Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-08-30


Ior tAree dollars you can get it made "a GOOD a
ever But those who have no erusb nil; III -
mAs'e lhSir COPS. With hand axe the cohs hsl5
on dock, may be mashed at blow iensth; - =.
CIV eAcn cob into four quarters Then boil
them for the cows. once fatfened a ~ - ~. ~,
crushed and boiled with slops from the ktbo rI;
was done TO test the value of eobs DuriDr- H. Mn.
ter of 1925 fed my mich cows ON coh ,s5
and boiled IN slops alone. They kent in fine con-
dItiOn and gave an abundance of mill Tbasa ,
cases for the value of cobs. never w.sta
cObs. now have at least twenty barrels TIoo
bushels) Of old eobs, which shall give NV cow
next winter. -- .--.
Those who have plenty of apples. NAV we'll aF,-d
to feed them to their pork hogs They will not do
well in the raw state they dstend the bowels Of the
hog too much. But if boiled with pint of strong
ashes for every bushel of apples, they will fAtten
hogs, and small amount of meal boiled with them
| make rich food
All parsnps and carrots not needed for the table
should be boiled for the cows They will cause great
| yield Of rich milk. The under leaves of eabbages
may be pulled off and boiled with them. Casoages
make nutritious food.
Turnips should be relied on as a main crop. If
the ground has not already been well prepared, Sc
lect rich part of the ccrnfeld; cut the corn and
take It of the ground; pillow it deeply and thorough
ly three times over; when it rains sow IL pints OF
seed per acre and harrow or brush it twice over.
When the ground is at all moist you need not wait
| for rain The fourth day Pfter sowing, go in the
morning and sow bushels of wheat-bran per acre
| over the whole patch. The flies will feed on the
bran and not disturb the turnips Repeat the sowing
OF bran every week till it rains, till the turniP
| tops are as large 4 dime When the tops are as
large as dollar, weed out part, or the whole, so
as to leave one turnp for every Is inches square.
Whenever it turns very cold. and the wind blows
| 0rlskly from the north threatening to freeze the
ground, take all hands Ia hurry, and pull up and
pile them (tops up) 10 or 20 bushels in pile and
cover them to inches with dirt. If not frozen
before covering, they will keep sound during the
winter In feeding turnips they ought to be cut up
| and cooked till quite soft Sheep will do well on
raw turnlps, but no other stock will. For hogs and
cattle, cooking more than doubles their value. A
very little meal boiled with them makes rich food
Tor pork hogs and cows. During the winter of
4 Ie04-o' knew lot of hogs to be fed for q long
time on boiled turnipS alone-they kept in growing
| oruer Horses viii eat boiled turnips greedily and
fodder.
Corn stalks ought to be abundanily cut and shock
ed till cured, and then housed or stacked. This
makes coarse feed, but if rightly managed, will
sustain large number of horses, mules and cattle.
Chere Is much more value in corn stalks than most
persons believe. If thrown to stock whole, as is
usual they are poor food, but if cut up, they are
quadrupled in value. All provender ought to be
cut up well or ground before feeding, because it is
more nutricious and less wasteful. There ought to
be troughs enough to feed every domestic animal,
without feeding any on the ground, where half the
feed would be trampled IN the dirt and wasted.
The best machine have tried for cutting corn
stalks Is broad In order to use It well, let
log, II feet long, be hewn IA inches square. Place
1t on blocks hatit upper surface will be 20 inches
high. Now bore two rows of auger holes seven in
ches apart On the upper surface inclined so as to
range in row. and all to point towards the centre
of the log Drive pins in these holes, having made
them long enough TO leave eight inches of each out
of tine hole. Two planks eight inches wide and ten
feet long must now be nailed on the inside of each
row of pins, that both will lack two feet Of COM
ing out to one end of the log. Your cutting box is
now ready for use. One man throws in the stalks
and pushes them regularly along while another ms1
with broad axe chops at the end of the box, cut
ting every lick down through the whole turn of
stalk TO the log For horses the stalks ought to be
cut and half inches but for cattle three
inches will be short enough. On this plan, stalks
may be cut fast that there is NO need of a stalk
cutter propelled by horse power.
Before concluding let me suggest, that the scarci
ty Of corn will make it economical in many cases.
to kill pork hsgs, if but half fat, during the first
cold spell in November. And almost every farmer
will find it economical to slaughter every habitat
beef on the place, except oxen and mich cows.
Cattle will get fat enough TO make food on bushes
and grass, and the more of them that slaughter
ed the less pork will suffice and the less proyender
will be required for the winter. F. II. GORDON.
SMITH COUNTY, Aug. IA, 1860. .rI