Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1868-11-24
One of the most brilliant astronom-

One of the most brilliant astronom
ical discoveries of the last ten years
is that OF the so-called eleven-year
cycle, during which Jupiter and the
other planets alternately collect upon
one side of the sun, and then at other
times dispense themselves around it,
producing in the one case an abundant
supply of spots upon the suns disc,
with corresponding lowering of the
climate of the earth, and in the other
the dispersion and disappearance of
spots, and a higher mean temperature
of the earth.-Lesley's Lectures.
WHY Cur FEED IS Best Some
discussion was recently had at the
American Institute Farmers Club on
the value of cut feed. j. W. Calbury,
of Springfield, Vt. wrote that he had
fed his horses, kept for general work,
on cut hay for ten years. The hay
was sprinkled with meal, and he be-
lieves that hay thus cut and fed will
90 twice as far as if fed whole, and
that the team will do full as much
work. Bright oat straw may be SUBJ
stituted by adding more meal. n. G.
Meeker observed that nothing can be
gained by cutting what was not good
feed before that operation. Some seem
to think that by cutting wheat straw
and the butts OF COrnstalk5, and ad
ding meal to induce animals to eat
the mixture, they gain. but the idea is
a delusion, for something cannot come
out of nothing. DR.. Trimble said it
was absurd to think one can save feed
by putting it in another shape with
out adding more nutriment. If a
horse needs twenty pounds OF nour-
ishment in uncut hay, he could not
see how ten pounds of cut hay would
answer. Mr. Quinn remarked that
the superintendent of horse railroad
had told him they were obliged to
give their horses cut hay three times
a day to enable them to perform the
required work and keep in good or
der. Mr.. Stone said all the scientific
men and doctors i'll creation could not
convince him that cut and steamed
food is not the best. Mr.. Caywood
observed that his father kept fifty or
sixty cows, and he always thought the
pastures best when the animals could
fill themselves in the shortest time
Whenever digestion can be helped a
good point is gained.
What is the truth in this question
which causes the doctors to disagree
so widely? Simply this: Cutting iod-
der does not add more nutriment to
it, but changes its mechanical condi-
ton, and enables stock to consume it
in less time and thus have more for
rest and digestion. This is a valua.
BILE consideration for hard worked
horses, but not as great an one for
animals that chew their cud. Again
cut hay or straw slightly moistened
and sprinkled with ground grain is
much more palatable, and stock pre-
fer it to unmixed and whole food ,anC
maintain more vigorous appetites thar
if confined to the unprepared 70 Cd
A baked potatOe with salt, pepper anC
butter, is dish that hungry king
wouldn't turn from; but poor beg
gar would despise the meal if obligec
to devOur the potatoe first, then the
salt, and the pepper and butter. lt's
the faculty of mixing food RIGHT tina
tickles the palate Every observing
farmer who has tried the experimen
knows that his stock prefer cut teeC
, and ground grain mixed and moist
ened to the same articles fed whole
! Though there Is more nutriment Ii
! food thus prepared, yet the anima
system gets more out of it, and less il
= passed off in the eXcrementS. Tn,
I question of economy in the matte
: must be decided by the value of labo
r as compared with the value Of food i
r each locality where stock is ted.-Ru
/. traI New Yorker.
PRESERVED APPLEs,-We lear
from the German papers that tw
years ago a farmer in the Palatinat
Il found, in the spring, an apple in til
. most perfect state of preServatio
u that had been lying all the winter
! a heap of leaves of the maple tree
d his garden. In the autumn, therefor
!, he packed his stock Of apples in casE
u with dried leaves, and in the follow
IL ing spring found them in perfe(
" state Of preservation, as firm and &
juicy as when first picked.
" Farming is trade; and man wi
IL has to learn it, however much he ma
e know; the knowledge must be apple
e and made the mans business. E
IL cannot learn it in day, but must e
Il pect to improve constantly. A goo
~ understanding is very good basis
W begin whit is rearing superstru
u ture on a good foundation.
Working horses should be stable
during storms and cool, frosty night
IL Il, Horses are often famed 10y running
l, the pasture to keep, warm, and fros
~ bitten grass is not very prolific
. strength and endurance.
In England there are many farme
who more than support themselv
u and large families on the product {
six acres, besides paying heavy rent
30 AgricuIturiSts In Germany who a
a prOprietOrs Of five acres, suppo