Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-08-25


mulch method is all right on hilly
| lands.
Breeding swine should have range
sufficient not only for exercise, but to
tempt them to vigorous exercise.
Rhode Island grass lands produce a
net profit of from S. to $40 per acre
without taking into account the pas
turage.
See how much honey you can get,
rather than how fast you can in
crease, being satisfied with an increase
Of SO or at the most 100 per cent an
nually.
The coop should be closed tight to
keep out rats or weasels. If these an
chickens must be protected, but not
by closing them in air tight.
The ginseng fakirs, after bad sea
son caused by frigid blast from the
agricultural department, are beginning
to look up again and their advertise
ments of seed and roots are cropping
out in the farm papers. Ginseng is a
good thing to let alone.
Undertaking makes the soil open,
porous and more easily cultivated, and
soil that is made loose and arabic is III
a far better condition to promote the
growth Of our crops and crops grown
on such soils suffer less from extreme
wet or dry weather than those on land
that is compact and with a water level
within a few feet of the surface.
Wherever roots are used as part of
their rations, quite remarkable results
are obtained, apparently out of all
proportion to the feeding value of the
roots. This seems to show that the
roots serve to render grain food more
digestible. Although pigs do not like
raw turnips yet when the turnips are
cooked, and mixed with raw potatoes
or cabbage, they will eat them readily
When a small amount of bran is fed
with this mash, good gains are made.
A decided curiosity in the dairy line
is lump Of butter weighing over
twenty pounds found in a peat bog in
lain anywhere from one hundred to a
thousand years, yet it appeared quite
fresh when dug out. 1t was found
four feet under the surface, and ap-
peared as if it had been dropped there
while being carried to market. But
in former times the summer made but
ter was buried in the boys to keep I'M
til winter, the preservative qualities
Of the peat serving as method of nat
ural storage, and it is probable that
the butter was buried in this way and
then forgotten.
The Colorado press bureau speaks of
a new industry for that State. One of
its circulars says: "Colorado's sage
brush and cactus have given way to
peas. A few years ago several farm
ers in this locality, generally regarded
as one Of the most arid and worthless
sections Of the State, sowed part of
their land to peas. When the crop
neared maturity they turned in their
lambs to Craze. The results were mar
yelous. Other farmers did likewise,
and the business increased until last
year more than 100000 lambs were
fattened in this country for shipment
to the Eastern markets. They netted
an average profit of $3.50 each on an
investment of So.
For club root in cabbage SOW lime
broadcast at the rate Of seventy-tiy
bushels per acre before planting, and
harrow in, or avoid using infested land.
Destroy wild mustard and charlock, as
these weeds will harbor the disease.
For apis spray with soapsuds or kero-
sene emulsion. For maggots cut cir
cular pieces of tarred paper about
three inches in diameter, cut slit in
each from center to circumference, and
place one of these pieces about the
stem of each plant at time Of trans
planting, or spray with carbolic acid
emulsion. For cabbage worm spray
with paris green and rosin mixtures
when the plants are small; later with
insect powder or hot water. When
the caterpillars first appear hand pick
ing may be resorted to.
Highway Engineering.
This new profession was first recog-
nized in the educational world by the
Rhode Island College of Agriculture
and Mechanic Arts, when, in the au-
tumn Of 1904, it adopted full four
years course in highway engineering,
for the completion of which the de-
gree of Bachelor of Science is given.
Two of the senior class Of the present
year have taken the course and have
qualified as highway engineers. The