Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-09-05

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COPYRIGHT. 1901, BY
JS.TRIGC,R CCKFORll Il
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4 three-year-old Tamworth boar i
about as nomely an animal as the Lor
ever created.
Ii is not true that "the barking dol
never bites" We once lost a good PAL
OF pants by trusting to this motto.
The lazy fellows who planted IN III
corn late drew prize this year. Every
man has his innings sooner Or later.
The katydid gave us his first stridu
lous note this year July % The ole
rule is six weeks to frost from tha1
date.
Let it be said that there were more
deaths In the beer cellars than in the
harvest fields. The old soak was easy
game for old Sol.
The famous tobacco district Of Wis
Consin has TO mourn the loss of very
large per cent OF the crop Of tobacco
this year owing to drought.
4 tyI 4 n
started to raise a brood in cherry tree
in our orchard-two months later than
their usual period of incubation.
One compensatlng feature of the
short crop of fruit is to be cheaper SUI
gar. The American people are entitled
TO 26 pounds of sugar for dollar.
Tests show that cans Of milk covered
with a wet blanket We're kept ID de-
grees cooler while being hauled 10 the
creamery than were cans OF milk not
so covered.
1t is better to have a yard fun Of
high priced and healthy hogs and a
short corn crop than to have the cribs
/
leaving you not hog to feed It to.
The spontaneous combustion Of soft
coal IL responsible for "A great many
fires, particularly in creameries When
such coal is put in pile in damp con
dition it is always source of danger.
Portable skimming stations, or n
wagon equipped with separator,
which makes the rounds OF dairy sec
ton, is a new wrinkle. Where only a
few cows are kept on each farm the
system is a success.
New Zealand dairy farms are worth
from 500 to $3.50 per acre, and such
farms furnish the nearest to ideal
dairy conditions of any country in the
word-plcnty Of rain, no cold weather
and luXuriant grass all the year round.
Two trees, one a blackberry, the other
a cottonwood, grew beside a potato
field. The potatoes were practically de-
stroyed for a distance of 40 feet from
the cottonwood, while they grew thrift
lily within ten feet of the blackberry
Why this difference
Fat stock is almost always sold by
guess weight in England. The accu-
raCy with which British cattle buyers
will estimate the weight and beef worth
of "crtter" is something marvellous
This method is never practiced in this
country, the scales being the sole ar
bitter of weights.
Ensilagc will not add particle to tht
nutritive value Of the forage put in tho
silo II simply puts such forage into
a uniformly palatable condition and
saves a greater percentage OF the food
value OF any forage so treated. To thi,
may be added n greater convenience in
the matter OF feeding
The cattle OF the Kansas and Nebras-
ka ranges are being rushed 10 market
and go to the Gamers for what tn "
viii bring 49, this on account of the
drought and short forage crop This
sacrifice of stock will be felt In the
market next year, when these same
cattle should have been marketed as
good beef animals.
II YOU want your name In tho county
paper and a little we'll deserved notori-
ETY., just go to work and gravel the pub
lie highway bordering your farm Sucl
a good example would be infectious
ana the first thing you know you
Ncighbor win be doing the same thing
II You should lie while engaged In the
work. you WoGh have the creates, fua
erll on ueuuId
The Creamery Separator Calf.
We passed ny a pasture lot recently
In which were 20 spring calves upot