Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1908-12-10

Keep the road drag busy AFTER every
rain or soft spell.
Rye pasture is good for hogs. Re
member this next season.
The rundown animal is hard to
bring back to normal condition again.
When lean pork is desired. more
protein feed and less corn should be
fed.
Spring time is grating time. Cut
the scions the latter part Of the win
ter.
In breeding sows there is great
economy in having the filters come
near together.
Increase the fertility of your land
II you would have increased crops and
an increased bank account.
Every farmers boy ought to be am
bilious to bet a course OF training at
the state agricultural college.
Calls and sores on horses nine
times out of ten result from ill-ftting
harness. A little care will prevent it.
A scratching shed for the hens with
lots Of sunshine, IL 4 necessity If you
are to get the hes. results from your
flock.
With any new feed begin slow A
radical change in diet is always
shock to an animal and does them no
good
With feed high there is all the more
necessity for providing good warm,
light stables 20 get the most out Of
the feed.
After tests, the Nebraska expert
ment station finds that alfalfa hay
produced ten per cent more milk than
prairie hay.
Now is the season when the dairy
farmer with his silo full of well-ma-
tured corn is going to reap the bene-
fits OF his efforts.
A brush Is preferable to a cloth in
cleaning milk utensils, because the
brush gets into the corners and
crevices as the cloth cannot
If the stable has not been white
washed do it the first nice warm day.
II will sweeten things up and make
the stable more fit for the horses
Be sure and provide some succulent
feed for the poultry during the win
ter. Care in this direction will make
for healthier hens and more eggs.
Hot water fermentation az the
bruised or congested udder is the best
treatment that can be given. Be
persistent and you will get results.
Here is how one man manages to
pillow and harrow at the same time.
He bitches one horse to a single sec
tion of the harrow and ties the halter
to the furrow horses singletree.
Be sure the chickens get plenty Of
water during this freezing weather.
Don't compel them to peck through
the ice to satisfy their thirst See
that water with the chill taken OFF
is provided.
farmer who has tried It says that
sweet clover can be killed out of an
orchard by blowing the ground and
giving the orchard clean cultivation
two or three seasons. Moving the
clover frequently during the summer
aad letting the stalks lie on the ground
will prove effective also, It is said.
We are sorry TO say II, but with
most farmers It is purely guess work
as to whether his cows are paying
their way or not They are strangers
to the milk scales and the Babcock
tester and they do not care for any
new ideas about balanced rations, use
Of silage, etc, and the result is that
they barely grub out a living, But
thank goodness such farmers are
growing less every year.
The henhouse should have movable
roosts and dropping board The drop
ping board should be made Of smooth
lumber for easy cleaning, and be
placed not higher than three feet from
the floor so that heavy fowls may
easily fly up to It and not injure them
selves in jumping from IT, The space
on the floor under the dropping board
will be clean and give more room for
the fowls for exercise on cold or
stormy days.
Some farmers who go on on a trip
leaving the wife home 10 run things
on the farm can't get away from the
notion that they're the ones that need
rest and sympathy when they are az