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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-11-03
AGRICULTURAL NOTES.

FARMER can afford to buy manure
until he has first made use of every
pound produced at home.
LOOK sharply TO see that no sour food
is given to the chicks, unless il be milk
Mea, mixed with water or milk soon
sours and is not wholesome food for
chickens. They may live on such treat
ment, but they cannot thrive, and this
rapid growth is what pays.
MATURE animals are best for breed
ing purposes Many herds or flocks
have deteriorated because Of the an
nual selection of young and immature
animals for breeding An animal that
IS not fully matured is lacking IN vigor
and its offspring will inherit many of
its defects.
THE copper solutions il taken in time
will keep in check the anthracnose Of
the raspberry. They Will not prevent
the development of the disease in new
canes in diseased plants. If the disease
becomes troublesome a new plantation
should be made, using plants free from
contagion.
NEVER be deceived and feed your
hens because they run after YOU every
time you appear, IS it is due to edu-
cation You have given them, being
only a habit. Make them work. An
idle, lazy hen viii not lay eggs. When
you notice hen scratching and forag-
ing you win find an egg in her nest.
AN exchange says: IA man of genius
may find a profit in sheep, no matter
what the competition may be. The way
to compete is to compete 50 the other
fellow is not in your way. Sell what
he can't raise-at least does not-and
sell when he has nothing to sell. This
is business not theory"
II there are any ewes in the flock
that are too old to be of service the
best time to sell them is in early fall,
when they will be in as good condition
as they win reach. When aged the
ewes require more grain in the winter
10 make them fat than they are worth.
Keep the grain for the use of more
proftab le and younger stock.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-11-03
FIG. 2.

which they will do if not crowded. The
entrance to the building gives hallway
or small room between the pens, 10x20
feet, with doors on either side leading
into each pen. Feed bins l have shown
at the entrance end Of the room where
corn, oats. wheat and other grain may
be put. A tool cupboard and work
bench and stove also have space in this
room, making it a handy place for the
farmer to look after the hens. Pens
near the stove may be used for sick
fowls when any are ailing. Each pen
has dust boxes, roosts (R), feeding
square (F) conveniences as well as ne
cessities in any well-kept hen-house.
The building is 10 feet long, 90 feet
wide, 10 feet high in the hen-house,
S feet to the cone of the roof
of the pigeon room, making it IS
feet from the ground (Ej is the en-
trance to each of the runs; these are
on each side of the building. 1t mat
ters not whether the ground be level or
billy, this building will suit any loca-
ton The floor | always make of
boards; never rest it on the ground
preferring to put earth or sand over
the boards and renew it once week
or as often as it is necessary.
The pigeon coop | show plan Of in
Fig 3. A flight of stairs Isl from the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-11-03

mound (b) was made about fifteen feet
from the larger one, and connected
with it by a rustic bridge (c). Fig. 2
shows the general structure of this
bridge. The wood of the Usage, which
is very rustic in appearance, and wild
grapevines were used for everything
but the stringers and the upright posts,
which are of white oak. On one side of
the smaller mound, at d, three stone
steps were laid, which lead from one of
the paths to the mound From these
steps is a little path TO the bridge, after
crossing which the path continues about
ten feet, and then divides A flight Of
stone steps (e), protected on one side
by rustic railing, leads to miniature
vale ~. This is entirely inclosed by
the mound except where there is
small archway (g) under the division Of
the path (h). The little archway or
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-11-03
TO CURE QuARTER-CRAck.
Description and Illustration of the Method
of Treatment.

Description and Illustration of the Method
of Treatment.
Quarter-crack in a horses hoof can
be cured. Have the blacksmith cut
groove in the hoof along the line where
the hoof and hair join at the coronet,
and from either end of that groove cut
another, these two meeting one an
other at point on line of the crack
one and one-half inches or Whereabouts
from the lower edge of the first groove.
So cut the grooves should inclose an
equilateral triangle with the upper
part of the quarter-crack extending
through its middle. The grooves, es-
peeially the top one, should be cut al
most through the hoof, the idea being
to entirely separate The cracked part of
the hoof from the coronet so that as the
new hoof grows down the crack shall
not extend upward, and into the new
formed hoof Where the hoof rests on
the shoe the horn should be cut away
so as to prevent it bearing on the shoe
for about one inch on either side of the
crack. The hoof prepared in this way
the crack should be drawn together and
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-11-03
RATIoNs FOR PIGS.
OH Meal and Mill Feed Can BE Used TO
Excellent Advantage.

