Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-04-12
FARM NOTES.

Animals of vicious habits should never
be used for breeding purposes, as vices
are transmitted. BY careful breeding in
this respect the disposition of the ami
mails can be partially controlled.
Onions are often put out in the month
of March, as they are hardy and endure
quite a severe frost. The sooner they
can be put out and made to grow rapidly
the better, as they do not make rapid
progress after the beginning of warm
weather.
single diseased animal may entail
loss in a community amounting to thou.
sands OF dollars. 1t cost Missouri $1,000
600 and ten months time TO STAN . out
pleuro- pneumonia, while the loss TO the
cattlemen of Kentucky has reached fully
100000.
A Wisconsin farmer took lis stock
through hard winter, after dry sum.
mer, by storing every bit of corn fodder,
putting ell his straw under cover for feed,
and buy ng Literally of wheat bran. His
stock came through in good condition,
and he made az much money as if forage
had been plentiful.
A farmer cannot afford to have cracks
in the stable, az they are too expensive,
the closing of the cracks being bnt a small
matter as compared with tho cost of extra
feed to keep the apimals warm. Unless
a stable be warm and comfortable, ex-
tiavagance in feeding will be the result.
Shelter and protection can be provided
at less cost than grain.
A certain proportion of animal heat must
be created Dolly from the food, or that
stored as fat in the body will be resorted
to in order TO counteract the effect of
cold. There is no "standstill' in the
matter, as animals are either losing flesh
or gaming. Every pound lost causes a
real loss of two, as the time and expense
of regaining that which is lost will be
doubled
To every dollars worth OF beef con
sumed in this country nearly 50 in dairy
products milk, cream, butter and cheese
are sold and used, and in every part of
it there is growing demand for an i'm
proved class of dairy goods. These al
ways command a price commensurate
with the extra labor and care required TO
produce them. Dairymen, make note
OF this
Tho peach growers of Maryland and
| Delaware have decided to request the
| Legislature OF those States TO enact laws
compelling the destruction of all trees
| affected by the "yellows." This ia an
/ important matter and demands the at
tention of all peachgrowers, as the
| "yelows," when once it appear in a sec
tion of country, is very damaging, the
disease being contagious.
Asa rule composts should be prepared
| a length of time before using in proper
4 ton to the roughness and coarseness of
the materials. not less than six weeks
will be required under favorable circum.
stances for tho average materials used in
| composing to become broken down by
fermentation and decomposition, 80 az
to permit of uniform mixing and easy
| distribution.
In summer swine Craze and do well on
clover, and, indeed, are perhaps az
healthy and make as cheap and satisfac
tory growth on that food as on any other
There is no reason why clover should not
enter into the winter rgtions OF swine
Sweet clover hay could be cut up into
short lengths and fed wet, along with
meal and bran, without much trouble and
with the best Of results.
A Colorado farmer is said TO have
South-down lambs months old that
weigh 40 pounds each, and it has been
estimated that they will clip at least II
pounds OF wool each when they shall be
| il months old. A. extra mutton now
sells at 80 per pound for sheep in lots
each of the above is worth Sll.5O. This
shows what cAp be done with well-bred
sheep without paying any attention "a
] a.. ,,,trs Of tho wool