The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-07-03
FAEM AND GARDEN.
GRASS FoR HORSES.


GRASS FOR HORSES.
Many persons think that horses that
are kept in the stable all summer
should not be allowed to eat grass,
They think it will make the horse soft
wishy-washy, and that II will throw
him out of condition for hard work
This is particularly the case with some
of the trainers of trotting and running
horses. And horses that are Kept uI
for farm and other work are refused
grass because their drivers do moi
think they eat hay SO we'll. This was
formerly the case more than 1t is now
But these are all erroneous opinions
and practices, and are giving way,
gradually, to more reasonable and
natural system of feeding.
Grass is the natural food ofthe horse.
II is cooling and healthful food. Ii
keeps the bowles open and sharpens the
appetite. It promotes digestion, and
removes fever from the system. There.
l5 or 20 minutes daily. Whether train
| ing for trotting or running 1t will be
attended with the highest benefit. The
horse will lose none o his speed by such
| course of Oftreatment. Horses that are
kept up the year round for farm work
should certainly be allowed nice nib
BILE at grass every day. They work
hard, and all they get for IL is sOme-
thing to eat. Let them have, then.
what they all like SO well.-RurGl
World.
SWEET CORN.
1t is n surprising fact that sweet corn
is not abundantly grown among far
msrs. Every farmer thinks he must
raise his five or ten acres of Indian corn
every year, in order to have something
to fatten his pork, and to furnish fod-
der for his stock, etc. Now, IL every
farmer would grow three or five acres
of sweet corn, his crop would prove of
much more value in proportion to the
number of acres than Indian corn for
feeding purposes.
Last spring 1 planted six acres of
sweet corn, for the purpose of taking 1t
into market green. But, after the mar
ket became "glutted," / concluded to
save the balance of my corn, and cure
tito feed. cut and fed to my hogs
corn lin the stalks) every day, and they
would eat stalks and all as clean as
they would green clover. Through the
month of October and until the last of
November, 1 fed husked corn. l can
say never killed SO fat pork before.
They seemed to be completely filed up
stalks to anything else in the shape of
fodder for stock, and especially for cows
giving milk thereis nothing equal to IT,.
The stalks. husks and leaves, are much
more juicy and sweeter than any other
corn fodder. would recommend those
that SOW corn tor fodder, to sow the
sweet corn in the preference to any
other. m
Be careful to trace up your seed In the
fall, and then you will not fail to have
good seed when you come to plant or
sow.-Cbr. Rural New Yorker.
THE WOOL CLIP.
The Ohio Farmer thinks there will be
no more, IL as much wool clip this sea-
son than there was last year, and gives
the following from well-informed per-
son: u..
called into the office of the Portage
county, Ohio. Auditor, and examined
the returns of sheep for the year 1855,
and found the total number 1877, ,633;
then compared 1t with this year and
found the total for 1867 10 be l24, ,42S,
making falling of of l3,427. Sup
pose the falling off in the same proportion
extends to- every county In the State,
Ohio will have l ZOO, 900 less sheep this
year than last. think sheep will shear
one pound less wool this year than last
judging from the shearing done this
spring. From the above as basis
Ohio will have from 5 5,OOO, 900 to 6 1000, 600
pounds less wool this year than last,
and presume the same thing will be
found true in all the Western States.
PROFITABLE DAIRY.
Mr.. Ross winans, OF Baltimore, now
over 20 years ofage, purchased in 1861,
farm of about 700 acres, along the
banks of the Patapsco River, and about
six miles from Baltimore. His land
cost him $4,000; he added buildings at
cost of $4,000; his fencing cost him
50, 600, and he manured at an outlay of
of S67, ,OOO-making the total cost of his
estate $4,000. During the year end
ing on lSt OF May last, his sales of milk
amounted to S37, $50 IL; of cows and
calves in the same period he sold SILL
9s6 worth, and had Is or 20more ami
mals on hand than at the commence
ment of the year. He, however, pur-
chased s., ,O9S worth of COWS and heifers
during the year. at the close of the
year he had on hand go tons of hay,
and his total product of hay for the
year was estimated at $500 tons-a
great average per acre. His system OF
manuring tends to build up and nour-
His milk is sold to the small grocers in
Baltimore, at 30 cents gallon.
NEaLEcTs DESTROY FARM PROFITS.
BY neglecting TO lock the stable door,
the horse was stolen; by leaving a lot oi
old rubbish ip the barn yard, one colt
broke his leg, and another got nail
in his foot; by neglecting to spend hall
an hour in battening up the sheepfold
pair oftwin lambs froZe to death; by
carelesslY tying the bull, the OK was
gored and died; by neglecting to kill the
ticks on the sheep, and lice on the cat
tie, the sheep became poor, shed their
wool, gave no milk, and the lambs died
and a fine stock of cattle, in fine condf-
ton when they came to stall, lost all
their flesh before Spring, some were
helped up by the tail and survived,
while others were snaked off by the
neck, sort of retributive justice TO
! their owners; always attach ed in some
| way to human ransgreSsion.-PeTH
| Farmer. -.I -r.
REMEDY FOR BUGS ON VINES
Take of aloes a lump about the size
of your fist, and pour on 1t two quarts
of warm water, and let 1t stand for q
hours; then sprinkle the liquid over
your vines; usually one application is
sufficient, but it should be applied again
after a shower or heavy dew.
The Germantown Telegraph gives the
following remedy
We SOW around each hill at the time
of each planting few radish seed, and
coming up about the same time, the
tops supply pasture for the bug, which
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