River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-10-18
FRAGMENTS FOR FARMERS.

CARELESS milking has ruined mnoy en-
otheryvise valuable COW.
YoUSo fruit trees should be cultivated as
carefully as any other crop on the fs-m, il
they are expected 70 pay as well
A MAN who feeds correctly and intelh-
gently viii save from ten 10 twenty per cent
over a man who follows only haphazard
method.
WHEN the feed in the pastures is dried
Cd so the cows can not easily get all they
want resort should be had 10 green and even
dry fodder morning and night, 70 be fed out
az the barn.
Srocx farming must be the foundation Of
all long continued, successful farming Any
other system Is one Of slow exhaustion and
ultimate sterility Ignore the sheep, the hog
snd the cow, and the land viii grow poor
inevitably.
TuE progress toward making quality the
standard Of value in milk and cream, both
for the factory and retail dealer, proves
that IL viii not De long till the best COW Will
not be the one giving most pounds Of milk,
but the one giving best milk
FATHERS are apt to CIV, the boys tho
poorest team and tho poorest tools on the
place 20 work with, but il $ bad policy II
The lJvs are 10 be encouraged TO become
good farmers II once they become disgust
ca with farm work. the chances arc that the
dislike will always stick 20 hem.
IL the vicinity of cities nd large towns
where land command high prices, II often
pays better 70 feed mich cows at the barn
than 20 pastur, them. but when pasture
can be had ~ moderate prices. il is less
work and better for the health Of the cows
10 let them get AZ least half Of their feed in
the pasture
Do NOT purchase more than two colonies
Of bees 20 start with II the owner can
manage these successfully he will have in
the fall provided il be good season. four
good strong colonies and between four anG
five hundred pounds Of good honey If no
should succeed his knowledge must increase
in the same ratio as his bees.
AMONG the prime requisites OF a good
farm horse are first sufficient size and
weight TO give the necessary strength 20
perform the heavy work required Of him:
and second good bottom and endurance.
The best farm horse is close built ana
sinewy with feet Of medium size, short
back well coupled chest wide and deeu,
limbs clean and bony. and with docile and
reliable disposition.
FARMER who has been very Successful
IN Riding his farm Of the wild mustard pest
saws he did it by turning in second-croF
clover in August. fitting the ground thor
oughly, fertilizing literally, and sowing
with a strong and early crop Of winter
wheat Frost kills all tho mustard gormi-
mating in the fall In case the wheat kills
out in exposed spots and the mustard ap-
pears, every stock Of mustard must be
pulled and none allowed 10 60 70 seed.
The growing of clover is equal 70 dscr
blowing, because its long roots penetrate
deeply in search Of food for the stems aud
leaves, which. if plowed into the land, will
undergo decomposition and leave, near the
surface, elements taken from the suhsoH.
It's leaves take carbonic acid largely from
the atmosphere, and the blowing IN Of this
crop augInents the carbon Of the soil very
materially, which changes its color and gives
Il a greater capacity 70 absorb solar heat
aud 20 retain manures and ammonia wheth.
er resulting from their decomposition OF
absorbed from the atmosphere.