oircum-
,slces should be subject to harsh treat
| rsut nor should they ever be allowed TO
! 70 ghers they would be in danger of be-
ng frightened. Under such circum-
stances the unborn colt is quite likely to
/ Be 1dueuced, and may for its whole life
5es ueryous, timid horse, shying at every
rfs, inclined to run from every new and
strange object it should meet. This
| quality If inn srited, can not be overcome,
aslce the necessity OF avoiding those
Aings that might cause it.
Saggers are the result of congestion
| giide brain, due to overlooking. Pigs
re more of.en eyerfed than any other
Nugs, and it is the source of neBrly AL
diseases to which they are Subject. 1t
. Elects the nerve dentres IN the brain and
| spinal cord. Give the pigs no feed at all
i0 forty eight hours, but only water,
tsl begin feeding very lightly, and give
As food ia q shallow trough, so that 1t
@l be taken up only slowly.
Il has been asserted that a given
mount Of food aud attention produces
4nany pounds of chicken flesh as it will
| GhOg f sh If so, why cannot farmers
alse poultry raising profitable and eat
l1'rh0us chicken meat instead Of Sc
mech bacon: A pound of fowl flesh will
rod1ce more physical strength or mus
GUAR power than a pound of fat bacon
s' there are many people who do not be
-svei,.
Every blossom left On the young straw
'ttg plant will enteeble it to a certain
H,aa If the plants be expected t.
l'oT out runners aud thicken in tn,
0V they must under no circumstances b.
-gve5 .0 blossom and fruit.