Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-12-27
FARM NOTES.

pipes of green houses the oder will destroy
mildew
Linseed meal should be used regularly
for all classes of stock. 1t is not only nu-
trihous, but serves to regulate the bowels
and aid digestion.
Have small bin in the cellar in order
to store parsnips, carrots and beets for
family use. Store them in dry sand. The
main crop may be stored in mounds out
side.
Calves do not pay, say the dairymen yet
somebody raises the cows that the dairy
men buy, and it Is possible that some one
must make the calves pay, or there would
soon be no cows.
As soon as the fall work is over the tools
should be thoroughly cleaned and well
anolnted with kerosene oil, which will pro-
tect them from rust. Never keep tools In
a damp place
The Farm Journal says that IA we'll
raised pig Of from $50 to $50 pounds.
dressed at or 8 months old, is the best
eating that can grow In that sort of hide,
and that the days of heavy pigs are num-
bered
Manure may fail to give good results the
first year and show well the next. Much
depends on the condition of the material.
1t can not afford food to plants until it de-
composes and its soluable material can be
appropriated.
The vigorous strawberry plants are the
ones that will produce the largest berries
next spring. The best mulch for straw
berries is fine, well-rotted manure. 1t
not only serves to protect the vines, but
supplies the ready food early in the spring
To get good beds of flowers next spring
prepare the beds now. Spade them up,
sprinkle lime and ashes on the earth.
rake it over, and then cover well with ma
nure, allowing the manure to remain on
the surface to be turned under early in the
spring.
Does it pay to keep oxen? Where the
roads are rough IN winter, and travel very
difficult, an OK team can be made service
able, especially for hauling wood or heavy
loads. Where the roads are kept in good
condition the horses are better adapted for
service.
The sheep will find quite an amount of
forage on the stubblefelds which other ami
mails will not touch at this season, but be-
cause the sheep is willing to cat what it
can find In that manner should not de-
prive it from receiving regular rations at
the barnyard.
When flock of hens do not pay, the
best plan is to pick out the ones that are
laying and sell off the others. 1t is some
times the case that there are too many of
them together. A few hens, well kept,
will produce more eggs, proportionally
than larger number.
A good dressing of manure around each
raspberry plant at this season viii cause
the canes to grow rapidly in the spring
Only few raspberry bushes are required
IN order to supply small family, and the
richer the ground and more manure used
the larger and better the quality of the
berries
There is usually difference of cents
per pound between live and dry-picked
poultry Scalded poultry sells for about
2 cents per pound less than the dry-picked.
Young squads at this season are saleable,
and young ducks brings Z cents per pound
more than the adults. After January
prices usually begin to rise.
The advantages in keeping ducks are
that they are not subject to to vermin
(such as lice, are rarely affected by disease,
and can endure nearl Y all kinds of ex-
posture when fully matured. A fence Is
inches high will serve to confine them, if
the large breeds are used, and they can
be kept on grass principally, although a
heavy feed twice da, will greatly pro-
mote laying.
Numerous cures of rhuematism by the
use of celery have recently been announced
in English papers. New discoveries-or
what claim to be discoveries-of the heal
ing virtues of plants are continually being
made. One of the latest is that celery is
+ cure for rheumatism; indeed. the disease is
impossible, it is asserted, if the vegetable
be cooked and freely eaten. The fact that
It is always put upon the table raw prevents
It's therapeutic powers from being known.
The danger of starvation is not as great
as is usually supposed, by any means, since
the body is composed mainly of the elements
of air and water, which, we suppose, may
be appropriated in an emergency There
fore we are firm in the opinion that at the
commencement of an acute disease decided
sickness may be averted, in nine cases out
of ten, by reasonable fasting. at least so
long as there is no appetite, with. extra
bathing, friction Of the surface, quiet rest,
and good supply of All and sunlight.