Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-11-07

ter. Old December will soon approach
With bis pitiless winds aud storms. All
tlcid work on The farm that remains unfin
Ished should now be attended to. Look
to the directions for last month, and com
plete those which have been neglected.
Potatoes are probably dug and cared for
if not, they should be at once-also all
other root crops,-beets, carrots, parsnips,
Vegetable oyst Ell, &c, may be kept as fresh
as when first dug. by packing in barrels
or boxes, with sand or peat slightly moist.
Parsnips are usually allowed to stand in
the ground till spring, unier the impress
sion tllat they are not fit for use till that
time. If YOU would have this delicious
root accessible in winter and early spring,
before the ground opens, dig a portion now,
and pack them in a box, packed with sand
or loan, and place it outdoors-covered
slightly with straw, to exclude the air, but
not the frost. Cabbages may remain in
the ground until freezing weather.
Squashes and pumpkins may be kept all
winter; gather when fully ripe, expose to
the sun and wind for a few days, remove
before freezing first to a she'd, barn or
loft, afterwards as the season advances to
q cool cellar, always observing care in
handling; the slightest bruise will induce
decay; a small portion of the vine or stem
should be retained. Pumpkins may be
kept a long time by covering thickly with
straw or hay and will afford a pleasant ad-
ditlon to the food Of cattle, and especially
Of mich COW for the latter it is said the
seeds should first be removed.
Close up the husking of corn-bad
bushes for the fingers in cold wet wealth
or.
After having gathered in the rich boun
ties of the year, which nature and indus
try have roll, d upon you from all quarters,
take a minute survey OF things in and
about the house, barns, sheds, yards, DC.
DO not attempt to winter more stock
than you ave the means of providing for
beyond any contingency. Examine and
SOFT over your stock, fat and dispose OF i'm
perfect and aged animals, and all surplus
over such as you can winter easily and
we'll. You will find it profitable to keep
4 few of the best and most promising,suc
as when well fed and cared for, will afford
satisfactory returns, rather than a larger
number on short allowance to sicken and
die in the spring.
You should attend closely to the wants
of fattening animals; crowd on the fat
while the weather is yet warm. You
should now feed the most concentrated
food you have, and finish off in season for
an early market, it has been demonstrated
tnat cooked foed is better for fattening an
linals than knocked.
If not already done, now is the time to
DO up the repairs around your buildings
see that every light of glass is whole, the
clspboards all tight, fastenings of doors,
shutters and blinds all right, cellars all
banked up, DC. /; these things attended to,
turn to your stables and yards. Have you
provided shelter good and sufficient for ev-
cry animal you design winfering9 If not,
pray 90 about it at once. Good and per
manent stables, pens ard sheds, are the
cheapest in the end, but when these can
not be had just yet, comfortable quarters
may be secured very easily and ~cheap'y,
win the aid of rails, or poles and straw.
Do not feed moving fields too closely
there is no economy in tall your cattle
can CLEAN from the meadow at this season,
in the winter or in the spring, depreclateS
the following crop infinitely more than it
benefits them.
Clavey land should be thrown into ridg
es, that the freezing and thawing of winter
may mellow and prepare it for early cul.
ture, II you have a piece of stiff, clayey
soil, try 1.-THE result will surprise YOU
It will also turn up many destructive in
sects from their snug winter quarters, ana
expose them to perish.
All the tools and implements of the
arm not wanted till spring, should be
leaned up, painted and put away under
foyer. 1t any repairing is wanted, bet.
ter do it now than wait till the time fol-
use.
Pick up and pile wood for winter and
next summers use, so it may lie got al
conveniently when Shedding ome If the
lfaFeiing Oe gOOu,udui IL Oh "Heeio iiuiH0'
diately. Recollect the difficulties Of getting
wood last winter, both from depth OF snow
and severity Of weather.
How to deal out fodder to sheep and
cattle should be another consideration
Feed at regular times, and above all, in
racks and feeding boxes, instead Of upon
the ground.
Racks should also be provided for feed
ing cattle and colts.
The next thing that should be found OF
every farm is a straw cutter. Then, again,
every farmer who has aslarge stock of cat
tie, hogs, horses, and sheep, should havt
a mill, worked by horse power, for grind
.ng feed-there is no mistake about the
ECONOMY Of grinding oats and corn, for
feeding out. either to working or fattening
animals Northwestern Farmer.
The Orchard, Nursery aud Garden.
To the proper performance of Novein-
Der work, the western hortlculturist>
will depending much Of his future success.
rrba rrnu;nn season is no closed. and