The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1843-12-02
TIE FARMER.
SEASONABLE HINTS.

nave uouDlicss Hipt your pastures, ana neither
they nor your woods furnish suffice 1t pickings
10 sustain these animals in full and vigor US
condition, see that they receive additional care
and are well fed; it being much elsier TO keep
an animal through the win .er before, than at
ter il may have lost its flesh.
SToCK OF ALI. K'Nos.--Lct all The rest Of
your stock, of all kinds, be housed or yardcd
of night; not forgetting to supply them With
plenty of feed, ard good bedding. humanity
prescribcs the first part of the advice as a duty,
aud sclfintcrest will Indicate TO You, that the
better you feed and litter your stock, the more
manure will thuy yield for yom next years
crops Keep the young and the old in different
yards, and see that each and all have good sta
hles Or sheds to protect them from the winter
SHOWS and rains. And while upon this branch
Of or subject let US call your attention to those
great resources fer making manure.
LEAVES AND MUUID-By the time tie work
We have marked out shall have been got through
with, your woods will be full Of fallen leaves
when you should put every cart and team on
your place to work TO haul them in, together
with the vegetable mould Of your forest. Do
not be content until you shall have covered
ycur cattle yards, in IL disll-hke form, at least
two feet deep, and over this spread leaves straw
or corn stalks. This, ere next spring opens,
will all be converted into good manure, to in
add to your income; and the value of the man
ure thus to be made will be greatly enhanced if,
before covering the mould you spread thereon a
few bushels Of plaster, say in the proportion of
one bushelt to every 20 double horse cart loads of
the manure; this will not only prevent the cs-
cape of the ammonia from beneath, but will = b.
sorb and husband that which may fall thereon,
in tha liquids Of the stock.
MARSH Mrp,-Those who may have resour-
ces Of this kind should haul it IN, and spread it
over their yards and pens, where the cattle or
hogs may be confined, 10 receive the meliorating
influence of the winters frosts and that of the
droppngs cfthe stock.
FEEDING OFT Roors AND OTHER VEGETABLES
In feeding out these, be careful to use those
kinds first that are most pershablc, and TO recol-
lcct, that their nutritve properties are greatly
improved by cooking, for all stock except sheep
SHEEP.-Nhcn well cared for, there is 10 an
imal pays better than these, in carcass and fleece
therefore, il should be the business oflvery far
mcr, who may have flock, 10 prorice them
with a suitable, covered fold, attached TO yard,
where they can retire at all times from the in
clcmency of the weather Their shed should
be warm and comfortable, he well and frequent
ly covered through the winter with strs W, leaves
or other Iiiiel, 50 as to secure clean and good
bedding 10 them In addition 70 ibis, they
'0 '' 20 "'"'-y ~ VAN S'Ou nay i'o"oi
and roots, and occasionally receive an allowance
OF meal OF some kind-be regularly sailed thrice
Il week, and watered daily.
SAiTING SToCK.--Stock fall descriptions re-
cure TO be sailed Mt least thrice week; and if,
instead Of giving them all salt, equal parts of
salt, limo and ashes were mixed together, the
MIXTURE you'd prove cheaper and more health
preserving II mixture OF SAT- ana tar, IN equal
P'oPo'uohs' were KEEP IN a trough IN inc stock
yu'o' 10 Wh'ch u'eY coula resort AT VIII, IL would
DC i""hn 10 be cohduciye TO Their health
NHofr thhp'--Dy lcedihg all you! gram
10 your horses and other stock, MIXED with
cat nay OF straw, saving OF al least one-iourth,
or one ''''rd, would thereby be elected
oHcHARrs.-ll youl trees have moss on them,
or tier bark is rough, Scrape them but whether
tney are 50 or not, lake mixture Of equal parts
OF soft soap and sulphur, and paint the bodies
from the roots, as tUl upwards as you cal reach.
This will destroy the insect embryo, and pre-
serve your trees from the grdling of mice OF
rats. And TO destroy the worms or oya which
may be in the ground, dig the earth from around
The roots Of thy tree, for few feet, and a few
inches in depth. submit the earth thus dug up to
the operation OF fire, which VII cool, should
be mixed with gallon of lime each tree and
replaced. lyou doubt the eifiacy Of this treat
ment try it on few trees ting GLll; and we will
ICt Du )cCh Ol IshtN DjuSIleS that YOU u SUD-
jcct every fruit tree on your farm to the same
operation next fail.
FENcEs.-Alakc thorough examination of
al your fences. DO This Yourself Have all
necessary repairs made forthwith as by so doing
you'll save yourself much vexaion and trouble !
lScreai,or.
GATES AND Bans If YOU have any bars Oh :
your place, substitute yates for them.
PouLTEy Horsrs.-If YOU wish YOUR hens to
lay through the winter, have their houses clean
ed out ihoroufhty. Empty the nests of all filth, |
have them scraped inside and out. u.,u then
Place contiguous to your hen
house, under roof, peck or two OF lime, a !
Jushci of gravel, and a load of sand or ashes SO
that they can daily have access to these substan-
rn es9 , ws meat op ~h weeE
feeding them near the hen
house, 50 as 10 use and attach them TO it. Keep
heir nests at all times well supplied with clean
hay, ard a few chalk imitation eggs in each