Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-12-11
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| The COW is not singular in This ros,
'he suffers under general law.
| sTooK-YARD.
| For reasons above suggested. o;vo A.
lock yard special attention shavinR pla, q
or everything and everything in it's pIaco
All cattle should be now in good cond;t;Ne'
The rich pasturage of the fall months t
temperate weather and exemption fr Sne
dies and other annoyances give them ot
1ortnnity for their winter preparation
Inns thrifty state gives great ADVANTAGE :.
the wlntering, and with it it ia siroriu
shameful to have them come out in ~
spring poor, hide-bouud with bolIov"I we
ana other evils of poverty and destitutior1
COWS.
such cows as give milk must have No..
Portable stalls, entirely protected from ~.
weather, and be fed with corn.foJdaNe
clover-hay or other good provender wiz
meal and bran, and roots of some kirI u
The profit in milk will be proportional -
the quantity of good food digested. Co.
must be taken here, however, that on snt
change ct food it be not over-done as ~
quantity, but that the increase be gradual
up to the point of greatest profit To 3D.
Just this properly needs care and caution
CALVES.
| See that these are carried tbropob +bo
winter, not only with their lives, but the
tily and in growing condition. They need
not be fatteped or forced, but thew sbonlS
have reasonable increase of bone md
flesh from three months feeding, and on
out to pasture in spring with life and spir.
It's enough to make a profitable run
through the season of grass.
WORKING OXEN.
These should have q separate feedino.
place, and due and regular sunnIv &c
food. There should be 10 opportunity Of
their interfering with other cattle, or be.
ing interfered with.
HORSES AND MULES.
When these have regular work thew
must have, of course, regular attention
not only as to food and water, but groom.
ing and stabhng. Especially is it needfuI
to rub and dry them off, clean their legs
and feet of mud, &C., when they come from
work, Boxes instead of sails with pair
of work horses to each box, would be a
great improvement
Sheep have better health for free range
Of the pasture grounds during good weather.
This gives them, however, O distate for
their dry food, which should, therefore, be
of such quality as to tempt them. 1t is
found good economy 80 give q small guam
tity Of grain daily, if done with proper
Judgment. A shelter must be provided
for bad weather, and when the severity OF
winter comes on it is we'll 10 confine them
here until they have had their morning
feed.
The stock hogs should be sufficiently
fed with grain to keep them in good order,
and should have dry beds and comfortable
shelter apart from other stock Especially
keep them away from heaps of manure,
which give them cough and disease of the
skin if.they sleep in them.
CORN CROP.
The crop of corn should be got into the
cribs as early as it can be done, and the
shucks put away for the use of working
oxen or other cattle. 1t is matter of con-
venience and very consistent with prudent
management to measure the corn with care
as it goes into the crib and keep account
of what comes out.
TOBACCO.
The preparation Of the crop for market
will be now begun and carried forward as
the weather allows. Press of other work
often leads the planter to postpone strip
ping until later period, and with full
crop this results in throwing too much of
the work into the spring, and interference
with the important work Of that season.
Look well to the proper assortment of
qualities. and sec that neatness is observed
both In tying aud handing, that the bulks
are laid we'll and the STALKS thrown we'll up
into a corner of the house, and not thrown
out into the rain.
MANUREs.
Use now and at all times such material
as can be commanded, in making compost
heaps for necessary purposes. Be sure,
especially, that there be abundant coarse
matter to mingle with the manures of every
desert ption.
FLOWING.
Take any opportunity that may offer to
pillow such land as will profit by exposure
to frost, as clay and old sward. ALI such
work done now puts forward the spring
work In this important particular, and in
wet springs, as the two just past, may ex-
pedite very much the planting of the
crops.
FENCING AND GATES.
Get together, as opportunity offers, ma
terial for fences and gates, to be got in
readiness for use during the winter. Put
a good gate wherever needed.
AS this is the season of hog killing and
OF putting up other meats for future use
the following recipe will be found conve-
nient to such as have not a suitable one on
hand. 1t is of the best quality:
To 1000 pounds of meat put three pecks
of fine Liverpool salt and four pounds of
saltpetre. Put neither pepper, sugar nor
molasses with the foregoing. Pack in a
cask, the bottom of which must be perfora
ted with holes, to allow the drip of bloody
water to pass off. Let it remain three
weeks, and then smoke every morning with
green hickory wood, having the fire as
far away from the meat as practicable, so
that the smoke may cool before reach
ing it.
Another recipe, perhaps equally good,
prescribes s pounds of salt, 2 ounces of
saltpetre, II ounces of potash, pounds of
brown sugar, or 1 quart of molasses, and
ounce of red pepper, to be dissolved in five
gallons of water for every one hundred
pounds of meat.
NOTES FOR THE GARDEN.
There is little to be done in the garden
now, but to finish up such work as has been