The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-05-04
RURAL TOPICS.
INFORMATION FOR THE HUSBAND.
MAN AND HOUSEWIFE
Como Practical Suggestions for tho Farmer,
stock-Breeder. Poulterer, NurserymAn,
and HOusekeeper.
THE FARM.
Wool and Mutton.

The English coarse-wooled breeds,
says the CuttiudtOr, including the vari-
Gus Downs, have been bred to produce
twins, so that in many fiocks it is not
infroquent to have in the summer more
lambs than the owner of the flock has OF
ewes. Breeds which do this are natur-
ally strong and vigorous.
The sheep breeders of England, from
longer experience than ours, and all the
while confronted by a necessity for get
ting the utmost profit from their tiocks,
long ago sougE. to adapt their hus-
bandry to those natural conditions
favoring success. If American breeders
are to succeed in the face of obstacle s
and discouragements, they must work in
harmony with natural environments
having regard for locality, purpose and
surroundings.
A fact net to be forgotten in sheep
husbandry is that while one may raise
fine wool and very poor mutton, you
cannot raise good mutton without rails
ing good wool also. All authorities
agree that the best fed sheep that fatten
and mature in the shortest time make
the best and soundest wool, so that this
by product from such sheep will always
find ready market. If we can raise
mutton on the basis of making the mea,
pay the cost, we shall have the wool for
clear profit.
The production of wool in India, Cen
trail Asia, and China, Is estimated at
$50, 600 tons. Australia and New Zea-
land possess rs, 600, 900 sheep, producing
100, 600 tons of wool, worth Sll4, 100000.
La Plata possesses l0O, 100000 sheep,
producing $4,000 tons of wool, worth
"a, $780, 900, while the United States
possesses 80, 000, 600 sheep which do not,
however, yield all the wool that is re-
CURED, the difference being made up by
imports from La Plata and Australia.
Europe possesses 2oo,ooo,ooo sheep,
yielding 200, 900 tons of wool. SO says
an English authority.
Pigs
IN our experience the best pigs have
been raised by the sows in the first con-
dition, and we are convinced that more
sows are injured by feeding too little
than too much.-Farmer's Reriew.
IT may pay handsomely to take unu-
sual care of the pigs, for If we mistake
not hogs are going to be IN greater de-
mand, and consequently better prices
will prevail than has been known for
many day. Then save the pigs-Ec.
EIGHT or ten pigs are more than a SOW
can raise properly if she is too thin at
narrowing time, as the pigs must have
more nourishment than can be furnished
from the food consumed by the SOW, for
she cannot eat enough to develop her
pigs; bat if in proper condition she has
certain amount of flesh to draw upon,
and the pigs will make the best posi-
BILE growth.
EXPERIMENTS in feeding pigs, in
stituted by the Danish Agricultural So
ciety, go to show that skinned milk has
double the feeding value of buttermllk;
that rye and barley are of about equal
value, with a slight percentage in favor
of rye; and that six pounds of skinned
milk have the same feeding value as one
pound of rye or barley.
IREsPoND to the health of my friend
the hog-the most profitable, the most
neglected and the most afflicted of all
our animal servants. In the absence of
bank account he is handy substitute.
With health he comes nearer % per cent.
n month than any investment on the
FARM He is the only fellow in our
employ that we can trust to tackle q
mortgage. II. Walker, Nebraska.
Two WEEKS before the SOW is due to
farrow she should be separated from
others that she may have been keeping
company with, and placed in an apart
ment or lot to herself, where she may
be absolutely free from any molestation
whatever by other stock. She should
be provided with warm and dry quarters,
and opportunity given her to take ex-
ercise daily. Exercise and proper feed
ing is the key note to success.