The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-01-10

ALLOWANCES OF goou nay, De Wetereu ana TOther-
wise treated like mich cow, with the exception
of the Stops, which should not be given to them
until few days before their caIsing-
Breeding mares.-Treat these we advised
last month
Young colts and caule-All young animals
slpuld be so fed as to be kept in good condition.
TO stint them in their food, is to stunt them in
their growth. Good hay and grain are both neces-
Sheep.-Attend to these, as we advised last
month. N Nfaki ,FkfgN4NHO3 IfgfI
Grain for feeding goes furthest when ohopt or
ground into meal, l, fe s.aa
Selling corn-Shel all your corn before you
sell it, and crush The cobs for cdiile feed; when
crushed, cooked and mixed with outlay or
straw four bushels are worth as much as two
bushels of grain, and make most excellent
messes for milch cows or working oxen.
Corn and cob crusher.--lf you have not got
one already, buy one; it will save its price in
half season.
Corn-Sheller--Every farmer should have one,
the size to be regulated Ivy that of his crop.
Breeding soUs should be provided with warm,
dry, well-bedded sleeping apartments. Each
in-pig SOW separately accommodated in this re-
spect.
Store-hogs-Let their food be sufficiently
generous to keep them in growing condition;
hog to be profitable, should never be so fed
as to be stopped in his growth.
The family sleigh should always be kept in
first-rate order, for the accommodation OF the
ladies'.
Wagons, carts, tools, and implements Of his-
bandry, should always be in good ORDER aud
when not in use, kept under cover. ~
Gearing should be cleaned and CREASED once
month. w aH ttaf N y
Mari, if you have any, ard fields that need
it, haul il out to be broken down by the fr0sts
Of winter. q ~ 'fnltfaffN H 3NWf
Poultry-lf you desire your hens to lay, give
them flesh of some kind twice or thrice a week,
chopped up with their other food--fresh fish,
boiled and cut fine, will answer as we'll Fowls
should at all times be supplied with lime or old
mortar, broken fine sand, and nshes; their hem
house should be kept clean, their nests clean,
and periodically supplied with fresh hay or straw.
Poultry dung, if saved properly, will be found
nearly as good, if not quite as good, as guano,
The excavations should be gathered weekly put
away in barrel, and sprinked over with pull
verified charcoal or plaster it thus saved, and
kept out Of the weather, four or five hundred
4 pounds Of it will manure an acre of land. Save
it then, say We aas m 4.51
Materials for. composts.-Epbrace every OPP
portunity to collect these. Recollect that such
materials, by decay, form mould, and that mould
/ is the soil and life blood of fertile soil-that
though it may appear dead, it will live again
through its powers of reproduction. Yl
4 Memorandum and account books.-In the be-
ginning of the year, every agrculturist, if he has
not done 80 already should provide himself with
a memorandum and an account book ~
u In the former he should set down every opera
ton, every transaction, connected with the man
agement Of his farm His mode of manuring
his several fields, the quantities per acre, and
kinds of manure used, the time of ploughing,
and depth ploughed, thetime occupied in plough
ing, narrowing and rolling, the crop put in, the
quantity of seed per acre, and mode of prepars-
ton and sowing, the time when seeded, the pc
riod whenit came up if worked, the number OF
times, when, and how worked, the force and
kind of force used. Notes should be made o.
its progress from the period Of termination tt
, maturity--of the weather, and its effects upol
r his several crops: the commencement and ter
minaion Of the harvesting of his several crops
] should be recorded, the fIrce engaged therein
us also the effects of different measures upoI
the u,nn,,rna ~ the ti,no ....he- his ia
3 kinds Of stock are served should be recorded
, The number of acres in each field should b.
ascertained and recorded, in order that the acre
: abe product of this land may be reduced to Ger
WOulu iCt as Ill lnQcX OF us 1ertIlttv
. and indicate the necessity and quantity of ma
nure required.
In his account book, he should open regula
accounts for personal and household expenses
for hirelngs, if he employ any, for manures j
he buy any. Each field should be charged will
the manure used on. it. the cost of preparation
, seed, and seeding, the cost Of havesting the in
terest on the purchase and improved value, will
cost of the labor bestowed on its culture ant
the preparation of its product for market, ant
, cost of marketing. These fields should be cred
tied with the several values Of their respectiy,
products, and a balance struck A debit ant
credit account should be kept against his poul
try, swine, and dairy stock, as by the footing ur
he could see whether the one or the other was i
matter of gain or loss, and regulate his course
in the future, accordingly. Rt
! In word his books should be fair trans.
cript of the agriculturist's years labor and il
properly attended to an hour each evening after
the labors of the day were over would be found
a sort OF pleasure, and prove of infinite service
tate. ca trT
WORK IN THE GARDEN.
| There is not much to be done in the garden
this month; but however little, it should be at
tended to and it shall now be our province TO
| point that little out
CLayey beds.-If there be any stiff cayey beds
in your garden, you should seize the occasion
OF any warm spells through the winter, when
the ground may not be frozen, to have them
dug up-when dug, they should be left in the
rough, to be acted upon by the frost. Before
having them spaded, spread on good dressing
of stable, nr other strong putrcscent manure
When dug, give the bed top.dressing of lime
or ashes BY the action of the frost, the cohe-
sive properties of the clay will be mcasuraby
broken down; and by the united action of frost
and mineral, the soil will be sweetened and rem
dered mellow, while the ammonia contained in
the SHOWS aud rains Of winter, will. contribute
essentially to increase its fertility: the frost will
aso kill many insects.
Independently of these benefits your beds
will be ready for early culture in the Spring and
you will have gained that much time, thing of
moment at period when much has to be done
in short time
Hot-beds. your garden is not provided with
hotbeds in which to grow plants for early trans.