Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-12-25
FARM NOTES.

vocates cutting straw LOT DedulhS III
stables.
The egg production of America is
equal in money value TO the entire pro-
duction of iron.
The price of good cattle has steadily
increased and there is prospect of profit
in cattle raising.
Parchment paper is not only cheaper.
but in all respects superior to cloth for
wrappages of butter.
First-class dairy cows are not for
sale, as rule, and those who want the
best mixers must raise them.
1t costs no more for transportation to
market of fine git-edged butter than
the poor stuff that brings next to moth.
Ing.
Breeding ewes should not be allowed
70 get poor in any season in flocks
where mutton is the chief basis OF
profit.
The outlook for European crop is
not good, and is is certain there will
be fair demand for American pro
ducts.
In establishing dairy school Wis.
eonsin has set an example that other
States in the dairy belt would do well
"a follow.
The silo when filled is said to be fire.
proof. The barn may burn down, but
the silo will be but little scorched Oh
the outside.
Turpentine added to tobacco decoc-
hon, in the proportion of a tablespoon.
ful to pint makes an excellent remedy
Tor scab in sheep.
Education" SAYS the Indiana
Farmer, lis learning to observe and
think" That's the education every
farmers boy should get.
J. j. Payne. of Warsaw, Ky. gather
Cd 200 bushels of Sharpless & Crescent
Strawberries from an acre of ground.
and sold them at an average OF 50 per
bushels.
The IoUa Homestead believes that
golden opportunity is offered to young
men 10 win fame, and as much wealth
- is good for them, in the line OF
breeders CT improved stock.
Keep milking quarters clean and
free from strong odors. Milk is "a very
ready absorbent and will take on the
taste and smell of the barnyard by re.
naming few minutes in foul stable.
A golden ball of butter, finely flavor.
cd. with an odor suggesting of grassy
meadows and cooling streams, season.
ed with just enough salt for the palate.
IL a food fit for men or gods. Talk
about oleo as a substituted Bah!
The dairyman who sticks TO the
business through good aud i'll report,
whether prices are high or low, is the
man who will win success in the end;
providing, of course, he knows how to
make an article that will sell on ito
merits.
There are thousands Of people in the
larger cities who will pay remunera-
tive prices for an extra good quality
III OJuTIUT- IJrTrJ up III IN arTTacTive FORM.
The good butter makers and their
liberal customers should manage in
some way to get together.
Cheese-making is one Of the growing
industries of Ontario. The govern
ment has encouraged it by aiding tho
dairy associations by printing their re-
ports and by instruction given at the
Model Farm and at farmers institutes.
The cheese OF that province is now
taking high rank in English market,
There are eighteen establishments
in the town of Hammontown, n, j.,
(seyeral of which are run by women)
where the raising of chickens for broil-
ers is reduced to science, and made
profitable. The chicks are Matched
nrtiiicially, and raised under breeders.
and finished Off for market ut the age
Of ten weeks.
Governor Hoard, of Wisconsin, says
the wheat Weld in his county has
risen from product of eight bushels
to eighteen per acre since dairying has
been adopted by farmers for eurichng
the soil. The next step he adds, is
to produce dairy products cheaper, to
get more milk and butter without iu-
creas;ng the number of cows or cost of
keeping them.
New York gives $40, 600 year to
support agricultural institute work and
an equal amount for the experiment
station. Wisconsin leads all the States
in liberal maintenance of farmers in
siitutes, making an annual donation of
$4,000 Tor that purpose. lnasmuch as
farmers pay bulk of the taxes it is
proper they should share to some ex-
tent the benefits OF the public treasury.
Farmers are not unlike other people
and are quite as much in need of a lit
tie change and rest now and then as the
merchant or the professional mau
whose duties conline him TO city life
The chief use of vacation is to widen
the horizon of our views, to give us
broader ideas of life and give us an
insight into the ways in which other
people live. whose circumstances ara
different from our own.
The American Shorthorn Breeders
Association by resolution authorized
the Secretary To arrange with the man
ayers of State fairs for the payment of
premiums for the production OF milk
aud butter from pure-bred shorthorry
cows. on condition that actual tests
shall be made on the fair grounds.
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