The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1850-12-03
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From the American Earmer.
Work for November.
We shall endcavor to pom, out bri. fly shs

| should Claim attention en- me iafm:
FArrENrxc lloGs,-The hogs should be
| early penn.d for fa,tening. Their pen should
be supplied with rubbing poss-~hen 6rst
put up, they should receive two or three doses
Of .ulphu, a, all times, during the fa,tenlng,
they should be provided with charcoal aud
rotten ood, end b. occasionally allowed ash.
Is and salt--iheis mcals should be given them
regularly, at the same hours each day for
some days after being pcnned, their food should
be puukins, roots, or other vegetables, whieh
should be cooked, and mixed with meal. Tbs
pens should be provided 9th dry sleeping
apartments, protected fiom the weather, and
the hogs DO allowed a, oil times free access
to a yard. wherein there should be a full cup
ply Of raw materials, 10 DO worked up INTO
manure.
MANURE MAKIxG.-Cover tho surface Of
your cattle yard, rs We advised lac, month,
and make it the duty and object of your heart
TO increase your dunsheaps. Every dollar
thus expended, will bring you five in the IN.
creased produc, Of your land next year.
And when you shs! have made your ma
nurs, don't leave il in a condition to be depfs.
cis,ed in value by the rsins and the sun.
STIFF CLAYs III you have any such lsnds,
hat ,utsp f.r no
plough them tbs fall. when they may be in
condition to be ploushed ~ihou, running
into mortar. By exposure 10 tho frosis Of
winter, their texture will be greatly broken
down. Plough them deeply, leave the fur.
rows Tapped. and mex, sp,iug. before harrow.
ing, roll them.
Com Cons Az these are valuable TO feed
to your stock, den, cell your corn IN The ears,
bu, shell it, grind. or chop uP, and steam OF
boil y our cobs, and you nav winter your stock
with much less hay.
Corn STALKS These, If properly saved,
cut, and cooked, make excelIen, food for cat.
tie. A peck of bran, OF peck Of cob meal,
snd one half bu.hsl Of cooked Gu, stalks.
wlll make mich COW Gil your pail viii rich
milk.
Roors OF ALL KINDS, should be dug and
housed before they are Injured by the Frost
MILcn Cows AND YOUNG CATTLE should
all have the advantage Of stables, OF sheds, be
comfortably and cleany kept; have full sup
plies OF food, and receive, al least twice week,
an ounce or two Of a mixture comprised Of
equal parts Of lime, salt. and sshes,--thsy
should have fresh, pure water thrice day.
Roots when fe. TO mich cows and other
cattle, should be cut fine and mixed with hay
or straw For milch cows and stock cattle a
/ peck OF roots at a meal 10 sufficient. Mos,
roots are the better Of beirg cooked. Po,a
toes should never he fed raw.
WORKING ANIMALS SEQ that these noble
creatures do net suffer for any thing that IS
necessary 10 their comfort. As the cold IN.
cresses, they stand in the more need Of COED
warm comfortable quarters. Their stalls
should be veil ventilated, wtll Uttered, and well
cleaned; they should be we'll fed, regularly
wa,ered, and have The salt aix,ufe three times
= week. By choppns OF Touring your gram,
and mix i, With Gu, hay or straw, one.third
less will serve, 20 that you will be the gamer
BY attending to this par, Of our advice, while
your beasts will actually thrive tho better by
the reduction Of the grain. Corn and cob.
crushed together, is an excsllen, food, as we'll
a. being the mos, ecoaomising way Of feeding
your corn.
I SHEEP Your sheep should have a shed
facing the south, opening INTO the yard-the
a ,or Of the she'd should at all times be kept
covered with straw OF leaves, 90 that they
may be kept dry and warm. In a trough 10
a corner Of the shed salt should bn providod
for them; y;ey should be regularly wa,efec
thrice day, and have pine boughs every fe~
days thrown into their yard to browse upon
If some charcoal we're also placed 10 the trough
with the salt, it would be o advantage, in cor
recting sny scid,,y ofihe sonach Of The sheep
Cow snsps .-ilave you a stable for you
cattle 7 If not, do, a. q matter due to human
, ity, as we'll az called for by your interests, pu
up shedding. When protected hon the wealth
or cattle can be .ubsised upon one third les
pfovende,, we. however, arc the advocate 0
generous feeding, al all times, and under 81
circumstances.
ArpLEs. Gather and put away your sp