Both for growing pigs and in fatten-
ing hogs for market bran, shipstuffs
and oil meal can, in a majority Of
cases, be used TO good advantage.
Bran or shipstuffs made into a slop
with sweet skim milk is one of the best
materials that can be used to secure
good development Of bone and muscle
with growing pigs, and at this time
especially when it Is desirable 30 push
the growth they can be fed all that
they will eat up clean. With fatten-
ing hogs the oil meal should be added.
1t will help supply or make up a vari-
ETY.. and will give better results than
to depend upon corn alone. II always
seemed to me that the hogs kept
healthier and thriftier when fed good
feed night and morning of this with
their corn. My plan of feeding was 10
make into a slop. using the milk and
waste from the kitchen, and If this was
not sufficient adding water to secure
the desired quantity. Let stand twelve
hours in covered barrel before feed
ing. Give this slop all they will drink
before feeding the corn. This
will in many cases reduce the cost, es-
pecially when corn is rather high as
compared with pork The usual plan
is to count that one bushel of sound
corn fed to thrifty pig will make ten
pounds of gain on a thrifty hog But
conditions will change this, as fed in
muddy pen with no shelter and in cold
weather half of this gain would hardly
be secured, while under very favorable
conditions even a better gain than this
may be realized. This, however, is
usually taken as the average, and it is
often the case that upon this basis
feeding corn exclusively cannot be
made profitable. There can also be
used to good advantage in feeding the
unmarketable wet crops such as tur-
nips, carrots or potatoes. BY boiling
and MASKING any of these and mixing
mill feed and oil meal good fattening
ration can be made up that will be
cheap as well as wholesome, and on
many farms there is more or less small
lots of this kind that may be used to a
great advantage in this way, and at the
same time lessen the amount of grain
required to fatten.-N. j. Shepherd, in
Prairie Farmer
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opening is crossed by a small rustic
span. At is a grotto made of stone,
with stone arch opening onto it. This
is covered with earth on top, and is
partly under the summer house Cd. A
rustic seat in the grotto affords cool
retreat on hot day Around the sides
of the mound, within the vale, stones
are inserted, and here ferns, wild vines,
maurandia, thunbergia, violets and
pansies grow luxuriantly, never requir-
ing any water, as the stones cause the
earth to keep moist all the time The
path CHI gradually ascends until it
reaches k, when it gradually declines
again to l, where flight of stone steps
leads up to a rustic arbor The ms in
Fig. / Indicate rock work, where ferns,
vines, etc, are planted. Under the APP
proaches to the bridge ferns are also
planted. Where there is no stone work
the mound is sodded, or may be sown
should sodding be an expense, and here
and there a few evergreens are set out.
The dimensions of the mound are as
follows; Extreme length of back about
forty feet, width of wider mound about
twenty-five feet AT the bridge the
stringers are two feet six inches above
the ground level Large old apple trees
furnish an abundance of shade about
the mound. The whole work serves as
part of the background to the yard,
and is a very charming feature of the
scene
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-11-03
ABOUT STOCK BREEDING.
How to Obtain the Best Results from q
Moderate Investment.

