The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1865-11-17
tfay1I aua AtonSrhOld.
A Tall1 ror che season.


a Tailt for enc Season
In iuisl,ing mp the field work, do not Tor.
got 70 gaeicr tn, and BRING IN tho tools.
with many otherwise respectable farmers,
thero Is an inexcusable negligence IN the
!. = ,i care OF farming tools duriug tue stormy
his ssoRsons Farm WAGONS hayo no better
issn shelter atliau a leaIcss tree IN which the
7l'9 tnskeys roes', plows ihnrrows aud chll-
uvatbrs ar,s deposited BY the roadside fence
ss harness and saddles are hung upon pegs
a, Il in shallow porclos, where tho storm can,
get lick at them TO mako The leather
Grabbed and brittle, also to rot the stitches
and rust tho, metals, 50. that when .yonlare
.SiM AiistrS with a Job OF hosNsy jhailing, or
get into pinch with load, snap goes the
gearing, and snap. goes yopr temper, the
team gets abused aud begooled, and all
Just because the harness has not been taken
care Of Many of these items Of farm econ.
umyers not merely questions ofdollars, but
- are positively questions OF morals
The roads need looking to at this season,
.pf,tho year. Where they are round aud
smooth and hard, Keep them 40 by having
all the water courses in order, TO take oil
the water when il comes. IN the summer,
timo mVay.lltle bridggs and sluice covers
get knocke out OF pl,ce and the plauks
broken, and people have been driving
,saoarOuHd the ends uf thom through the sut.l
tcrs. Have the bridges put in order, for
a 500 a,the diohesand succs will be inll Of
gtt W.T. .-Any little basins or hol1w IN the
road bod that will bold water, shoul be
n filed With solid materia mot tpsls or
muok-and if the edges OF the rotd in low
pflces havo formed rims that Withhold water
FROM running freely cut their combs aid
rro leave tho coast clear, for the heavy rains
-t may beupon us shortly.u Heavy hahl ing
-"l shoul DO finished up now as early as pos
HibIo for two reasons first because so
much moro can be dono aud dono so lnncl
more pleasantly; md sccppd, to avoid cut.
ting up the roads with such work when the
ground becomes'soft 1ret'l haf d{H
Let US now take turn about tho slieds
= - and barn-yards, where tho cows and calves
~ aud sheep aud Horses are to spend the
winter. II the roofs are leaky, now s a
go2dtime 10 pnt ttieTuTiIn dlgler. Most of
our builders OF Houses and barns and
.sr sheds, make the roof too fiat Trud, il
tpki 8 less of shingles or other roofing but
pah 9such roofs do not tnrh tliei water so well
,,, or last 50 long as those which are sleeper.
majority Of house and barn roofs are
i made at what is called % quarter piteh,.--
thn4is, the ridge is one-fourth as high from
tho plates as the apan is wido. lttequires
.NEobd shavet shingles, well laid to Keep
g2 sdcha roof from leaking, while one that is
q half pitch-that is, where the upper ends
of tho rafters form a right angle, can be
d'laid, with long, Tapped shingles, aud turn
y
= one Of the best cheap robfs FOR barn
,,, sheds is made Of boards bNttened, With good
slrbs from the saw mill, These slabs arb
capital to keep their place during Winds
iuh that:wilt Aipiother oheapFoofs TO pieccs
Take care Of those straw piles y IIcre
:, thecettle and hogs are every day trambng
N the straw lifts die grennt, Which Ewil be
neeled hy and by, for, litter OR shelter il
g s' not fot faddef. Secure tic straw Stacks
4tss pghinst such needless wase, Que good use
sa Ito be made of spare straw, is for thRtching
20 temporary sheds. Set forlted posts a ong
bro IN order au1 rib with strong iolts, thcn
- cross rib with smaller poles and ht lebs iu.l
teryals and upon these spread thatch OF
4, ksraw., Speh q canopy ,will serve ,ip,placo
- fpf better sheds, to ward of many cold
storm that Would olherwise,ot Itch the poor
beasts aud hold them shiyering under an
L. nnfliondly sky M
ybu Fix up the feeding racks aud troughs
et about the barns aud sheds, where the feed
can be secured from waste and enjoyed in
= safety, Think how much more yop enjoy
n good dinnsr,, taken by cpay hreside
=" from q clean plate, than to manch cold
bite niantuneoudortaGls room,. or out of
donrs. N sHtl'i g7aiag ils4A a
.s,s 1.-The haru-yard shonl / be capable of being
blth dry and wetuTho margin wheroi feed.
c'dT iigis done ishonld he hard and dry, but the
awhole, yard should drain to q basin within
highway or in some neighhoring gully
.xfl where ali would be lost to the iarmoi
Fyr,laymsna, who baye fNotsNery large
herds, tits better ifthey can all run together.
~ THAT il, Urge and sIhdl, liorscs cattle and
sheep, ,alwayelproylded that thcfo are not
vicious heokers aud ,Mters among tho
larger stock Tho adYantage is, that by
such an assortment of tastes, all the fodder
obr Il s'piokodiup. But here is Il thing should
aril DO atteudedt TO; Wchear great dcaf abt al
wooetl's rights, sailors rights, and Sleeps
rights, when they are obliged to feed with
. tho larger stock. TO secure these, have
Nagt of tho sheds built so that tho larger
animals cannot got under them to molest
,i07r the calyos Oh sheep, which can take fchigo
= tiiere and sleep or chew their cuds inaouiet
We have heard story about n ,mau who
s,jp building his house, had the caTbonter
chi q biz hole for the big cat 10 go in at
aud beside It a little hole lpr the litte cal,
Dahl vas lapShsda bScaasS lS aidno let
Sthe httleie tgo in thesate whule With the
~ cat cat, NeM sS, tNGtnipn' n'gplllosophy wOnld
ceNeep mfdccalves in tho same barn. yard
Some farmers have the feediig places so
well arranged that all thssa classes are
put ingseparaie stalls or pens, but there
areten 10 one who make no suclspfovisions
it,is to this latter class that wo commend
this idea of calves, and .sheep's rights, by
tho cpnstFRction ofl9w sbeds or bars, to
keep OuSdqnhnesrihg Sninals from the re-
treats eE the tttie ones.
.s9llltVle soaEonof short Days aud long even.
ings is upon us, aud tho muddy roads keep
1o she liolSs at home. Iiow are they spending
fiR their ielsurey While we were talking az
N-M several Fairs this season, looking forward
10 Just such a time as this, We said that as
tho farmers could not then ouliyate itheiil
lands, hwould be a hrst rats time to turn
io IN aud cultivate themselves, Idghtup the