Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-05-30
RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION


Mulch should not be- applied -
Strawberries or other small fruits until
the ground freezes hard.
damaged or small heads OF cab
bage can be advantageOusly used 6y
giving them to laying hens.
1T is said that by forcing salt into
the holes made by borers In trees the
borers will be destroyed.
Don't oyerfeed one day and re-
strict the supply the next Regular.
ity IN time and quantity when feeding
saves labor aud expense.
Mud in the barnyard takes warmth
from the bodies OF the animals, All
preparations in the barnysrd should
be made before the snow comes. To
keep stock in health dryness is essen
tial.
OF the value of corr fodder 70
dsirymen when it is preserved In the
silo In the best manner, or when cured
ia the cock without exposure to sun
and air. there can be no doubt. The
dairy farmer who does not in some NAY
avail himself of this excellent and cheap
feed for his COWS will surely be left be.
hind.
Milk should be fed to young aHi-
mails warm, says the Jersey Baltetsg,
and never In any other condition. Best
results follow feeding NJ regular inter.
walls, in just the right quantities. Over.
loading the stomach OF hungry calf
is followed by worse consequences
oftener than by stinginess,
An smutty corn or husks should
be burned. 1t is better to take precau-
ton for next year than TO attempt ~
prevent smut by some remedy, II
would have been best 10 destry the ~
fected stalks when growing, but even
now no traces of smut should be a.
lowed TO exist. Seed should never BE-
selected from field containing smutty
ears of corn.
Farmers ia various parts Of the
country are beginning the cultivation
Of the indigo plant, which forms very
important feature OF Chinese agricult-
ure. The indigo fern is one Of the
seed-pod variety OF plants, with stock
and leaf not unlike the fish geranium,
but Of darker green in color II is
very hardy, easily cultivated and, un-
like many of our native products. 10
never attacked BY insects.
The walls under houses and barn
Easements, il they have been built sew.
eral years, always need some attention
on the approach of winter, Our eli
mate, SO moist in fall and so cold ia
winter, makes sad havoc with walls.
Mortar being largely composed OF lime
readily absorbs dsmpness, and freezing
when moist disintegrates it. A little
fresh mortar and q few hours work
with the trowel will save the ingress
Of much cold every winter.
There is considerable elasticity in
apples, so thas In packing the head
may be pressed down "a inch OF more
without bruising the fruit Some vs.
rieaies will bEuise more easily than
others. The russell has a tough skin.
and a bruise ON II does not affect ita
keeEine qusiities, as 1t kept In the bar.
rel II WI dry up rather than rot. Va
riestes that bruise easily should b
taken out when they reach their desti.
nation and be repacked.
"A hen may go hungry all dRy ana
If given all she can eat NJ night VIVA
lay better than one that has been fed
three or four times day. A hen Ia In
her best condition only when she 10
seen industriously at work. It Is her
natural mode of securing food--wOrk-
ing for il. ifgiven place to scratch
In winter the exercise keeps her warm,
and when night begins to come on she
will have an excellent appetite. -RHral
Hnale