How to Obtain the Best Results from a
Moderate Investment.
Without doubt, where you are keep
ing animals for the sake of their prod
uce, better results will be obtained,
for the capital invested, from the use
of grades than from the use of thor
oughbreds. Thoroughbreds should only
be used to cross with grades, and
should be bred with more care than is
usually given. Breeding thorough
breds has, generally, not been re-
munerative nor satisfactory, principal
ly because breeders have sold many in
ferior animals, which should have been
discarded. As a result, the market
was overstocl1ed. and the evil effects
attended upon the use of worthless
thoroughbreds excited distrust in thor
oughbreds generally, so that the best
breeders have suffered, and many have
not been paid for the trouble of care
full, systematic and expensive breeding.
To produce good animal skill, high
feeding and rigid selection are neces-
sary. The breeding of superior ami
mails is an occupation worthy of the
best efforts of the best class of the
farming community. As breeding gets
more into the hands of breeders, who
care more for the reputation of their
stock than for high prices, or for fancy
speculation, better results will be OBJ
tanned. Every person who keeps live
stock should aim to keep better ami
mails. The best way to obtain good
herd is by using a thoroughbred male
on common cows The step that per-
son takes in improving grades will
lead him to produce the best thorough
BREEDS The best breeders of the future
win be the men who started in this
way, and who studied their animals
closely and mated them with the
greatest care.-Prof. II. II. Wing, Cor
nell University.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-11-03

held by means of nails driven across
it and clinched, as shown in cat.
Veterinarians sometimes use clamps
in place of nails for holding the crack;
but unless the veterinarian can see
the horse frequently the nails are pref
cradle, as the clamps are liable TO be-
come loosened and so need Tightening,
a work for which a special tool is need
ed. The horse should be shod with
a bar shoe unless there are special i'm
dications to the contrary, in which case
the shoe should meet requirements.
The horse may be driven during treat
ment The time required for growing
a new hoof from coronet to shoe varies
from nine to twelve months; the or
binary rate of growth of the hoof being
about quarter of an inch per month.
The growth may he fastened some
what by ru bling the region of the cor
onet with mild stimulating liniment
like the following. Camphorated soap
lininent, seven ounces; water of am
monia, one ounce. Spanish fly blisters
are used for the same purpose. Farm
and Home
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-11-03


species, the most destructive being
Gortyna nitela and Diatroea saccharalis
The latter is so named because it af-
fects the sugar cane of the south. 1t is
this species that is represented in our
illustration. On the left hand side
above is shown the female moth; below
it a little to the right is the pupa; while
below and little to the left is the wing
of the adult male insect. On the right
of the cut is an affected stalk, cut open
to show the destructive work To the
left of this is an entire plant showing
the general appearance of a stalk
when attacked.
About the only remedy is clean farm
ing. As the insect develops in weeds
as well as in corn, cane and sorghum, it
is only destroyed by ralling and burn
ing all weeds, keeping fence rows
clean, and burning all cornstalks after
the grain is gathered. 1t is all the bet
ter if the stalks are broken when the
frost is out of the ground, as many of
the roots are rubbed out so as to be
raked up, and when the mass is fired
the insects will be killed. A rotation
of crops with oats, wheat and grass fol-
lowing corn does much to eradicate the
pest. BY persistent effort its destruc-
ton can be lessened Orange Judd
Farmer
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-11-03
low to Plant shade Trees.

1t is very desirable to have orna-
mental trees in the door yard, but they
should not be planted so thickly as to
suggest forest There is nothing of
more Importance to health than the
sunshine, and there can be no sun
shine, of course, if the trees shut it
from the home. In some door yards the
trees are so thick that in summer
time there is preceptible dampness
in and about the home. Such condi-
ton is antagonistic to health. Just a
few trees arranged with reasonable
taste, in the front yard, add beauty to
the premises. But it is far better to
have none than to have too many
Farmers Voice.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-11-03
&c B.

