Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-06-27
FARM NOTES.

The only practical method of de-
stroying Bermuda grass is by the plen-
tiful use of salt.
What is said to be q sure cure for
pinkeye is to give melted lard, half
teacupful, until an action or the bow
els is produced.
The production Of milk in proportion
to the population is very much less in
England than in Ireland, while its fluid
consumption is far greater.
Scab Is the disease most common TO
our potatoes. 1t occurs not only in this
country; but also in Europe. and is
doubtless found wherever the Irish pc
tato is grown. Potato scab is found al
so attacking other plants, notably the
beet.
The highest priced horse on the mar
ket today is the coach horse. He must
be from 10 TO 16 hands high and weigh
from 1000 to 1900 pounds He will
bring from $3.50 to $600-many of them
go for much higher prices. There is al
ways demand for this horse.
Many people place to- small value On
quality in a hog; with them one hog
is as good as another, and SO long as
he is a thoroughbred and eligible to
registration they are satisfied. Scrubs
of the thoroughbred class are numerous,
and therefore, an animal must be some
thing more than thoroughbred.
Cold storage buyers of New York
think that the production of butter will
be somewhat larger than last year; that
the East will certainly show larger
make, and ii is thought that the new
creameries and fine pastures will more
than offset the poor condition of the
cows in some sections of the West
A Vancouver. B. c., dispatch says:
Hundreds of horses which have been
running wild during the last few years
on the plains between Lilooet and Carl
boo and Okanogan are being captured
| to be sold in South Africa An i'm
perial cavalry officer is now at kamp-
loops buying them as rapidly as they
are brought in. The horses are of good
size, most of them being mustangs, in
bred with the domestic horses that have
been lost by ranchers at various times
and joined the wild herds.
| Wallaces' Farmer gives the follow
| ing remedy for the skin disease which
causes the heads and necks OF chickens
| to be totally stripped of feathers in
July: Rub the naked surface with red
axide of mercury ointment Any drug
| gist will furnish this ointment, or one
can buy the powdered oxide and mix
with vasilene or lard to a thin paste
Within week after its use a new
growth of feathers will be perceived,
and it is seldom that more than one ap-
plication of the ointment is needed.
Since calves relish shelled corn and
will begin eating it when three or four
weeks old, and make better and cheap
er gain on it, and are less subject to
scours than on corn chop. there is no
object in going to the expense of grind
ing the corn. Recent experiments
show that it Is possible to raise good,
thrifty calves that will gain It's pounds
daily head on feeds produced entirely
from the farm and in a form that re-
quires no preparation of the feed, out
side of harvesting, except the Smelling
of the corn.
The Russian government is giving it.
aid to develop the dairy industry. Most
OF what is known as the dairy belt
extends along the line of the Siberian
railroad and to facilitate the proper
handling of these goods butter trains.
equipped with refrigerating apparatus,
have been used to transport the goods
to the seanorts for shipment. During
the season of 1900 two special trains OF
% cars each were dispatched weekly,
loaded with butter for the Baltic ports.
United States Consul Mahin says that
the butter is fine in quality, possesses
rare keeping properties and that it can
be produced at low cost.
Waverly Republican: One of the
very best corn growers in Butler coun-
~ cultivates deep and cuts the roots
with the cultivator shovels so the
stalks wilt after the cultivation His
crop is something to be proud of, but
all the same, shallow cultivation, es-
pecially after the first time over, is
proven the best by a summary Of the
exact tests at the experiment stations,
and also in general farm work Our
Butler county friend raakes his ground
so rich and gives such solicitous care
that his method works all right for
him, and he is sceDtical about better
yields, or even so good, if he should
cultivate shallow.
young calf that is to be raised for
the dairy ought 10 have its horns killed
before it is a week old. but it may be
done al some time after. It's not a
pleasant matter. Ii hurts the little
things, some say worse than a COW, TO
have her horns taken off. but that can
scarcely believe Caustic potash is the
thing to use. 1t comes in short sticks,
often one stick in a small vial, with the
cork sealed with wax so that no mois-
ture can get in. Clip the hair away
little around the spot where the horn
grows, and carefully dipping the caustio
in a little water, rub the horn spot quite
vigorously, keeping the caustic wet
with more water as needed. Make
thorough JOB, but stop when Il is done
and be sure no water runs down the
face or into the eye CT the calf.
Cholera runs very rapid course.
bird may look well in the morning. be
sick ar night and dead the next day
The first symptom is slight watery dlar-
Ihea, lacking in color as the hours go
By. With this the bird is sluggish ana
not easily moved by any motion al the
owner. II is inclined to remain stand