Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1908-12-03


Have a definite aim before you Ia
the desire to improve your live stock
and you viii make some Roadway,
Eggs that vary much in size or color
should not be packed together In the
same case. Such ill-assorted cases
never bring good prices.
One farmer who has had a good
many waste apples and tomatoes this
fall has cooked them and fed them TO
his big flock OF chickens and they
have thriyed on them.
Don't keep the mongrel dog about
the farm Get one of good breed,
preferably a collie. and then train
him to do something useful in con.
nection with the farm work.
In fattening turkeys for Thanks.
giving and the holidays there is moth
ing better after all than old corn and
corn meal boiled with potatoes. Feed
three times a day. If skim milk is TO
be had mix with the mash
Clean out the bitches and burrows
through the strawberry beds and
cover the beds lightly at first As
the winter advances and the ground
freezes harder. put on more covering
IN, al min L
ing
The cold. drafty stable does not
mean comfort for the stock, nor does
It mean profit for the farmer. Re
member that every bit of discomfort
which you permit your stock to suffer
by so much reduces the amount of
your profit,
Do not market half-hnished poultry.
There is no economy in stinting poul-
try you are fitting for market Push
the food into them and get them fat
as quick as possible. No trouble sell
ing such poultry, and they bring the
best of prices, too.
Crop rotation pays, as many a farm
er is proving by actual test. 1t has
been found that two years in clover
and three in corn will give as much
corn as five years in corn grown con
tinuously Two clover crops as clear
gain are worth having.
Some form of crate is used by many
farmers in ringing hogs, but where
such contrivance is not at hand the
business can be done by slipping the
moose of strong rope over the upper
jaw of the hog The hog can thus be
held while a second person puts in the
ring.
Early stages of a cold In chickens
can often be cured by two applications
of a mixture of one part spiritS OF
turpentine and three parts sweet oil.
Anoint the face and eyes with tho
preparation and pour five or six drops
down the fowls throat If there is Il
wheeling or rafting there.
A good-sized turnip cut in half and
nailed to a board will furnish enter
tainment and food for a flock of hens
for half a day. Another good way to
keep the hens busy in cold weather
is to fasten a beet or carrot or other
root from the ceiling of the hen house
by a string, having 1t just high
enough so that the hens will have TO
jump for 1t.
Remember that temperature has
everything to do with the churning
quality OF butter In summer you must
bring II down to 60 degrees and in
winter you must bring IL up to that
temperature if you would have the
butter come readily, and remember
this that though your cream may be
OF the right temperature you may
have difficulty II the churn is too
cold.
With the idle days tighten up on the
horses diet During the months OF
hard work the horse has had feed rich
In nitrogen (the base OF protein) and
has needed It, for he was using Il up
in the expansion and contraction OF
muscles; but when idle, on account OF
stormy weather or leisure. and fed his
working ration, too much nitrogen has
accumulated In the muscles. Therefore
a hard working horse that has been
well fed should, on being given holi-
day for several days, have his ration
changed Corn is a cod substitute
for oats in such case II clover hay
has been fed, timothy hay should be
substituted.
A ten-year test by Prof Munson OF
Maine shows that cultivated trees
made larger growth and produced
more fruit than trees that were
mulched. Another experiment was 10
show the effect Of commercial fer
tlizers and stable manure 10 com
parison with each other and with no