Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-01-20

iwouii be great iapressment. LaEa shesla
not lie in grass more than Eve yssrs at one
time, after that time the grass decreases in
quantity. After rest Of even three years
it will be found to produce larger crop o.
grain without manure than il previously die
With manure and constant tillage. Aftel
tplowings sod field, and taking two cropa
from il, il will be found to wash more will
the rains (Which often exhaust the sol
more than crop of grain) the grass roots
BY that time will ell have rotted. making the
so:l less porous, and more liable to bake ant
wash. .4-f- %
To make farming profitable, we shou's
have an eye to the improvement of oul
stock, the Improvement Of our land, The
making, saving, and proper use of manure
the Improvement Of the different kinds o
grain, cultivsting the kinds tbst sre best
when we consider quantity and quality
We should adopt reguler system of rota
tion Of crops, 90 a. no, to exhaust the soil
giving each field with regularity its share
of rest and manure. Hnother very impor
tant thing is deep blowing; it will be fount
beneficial under all circumstances. 1t pre-
vents washing, BY being open and porous tf
a greater depth, thereby giving the wster ,
chance to sock in, instead of running Off
II retains the moisture much longer and ID
therefore advantageous in dry weather. L
lets the roots Of plants descend to greater
depth, consequently they viii. receive more
nourishment. 1t admits heat, air, and
moisture to greater depth, all three o.
which are absolutely required to assist in
the growth of plants.
1 A very impurtan, thing in farm manage
ment is the making. saying and proper use
Of manure; there are hundreds Of dollars
worth, wasted every year. by heating, wash
aud evepuration. Nov these can in 5 grea,
measure be avoided. Let the manure OF
compost heap be so situated that it will moi
be exposed TO a heavy wash in rainy weati.
er, the ground should also be followed oul
to some extent, SO as to retain all the liquid
manure, if there is TOO much of it put in q
heap il is almost certain TO heat, and if lefl
in such state you will soon think that your
manure heap had sunk into the ground, OIL
mysteriously left YOU. 1t would very much
assist in tt decomposition of mapure to
turn the whole pile few months before
the time fo- using it. If there could be 6
little earth mixed in with it, it would be
found very bent ficia!; it would in a great
measure prevent heating, it would also alb.
sorb the escaping. gasses and surplus liquid
and retain il in a suitable form to be applied
to the soil. Aud then,to increase the man.
ure heap, the cow-yard should be cleaned a,
least once week. During the summer the
weeds from the garden, and all the little,
that can be scraped and gathered from
every nook and corner about the premises
and when all collected, let them be put in
the compost heap. To make farming con-
tinue profitable this must be attended to
The principal stock raised BY us ars
Horses, Cattle, Sheep and Hogs, and as we
may consider that public attention is sufi
ciently aroused on the horse subject, let nj
pass that by and examine the other kinds
of stock. In raising cattle we should aspire
to have the breed that will mature in the
shortest given time, make the creates
amount and best quality Of beef. and at the
is no kind of stock SO much neglected at
that Of cattle, and at the same time, there
is no kind of stock that will pay better fol
taking care OF them than they will As
general thing they do well enough while
they can get plenty of grass, but when
fails they soon fail TOO.
Yearlings and two year olds with presen
management weigh no more, if al
much, in the ,prfng as they did the previou
fall, and are reduced SO low that it take
them good part of summer to get fairll
under way again. Our young cattle neei
more care and attention bestowed upoI
them They need better shelter in tn
winter, and more and better food than they
are in the habit of getting
II cattle are worth raising at all, the.
are worth raising right. Raising cattle an
oply half feeding them is poor economy,
is bad management, it is positive loss.
calf one year old and well cared for, is bet
. ter, and wor nore, than a two-year ol
! that has been turned out to the strawpil
and suffered to run there for the winte
. without any other food or shelter. If W
could take our young cattle through til
first and second winter, and have them i'm
, prove all the time, instead of losing froI
: ten to fifteen lbs per month, as the most {
, them now do, we would find it to add vastl
! to our profit We would then have bette
t and large: quality Of beef which wou Id COZ
4 sequently command a higher price in th
1 market, and then it would save at least
D years feeding, that is. they would be larg
4 enough for beef one year sooner. whic
: would far ovcrbalance the extra care and a
!. tention.
s Good shelter has very great deal to do
II cold and stormy weather, and is of as mus
j. Importance as good feed in the growth
young cattle. In very cold weather the f
IT of the body is consumed in keeping up Il
<, animal heat. hence the great importance
in keeping stock warm and well protected.
D. To make sheep busbandry profitable, v
,e should try to improve the quality and guam
Is ty of the wool. and also have an eye to tn,
I'd mutton qualities. In other words, we shou
h. raise the kind whose fleece will bring L
~ most in the market, and whose carcass
Sc worth the most for mutton. In instan
T.. the Cotswold exceeds all others in size a
RS weight, but the wool is very coarse. t
ch Saxony on the ether hand surpasses
Sc others in fineness Of fabric, but has ve
I'm liph, fleece and small carcass Now