feed room leads up to a trap door on
pulley in the floor. which falls down
after you enter the room This room
SAINTS with the sIanting Of the roof,
having no boarding to cover up the
rough framework. and it is really I'M
necessary. The loft is supplied with
one window lW) in the front and an
aviary with a glass window above the
entrance where the pigeons 60 in and
ont This Is ample light. Pigeons
prefer dark nests, | have therefore
shown the nests along the side of the
room, marked n. This l cover with a
lid on hinges, and when / want to look
at or fix them the lid is thrown back
An entrance by means of stepping
board affords them easy access to each
nesting box. The roosts (R) are at the
end of the room and each roost is flat,
not round. Pigeons. my reader, do not
like round support; a fat perch or
board suits them best; they are fiat
footed birds. The feeding square (F)
is box-shaped Enclosure where the
feed is thrown tothem, unless a hopper
10 used for this purpose. Some prefer
the hopper. 1t is convenient-yes,
most too convenient at times when
the mics aud rats come, as they some
times do, hence l usually throw the
grain to them twice q day, giving them
enough, perhaps little more than
they viii eat up clean, 10 be sure they do
not suffer any hunger between times.
Ohio Farmer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-11-03
HOUSE FOR POULTRY.
II Is Of Pleasing Design and Can BE Built
for a Small sum-


There should be as much neatness
and taste displayed in all the buildings
which a farmer erects on his farm as
possible, and it does not always mean
additional expense TO do so. II can be
kept within limit when you need to
look at the item Of expense first before
you act. Very often this point IS car
ried too far and with more or less igno-
rance on the part of the farmer as to
what he must expend. Economy in
building can be overdone and the point
sought entirely oyerreached. Instead
of its being less, the poor material put
into the building in few years falls to
pieces and repairing is the only way to
keep the flimsy structure from falling
apart. You perhaps have had just
such an experience. One experience
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-11-03

Experiment shows the yellow seed in
clover to be very much the best. AL
most all the yellow terminated and
produced a good stand of healthy
plants. The light brown did very well,
but not as well as the yellow. There
was a slight decrease, both in the num-
Der that terminated and ia the health
of the plants. Very few of the green
seeds survived to amount to anything.
The darker the seed, the poorer the
result
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-11-03
Animals. Ind, ,iduailsy.

The individuality of each animal in
the herd must always be considered.
Each has It's preferences and dislikes,
and 10 secure the best results the wants
of each animal must DO supplied. To
feed herd so that all must eat the
same kind q food may be to surfeit one
animal While another may not be sup
piled. There is no fixed ruie for feed
ing any class Of animals
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-11-03
BUILDING A MOUND.
Pretty Landscape Enect Produced at
Small Expense.

A correspondent of American Gar
dening tells that journal how "a pretty
effect was produced in the way of land
scape gardening at small expense"
In laying out orr grounds there was
quite large quantity Of earth taken
from the walks. these being filed with
rubble and gravel. As the yard was al
most level it seemed quite desirable to
have a mound. so all the rubbish around
the place was carted to the spot Sc
lected, and then the earth dumped on
this, making the main mound (a) as
shown in Fig. /. Then another smaller
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-11-03

The roots Of large fruit trees form a
network over quite space around
each tree, and to attempt to grow crops
near the trees will result in small
yields Of the grain or vegetables grown.
Even when rows are filed with
manure. the roots Of the trees will APP
propriate it The fact is evidence that
SSu1t trees should receive manure or
asvtiliser in order to yield large crops
Of perfect fruit,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-11-03

Land that is manured in the fall will
be in good condition in the spring if the
spbsoil IS heavy. A loss often results
when manure is spread on unplowed
land, due to washing the rains in
winter, but If the manure is turned uu-
der with d one-horsc plow the loss will
be light In the lat fall the haEling
Of the manure may be done to better
advantage, as the teams are not then
busy.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-11-03
CORN STALK RoRca.
Clean Farming Is the Only Successful
Remedy known.


Remedy Known.
The terminal leaves of growing corn
plants are sometimes observed to sud
denly wilt and wither If examined it
wiil be seen that they have been cut of
inside the stalk. where there will gen
orally be found striped brown worm.
This is the stalk borer, so called be-
cause of its habit of burrowing in the
stalks of various plants, such as corn,
cane, sorghum, potato, tomato, cookie
bur, etc. The worm matches from eggs
laid by a brown moth the color of
which varies somewhat in the different
species. After reaching maturity the
worm enters the earth, where it
pupates. The moth appears late in the
summer or early in the autumn. 1t is
not very definitely known whether the
insect spends the winter as an adult or
in the larval state. There are several
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-11-03

KEEPING an animal until aged may
result In a loss The greatest gain is
when an suimal Is young. After it
TOaehes maturity 1t may lose IN weight
or gain but very little.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-11-03
for Infants and Children.

