Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1867-01-17
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s5rgss sstions for JANUARY.


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A summer is the time 70 labor in.
fbe field and coasummzte Improve
ments, sDs 80 winter is proper period
for formers and gardeners TO think.
and plan fa fatnre operations. In
nasy localities where the O5serper is
cirh u Geld weather and deep
snow prevent doing anything OF
much account ont Of door, while ID
other places, something may be done
on the farm, or in the garden, quite
as well as At ans other season OF the.
year.
: The chief business on farms IS to.
Sdke care Of domestic animals
when q former has stored hun
dred dellars worth Of hay fer his
stock, one Important item of his
business will be to convert thst hay
into mere than enc hundred dollars
vorthsof meat, milk,er wool. If q
hundred dollars worth Of hay be
fed out, and the animals that con-
sumo it are worth no more than they
were when the ,foddering season
commenced, tie system OF manage
ment is defective and non paying
Consuming the coarse grain, and
other products of the farm, eoenom-
ically and with a reference to future
pro9t, will constitute one important
item cf labor fer the present month.
Mich cows should be well taken
care OF. ar,tlfey cannot be expected
te give q bouniiful supply OF milk.
Soon aftera COW has finished eating,
Sic wants to drink. If she yields a
large quantity Of milk, she requires
mere water than q dry cow, or an
OK. For want Of a necessary sup
ply of water, in winter. cows fre-
qnently Become nearly dry. In err
der to maintain full flow of milk,
COWS should be well watered at least
three times during the twenty-fcur
hours.
Horses that are not worked, or ex-
ercised in some way, every day,
should have the benefit Of a yard,
where they can travel around for sey-
eral hours each day. 1t is exceed
ingly, injurious to any horse to be
tied in the stall, day after day, with
out any exercise. And it Injuries a
young horse far. more than an old
one, as long standing stifens the
limbs of young animal, and causes
.tlrem to swell, so that he will. after
q few years, move like an old stager.
When horse is used only once or
twice in the course of a week, he
shoaM.se turned loose--not tied by
the head--in a large box stall, SO
that he csn move around. Better
take down the partition between two
narrow stalls, SO that q horse may
have ample space for turning around,
than to keep him tied. day after. day,
in o narrew stall.
: Ia many instances sheep need TO
be separated into small fools. Some
times a few yearlings, lambs and cid
sheep may be placed IN one yard.
sl1ss;stgtruy cSsn '0g f,stAa small quaR-
tity sf grain, or roots. daily II
SONS Eocl1s there may be haifsa score
OF poor ewes, which ;Te pushed
sroana By the stronger sheep and de
pTired Of their allowance sf feed
Uniess they receive p-operrcate and
feed, their lambs NiIl be small and
weak, taeir feeees thin andlight, and,
ia many instances, they become SC
poor. before spring, that when once
down, they can neYsr rise again
There is 10 prait in keeping sheep
poor, nor in trying TO winter poor
sheep.
Swine reqaife a warm place te
sleep IN. a96 F1saty 60 eat These
&wo itea Embrace about all thai
eeeds 70 ae sa5l WITH reference tc
fTie.9 good breed has been
,securJ , 1t issaiways poor policy te
feed stofss hogs, or fattenipg swine,
whole gyaiS
Domessls fdsis OF all kinds re-
qaiFe attentien d14ing Geld weather
They eften sasfeT 1SceedipglY fel
want of Eater,: sEl.laefss gravel Of suit
able size for maceTatfag their food
Is. is always better, and fsr more
ecohomieal, to grind al kinds Of
grain before it is fed t0fawls; and
tits espsGallyrs SO in those localities
wbereshareis-ne small, shai'p gravel
to whfsa birds can have aceess.
Nov isithe tlne to select plans fol
erecting buildings Hext season. II
new buildings arc 10 be erected,
study the plans and procure the lum-
Der, that it may be thoroughly sea
soned before it is used.
Sea- grsin may be exchanged, or
procured. frem distant parts Of the
country. If neE implements are to
be purchased, tits better to- procure
them Two mouths before they are to
be used, than TO be obliged to wait
fer them after the tirnc has arrived
when they are TO be used.
As the new year commences let 9
aiew.sand improved system Of farm
lagenent be inaug gersted, both in
the barn and in the leld-N Il o.
sefrey.
WoRgH TR1Iae.--It is said that
hogs lardis Ehe best thing.to giveto
hens-to make them lay. Afix It with
their fsod--a snail piece as bi. as g
walnut will set q hen to laying ifnme-