Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1856-02-14
farmers Department.
Son, , Things to be Thought of,


How this snow hangs on! is remark we Of !
ten hear this Winter. Well, it does hang On.
Here in Columbus the snow fell SO as to make |
sleghing on Christmas day, and It has kept up
he supply ever s'nce-a state Of things never
snown before down this way The snow storm
of las! Winter had induced some people te get |
up sleighs, but just as they got rugged the
snow went of and the sleighs went into sum
ner quai tsrs. But nov they have bad an air |
ing, and the stock has been increased by man
ufacture and deportation, until il would seem
hat runners are the most p7p1lar institution a. |
monp us, and even the side walks swarm with
bows and girls eoasling in the cutters, and to
such, hillock is reckoned little paradise.
But the snow has better uses .or the Farm
er. |; furnishes circulating medium Tor the
getting up Of big wood piles, taking logs to the
saw mill, visiting and getting about generally
Besides, the snow is Of great protection TO lhe
Young wheat and grass, and trucIiter OF the
SOIL In short, it is blessing for which we
are not half enough thankful.
How is it with the fam stock? The snow is
good treasurer keeping the outside vegeta'
lion in saleIy-but is not paying out lut YET
Well, no matter it's good investment You
must draw on the reserve stock allule. DO
mot con6ne the farm stock TO dry fodder CaI,
tle horses and other animals want change OF
= diet as much as we do, and now they cannot
get at the ground, let them have dish oil
trreen stuff once in while-apples, potatoes,
carrots, eet.-these will keep them in good
. taste. Water and salt should always be at
hand in Winter as well as Summer. Give the
colts nubbin of corn or handful OF meal eV'
y ery day, and feel ofthem gently Brush down
d their rough coats with curry comb, but mlno
u YOU, don't bear on hard with sharp curry
lcomb on any horse, especially about the legs
]. A good dressing with a curry comb and wisp o
straw, is as good for horse as halfa feed
u oats.
Now is the time 10 make large and excel
e; lent manure heaps from the horse stable, %
re Ikeepne the horses well bedded with sow dus'
This is cheap bedding, and is like the old la
re dy IS dress, that when il was worn out was JUS
ID as good to cut up to make pettcoat oi, 10
the sawdust, after being used up for bedding
ST is worth more than it was at first.
Regularity of feeding in cold weather, is es
is sentiai TO The comfort the stock. We hav
our doubts whether it is besttogve large feeds
d Indeed we have no doubt but that very larg
feeds upon a voracous appetite, in very colt
weaLi or, are injurious, and sometimes fatal
IN A friend Of ours who is feeding a large lot o
sheen down the Sciota, told us that when tn
=, extreme cold weatherOr about the 10th OF Jan
. uarv came on, he increased The feed, and in
mediately lost about swenty head, which b
attributes to over feeding. The philosophy
the thing is plain, little rehecIionwlll sugge
the result to any ntelligentphys:ologist.
., But the high noon Of Winter is upon us, az
= we shall in few days begin to go down Il
slope that leads to Spring; for according TO I'll
10, old proverb, st. Mchaeimas' day-half
your wood and half Of your hay;' and in tt
country when the first half of Winter is bles
ed with snow like the presen', the last is t
shortest. Look out for the sheep as the
DAYS of Spring come on, That was 60
policy of old Mr.. NOAH, in keeping his stock
The Ark till fair weather was well estabst
al al AT any rate, this is a good hint for wool gro
~ ers. If the tender sheep, and especially t
heavy ewes, their fieeces drenched with
on, cold rains of Spring, i: exhausts too much
ber their vitality to keep up needful vigor for
so crisis before them which is best provided for
nee advance. Remember "a penny saved is go
,b- motto for farmers in Winter time when mo
his G IN be accomplished by saving than earnin
yas IOho Cullivator, Feb |.