Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-07-07
Succulent Feed for Hogs.

The fact that a little grain fed to
hogs while at pasture will cause them
to grow rapidly shows the advantage
of some succulent food for the pigs
rations Only small proportion of it's
food should be Of this character, for
succulency generally means large
bulk with small nutritive value. In
winter there is no better supplement
to the grain rations than beets. They
are both succulent and sweet, and are
much easier to digest raw than the
potato, whose carbonaceous nutri-
tior is in the form of starch. -Ameri-
can Cultivator.
Mixed Food for Poultry.
Mixed food, such as warm mass, is
mot always proper, but many use
that method for feeding because it
permits them, to ALLOW, in a con-
venient form, foods that cannot we'll
, be given in any other manner; for
instance, take linseed meal or mid
dlings. There is no way to feed those
substances to fowls except by moisten-
ing them, when a sticky mass results,
which Is anything but palatable to
the fowls. If such food was fed In
large quantities there would be a
possibility OF crop-bound. To make
the mass better relshed. bran and
coarse corn meal are added, which
allows it to crumble and lessen the
adhesiveness. OF course, the mix
ture of several substances is more
digestihle than the first two mentioned
The fact is we'll known to all poultry
men, not that some of them are I'M
aware of the digestibility Of the mass,
but because they cannot induce hens
to consume the sticky substance. Now,
IL finely cut clover, hay or cooked
turnips are added to the mixture the
materials will be even more divided
and the digestbility increased while
| the benefits will be more Immediate
Farmers Voice.
Heaves in Horses
When horse has heaves it may be
kept at moderate work without in
jury. so long as it it not fed dry food .
| Glover hay, unless 1t has been wet
down, is especially Objectionable. as
it contains a great deal of dust which
polsons the delicate passages to the
throat and lungs. Horses with heaves
can do hard work, but must not be
driven fast, though so long as they
are fed with moistened food, they
will scarcely ever show the effect of
the heaves.-Ex.
Tomato Experience.
1t has been my practice in former
years to trellis my tomato vines by
means OF wires stretched between
end posts and lath fastened to the
wires at each plant. thought my
fruit was earlier and less subjected
to rot than by any other method
had ever tried but this season
discovered a simple and more easy
one besides much less expensive,
with just as good results. | mulched
the plants we'll with grass so that the
/ vines could not touch the ground
trimmed off some of the branches so
that the fruit could have sunlight and
let them grow their own sweet way.
! | had but very few decayed tomatoes
and they were just as early as any
| have ever grown, the dry weather
did not affect them as much rs some
which did not mulch, and when the
| freezing weather came most OF the
fruit was ripened and picked-B w.
! in National Stockman and Farmer.
Tickle the Earth With a Hoe.
The gardner will always find alum
dant success II he will not neglect
this tickling OF the soil with a hoe
or cultiyator. 1t IS wonderful what
tillage will bring out n the soil
Most men must till to keep down
weeds. They do not realize that the
benefits OF this work are far above
any mere weed killing
BY persistent cultivation We get the