Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1859-11-19
OBJ farmer.


WORK FOR THE MONTH.
.a THE CORN CROP.
The gathering in of the crop of Corn will be
now carried on expeditiously. 1t is liable to
much waste in the field and the earlier il is
got under lock and key the better; due regard
being had, of course, to its safety from heating
in bulk. If the Corn has been allowed to re-
main on the standing stalk, IL will be much
sooner in order for the crib. Otherwise much
caution most be used in putting away before
cold weather.
FODDER.
The Corn crop makes largo body of valu-
able provender, which should be preserved and
used with the best economy for the stock If
the blades have been preserved, keep suffi-
cient quantity of them untouched for the
spring and summer use of working horses
The stalks with leaves on should be fed away
early in the season. that the unconsumed por-
tion may be well trodden by the stock. The
husks make valuable provender for working
oxen; and all parts are good for mich cows.
PEHDISG HOGS.
Do not now lose day in pressing forward
the hog-ieeding. While we would use by all
means, where il can be done, both the grind
ing and cooking of the food of hogs we hard
ly hope to sec it practised generally, while full
work is pressing and it is so very convenient
TO throw in the whole ears. Much economy
may be exercised, however, by feeding on plank
floors and by soaking the ears in water little
salt. little powdered sulphur occasionally
is good for fattening hogs. Rotten wood or
charcoal should be thrown freely into their
pens Do not feed immoderatey when they
are first put up, but feed so as to keep them in
good appetite, and increase gradually until
Al. Ia rad
ally until they they have become accustomed
TO their change of life. After two weeks give
them all they will eat until fat enough to kill.
BEEvEs AND SHEEP.
The feeding of Beeves and Sheep intended
for butchering should be carried on diligently
il it ~ intended to get rid Of them by the end
of the year.
PREPARATION ron WINTER.
Let your preparations for winter bepromptly
made, and have special reference first OF all to
the health and comfort of your stock, This is
your duty and your true economy. For all
cattle sheds open TO the south, and west are
sufficient protection and better for health than
close, ill-yentilated houses They must he
made TO throw off the water perfectly, and be
well supplied with dry straw, or other litter,
for bedding. Working Oxen, Mich Cows, and
calves should each have apartments where
they may be fed separately. Horses should
not be confined to stalls, but each one should
have box in which he may turn about at
pleasure. Sheep should have shelter provided
provided, which they may repair to ut will in
bad weather, and should have the range of
field, if convenient, where they may browse
upon pine or other cedar bushes. Hogs should
be kent apart from other stock. A good shell
ter on south hillside and plenty of dry leaves
for bed, is their most suitable accommodation: :
the range Of wood lot is desirable for them.
MASrREs.
The next consideration in the preparation
for winter, is with reference to the accumula-
ton and saving Of mnnures. Everything that
will make suitable litter for stock should be
gathered for their pens They should be got
to their winter quarters early, and should
spend much the greater portion of the time in
the yards. The sheds should be provided with
cutters to throw the water off from the yards,
and every care and precaution should he used
to make the best and largest quantity of ma
nure. The fattening hog pene should be espe-
cially looked to on this point the rich food
they consume, and the imperfect preparation OF
il, makes this manure particularly valuable
The strength and value of manure is in exact
proportion to the quality of food used.
WATER.
The next point of importance is water. II
you have rs many persons have a vague i'm
preston that water is not of much consequence
10 stock in cold weather, dsabuse yourself Of
it at once. There is really more necessity fol
il in cold than in warm weather, for the reason
that they are restricted to dry food now where
us in summer all they eat is full of water. Nor
will one drink day do from an 'cxtempore'
hole in the branch where the ice has been cui
out for the purpose. Have some arrangement
for water either for water, either of pump,cis-
tern or spring, by which il may he supplied
conveniently three times day. Learn to think
of the wants Of your cattle rs you do of your
own-you want drink at every meal, so dc
they. Their health requires that they should
have their drink in moderate quantities at sui
table times. Have water in their yards if pos.
sblc If the yards are as dry and comfor-
table as they should be, there is little occasion
for cattle going out of them; when they do &c
out, see that they go out, see that they go only
where You think they should go.
WATER BURROWS.
Do not fail where it is necessary, in youl
wheat fields, to have good water burrows that
will take of the water quickly. II is common
to speak of the frost as killing wheat, or to say
it is 'winter killed" 1t is much more proper
to say "watcr-killed.n Frost does wheat nc
harm, except where there is too much water
aud when we come to realize this idea more
distinctly We will be more likely to drain our
lands properly.
rSDEh DRAINING.
Whenever an opportunity allows, drain any
land where wheat is liable to be winter-killed
If you wish it permanently improved. Al
other remedies and restoratiyes are worthless
till this is done, bitches "a inches wide anG
"a to 8 feet deep, sloped to G inches at bottom
and filed with small stone or laid with small
stone or laid with tile, will render service
that hundreds of loads of manure would fail tc
effect without the drains
ICE PONDS.
Get your Ice Ponds carly in order. Cut Of
carefully all weeds and grass that would njur,
the ice. Let the water on early especially i
there be not large supply, as the sides Absorb
great deal, and it is important to have thu
pond full before freezing, Have the stream sc
arranged that it may be turned off after the
pond is full.
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