Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-01-10
I" WINTER FEEDING.

vice and talked on aWinter Feeding"
His remarks were attentively listened
TO, aid called forth questions from
man of those present; he thought 1t
WIS poor policy to undertake TO raise
muc,l corn or small grain; had tried
it, and had watched the land wash
away; there is no profit in raising
corn; considered the question Of oat
straw and corn fodder for feed for
cattle Of far more Importance; oats
should be cut when slightly green in
order to get benefit from the straw;
grass should be cut from the 10th to
90 of June. and should not be allowed
to stand after the 4th Of July Mr..
Jackson was asked by Joseph Van
Matre. of Fayette, 90 give his expert
perience with the last cattle he sold,
which were considered an extra fine lot;
stated that he had bought them when
they averaged about 975 pounds; there
were 40 head, and he fed them corn
only for n short time, when they were
going on to the grass; in from eight TO
twelve months they gained about four
hundred pounds each; the pasturage
allowed each steer was q acres.
"sIEEP uUsBANDRY.'
This was Mr.. Coles subject at the
afternoon session. had much expe-
rience in raising sheep; had kept from
500 to 600 at time, and for one who
wished to raise them in large numbers,
he believed that the Merino is the best
sheep to raise, Many questions were
asked the speaker and satisfactorily
answered by him.
COUNTRY Roads
The importance Of this subject in
drccs us to print in full the following
excellent paper read by Mr. Bracken:
II has been said that "railroads are
the great public highways Of the
world, along which Its gigantic cur
rents Of trade and travel continue
ousy pour highways compared
with which the most magnificent
highways Of antiquity dwindle into
insignIficancc From them our
lands derive ,neir value, our labor
ils r, ward, our houses their luXuries
aud many OF lheil 'Jnforts They
have enabled the Kansas and Dako
Ia farmer lo lay down his produce
on the wharves of Liverpool, at a
rate which has destroyed the profit
of British farming, They have
rendered it possible in our day and
generation 10 fiji the western prai
ries with q busy population, and
have bound the east aud the west
the north and the south together
with links of iron. Have stamped
upou our commercial aud industrial
interests, IN iuetfaceable characters
the declaration that "the Union Is
one and inseparable." The enor-
nous business done by these roads
aggregate In annual tonnage six times
greater than the railways of France,
three time as much AS those of Ger
many, ten times as much As those OF
Russia; in fact Tonnage greater
than the entire foreign commerce of
England, France, Germany, Austria,
Russia and Italy combined. This
vast volume of freight comes from
our farms, mines and forests; the
greater portion Of which must be
moved to points along these railways
for shipment When we reflect up-
on thi, we may realize the great
Importance of my subject Country
Roads"
| can remember many OF the
roads used by settlers in early days,
winding along the orests of the
ridges, or following some draw Of
easy grade, over ground adapted by
nature for road purposes; and won
der why these natural roadways
were not retained. Was land so
valuable that our highways must be
moved ana changed, to suit the
within and se)fishuess of every one
through whose land itpasSed2 Had
the general public no rights that
tie individual land owner should
respect Or was there something
radically wrong la the manner in
which these changes had been madr2
This | accept as the answer TO my
question.
The town board Of supervisors, in
acting upon a petition for the aiJe
ration or laying Of highway in-0
stead of trying 10 conserve the pub.
lie good, have IN most eases been
il tu,uced 10y the party or parties
making the application for the pur-
pose of getting the road upon their
exterior lines, without regard 10 the
practlyabi.ity of using it for high
way purposes. I'm this way many