Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-03-13
FARM NOTES.

Every farmer should raise pigs and cure
bis bacon There is no meat equal 20 that
produced at home. You viii at least
know what You are eating, which is a
valuable point in favor of home raised
/ meat as only healthy, thrifty stock will
be used for the home supply
Ii seems that there is a high limit to the
yield of corn 4 South Carlonia fauuer
reports pa bushels per acre If his re.
port is true Though probably some mis-
take has heeu madel it is the largest
yield ever secured One-half of that
amount would be a very large yield
A comswlk rots very slowly. Before
such material is added TO the manure
heap it should he cut into small pieces If
cut and crushed IN the fodder cutter the
stalks make excellent absorbent material
for liquid manures
The present two OF three inferior COWS
i'm the herd affects the average profit of
the whole If dairying is TO be conducted
as % paying business the most important
! requisite is "a good cow in place of am in-
| ierior one.
Pasture the rye ifitis growing, due to
/ the warm weather. The rye will not be
| injured thereby unless the ground is wet.
I Rye provide. green food when It can be
| had from no other source.
If good butter cannot be made from
cusiage il is because the ensilage il not
properly grown, prepared and stored. The
prize butter made i'm Michigan was from
cows fed on eu-iage.
The cost Of fences on the farm more
than balances the outlay for procuring the
| stock u some sections.
The garden, the truck patch and the or
| chard should furnish the farmer with fully
oue-haH Of his living. il proper care is
1 taken with each 10 secure the best pro-
| ducts I'M good season.
Spinach that came up from seed last
! fail will make some growth during the
mildNel,her, which may be prevented by
mulchms the bed.
II "a curious fact SO announced. that
! il cider is scaded 10 1859 or 1907, It will
not make vinegar, as this heat destroys
| the bacteria that form vinegar. This same
temperature destroys the bacteria in the
silo and this is perhaps the explanation
why is remains comparatively sweet
II the sheep are to pay with early lambs
! there must be some provision made for
protecting the amb4 and forcing them IN
growth. II Is Of no advantage 10 have
them come early and become auuted. A
week difference in the age of the early
! lamb may make difference of 30 per cent
| i'm its value when il reaches the market.
! The lamb must DE kept warm from the
start. and fed crushed oats as soon az it
will eat, as well a., be allowed all tie
milk Its dam can provide. The heaviest
loss of lambs is when the ewes drop them
in the fields, instead of In comfortable
quarters
Farmers claim that they are compelled
| TO lose portion of the year from the in
cemency of the weather in winter This
need not be the case as there are duties to
| be- performed in winter as well ~ IN sum
mer if the farm is properly conducted.
! Winter is the time 30 fatten stock and
make manure, and it is season when all
the necessary work should be done, such
as thrashng, shelling cutting the food
and bagging the grain intended for mar
! ket
The New York Times says that when
mankind enter upon a war Of eXtirmina-
ton against any animal, there is danger
Of disturbing what is called the balance
/ of nature. All the predatory animals hive
upon each other. from the greater and
stronger down to the lowest and veal est
| When Carniv0rous birds are destroyed
grain-eatiug birds increase and the crops
suffer; then insectiyofous birds are killed
insects appear in vast numbers and rayage
/ the fields and orchards When hawks
owls foxes and skunks are reduced In
numbers, then rats. mice and other yermn
/ abound, and do millions of dollars worth
of damage 10 farmers. IN the grand wise
economy Of the creation. everything has
it, use and value, and determination Of any
race ings disaster in an unooked-for
| direction
G. o. Wilson. Of Nebraska was inter