Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1908-12-31

Best results in fattening hogs are
obtained where the basis of the ration
is corn.
Ease the burdens of the wife by
cleaning your boots thoroughly before
entering the house,
Part of the winter leisure ought to
be used for the repairing and painting
of the farm machinery.
Remember. the best seed is none
too good 1t is a losing game to labor
over seed Of low terminating power.
Begin a course of reading for the
winter months which will better
equip you for the farm work next
season.
You need grit and so 90 the hens.
The right kind of grit in you viii
make 1t certain that the right kind of
grit gets into the hens.
While sheep are growing wool and
making mutton for you they are clean
ing the fields of weeds and spreading
valuable manure over the land.
Study your flock SO as to know
which are your best birds. Then use
the selected stock for breeding pur-
poses next spring and thus build up
your flock in quality.
The sheep that are left TO all up on
the frost-bitten, snow-covered pasture
will not thrive, you may be sure. Give
hay and grain ration If you want 10
make your flock profit earners.
In feeding growing stock remember
that there is need Of constantly in
creasing ration. They need food to
build the larger frame end they need
food to supply the daily bodily needs
When the ground is we'll frozen
cover the strawberry beds with straw,
leaves or cornstalks. The object OF
covering after the ground is frozen
is to prevent alternate thawing and
freezing.
The right treatment will remove
ring bone on young horses II the ami
NAL walks on the toe use high-heeled
shoe. When Inflammation is active
adopt soothing measures, and then Sc
we're blistering or even firing may be
resorted to.
The form OF the skull of the hog de
ponds on nutrition, health and the en-
ployment of the muscles of the head
and neck in roofing. Where hogs are
well nourished, their skulls are round
er and firmer than in the case of hogs
poorly nourished. Roofing helps to de-
velop a longer skull anf snout.
It is claimed by French naturalist
that IL the world should become bird
less, man could not inhabit 1t after
nine years time, in spite of all the
sprays and polsons that could be man
ufactured for the destruction of in
sects. The insects and slugs would
simply eat all the orchards and crops
in that time.
Dried refuse from tomato canneries
analysed by the Ontario experiment
station shows content of 254 per
cent nitrogen, 3.2S per cent. phos-
phoric acid and 0,64 per cent. potash.
Assuming rs per cent of moisture for
the material as It leaves the factory,
the amounts would be: Nitrogen
0.64 per cent, phosphoric acid 0.S2 per
cent. and potash 0,16 per cent. a com
position comparing favorably with that
of barnyard manure.
Ohio has a stringent law in refer.
ence to the sale OF milk products. II
prohibits the sale OF milk under the
following conditions: /. From cows
fed on unhealthy feed q From cows
fed on wet distillery or starch waste.
3. From diseased or sick COWS. 4.
From cows kept In place that is
uncleaa or in an insanitary condi-
Aipus ~ rum tONS hepl III
cramped or unhealthy condition. g.
When water or other foreign substance
has been added Z. When It is un.
clean, impure, unhealthy or unwhole-
some.
Dairy farmers will watch with inter
est the joint investigations of the Wis
consin and Illinois experiment sta
tons on tuberculosis COWS The work
Of either station will serve as check
on that OF the other, inasmuch as the
experiments at Madison will be similar
TO those at Urbana. The bacteriolo.
gists Of the two stations will be I'm
charge Of the work Inasmuch as Hi
nois and Wisconsin are the two great
est dairy stations in the country, the
cooperation OF these two stations will
be Of great significance in the new
movement TO eradicate tuberculosis I
from the herds OF the country.
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If you are troubled with straw worm
OF joint-worm, the surest way OF deal |
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