'Castoriais so well adapted to children that
recommend itas superior to any prescription
known to me-" H. A. ARCHER, II. D.,
Iii So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, ny.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-11-03

"The use Of 'Castoria' is so universal and
its merits so well known that it seems a work
of supererogation to endorse it Few are the
intelligent families who do not keep Castoria
within easy reach
CARLOS MARTYR, d. D.,
New York City.
Late Pastor Bloomingdale Reformed Church.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-11-03

Castoria cures Collie, Constipation.
Sour Stomach, Diarrhoa. Eructation,
Kills Worms, gives sleep, and promotes d.
geStion,
Without injurious medication.
For several years have recommended
your Castorla, and shall always continue 20
do so as it has invariably produced beneficial
reSults.'
EDWIN F. PARDEE. NJ. D.,
"The Winthrop, - 125th Street and 7th Ave.
New York City.
COMPANY, = MURRAY STREET, new YoRK.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-11-03

TIE crsrAUR COMPANY, 2 MURRAY STREET, New YORK.
, 1892-05-26
ron a CELEBRATIoN.


Every business man is unanimous upon
the necessity for having a Fourth of July
celebration in Olympia. Its objects and
advantages are several, chief among
which is the bringing to this city of hun
dreds Of people from the country round
about. This means the circulation among
our merchants of vast amount of money.
1t means the keeping at home Of more, for
nearly every patriotic citizen will want to
attend a genuine celebration somewhere.
On July LIST pay roll of $4,000 will be dis
tributed among the loggers in Frank
WilliamsOn's camp alone. These men,
who have been shut up in the woods, want
amusement, recreation and sport on a holi-
day, and if Olympia cannot furnish it.
they will go to a city which will. Last
year the Port Blakeley company paid off
in Olympia also, and $47, 900 were paid out
of the banks in this city to the loggers.
No arrangements had been made for the
entertainment of visitors, and as a conse-
quence the lOggers took the boats and trains
for down Sound points, which places de-
rived the benefit Of their earnings. Before
it is too late it would be well for the bust
ness men of the city to t4ke the matter in
hand in way that will insure creditable
celebration.
, 1892-05-26
THE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE.

Commencement exercises at the Olympia
Collegiate Institute next week will greatly
confirm the conviction that Olympia is the
seat Of an institution of learning ofno little
importance to the state. Preparations are
being made to make public display of the
progress made by the students during the
past year so that the visitors may see ex-
actly how much has been accomplished. A
prominent feature will be the introduction
Of oral examinations. An institution that
has confidence enough in its system of
teaching to submit its students to the or
deal Ofa public oral examination is certain
ly worthy of careful attention on the part
OF parents seeking place of special in
struction for their children. Some of the
most prominent men of the city and state
are graduates of this institute, and point
to their diplomas with genuine pride.
This year about twenty young men and
young women, will graduate from the var
ious departments. During the summer the
advantages of the Olympia Collegiate In
stitute will be placed before hundreds of
young men and women throughout the
state. President Covington is determined
to do all within his power to make new
institute building an imperative necessity,
before another year passes,
, 1892-05-26

Many of our large cities are already so
equipped, and it is estimated that
$l55,0OO,O 900 has already been expended. It
has also been proposed that the experiment
be tried to ascertain if electricity cannot
be used practically to supersede steam on
railways. Many of us doubtless will see this
accomplished, although probably not until
electricity can be generated directly from
coal, without the use of the steam boiler,
in which event train of cars so propelled,
it is estimated, will move at least five
miles for the same cost that Is now re-
quired to move train of the same weight
one mile by steam. Neighboring cities ten
and fifteen miles apart have been con-
nected by such roads. A fifty-mile electric
road is proposed between Worcester and
Providence; another forty miles long is
being built between Tacoma and Seattle
and an electric road is projected between
Chicago and st. Louis, to be built IN
straight line, over which a speed of more
than 100 miles an hour is expected to be
attained