Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-01-05
FARM NOTES

All the turnpikes in the state of
Connecticut but one have been pu7-
chased by the authorities and con
vcrted into free public highways.
/ In the rural districts of France
bread is baked but once each month.
The kneading is done by men and the
huge loavos are baked in large ovens.
Dry road dust or earth should be
gathered for use in the hen house dur
ing winter. A supply of sawdust is
also excellent for spreading upon the
floor.
Cordial and brandy made of black
currants are having u large sale in
various countries Of Europe, where
they are chiefly used for medicinal
purposes.
A farmer on Staten island, N. j.,
has COW that has given an average
amount Of milk during this season.
though she dropped her last calf live
years ago.
How to keep up the fertility of pas
lures is a question that is nov in'cr-
esting New England farmers, and is a
question whose consideration is in
creasing in Importance from year to
year.
If farmers were better acquainted
with botany, understanding moro fully
the laws OF vegetable growth, better
success might attend their sowing seed
and better fruits and crops might be
grown.
The careful farmer plans his work
so as TO have Jobs suitable for rainy
days on which to employ hired help;
but sometimes it is better to give help
an occasional rainy day-they will
work the better for it.
1t is not the food that hens consume
that makes them lay that is expensive.
no matter what the cost; it is the food
that fails to produce eggs, even if it is
cheap. that adds sto the expense of
keeping for egg production.
After a patient and persistent trial
extending through five years New
York man has succeeded in inducing
horse to eat priehly comfrey. 1t is
now proposed to see if it can be made
to relish picked olives and Browning's
poetry.
Farmers do not fully appreciate the
value Of wood ashes or they would not
sell them to soap men, but would
spread them upon moving lands or
apply them to growing crops. They
contain all the essential inorganic
elements of plants.
Dealers in apples in Liverpool and
Glasgow report the market brisk for
highly colored fruit, and very dull for
that that does not have attractive
color. Apples of cherry red color
generally ''go of like hot cakes, even
if the quality is very poor
As old leather-boots, shoes, etc
contains ammonia compounds, al
though in case of extremely slow
solublity, a good disposition TO be
made Of them is to bury them ut the
foot OF fruit trees or grape vines,
whore they will furnish slow fertil-
izer.
1t is much better for any farmer to
have n NOW Of hay or a quantity Of
gram left over than to be SO short in
supply as 20 be obliged to feed close
and thus cause reduced condition
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% ~'',, ,iin. -, 10 "a Fam, t5an - eoIi
it off OF the same.
On lnt CorhelluS Iarh' near mon
roe WAS, are Two SaGe-pos' % req
cedar cut Oh tne lanus near money
creek nearly my years ago, Iney
are sol!3 anu Sooec to-uay' anu leil,alu
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app'opiii",e' 10 carry oul ms PI"1's-
lo"s WI "ouhtless DC fee'li'eu as soon
as posssi''e ai.ef congress asselio. u,
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