Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-11-07
gricultdral Lore

by the farmer is an indefinite one
Many farmers, especially in our south.
eru states. use the term in reforriuG
to any Kind OF fertilizer But little
genuine guano is NOW sold in this
country, and the analysts of what is
sold is somewhat variable. Without
oouht Il the soil is somewhat deficient
in plaUttood, EuaUo would be cf bono.
90. The guauo and phosphate may be
mixed, but we would recommend that
NO plaster I've mixed With thrm
Land that Is only slightly sour may
ho romcdied by plowinc 1t and leaving
L opposed to the aytiou or sunllght
hot ras in which many plants delight
Red Ants
Procure a bone. beef or mutton.
marrow bone preferable. place In
box and nail On me lid. to protect
from dogs, Put IL outside house near
whore the ants come I'm, In a few
days myriads Of ants will be found col
lected about the bone, and no moro
will come into the house, II they are
all over the house it may ho ncoes
sary to have more than one bone, to
be put ON different sides of the house
To Get Rid Of Chicken Lice.
When my hen house was fairly over
nun with mites though | had tried
many remedies for them. and my hens
were dying of so rapidly from the tor.
turo Inflicted by those little pests
thought must do something to save
them. writes a Lake Mills lady. Into
about seven quarts OF water | put two
heaplng tablespoonful Of c0uccu.
tuatod I've and with this solution |
washed the roosts, nests and tho
cracks in the wall, using u whtsk
broom for the purpose. Before | let
the hens in again. washed Off the
roosts with cold water 80 there would
be No I've ON them to mako sore feet,
| did this twice during the summer
ana not mite is 20 be scon since.
The I've must be handled with care,
SO as not to spattcr Il In ones face
while working The Use OF Coat
OLA young calf that we valued
highly hloatcd from drinking sour
milk and though 1t appeared to be on
the last breath, We saved Il by pour,
ing n cup half full of coal oil down
its throat Since then we have used
1t IN cases Of bloat from other causes
with the same good result Coal oil
Is also a good remedy for Group -Four
or five drops on II tcspoonful of sugar
Is the dose which may be repeated
without fear until a toaspoonul has
been taken; rub the chest and neck
with II also Molasses applied i'm.
ImcdlNtoly to a burn relieves the pain
and heals he sore up nicely
Substitute for Bone.
We see great deal IN the papers
about feed for chickens. 1t Ia agreed
| that they should have a proper ration
Of grain, also meat in some form.
Green cut bone is all right, but we
! do not all 1.-Two near enough to the
butchers to get what We should use
! | want TO tell how We do, says ono
/ breeder OF course We use all the
| bones We have but some years we do
mot have enough to feed oil our chick.
ems for some times we keep more
, than at others II the bone supply
| iB scarce, we gather shells In the
river These, we make hot enough
to boil water when Il is poured on
them. They will then easily crumblo,
/ Tho fowls vii Leaf them groedily. and
while We feed the shells we give them
feed, TO or three times a week, OF
/ bran and shorts it'll small lump Of
tallow for each fowl, Sometimes we
use craClJlinRs. ! use tallow because
, IT Is cheaper OF course we do not use
so much grease in the summer only to
break up hens wanting to set We
get good sharp sand for ten cents n
wagon load.