Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-11-28
FARM NOTES.

The Geet sugar company, of Grand Is
land, Neb., In the first twenty-four hours
they ran turned out 800 barrels of refined
sugar ready for market.
The state entomologist of New York
says there are Twenty-Five different kinds
OF parasites in that state that arr destruc-
tive to potato bugs.
The Hawaiian geese are less aquatic than
oIIer species OF geese. Infy take bath
only once day and rarely remain in the
water long. Their feet are not more than
half webbed.
a Canadian farmer who raised a large
crop OF tomatoes last fall and was unable
to dispose Of them, says he commenced
feeding them to his mich COWS and found
they We're greedily eaten and improved the
milking.
A dairyman who thought his COW did
not pay for her feed, put her in a stall and
began feeding her for the butcher. saws an
exchange. He kept on milking her be-
cause he did not like to lose the little milk
she gave. Very soon the cow improved so
much in milk that he gave her more feed.
and IN return she gave more milk. and so
the COW kept on until before she was
fat enough to kill, she had made more but
ter than her meat would have been worth
There are good many cows of this kind if
their owners only knew it.
The total corn crop for each of the past
eleven years shows the astonishing feature
that the total farm value of a crop is not
reduced 10y reduction of the yield, but,
on the contrary. the aggregate value is
greater than when the Weld is excessive.
The corn crop Of 1881 was the smallest
that had been produced IN this country
since 1874, but its home value was greater
than any crop Of the past decade, with the
single exception of the year following,
when prices were still higher On the
other hand, last years crop was the
largest ever raised, yet its farm value was
the least of any crop in the past ten years.
1t Is coming time for cold storms. Look
out for the young cattle and colts now
get the hogs in from the lot and stuff
them. and take the old hen down that
roosts IN the apple tree.
If you fail to make dairying pay and
your neighbOr manages to make little
money out of it, see if he does not own
better cows than you do; see if he has not
some secret about feeding which you have
not caught on to-" and see if there is
ilpJ SOLtlLluS III HIS management IndI
you might make profitable by adopting.
Improved farm implements have I'M
doubleday enabled farmers to cultivate and
handle larger acres; but it is not so certain
that crops by them cost less per busheI
than they used to do. The more a man
can do the bigger wages he claims, and
this, with the cost of machinery, its wear
and tear, ana the lower prices subsequent
on increased production, has given TO the
worker rather than the capitalist or owner
of land the advantages which improved
machinery have conferred.
There is no reason why the barn-yard
should be filthy. The farmer who aims to
convert all waste into manure will have a
clean barn-yard, for he cannot afford to al
low the liquids to be wasted, or wait for
the cattle to trample the absorbents that
can more easily be decomposed in the ma
nure heap. All material for the beds, or
to be used in abSorbents should first be
cut up or reduced in some manner.
Watch the feet of the horses. Let them
go barefoot as much as possible. at least
change their shoes frequently. Endeavor
to know concerning the horse 5 foot and its
care to keep out the hands of the bungling
blacksmith. Study how to tend and shape
the hoofs of the colt. A fne-bOdied and
hne-spirited morse may have a bunging
gate cr a lack of endurance from bad feet
that will hurt his value materially; too Of
ten it is all the owners own fault.