Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-06-20
FARM NOTES.

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that whoa" means everything. II yon
We're horse. there would be a good
many mere runaways,
The farmer so far this year has rea-
son to congratulate himself upon the
price which has been maintained upon
the hog product
Ventilate well the roosting houses for
poultry during hot weather. Poultry
would be healthier II not confined In
any building to roost In at night, for
most houses for this purpose are entire
ly too close
| Farmers in some sections OF Illinois
have been making experiments with the
milk product as to the money value
when comparing cheese and butter. So
! far the experiments seem to be much in
favor of cheese as money producer
Some OF the farmers who were not
satisfied with the price of corn in the
recent market furry, and still looked
| for higher quotation before selling,
are apt to be disappointed, Past expe-
rience should always be good guide to
the wide-awake farmer,
II is time millet was in the ground.
This is time of year when butchers
stuff" as light cattle are called, sell at
good prices. Most of the light cattle
are on grass putting on flesh for later
markets and heavier ones are not so de-
sirable for summer trade.
The time to see the corn belt at it's
best Is when the grain Is In full head
the clover in bloom and corn breast
| high. with not a weed to mar the scene.
That's about as near paradise regained
as the descendants Of father Adam are
permitted to enjoy In mortal form.
| DO not rob the hog OF the mudhole
to wallow In. Some writer's have gone
so far in extremes AS to want TO rob the
hog OF all the luxury Of living. The
mudhole Is the hogs friend, inasmuch
as II gives protection against the fiys
and gnats which infest in summer and
autumn.
Whether there is good big future in
! farming-enough to satisfy any young
man with a healthy ambition to get to
the front and have fortunes well
answered by the fact that quite recently
three farmers in Central Illinois left, at
their death. fortunes OF more than 3d.
600 900 each. This wealth was made i'm
farming,
There seems to be n very heavy de-
mand for good farm lands. Prices are
up and still going upward. The man
who expects to quit farming had better
study before selling his farm. The do
main for opening up into new farms Ia
getting scarce The demand for good
farm land is greater than the supply.
That is why prices are advancing.
1t Is "A noticeable fact, says A Close
Observer who has been spending severni
years In investigation that in localities
where corn is snapped and fed TO tho
hogs, that these same localities habe
been burdened more with the dreaded
hog cholera. Whether this be due to
feeding incurred corn to the hogs or
whether ii is merely coincidence. re-
mains for the practical farmer to solve.
II you wan, good roof. get shingles
that are made OF timber that Is cut
whom the sap is down. Lay the shin
giles and nail them properly and they
will not curl up. Shingles that are
made Of timber cut when the sap Is up
will curl more or less: some timber
curls more than Others. The moon has
about as much to do with the curling up
of shingles as the side OF one OF the
Rocky mountains, in Colorado.
Grass and green feed should now be
an important part OF the summer feed
for sows and ,igs To maintain good
health and appetite, as the grass In
cooling, and the greatest tonic for all
live stock TO grow bone and muscle.
Grain may be given to encourage more
vigorous growth cut green grass is
also beneficial and is greatly enjoyed
4. T. f,tt La. A
Will have less hog cholera IL we feed
more grass.
know that In the manr homes where
this PAPER goes there are plenty OF wide
awake boys and ! would like to ask n
few questions for their benefit We fire.
.quently see white horses but how many
boys and girls have observed white
colt ? Why does a horse eat grass
backward and cow forward ? Why
does a hop vine always wind one way
and bean vine another? Why does
horse. tethered with q rope, always nm
wind IL and cow kink II all mp by
winding Il into knots Why do leaves
turn upside down before rain
The domesticated pig Il very lntelli-
gent, far more so than the COW or horse
ana not much less so than the cat and
dog. | once observed large mother
pig help half a dozen Of her childfen
through small hole IN fence. by yari-
Gus means. She dug away the earth to
make the space larger, she pulled the
little ones by the ears: she straddled
their heads with her front legs and
backed away as locomotive would
with a ear and she executed many 9TH
er practical schemes, until. after half
hours work. the litter were all free and
bounding OFF with the joyful SOW tn n
neighboring wood.
One Of the biggest problems Of farm
management liz. Of course. the distribu-
ton Of crops. Whenever this question
comes up among farmers there liz al
ways a great deal Of wise talk about
crop rotation" Sift this down to the
bottom and It Will be founf In most
cases, that farmers u6derstano this
| term 10 mean sowing field for oats one
| year and wheat the alternating
these crops indefinitely year after year.
! Every field used for wheat, corn and
oats should have seasons rest ones.
! every three or four years Give each