Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1859-04-29

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ter, and by taking pains you can manure
whole meadow. With feeding on your
meadows and treading in the winter it i'm
proves them also very much. When the
heavy rains come, and the. frost is going
out of the ground in the spring take the
stock off.
think it is not best to sow more wheat
than double the amount you think you
will want for bread. If it should not be
more than half crop you will still have
enough for bread. Always sow your
wheat in September. Whenever you get
your hay and wheat stacked, 60 all over
your fields and pull up all the cookie
burs, and the balance of the sour dock
you did not see in June. The sine to
pull up the sour dock is after the first
rains in June; then it comes up easy.
If it should get too hard to pull get a
chisel made two and half inches broad,
fifteen inches long, and thick enough
through SO that man cannot bend OF
break it. Get shank put to it for O
man to put his foot on, with handle on
it to push itdown by the side of the dock.
then pry it up by the roots; it. is much
easier than to pull them when they get
old, and burn them when the seed gets
ripe.
If you have old land, blow it up ten
or twelve inches deep in the fall or FORE
part of winter. You will find you will
raise almost double the quantity of corn
with less work than by blowing shallow
i'll the spring. | like it best to cut and
set up my corn sixteen hills square. =
When you commence your shock, throw
the first load on the ground, then cross
it. 1t stands up much better than to tie
the hills together, while even the blade
is not blown away. There is a great
deal of corn spoiled by cutting it when
too green. You had better cut it when
the blade is all blown, and perfectly dry
to feed cattle, than cut it too green.
If you want to make money by feed
ing steers, commence feeding ON the LIST
of October. Let your cattle remain on
the pasture and do not give them more
than six quarts once day. After feed
ing them ten days you may give them
seven quarts per day if your cattle are
large. Feed at the same time of day as
near as possible. If you want to get
them fat soon, by the first of November,
give them five quarts twice day; by
the 10th of November give them six
quarts twice day. Increase very slow
ly, but never give them their full feed
until cold weather, if that should not be
until January. / expect good grass
until cold weather. Do not put them in
lot until cold weather. Your cattle
will be much healthier than if in a lot,
and take much less corn. By the latter
end of January or the first part of Feb
ruary begin to feed so that they will have
beds of corn and fodder to lay on, il
corn is cheap and you want to get cash
without grazing them.
Have hogs enough to cat up all the
waste corn. If you feed heavy, have
half as many stock cattle as fat cattle to
follow. If you can, get cattle to follow
coming four years old. If you can get
chance sell your fat cattle the first op-
portunity and put as many more in their
place. Remember to commence with
them so as to not founder them. Do not
get to full feed under ten days or two
weeks. They will be good for the June
market. Whenever you get price sufIi-
cient to make a reasonable profit, sell
and buy more. My Judgment, whcnev-
or have anything to sell, and can get
a reasonable profit, is to sell anything l
have to spare. Do not sell on credit un-
less you are sure of getting your money.
Wheat wastes very much unless it is
well stacked; laying out of your money,
paying interest and cash and loosing
credit think it is better to sell any
thing you have to sell than to let the
officer sell it.
/ have not, for many years, let my
stock horses in stable. Let them run
out all winter. Give them nothing but
hay, when there is snow on the ground.
have blue grass pasture, water and
brush in it. | do not wean colt, Iput
my stallion with the mares, never catch
the horse to put to the mares, but turn
them together to let them do as they
please. There is no doubt but the mo
theirs of the young colts wean them as
our mothers wean us. Come to my place
and you will see several young colts run
ming with their mothers, and the young
sucking colts fat. Iwintered rising sew
enty head Of stock horses last winter
without any grain of any description. -
They all did not cat exceeding six tons
Of hay during the winter, and | am doing
the same way this winter | sold few
days ago pair Of brown bay colts three
years old past, for three hundred and
fifty dollars, with ten per cent. interest
from date until paid, with good security.
The colts were not more than half bro
ken. ] sold the same day, FLY three
years old for one hundred and thirty dol
lars, getting more than half cash and ten
per cent. interest until the balance is
paid. The same day / sold FLY four
years old, not broke, for one hundred
and fifty dollars, American gold.
raise five colts large enough to use,
cheaper than one steer. The trouble with
the colts is that you cannot sell lot Of
colts together for the cash as you can
steers. Raise horses, steers, hogs, and
babies, if you feel like 1t. It is better
to raise hogs than dogs.
Whenever you get your corn cut, dig
your potatoes and gather your apples be-
fore they freeze. Then fall TO making
rails and resctting your fence. l think
II pays well to reset your fence once in
every four or five years. Make a good