The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-03-06
HIM. nhoui Work

The most important work any farmer
does is to lay plans for the coming sea-
son. If possible think of every impor-
tant thing, and keep memorandum OF
whatever is deemed most essential and
the order in which it should come. In
case of necessary absence, the foreman,
or any intelligent hand, can go on with
the work without any supervision, If a
definite plan is made and talked over
beforehand. The responsibility thus
thrown upon an employee is a stimulus
to faithfulness to which an intelligent
man always responds. The cITclm'
stances of different farmers are so va
rious that it is impossible to even hint
at plan of operations applicable 10 all.
With many, a regular system OF rOta-
ton of crops and manure leaves the
principal work of the farmer all planned
beforehand. Others decide in the au-
tumn or summer previous, and Others
still delay until spring even the decision
as to what fields to put nrder pillow and
where to put their manure. The aim
less conIse is almost sure to bring de-
lays and disappOintments, which arc
readily aScribed TO the weather. lie
who works with a steady aim attains
the greater success with mach less la
bOT. .-rr
.inimals.-The maintenance of ami.
mails in the stable or in the yards al
any time of the year is unnatural, but
if they have q great abundance OF food
and considerable range, the conditions
surrounding them approach those they
10 in nj.
amount of food animals exposed To the
weather will eat is enormous, and even
then they never come out in more than
fair condition. We think every spring
that it is almost absurd to reiterate ouI
condemnation of farmers who expect al
matter of course. to have their cattle
'sprirg poor" This condition of q
mans stock tell of exposure, lack OF
good food, and of very serious losses t.
the farmer himslf-losses both of fod.
der wasted and of cattle injured in their
produciiviness for the rest of the year.
or the rest of their lives.
UOrkiR1 Stock should be fitted fol-
hard labor by increasing their grain and
accustomlng them gradually to severeI
demands upon their strength and endur
ance. Horses shoulders are apt to gall,
and Oxen'S necks will become sore, il
they have done little work during the
winter. Look out for such troubles
and bind on wet cloths at night, greas
ing the spots when the yoke or harness
is again put on. hut above all have well
fitting yokes and harness.
Mich COrs.--Now is the time wher
rutabasas and mangels will tell OIL
milk production. Cows coming in thi,
month should have succulent food, il
possible. Half bushel, or even peck
of roots will make a marked difference
in the yield of milk, and soon afte
calving twill pay over and over again
to teed oil-cake, from one to three
quarts daily. Soak until all the lump
are broken up, and pour the gruel on Gu
corn stalks or hay. tr.
,Cdlrss.-It is more humane, and bette
policy besides, to take away the calf
which is to be removed in few days al
farthest, as sosn as it is dropped. The
csw "takes on" less, and the calf does
not mind the separation ut all. 1t will
learn to drink from pail readily. 1t
diet at first must be its dams new milk
and then any sweet milk; after the frs
week it may be changed gradually {,
skinned milk with little oil-meal, OF
thin porridge of wheat middling'
mingled in with 1.-THE quantity o
meal being increased as it grows, ant
that of milk lessened. Scours may us
ually be checked by little scaldet
ine-four porridge, and constipation 10y
oil-meal. Young calves should be fet
four times a day, dividing the period
equally between or 6 o'clock in tn
morning and 9 or 10 at night. After I
few days three times day Will b
enough.
Sheep.-Examine the flocks CAREFUL.
so as to be sure each sheepgets its share o
grain or roots. Give ewes near yean
ing pens where they are not crowded
Uttered with short straw, trodden firm
Early lambs are we'll worth extra carr
in raising. If found chilled they should
be brought to the house and warmed at
the fire, or by warm bath and rub
bling. A mild milk punch sometime.
has an excellent effect.