Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-02-17
FARM NOTES.

Inc Baldwin is very popular apple
With Canadian horticulturists, but mauy
consider tae Spy quite as hardy and long
ct lived
The following Is said to be an excellent
food for bears: Take corn and rye, or
wheat, of each one part, and oats four
parts. Grind this fine, and to it add as
much bran as there is of the feed.
There is no period when young ami
NAL should be at a standstill in growth.
1t should be growing constantly from its
birth to maturity, and ary check in that
respect would be loss of time. The
best animals are those that receive prop
er treatment when young.
Where the ground has been well har-
rowed, ana made even and smooth, the
labor of harvesting will be lessened, as the
ground will be better fitted for the work of
the harvesting machine. Remove all
stones that may interfere.
Now is the time to spread the fine
poultry manure on the strawberry plants.
BY the time the plants shall begin to
shoot out the new growth the manure will
have been mashed into the soil by the
rains. Poultry manure has been tried on
strawberries with success.
Rye will begin to grow on the first APP
proach of spring. 1t provides the first
early pasturage. If kept moderately
grazed, provided the land has been well
MANFRED at time of seeding, the crop will
continue to afford green material as long
as desired. No crop can compare with it
for early pasturage.
DIN estimating the value of manure as a
fertilizer always take into consideration
he cost of hauling the same to the fields,
as well as the facility with which it can
be applied. Very bulky material, though
valuable, may sometimes cost more than
it is worth if hauled long distances o.
ever heavy gronnd.
President Chamberlain expresses him
self, in the Albany Cultivator, as in
favor of discarding grain sacks in favor
of bushel boxes. He ordered l25 for the
college farm. and the foreman says they
will pay their cost this year in the saving
of labor in handing about ten acres of
experiment potatOes-some ninety kinds.
Worn out soils can be made fertile if
first manured and green crops grown
thereon and plowed under. 1t may re-
4uire two or three years to bring such q
soil to fertile condition, but it can be
done. Many mineral elements, such as
lime, soda, magnesia, potash, etc, can
easily be supplied by the use of ordinary
artificial fertilizers.
Eurotas the celebrated Jersey COW,
noted as having produced 773 pounds of
butter in one year, is dead. She has been
of inestimable value to this country as
many of the finest strains of butter COWS
have descended from her. With the
celebrated Coomassie, she is one one of
the foundations upon which the great
success ofSthe Jersey has been built
Feather-pudding is vice among
poultry that causes them TO pick each
other nefrly naked. 1t is caused by close
confinement and idleness. Hens that
are kept busiiy at work scratching are
not so liable to acquire the habit. When
tbs hens are engaged in the vice they
do not lay many eggs owing to being
com PEELED to renew the feathers by
growth as fast as they are plucked out.
In the process of drying grain into
hay the most of volatile oils which give
green heritage it's delicate flavor and odor
are lost. Some farmers have found that
putting clover and other grasses in barns
while rather greer, and mixing them with
enough dry straw to absorb moisture,
not only preserves the flavor in the hay,
but portion is communicated to the
straw, making it much better for mich
COWS.