Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-01-10
FARM NOTES

Coal ashes are excellent on the walk
ways and patns, and assist in hardening
the soll.
Damaged or small heads of cabbage
can DO sdyantegeously used by giving
them to the laying hens.
Throw all your soapsujs now on your
asparagus beds. The effect will be
marked in the early spring.
bull can DO made 80 work in the yoke.
It will render him more serviceable as
well az prevent ferocity.
Eggs will easily keep well at this
season if placed where the temperature
is between 40 and 80 degrees eboye zero.
The general rule for making winter
food for bees, if the honey supply is de-
ficient, is TO boil one part water and two
parts sugar.
Don't overfeed one day and restrict
the supply the hext. Regularity
and quantity when feeding saves labor
and expense.
Woodehopping is best done at this
season. If deferred later there may be
difficulty in hauling, owing TO bad roads.
Get in the wood supply early.
Kerosene is the cheapelt of all insecti-
cides. At this seasc- it may be used
literally on the heA-roots to prevent lice,
which do damage even in the winter.
Attend &c tbs little repairs now. The
small matters give WORK hereafter If left
unattended 10 at first. Make the stables
as snug rs possible by closing all the
cracks in the wall.
Those who use incubators report that
their greatest difficulty is in procuring
eggs that will hatch. There are plenty
of eggs, but not such as are suitable for
incubating purposes.
Mud in the barnyard takes warmth
from the bodies OF the animals. All
preparations ia the baruyard should be
made before the snow comes. TO keep
stock in health dryness il essential
Seed corr saved from the portion Of
the cob nearest the tip IL said to produce
the strongest and best plants, followed
by the seed from the but, with that from
the MIDDLE as the poorest.
The best way to put bulls and stations
at work il to use then in supplying tread
power. BY this mode they can be more
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can supply power for churns.
The failure of cabbage to head Is more
often due TO lack of plant food than any
thing else. Water diluted With phos-
phate will often transform mass of
loose cabbage leaves, Fl only for feeding,
into a solid, salable head.
Dry dirt is better than sand on the
floor of stables, as it is an absorbent, and
the finer the dirt the better. Sand, how
ever, Is more easily removed and Goes
not cause dust. An excellent method of
keeping the stalls clean is to apply q
LAYER Of dry dirt and then sprinkle with
plaster.
The stone dwelling house and the well
on the farm cause more disease Ia the
family than anything else. Such houses
are often damp, while wells are some
times used without cleaning for years.
Stone houses should be weather
boarded 20 be perfectly dry, aud the
well should be claened out at least once
year.
It takes about ten ears to average ]
mound of evgporated corn, and 100
hounds of fresh cut corn will make a
| frlUb over 20 pohhNs " wv
product Of high grade. IL the corn be
hard and nearly ripe this yield would be
| increased, but at the expense of quality
such corn will sell at from Sc. to l0c. per
pouud in oar.lots. Most OF those en-
gagged in evaporating corn have increased
their business grs lualiy, and pay from
25e. to 40c. per 100 ears, or about 50 PEI
ton delivered at the factory in the musk
One hundred years ago apples were moi
much larger than plumbs. tomatoes were
entirely unknown, and many OF the mos
valuable fruits and vegetables grew Ia TN
woods in the wild state in which mature
created them. Horticulture has mad
wonderful strides, and is advancing ever,
day.
The former practice Of first feedin'
ont all the poor fodder and then all N
good as spring approaches is thought D
good feeders TO be wrong. Just think 0
il for a moment. Mankind likes var
iety OF food aud a change, even II par
is Of ooa-sest grains. Cattle shout
have change because they desire ~
for no other reason. The best reasC
for giving a variety is to secure q NOR
perfect nntriment.