Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1857-08-29

lCOST OF KEEPING WORK HORSES AND
OxEN.-We have some facts SHOWING
the cost Of feedinga span Of horses
and yoke ofoxen for Que year, whe,
fed on hay and Indian meal, and kept
constantly ut work. OF course, the
size of horses anl oxen varies great
]y, as also does the price Of hay and
corn in uii!crent sections Of country.
As general rule, It is supposed tha,
the quantity of fsos| required by an
animal is i'll proportion to ;he weight
Ut the horse, OK, or sheep. Thus a
horse weighing 500 lbs, would re-
qnire but two-tIlirtls the food Of one
weighing 1900 lbs. So Of oxen-a
yoke weighing 5000 lbs would re-
quila one third more fool than !. pair
wha.g!lin., but 1000 lbs. We do
not s:,r tho above rule is perfectly ac-
curA!e, u:lt taken in connection will,
! some accNrate statements OF feeding
! that we shall cite, we think it will at
for! :, to'erab,c data by whic,l the
; farmer can calculate, something near
i the expense, per wei: or month, #
J Keeping a horse CT yoke Of oxen
&TCount'y Gentleman.
\ We copy from the {" 4 gricul;nral
<of Massachusetts, t; 1855" the state
9mcuts Of W. T. Porter, Esq Of
bradford Mass, on the cost Of feed
ing work horses and oxen, when KEEP,
,on hay and meal. He says:
I" have kept from six TO ten oxen
and four horses tor the past five
years, until last spring, w'len I dis.
penscd with oxen altogether. / have
learnt by actual experience, the cost
of keeping to be as fellows a pal,
of horses Weighing 1900 lbs. each
will work every fair day during the
year ten hours, anil keep fat on six
quarts OF Indian meal and s,xtee,
pounis Of good hay each, per day
a pair ot: oxen, girting nine feet, o,
weighing thirty Or thir'y-two hun
drel weight, will require tour OTIS
Of Indian meal AMI dirty pounds d
good hay each, per day. provided
they are kept at v'ori; as many hours
essthe horses. The cost ct keeping
pair ct horses as above, would be
at prices in this vicinity, at thu:
time, thirty-tw pounds of hay pc
day, at $s25 per ten, forty cents i;
quarts of Indian meal, Slip pc:
bus|lel, forty two ccnc5-totaf, eighty
two cents, or 5000 for one year
Keeping one pair Of oxen enc day
sixty pounds of hay, $s25 per ton
seventy-f7c cents; eight qt;. Indian
meal, Rl.12 per bushel, twenty leigh
cents-tota!, 70, one day. $1.O3, 0
$s37 80 for one year"
CARE OF HENS AND CHIoEENs.-Ever
bo.ly who would c!joy The luxury Q
eggs and chickens OF his own p,odu
cling, should prepare at once, lloweve
chcapry, q shv TERED place, With tw
apartments where the l1cns may yoos1
lay, and sit. Boxes foot squar
nth stra1z,, and supported on sepa
rate stakes, answer well for TIC nests
and not only these, but the supper.
for roosting also should avoid contac
withtAe house, in order to greater SC
curity against lice, be wbitewashc
once or twice during the season, til
nests renewed every month, and tn
boxes cIeanscd by scalAing. Whe
Sitting tinne comes, and chickens ar
hatc:lea, arrange to leave 40 or 5
chicks in care OF one hen, and there
after keep in large, airy coop, INT
. they are allie to take care OF then
selves. II.
Stick TO THE EARM.-Amid 70,
plans for the future, never, for On
moment, harbor the idea of bettcrin
your condition by entering tic ;.ren
ofcomjllcrria! |i,e.--Eo not exclane
q home Of quiet, real enjoyment, Il
TIC turmoil ndillusion ola city re
i;,enca. Barter not sweet repose I.
visions ofempty wallets, nor lei not
due on the morrow assume the pcro,
"tivcs OF the nightmare. Very pot
comfoitors for care an anxiety a
those little, realities i'll the CONNIE
Z cial world. Stick to thu farm. VIII
b though hard labor be the every d;
command, it is noble, healthful III
conducive to the full lovalopvnlel
ofthc whole man - Rural New Yor
.s or. &
MACHINERY AND HAND LABOR.-W
frequently hear OF machinery bein