Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1860-03-30
Hints for the Season.


l. You are making sugar, if you have sug-
ar maple trees enough to make the oPeration
good one. The price Of sugar he induced
you to do SO. A few thingsson this matter
may be recalled to your mind Have every
thing clean, from the trough, or tub, to the
strainer; let no sap (sugsr watcr) run away /;
boil it as soon as possible after gathering. Be
careful to keep cattle and hogs out from
among your sugar trees; they knock out the
spouts, drink the sap, and hurt themselves by
doing so.
Q. Take great care of feeble animals-some
Of them may be hooked by the stronger ones;
or they may be thrown down in hollow, or
a marshy place, and be unable to rise; or
they may be out in rain, or snow; or they
may get into some corner Of the woods, or
pasture, and fail to come up with the rest
They had better all be kept in the stable, or
at least under cover, and have the best care
for some weeks. Feed them well, rub them
of, and give them gentle exercise. Keep YER
min from infesting them, for these are very
apt to attack animals in poor condition. BY
these means you may save them. You ought
not to have poor animal at all, for Inst fall
you should have sold all that you could not
winter through in good condition; but if you
have kept them along until now, 1t is best to
try and save them.
8. Your cows need to be looked after now,
for in the course Of the next month, nearly all
Of them will have calved. Keep close watch
over them. If they are weak, help them at
the proper time. In general, they will need
no help. Cows generallp seek retired spot
to drop their young; indulge them, if you
can, in this; see that they clear" well
Drive the COW soon to the stable or shed, and
give her good mash of bran, and good
soft bed to lie on. Milk her soon, and let the
calf draw down the udder afterwards. Some
times, though rarely, cows whose udders
have becomee very large, shauld be MIXED
before calving.
A. Take great care, for some weeks now, of
your acoskiny animals. Horses and oxen,
whose work must be heavy for the next two
months, should be well and evenly fed, regu
larly curTied, and not allowed to get at the
ground to cat any young grass. This spoils
their appetite for dry food, and weakens them
rapidly. Do not hesitate to spend some mon
ey, if necessary, for grain or meal for your
teams. To starve or stint them now, would
be like cutting off the right hands Of your
men in harvest time.
B. If your tools were all put up last fall and
winter, they will need little preparation this
spring. Still it is well to look after them. Is
the pillow beam weak? Repair it, or have a
new one put in. Is the point dull? Screw
on another. Is the mold Hoard rusty? Bright
en- it up tighten all the nuts, and put in
order. Examine and repair all the
tools, gears, and vehicles for spring use, in
the most careful way. After you have tried
it once, you will be likely to do so always af-
6. AT the same time, place under corer yoar
ac;ater tools and reAicles That sled should
be placed in the shed, and its runners raised
from the ground. That sleigh has been out
several weeks--it is too good one to rot
That hay rack may be put where the rains
won't soak it through; with care, it will last
two years yet. u.
Z. Place your wood, too, under cover; see
that the wood house is full Of wood, all ready
for use; it is much better to have it all done
now, than TO stop, in the rush Of spring or
summer work, to prepare a load Of wood.
We clip the above from an exchange; they
are timely hints.-Ohio Farmer.
8. Take the Ce,1ar Falls Gazette.