Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-10-17
FARM NOTES.

If the hedge fence is a little defective
run two or three barbed wires through its
length. Burberry makes beautiful hedge
and Is strong enough for all purposes with
the added wires.
A liberal feeding of oimeal to the swine
is as profta lie and necessary as when fed
to other stoC <. Especially when fed upon
dry corn do they become feverish and con-
stipated, a, d need just such relief as the
meal will give. Some western agricu-
turlst re ports say that farmers have thus
complet sly put an end to,the ravages of hog
chOler
Lii he is an invaluable article when APP
plieC in cases of mildew among cucumbers
or ID disease in potatoes. While the vines
are ew wet sprinkle them through a sieve
bot on top and underneath. as much as
pos lbe. While speaking of potatoes, the
pr Sldent OF the Wisconsin horticultural
81 clety says that in the dry season there is
no fertilizer that produces better results
than wood ash 5, notwithstanding the fact
that ashes seem so dry themselves. Equally
good results will follow when put on the
strawberry bed
The wisdom of procuring and so far as
possible OF planting fruit trees in the
autumn is becoming more and more gen
orally admitted. Al this season there is
lighter pressure of business with nursery
men and shippers, so that orders are got
out IN better shape and sent tnroug h quick
er. The weather is less tickle and the plant
er has more time to devote to the proper
execution of the work. If the climate is so
severe as not safely to admit of fall plant
ing the trees may be procured and we'll
''heeIed III, ~ so that they are Immediately
available as soon as the weather serves in
the spring.
Is the farmer as sensible of the fact as
he should be that cattle in cold quarters
eat great deal more? Every time Il COW
shivers she takes another mOuthful by IN
stinct to produce extra calOric She also
just as a man takes his slim ulant in one
shape or another under like circumstances
With a stable of twenty or thirty cows
enough extra fodder would be consumed
in a short time to pay for making the
shelter close and comfortable Nor will
this surplus food devoured turn ont the
cattle in as good a physical condition as
would a moderate amount in a house of
normal temperature, dry and well ventilat
ed There will be extra hundreds of
weight of flesh accumulated instead extra
hundreds of weight of food consumed. We
thus see that fodder can be as truly wasted
when put into the stomach as when trod-
den under foot.
The susceptibility of milk to disease is a
matter of supreme Importance to all con-
cerned. The avidity with which this nj
trogenous and saccharine fluid absorbs
germs of impurity and disease AMI deveI-
opes them with amazing rapidity. is now
being well understood by the medical pro-
fession and by scientific inves igators
But those most commemorative producers
of mllk-are mostly in complete ignor-
ance of its character in this respect Thus
there is greatest danger that milk may be-
come unfit for human consumption with
out any intention of it 70 the producer and
any suspicion of it to the purchasers.
Milk removes from the COW a large por-
ton of impure matter which escapes in
this way from the animal without showing
any indication of its presence. Even pois-
ons, such as that of the fatal milk sickness.
prevalent at this season, are carried off
from he COW in the milk without any evil
dence in the animal of the existence of the
fatal impuTity.