The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-03
AGRICULTURAL NOTES.


| order TO avoid getting the seed in toe
deep.
LINE broadcasted over the soil is never
wasted. If not appropriated by one crop
1t will be taken up by another. 1t acts
on the soil, and thereby increases the
supply of plant food.
WINTER oats grow N Virginia, and are
SEEDED down in the fall / might pay
| to tly small plot in this section, as the
climate of Virginia differs but little from
Eastern Pennsylvania.
IN the absence OF better remedies for
jumping flea beetles, dust the young
cabbage and radish plants with scot,
sItted ashes or air Stacked lime, and re-
peat every few days.
AN excellent homemade paint (oI
colored wash can be made of one quart
of cement in a gallon of skim milk. II
| Is very durable. ard VIII last much long
er than ordinary white-wash.
SPINACH and satisfy are very hardy
and are really winter plants, as they re-
quire but little protection In winter 9th
er than a light covering. Spinach seed
| may be planted now, but spring Is the
period for planting satisfy.
Hay should be of the best quality.
Grass is more valuable for hay when
| cut in the bloom. If allowed to seed il
loses a portion of It's feeding value.
Hay should never be over-iipe.
THE COW that gives yield of milk and
butter above the average, for the whole
period when she is in milk, is more
valuable than one yielding largely at
first and diminishing a 'rerward.
THE best soil for wheat is clay or a
heavy loutn ar am ADM Y tItrp a he two
| a fair proportion of lime, naturally or
| arIficially app led, Will be very benefi-
| cial. Sandy soils oftentimes produce
| fine crops, but are not so reliable.
INJURY from the squash borer is easily
prevented. All the grower has to do Is
| to cover the vines almost to the tip
new root growth is made rom the joints
OF the vines, and the borer may do with
the main root as he pleases.
THE wells of the farm should be
| cleaned out every fall. Despite all pre-
| cautions, but few wells are free from
| toads. 1t is not safe to wait until the
| water becomes affected before cleaning,
but do it now, before the late rains
come on, so as to render the work
easier.
|
! the CAD fly, which lays its eggs in the
| sleeps nose, it is recommended to tar
| the sleeps noses once a week. This is
easily done by putting tar on boards in
| the fields where the sheep run, gprink-
| ling salt over it and leaving the rest to
| the sheep.
| SUNFLowER seed may be ground and
| fed to stock. tits fully equal to linseed
| IN cal, and a large supply can be raised
| on the farm. Its use in the stock food
| viii permit of growing at home that
| which is procured elsewhere. For
| poultry it is invaluable, especially dur
ing the period of melting.
| PARsNIPs and carrots are not injured if
| stored outside IN mounds, and in sec
| tons where the winters are not very
| severe they may be lett in the rows,
with only slight covering. The proper
| way to store them, however, Is in a
| cellar, in bins, so as to easily handle
| them when they are wanted iOi feed
ing.
THE grape rot is now believ, to be
| under control, the remedies suggested
| by the government reports having been
| tried with success at several points
| The spraying of the vines as soon as the
! blossoms appear, and repeating the OPP
| Grafton after each rain with solu'i Il
| of sulphate of copper and lime water, is
| the plan adopted.
UNLESS the shocks OF corn are made
| firm III the field they will be blown
| down. A little extra care in shocking
Will save much loss in fallen shocks
| Wherever possible, haul the shocks t.
| the barn, as corn lOd"er is alaays injur-
| ed to certain extent, no matter how
| well it may be shocked.
TIE cultivation OF various farm crops
| is beginning TO receive intelligent atten-
| ton. The idea that corn or potatoes OIL
| other crops do not need cultivation be-
| cause there are no weeds is a mistake
or that in blowing or cultivatiDg the
roots of the crors ought TO be broken
| and the more that are broken the bet
| ter, Is another mistake.
If cows are fed liberal ration of pal.
atab'e, nutritious ground feed highland
| morning they require no driving. Nc
| dog o. boy Is necessary to chase the
| fields over 10 persuade them. but about
milking-time they are ready to walk
from pasture to barn quietly, ard pals
| will be fuller, as there has been no ex
| citement. Keep cows quiet and they give
| better returns. Thus a saving of labor
and patience pays IN part for grain fed
THE farming of the future must be
| gradually contracted in the number o
acres. Higher cultivation. more re-
munerative crops. Less hard work over
| broad fields and closer attention TO spe-
cial paying crops on the fields that sur
| round the house. More pasture, more
stock and plenty of ensilage-this in.
| sures the purchase of less commercial
fertilizer and the very best results ron
the contents of the barnyard.
| DRINKING the whole milk makes fine
fat calves, but calves raised on skim
milk an oatmeal and bran, if not &c
| sleek at months old, had a better star
| iii bone and muscle and beat the more
| pampered calf al V, ars of age. 1t is 3
waste of ca product TO iced a cal
| whole milk after its rennct stomach
| changes SO as to call for solid food, and
it is mistake n so feed it after it is ter
days old. Warmed skim milk and. a
little oatmeal are much better.
FEED warm sWill 10 your pigs in 4
warm place. Feed often and but little
at time, SO that the pigs always come
| to the trough with good appetite, and
there be no swill left to sour. Feed the
| swIll as fast as it is made, so that II
doesn't get sour. Try to get your litter
of pigs in March or April, so that they
| will be fit for sale in early winter
! Breed only once year, as this a sutfi-
cient strain on the vitality, and breed
to mature parents If you bres d from
| too young parents you increase the
probabilities OF infirmity and disease tC
which the pig is especially liable.
| Whenever you bring new pig on the
arm, shut it up by itself for at leas
three weeks, until you have ascertained
it to be perfectly healthy, before yor
let it among the others.