Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1842-12-08
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for shor, time in November and December,
when the barn is fIH Of hay. More caltle
suffer from cold in our winters than from On
due warmth. There are but lew farmers
whose barns arc such that il will not be best
10 make them as warm as possible.
| la addition to good protection from cur
rents OF cold air, give your cattle the pleas
ure and benefits Of n daily cardng-ths, not
So much for The purpose OF making the huir
look smooth aud glossy, as for the purpose Of
keeping open the pores Of The skin and pro.
mnting its healthy action.
/ Careful feeding promotes the thrift and
health of ea,le, aud saves fodder. A little
hay only should be given at u time. The
hay should be well shaken up. Where there
are various kinds of fodder as fresh meadow
hay. salt hay, oat and barley straw, &c. &c.,
| IL Is best 10 mix The different kinds thorough.
y and Ia put IN also some good hay-as much
oi this as your supply allows. See 10 il
that your stock is kept IN good order NJ all
times. There is no economy in trying 10
keep them at any time exclusively or mostly
on very poor fodder. Better is 1t to keep
seven COWS and keep them ,ceN. using a CON
siderable portion of your meanest hay for lit
ter, than 10 keep ten but poorly, making
/ them consume all the coarse fodder. Spend
lime enough in the barn to put every thing
that Is z wen 10 the cattle into the best posi-
Bile state for their use.
FUEL-parlly for this and partly for next
years use, is 10 be cut aud brought TO the
wood yard.
Diiehing ng.-Thcre is generally opporiun
I ~ 10 do something more than tend the stock
aud get M the wood, # one be active and
/ lnDturnri.tnn A. hanu IF T..l
opportunities for d,tching, ~ particular mead.
ows and particular spots, than occur in the
summer. Especially do they afford convent
enccs for getting on 10 the meadow with
teams and taking to the upland mud or
peat taken out in opening the ditch. In
summer The meadows are, many of them, OF
least, too soft to bear up the team ifa ditch
Is then opened, the contents must be thrown
Into bank and left IN that stale, or else
spread out upon the meadow. Lett in bank
II lnterieres with the proper draining OF the
land, and does not look well. Spread out, 1t
may be OF some service, but II is much less
useful there than II would be on the uplands
There IL enough OF the same kind of matter
already where you put this when You thus
spread out. When the frost is not more
than four or five inches deep II will bear up
by the use Of an axe, to take oil The top
where you wish To open your ditch, and
when that Is done, what lies below, may be
taken out, II II be not too wet, with any com
mon spade or shovel, thrown directly on to
drag or rock boat, and hauled 10 The upland
or II the distance be great, throw either
directly into n cart. or first on TO the bank
aud then into Tie cart. II the meadow be
quite wet. use the shovel or common spade
I'LL you gel down nearly to the waters level,
and below that If the mud or peat be firm
enough, use the turf spade, peat knife or
whatever else be lis name. We once oDen
ed a ditch IN this way IN md winter, aud car.
rlcd the mud to the share, where it would
have been difficult working in summer, and
where !, would have been Impossible TO have
gone with the team when he surface was
not frozen.
Grareliing .Neddocs.-This work can gen
era'y be done with more convenience in
winter than at any other time, and there are
but few farmers who cannot find something
of this kind to engage their leisure hours II
they have but the will und energy to sci
about Il.