Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1853-11-26
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FArTENINo Hoes.


! See TO it, and have your fattening hogs
regularly fed see that their sleeping a.
psrlments are dry, warm and well suppi-
ed with litter, which, at least once week
should be removed, and fresh litter put in
lis stead.
STORE Hoes.
These should be provided with good,
warm, dry, well Uttered sleeping apart
ments throughout the winter and early
spring. Their pens should be provided
with two aparments,--one Ter sleeping,
the other for eating in, which should be
accessible TO an enclosed yard, the surface
of which should be covered with rough
materials TO absorb the liquid weddings Of
the hogs.
The SITTER of their sleeping apartments
should be IegSored into the yard once a
week and spread over the surface, while
the sleeping apartments should as often
be supplied with fresh litter.
Each Of the in-pig sOWS should be pro-
vided with seperate apartments 10 sleep
in, and, indeed, it would be better if they
should each have a seperate yard TO breed
in.
FALL AND WINTER PLowING.
All stiff clays intended for culture next
spring should be ploughed during fall and
winter-let the ploughing be deep and
thorough. 1t must be an object with you
to seize those seasons when the soil is
neither acet nor too dry. Clays plough
ed in either of these conditions are apt 10
remain intractabIe throughout the next
season. If, however, they be turned up
in state of moderate moisture, the effect
Of the winter and early spring frosts will
be to break down their tenacity and render
them comparatively Griable.
And we will here premise, that if such
clays need lining, no better time can be
selected for putting on lime or Mari.
WINTERING Mich Cows.
Ifyou have not shedding already erec-
ted to give comfortable shelter 10 every
head of cattle on your place, have sheds
erected without delay.
Milch COWS should be provided with
warm comfortable dry lodgings, whrh
should be supplied with litter twice each
week; they should be curried, or combed,
and rubbed down with whisp of straw
daily, waered night and morning, and be
given an ounce or two of salt twice a
week, or the same quantity of mixture
of oyster shell lime, ashes and salt They
should have free access to an enclosed
yard-which should be provided with
rough malerials-at all times
If economy should be consulted, all
their fodder, hay, straw or stalks, mixed
with Cob-meal, corn-meal, bran, shorts,
or roots of some kind; which should be
formed into sIop. This given twice
day with good feed Of long provender
in their racks at night, will carry them
comfortably through the winter, enable
lnem TO give generous sups Of milk, and
be turned TO their pastures in good con-
dition in the spring.
No roofs should be fed to cattle without
being mixed with cut hay, fodder or corn
stalks.
If you wish 10 raise well sized, full de-
veloped animals, you must give the young
creatures plenty Of food. When we say
plenty, we do not mean that you should
keep them fat like show beeves, for tha,
would be an unhealthy condition; but we
mean, that you should keep them in good
growing condiliOn-lhat you should so
feed them as that they shall have where
withal 10 build up. their frames.
They should be provided with good.
dry, comfortable shed, facing the South
or Southeast, protected from the North,
or Northwest winds; attached TO which
there should be an enclosed yard, the sur
face of which should be covered some in
ches deep with wood-moud or some kin.
dred suOstances-lhe yard should be dish
like in form. The floor of the shed.
whether or earth or boards, should be an
inch or two higher than the yard, to en-
sure dryness and comfort.
These young cattle should be fed thrice
a day, with long provonder, in the rack in
their sheds, twlca week they should re-
celve an additional feed of grain-oats &c
possible. They should be watered twice
day, saIted, or given the salt, ashes and
lime mixture, twice a week. Attention.
must be paid 10 keep their lodgings under
the shed dry and clean.
Once or twice week they should re-
ceive messes Of chOpt roots and cut hay
or sraw-lhis latter food serves 10 keep
the|howels open, the skin free, and The
blood cool.
81 say Pat" saiG,a Yankee to an Irish
man, vino was digging in his garden, ''ars
you digging out a hoe 30 lliat ere onion
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