Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-12-12
ggricultural lore

the lower grades sell at about the same
price as pelts
THE Angora does are not as good
mixers as the Maltese and Swiss
goats, but they give plenty for rear
ing their young. They are kind and
watchful mothers, and will fight for
their kids. These goats are profitable
animals in the feed lot; give them like
conditions and the same grain, and
they will take on flesh very rapidly,
and fatten in one-fourth less time than
sheep. They respond very quickly to
good care. At the final test of all do
nestle animals, the butchers block,
the Angora is not found wanting.
Their flesh in summer, when browsing,
has very delightful flavor, between
venison and mutton, which gives the
name 'venison' to their meat. In win
ter, when fattened on grain. it loses
that flavor, but acquires mutton fla
vor. 1t has none Of that 'woolly' taste
Of mutton which is so Objectionable to
many people. Thousands of them are
killed in our packing houses and sold
as 'well-dressed mutton Only an ex-
pert can tell the difference, as their
carcasses appear the same when hang
ing in the market. They will dress
out a larger per cent of meat than
sheep; hence are much more valuable,
and their meat is more juicy than NUT
ton and has finer favor
instruction on Saving Steps.
One of the leaflets issued recently in
the reading course for farmers wives,
prepared by the college of agriculture
of Cornell university, Is entitled "Sav-
ing Steps," and embodies the ideas of
a practical housekeeper in these
words: when l waken in the morn
ing l do not rise Immediately. but |
plan the work Of the day and study to
see how | may save steps and accom-
Plish as much work. | find that if l
go about my work thoughtlessIly I
travel over the same ground several
times when it is not necessary. Be
fore l learned to do this | would get
up suddenly after awakening and at
once feel a sense of hurry, which soon
became worry, and before the forenoon
was over was exhausted in my efforts
to see how fast | could work. Now,
when l feel myself getting anxious,
try to relax mind and body, and the
work goes more smoothly and | accom-
plish more"
SiIos VS.. Drouth.
The intense and long continued dry
ness has brought innumerable farmers
face-tO-face with the problem OF stock
food in a manner more serious than
many of Them have ever experienced
before. The west, with its almost un-
limited possibilities of range and crop
yields, has not learned the lesson OF
proVident fOrethOught as has the east.
If a few thousand acres OF last years
king corn crop had been sliced in guam
titles to suit by the dairy and stock
men of The drOuth stricken districts,
what boon it would have been for the
shrinking stock which have
been wandering over the burned-up
pastures are especially disastrous to the
pastures are especially disastrous to the
When once his milk yield
is reduced it cannot be wholly recOy-
cred. The silO is his safeguard.
Lime and Fertility.
A renewed interest is being mani
fes Led in the use of lime, Considered as
q soil sUImulant, or crop increasing
possibility. 1t has long eeen known
that the application OF nme, without
the use OF any fertilizer, would result
in increased crop yields under certain
conditions. The new interest in it's
use is along the line OF experiment. TO
obtain exact knowledge OF the condi-
tons of soil, elements of fertility, sOlu-
biIity, crop rotation, etc. hat will en-
able the progressive farmer to know
when, ana III what quantities he may
use lime with advantage and safety.
In the majority OF experiments recen,-
ly conducted III various localities, it
seems to be established thai twenty
bushels per acre, or even less, fire.
Quently applied is more beneficial than
the heavier dressings winch were for
merly thought advantageous. Ii is
now quILe clear that the best results
obaineu from lime are in The improved
mechanical soil condition produced, to-
gether with its power to correct I'M
due acidity. Heavy clay soils are
made more easily pulVenzed and less
inclined to become baked or encrusLed.
In sandy SOILS the lime causes d run
ming together OF the soil grains below
the depth Of the pillow, thus, in part,
preventing the teaching process.
There has been found 10 be a close
relation existing between the nitrify1ng
microbes and the power of lime to
decrease acidity of soils When land
has become Glover sick" resulting
from an acid condition, the application
of freshly Stacked lime win usually
cause clover and other heterogeneous
plants to grow IuXurianty.
Ready.