Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-04-18
FARM NOTES.

The pig loves a little early grass as well
as the other animals, and should have Il
share.
Fall sown spinach should begin to start
If the bed has been manured rake It over
well.
Late plowed sod land will again be COW
cred with grass unless the soil is worked
frequently.
Dampness is as injurious to young stock
as cold. DryneSs and warmth cOnduce to
health and save food
Lettuce will grow in the open air at this
season if shelte. ed by fence on the north
ond the plot faces the south.
The average butter yield is said to ex-
coed $50 pounds per COW per year, whereas
it should be double that amount.
Cut out all of the old wood from currant
and 9ooseberries and put a good shoyelful
of manure around the roots of each bush
If the ground is not frozen you may put
out your onion sets as early as you wish.
Onions thrive best III the spring, before
the warm, dry weather comes.
Success in gardening depends on the
seeds 1t is a waste of time and labor to
use inferior seed. Be cautious and pro
cure seed from the most reliable sources
only.
Whenever the shoulders of work horse
are CALLED the harness should be examined
to remove the cause A horse in such con-
dition should not be made to work until a
cure Is made.
Apples are used as food at experiment
stations in making tests, and the results
demonstrate that if they can not be profit
ably shipped to market they may be fed
to stock with advantage.
A sandy soil becomes warm sooner than
heavy soil. While the seeds may ger
inmate and appear earlier on a sandy soil,
yet there should not be too much hurry in
planting for fear of the late frosts.
Clover hay cut very fine and scalded. is
an eXceIIant ration for growing pigs that
have been weaned. A mess of the cut
| clover given once day will promote thei1
| appetites and keep them IN health.
A correspondent of the Live stock In
dictator says Il can invest $1,000 in
sheep and burn every pound of wool pro
| duce for i've years and make 7mOre clean
money than can be made on cattle. horS es
or hogs in the same length of time.
~ CGlI uOIH Ill Ille ldiI OF Winter Is WOTlL
two born in the spring for profit.
| spring calf is 50 young that it gets little
good from pasture the first season. for 10y
the time it can fight flies successfully anC
crop grass enogh to really aid in nOurish
ing it winter is at hand and it is PLACED
on dry food.
Various tests show that the cost of pro
duction of milk differs greatly in cows
some cows producing milk at cost of one
third that produced from Others The
| importance of using only the best COWS j.
| plainly shown by the differences in tn,
cost. The yield OF milk does not Away
give the true value of the animals. Thu
only mode of determining the profit is t
keep record of the receipts and expen
Ses of each COW.
One of the greatest drawbacks to tn,
growing of carrots and parsnips is tn,
slow termination of the seeds. which per
mits the young weeds to take possession o
the ground before the carrots and parsnip
appear. As the rows are thereby obIiterat
ed it is difficult to uSethe hoe. To obviat,
this sow radish seeds in the rows with thu
! seed of carrots and parsnips As the radisl
will quickly appear the rows will be plainl,
seen and can be worked. When thu
radishes are large enough they can be pull
ed out and used on the table.