Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-07-23
order and Economy on 4 FARM


Without order on the farm, peace Of mind
success and profit are impossible Watch
fulness and care is implied in this forcibld
word, Order. Who is the farmer that doed
not know Of serious accidents happening to
animals and crops for want Of proper caref
Some farmers are negligent Of their animals
when at gtaSs;as II no accident could haP.
pen! Weonce knew most excellent horse
! to get on his back in the fdrro1 OF a pasture
| Geld that was "seeded down" with q grain
crop on ''lattds'' on ridges. Sheep Of good
quality eahd What fHrhher should erow any
other!) are liable to meet with gfsnilRr acci-
dente-s6, toe, to' bs injured By dogs, etc.,
and for which care seems, after all the ex4
perimentf that have been made; TO be the
best remedy: E
Yhe farmer should not allow HIS eattis
that are used III hTS farm wcfk. 10 be scat
tered indiscriminately oTsf hia fields. In
the most busy season il often happens that
II great deal of time 10 lost in catching work
ing animals that are ief out on pastures
while the men eat dinner. In the heat of
hot day, as at noon, horses and oxen would
do much better in the stables If supplied
with green food. For such purposes no faF-
~ Of clover to be used as soiiing. We do
not refer to that grown on meadow land
with glasses, but of clover produced on mea-
dow land heavily manursd. Sneh clover
will be succulent, and while if furnishes
highly nutritive food for working animals, il
prevents them from having desire TO con-
sumo large quantities OF water. Glover grown,
in the same manner referred to, would pro-
duce, the second season, three crops. AZ
ter each cutting it should be heavily tep dres-
sed.; IF the pastures are bare from heing O.
Verstocked, or parched by the heat of sum-
merj she cattle should bs fed with clover Of
esher soiling. The value of it, fur increas-
ing the quantity and quality of milk and but
ter will coon be understood by any person
who pursues such a course. This system of e
practice has its influence in saving time. If
the fences are bad, so that the cattle roam"
in the woods, by the feeding of special green
food in particular place, thus causing cattle
to come in search of it much time may he
saved. We know of shiftless, disordsrly
farmer--and perhaps there are others as
well as he--who drives his cattle three or
{ ur miles to be milked, often when above
their knees in mud. He has several horses
to spare, and milk cans growing rusty for
watt OF dse. He does not estimate the loss
arising from such practice. His cattle trav-
ell in coming home twice day to be mlked.
and returning to the pasture, making four
journeys equal to twelve miles; when the
roads muddy the labor is increased; the feet
of the cattle become subject to disease; while
travelling they are not feeding and eopse-
quently not supplying the raw material from
which to make flesh, milk, o. butter; they
dung on the road, and its mlnural effects
are lost to the pasture; and in addition to los
ses, arising from carelessness or a want of
"order upon the farm," the time of man
or boy is also lost in making the journey re-
ferred TO, III Workin g Farmer