Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-11-10

| better way to save the fodder to feed
! 1t to your stock and return the manure
to the field, keeping all stock of land
while II Is wet enough TO pack,
Watering Milk.
! Some milk producers have an Idea
/ that II they have very rich milk they
can water 1t without much risk of de-
| lection. This Is mistake, for any
considerable addition Of water Is
! readily enough detected, even though
the added water leaves the mixture
| fairly rich in fat The relation be-
! tween fat and solids not fat in miIK
is not an absolutely fixed one, but 1t
is nevertheless fairly constant, aud II
is upon this fact that the detection of
watering depends, In a recent test
that came under our observation a
sample OF milk contained sc per cent,
of fat and 80 per cent. OF solids not
fat, making total OF l51 per cent.
When one-third water was added to 1t,
1t still showed 81 per cent. fat, but the
solids not fat were reduced to per
cent, making total OF TO-, per cent.
solids, whereas normal milk having
81 per cent, fat should contain about
1919 per cent. OF solids. The addition
of the water did not reduce the fat
percentage below what Is often found,
but 1t did reduce the total solids and
thus revealed the adulteration,
Storing Cabbage for Winter,
Find dry, woll-drained place, dig
a trench about three feet wide ana
two feet deep. put small boards across,
pull the cabbage and hang them be-
tween the boards head down, leaving
space about six inches between the
cabbage and bottom OF the trench; ,
cover with earth to keep from freez-
Ing leaving each end open.
Raise More Onions.
Eat onions in May and doctors will
all the year play" is an old adage,
but why can't many people obey it2
asks an Illinois farmer. For the very
reason that they, cans get the onions,
onions have always been a remark
ably high priced vegetable and prom
Use to stay so. For they are healthy
cleansing the blood, making muscle
and giving health and vim to mans
energy. SO, fellow farmer, | say raise
more onions. Put out an acre or half
acre--tor experiment you might say
but say you need not experiment.
for IL your soil Is mellow enough to
! al nf Ia
to the acre, that Will bring you from
ono TO two dollars per bnshel. The
Implements won't cost more than $50,
and say about $50 will pay for your
labor on them. Don't tell me onions
don't pay! | have tried 1t and know
wat am talking about. II you wish
you can make arrangements with
some buyers for your crop at a certain
price before you raise IT, and so DO
always sure OF good money.
Silage.
We wonder how many readers have
this year made preparations to put up
silage for the iirst time? There are
many things to be said in Its favor as
n reliance for the daIryman, and one
OF the strongest Is that nobody VINO
once prepares himself for the work
and gets good supply OF we'll made
silage one year, ever abandons 1t.
Another advantageous feature OF the
silo for the west, where the pastures
largely fail during the summer, is
,Aat when sufficient quantity ID
made, 1t answers well to tide over the
period OF shortage In succulent food,
and 1t thus prevents tho failure OF the
milk yield SO common at this season
and SO hard to restore later on. Inc
distinctly dairying districts are last
coming To be OF the opinion that they
could not get on without the silo, and
they are pretty nearly right about It..
IN some OF the older districts where
the sllo has been used longest and Is
most esteemed, there have been
numerous efforts to make 1t more
valuable by putting up balanced
silage," by which Is meant adding
| highly heterogeneous plants TO corn 30
as TO make 1t as nearly as possible u
! balanced ration. All these Efforts,
| however, have met with but very lit
,e success. There ID, In the first
| place, no plant that can be generally
cultivated that contains enough nj
! trogen IN It's green form to make much
impression as q balancer on the car
bonaceous corn. The soy bean. which
Is one OF the most promising plants OF
The kind. and one which should be
grown by dairy feeders wherever 1t
will thrive, only contains about Two
and a half pounds OF nitrogen In 100
pounds OF siIage made from IL and
hence IL Il cow ate 100 pounds OF pure
soy bean silage per day, which would
| be impossible, she would only get
about the amount OF nitrogen she
should have. The reliance Tor nitro
gen as a balancer must, therefore,
continue W be concentrated feed
stuns IN which a large amount OF the
element Is contained In a small bulk.
Another objection TO the preservation
OF the heterogeneous plants In the silo
IL that thav are muPh haP1pF tn nrp-