The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1867-05-17
farm aud Household.
EcononY.

4 writer p1r farming w the Rural Ae,o
YorfsJ. takes, With htstce, eome pains TO
prove TO farmers. that if they would work
little harder and work IN detail, they need
not be 90 much alarmed az Ending their
fodder run short in tho spring Of the, year
before grass is grown. FarmersA at least
the, old-fashionel kindl-are like old fash.
toned buarding.scho0l or pr sJu.keepers ;
theysoalculate just how nucli material is
requisite 10 stistain life, making no allow
ancc Cor curious craving for variety com.
mon TO NIL nidmmdiia. Even bees manifest
tlis aud love change. go great is ils
Influence on COWS aud horses, that straw
chopped fine, and wet and mixed with cut
carrots OF ground oats, aud corn, or cut
hay, Or. ia fact, roots Of any kind, will bring
stock through us we'll OF better than on
hay alone. The change is relished liy them
Just as men relish change OF dict a man
will keep in better health and condition on
little. food which plsases his palote, than
on an unlimited quantity Of that which Is
nnpalatable, us we know by experience.
The proportion in which TO mix aud illVor
these varieties of provender must depend
upons experiment, aud on watching the
tastes of the stock. There are cows and
cove, as the French say, aud one will take
moro kindly 70 d cer.aiu kind OF food than
another; but Il is hot well to wait ill the
hay is getting exhausted. Try tho plan Ol
varying food, more or less, all the ear
round, r. n-u
A second point closely connected with
this 10 feeding s,ccS in proper manner,
30 tlfat there shall be no waste. There are
few farms IN which there il not more or
less neglect ald ignorance on the subj c..
Cattle enjoy their food better when given
IN eleanly. comfortable lnanner--n fact,
we have sometimes thought there was moe
real ihatinct of refinement among them, in
this respect, than among men. Horses do
not like TO feed az iSs or sailors do. They
like, nnc2nsciously, it may be, 10 be nen
aud decent, and ii they iarc neglected II
shows in their losh and general appearance,
The Dutch found out, centuries ago, that il
pays TO curry co Ss,
Lastly, It is economical 10 cloar away
manure promptly, aud save IL carefully.
By good feeding, you get more manure, 80
shat there isa double profit. Mire9 To6d
improves Me quality Of tie manure; and
here we may speak a word ofthe enormous
waste OF such fertilizers in this country. Ill
wo cont the relative cost Of guano, bouc-
dust, aud, stable.lnauurc, it VIII bo found
that il so0ie OF the thousands of workmcn
would take hsnd.cart, aud simply 20 al tng
the roaus collecting manure, or fertilizers
OF any Kind, they would find it very profit
able. In Italy, little boy with basket
O n earn at this more in proportion, than
the farm-hand does at his daily labor.
But anis not. ,gantocl" Oh, this gen
tility--as if there could be any material
differencesiu WORK mans noblest attribu 9
whether applied to gathoiiug fertilizcrs,
or applying them, or selling the wheat
Truly, man is a strange being, At one
tim, he builds himself up in superiority to
anegro-and then, prastoh he outruns ahis
old foes TO Gatter tho black for his vote
Perhaps, in a few Yeas, RepublioaniSm may
30 far advance, that all the branches of
farming will be regarded from II scientific
and profitable point of view alone, aud then
we shall see agriculture as It should be,