The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1867-01-16
Farmers Column,
Frum the n. Y, Observer.
SUGGESTIONS FOR JANUARY.

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love thee, all uuloyely as thou scem'st.
CowPER.
AS summer is the time to labor IN the !
field and consnmmate improvements, so
wi ter Is proper period for farmers
aud gardeLers to think and plan for iu-
ture operations. In many localities,
cold weather and deep snow prevent do
ing anything Of much account out OF
door, while in other places, something
may be done cn the farm, or in the |
garden, quite as well as at any other
season of the year.
The chief business on farms is to
take care of domestic animals. When
o farmer has stored a hundred dollars
worth Of hay tor his stock, one import
ant item Of his business will be to con-
vert that hay into IL ore than one hund'
red dollars worth of meat, milk, or
wool, fla hundred dollars worth of
hay be fed out, and the animals that
consume it are worth no more than
they were when the foj leling season
commenced, the system Of management
is defective and non,paying Consum,
my the coarse grain, and other products
of the farm, economically and with a
reference TO future profit, will constitute
one important item Of labor for tie pres-
ent month.
Mich cows should be well taken care
of, or they cannot be expected to give
bountitul supply OF milk Soon after
a COW has finished eating, she wants to
drink. If she yields large quantity Of
milk, she requires more water than a
dry COW, or an OK,
For want Of a necessary supply Of
water, in winter, cows frequently be-
come nearly dry, In order to. maintain
fall flow of milk. cows should be well
watercd at least three times dullrg the
twenty-iour hou's.
Horses that are not worked, or exer,
cised in some way, every day, should
have the benefit of a yard, where they
can trav el around tor several hours each
day. 1t is exceedingly injurious to any
horse to DC tied in the stall, day after
day, without any exercise. And it in
jnres young horse far more than an
cd one, as long standing slittens the
Ii abs OF young animal and causes
them to swell so that he will after fe
years, move like an old stagar. When
horse is used only once or twice in the
course ola week, he should be turned
loose--not tied by the lead--in a largo
box stall, so that he can move around
Bltt.r take down the partition between
two II rrow stalls, so that horse may
have ample space for turning around,
thaA to keep him tied day after day, in
narrow stl !.
In many instances sheep need to be
separated iatp small aorks. Sometimes
fw yearlings, lambs and old sheep
may be placed in one yard, where they
can be ted small quantity of grain, or
roots, daily. In some ilocks there may
be half score of poor ewes, which are
pushed around by the stronger sheep
and deprived of their allowance Of feed,
Unless they receive proper care and
feed, their lambs will be small and weak,
their heeces thin and light, and, in ma
ny instances, they become SO poor, be-
fore spring, that when once down, they
can never rise again. There is no
profit in keeping sheep Loor, nor in try
ing to winter poor sheep,
Swine require warm place to sleep
IN, and plenty to eat These two items
embrace about all that needs to be said
with reference to them, after a good
breed has been secured. 1t is always
poor policy to feed store hogs, or fat
tening swine, whole grain.
Domestic fowls OF all kinds require
attention during cold weather. They
often suffer exceedingly for want of wa
ter, and of gravel Of suitable size for
maccratng their food. 1t is always
better, and far more economical, to
grind all kinds of grain before 1t is fed
to fowls and it is especially so in
those localities where there is no small,
sharp gravel to which birds can have ac'
cess.
Now IS the time TO select plans for
erecting buildings next season. 1t new
buildings arc to be erected, study the
plans and procure the lumber, that 1t
may be thoroughly seasoned before it Is
used.
Seed grain may be exchanged, or
procured from distant parts of the coun-
try. II new implements are to be pur~