The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-09-29
AGRICULTURAL.

and should be in the hands of every |
intelligent farmer.
Hints About Work for October.
Perhaps there is no more important
thing for farmer to think of at this |
time, after he has harvested his crops |
for the most part, and begins to see
his way clean through his fall work,
than his ~ - Es Sos
BUILDINGs.-A little labor upon
them now will tell. A board here
and nail there, and few shingles
newly set, will save many dc liars
worth of loss or expense later in the
season, when storms and winds do
their work, and rain and snow pene-
trate. Warm close stables, with good
ventilation, should be looked to.
Make sheds to shelter manure if it is
thrown out of barn windows and
! doors. No matter how good your
barn-yard, the manure is a great deal
better kept under cover. Even the
hog yard ought to be thus covered,
though there should be space for the
sun to shine in, and make a warm
place during a good part of the day.
Painting may be done in October to
| excellent advantage. Take time after
a rain when surfaces are clean and
when there will be no dust flying.
And in connection with putting the
! buildings in order for winter above
ground, do not forget the
CELLARs.-Both house cellars and
root cellars should be cleaned out and
! we'll lined. a IF. there is time, put In
grouted cement bottoms, proof against
rats, and mice, and water. Cement
the walls also, first chinking them up,
that is, filling in between the stones
with small ones. A good cellar is not
only comfort, but if frost proof and
| rat proof, a great economy. Make
cellars. frost proof by banking up out
side against the walls, if they are ex-
posed, and by double doors and win
dows.
LIVE STocK al this season require
the careful attention of the farmer, for
4 it is ,nowethat the question of profits is
really settled. The weather is- not
severe, yet bracing enough to give
animals an appetite. There is album
dance to eat, and it is not difficult to
!, get stock in good condition. The
l careful husbandman will husband.
those things which will keep best, and
! feed out those which are of a perish
able nature Soft corn, nubbins,
grown grain, green pumkins, and the
fruits of the orchard, which are liable
to decay, may be fed to cattle, or
cooked for swine, and help to get
them in frst-rate order for winter,
before the grass fails, and while it be-
gins to afford not quite so good feed as
is desirable. 1t is Tuinous policy to
neglect uo1i uo
CALVES AND CoLTs at any time, but
especially give them good start and
let them face the winter with coat
of fat on their ribs, and if they look
better than your neighbours, you will
be very apt to keep them growing, by
grooming them now and then, and
providing at least warm sheds for
them.
Cows ought to be yarded at night at
all seasons, but at no time is it more
important than now. The nights are
long, the cows need some extra feed,
which is best given in racks or in
troughs, or in the proper stalls, and
the verdure they crop, consists largely
of old leaves which are full of inor-
ganic or ash constituents, hence their
Keep up the flow of milk by feeding
pumpkins without the seeds),
roots, soft corn, etc. Practice
the same course of feeding for
BEEvEs, for they lay on flesh very
, fast now, and will do as well on grass
and the articles mentioned in liberal
j quantity, as on much richer food later
in the winter. Leave only the finish
ing to be done by and by, and secure
the foundation of fat In this month
and next. With ~ sr3 E
Hoes, the case is little different
y They should be putting on fat now fol
good, and have all they can eat Of
thoroughly cooked rich food. KeeI
n them clean, giving them warm nests
y and plenty of litter. Most farmers
lose half the hog manure-the mos
valuable made. on the farm, excep
that of fowls. Hogs thrive so mucf
better for being clean, that it pays tt
wash them A watering can, aquar
ius. or SPRINGS will make short worl
of It. Clean the troughs daily; hav'
y separa tie troughs for water and feet
and LET there be full supply of wa
"A ter at all times. A little salt in tn
food is 90 cd, perhaps essential LIE
hogs have ashes aud charcoal. The
even like to root among coal ashes
and supersh. ,sphate and ashes, Nj
Harris SAYS. they eat with avidity
Should any $, sour, give powdere
chalk mixed in t heir feed. :,
; SHEEp.-For b, butchers early lamb
(March1 use if DOS sible South DowI
Leicester or Colt swold rams thi
, month The better the SIRE, the bet
ter the stock. Yard the sheep o
frosty nights and as g ass de 5pl5 for g fs
tenine during the winter t lhonld hav