Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1861-06-14
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: Farmers Club in Illinois, reported IN the
+ Farmers Advocate, inquiry was made
t for experience in feeding barley to hogs.
i Ono member had fed il, but without com
nari.on with corn, as to 7alue. 10
made tbe hest sweet meat, and free from
tba oiliness so common 70 corn-fed pork
Another thought barley double tho vaies
Of corn for fattening purposes. The IN
+ onirer said his attention was called 20 1t
t nv the great success of en- eastern TAR
: mer in fattening pigs on ground barley
and milk. getting three hundred pounds
dressed weight at nine months old.
RELIEVING CHoKED CATTLE.-A
Portland correspondent Of the New Eng
land Farmer gives the following easy and
simple remedy. If any of our readers
have occasion to try it, will they please
write us the result: "The instant crea-
2 ture becomes chokcd, no matter what
with. the throat becomes dry and 'he'
LONGER the substance remains, the dryer
the throat. The following Is a sure rem
4dy Take some oil, no matter wha1
kind. and turn the creatures head up ana
turn down about one gill OF oil, ana 'heh
let 90 of the head, and the creature VIII
.beave if out in two seconds. have trieu
it for wears, and neyerknew it to iali.
Coop MIXERS BRING THE BEST
.CALvrs.-Dr. Holmes, Of the Name
Farmer characterizes the neglect Of the
milking quality in our improved atock' as
g n mistake in breeding" and quotes Frof'
Tanner, an English agricultural author.
[ itv. to sustain his views. The matter is
certainly worth cereiul attention, and we
rive a portion Of the extract below IN
one Of his numbers, says Dr.. Holmes at
j ter intoxicating the Importance of gooa
pedigree as being evidence Of purity OF
blood, and the character of the STOCK be-
coming by attention to this more confirm
ed and concentrated, he remarks as 'oi-
! lows;
\ "The cows should be characterised by
an aptitude for producing fine calves and
r bringing them to full degree of devei-.
opmcnt. They should therefore be good
mixers, for the value Of the produce will
q be very much regulated by this charac-
, ter. We shall have occasion to see sub
sequently that this property IS in no de-
gree prejudicia to any ether desirable
point of character This tendency TO
produce milk not only influences the sup
ply of food to the young animal after its
birth, when any deficiency may be reme-
died, but it regulates the growth OF the.
calf before birth, when a substitute can
not be used Thus many OF our best
bred Short.horn cows produce calves
which are very imperfcc,ly developed and
exceedingly weak, so much so that many
persons accustomed to inferior stock wo'd
consider them scarcely worth rearing
This is mainly referable to the supply OF
nourishment given to the calf being so
small, for tie subsequent supply Of milk
clearly indicates how limited had been
the supply given to the Ietus, This
neglect of tue milking disposition is 4
great evil at the present day, and our
best breeds are suffering, and will con-
time TO suffer from il until more atten-
ton is given to this point in the awards
at the National Exhibitions. Here it
should be made leading poin; Of merit,
and this would stimulate breeders 10 give
more attention to it."
WHITE CLovER.-We are satisfied
that our farmers DO not appreciate the
white clover, or white honey-suckle, as
some call it, so highly as they ought, nor
take so much pains as they should TO cul-
tivate it, In fact bat very few sou it,
when they lay down their land to grass.
They trust to nature to supply them with
lii. When once seeded with it, the soil
will retain it long time, for the low,
short stems will bear heads full of seeds,
and these become scattered out into the
SOIL and thus the seed is kept il the
ground, and springs upwheneyer cireum-
stances are favorable loTits development.
A moderate clayey loan is congenial for
it, and if this be dressed with an occa-
sional dressing of plaster it will bring it
out abundantly. 1t affords an excellent
pasturage for bees, the best honey in the
world being obtained BY these little in
sects from white clover. 1t also affords
the best pasturage for cattle, especially
tor cows from whose milk cheese is man.
u'actured, as experiments have proved
that cows that Craze upon this species of
clover Weld milk that contain caSean, or
cheesey particles, in greater abundance
than they do when fed on the common
grasses. We throw these hints out for
our readers to think Of. -Four or Eve
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