Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-12-23
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soaking Corn for Horses.


| a correspondent of the Prairie Farm
er writes as follows:
Zone of the best farmers that / know
save one-third of his corn by soaking it
before he feeds it TO his horses. His plan
is this: He places two hogsheads in his
barn cellar, secure from the frost, fills
them with ears of corn, and pours in
water until they are covered. When
we'll soaked he feeds out o. one to his
horses and by the time this is exhausted
the corn in the other is well soaked. The
cObS become so soft that the horses eat
them with as good relish as they do the
corn, and they require only about two
thirds as much corn as when fed with
out soaking.
There is no doubt that the cob eaten
with the corn renders the diet more
wholesome 4 certain amount OF coarse
feed is necessary to the health of the
animals.
Onions for Poultry.
1t is a well-known fact To owners of
poultry that the occasional use ofonions
To be mixed and fed to poultry with
their other food, is one of the best ways
of keeping a yard Of poultry in health
| am afraid 1t has not received attention
and use that its merits really demand.
I am well satisfied that the use OF this
vegetable would prevent three fourtEs OF
the disease bat poultry is subject to-
Not that it is q cure-all after disease has
once secured hold, but | know that /
have cured cases of most severe Group ily
its use after standard remedies had
failed | became convinced that an arti
Gle like this would cure. The occasional
use OF il would be a preventive, and such
L have found it TO be not only III Group,
but in those diseases that poultry are
liable to under carelessness and misnan
ageinent. Fowls will readily eat il ii
sliced fine and mixed with their food.
Give it as often as once week ofteDer
if you choose-it will do them good.
Make trial of this vegetable, breeders
Of poultry, and then you will know for i
certainty how to appreciate it.
Keeping Apples.
TIE best way we know of is to have
shelves erected in the cellar expressly
for fruit-pears aud apples. Let them
be about two feet wide and one foot
apart, and as many and as long as may
be desired, commencing six to twelve
inches from the bottom. The shelves
should be formed of stats two inches
wide and one inch apart, and the fruit
laid in single layers. The tier should
have coarse board bottom, which
should be covered with an inch of fine,
fresh lime, which should be renewed
two or three times during the winter:
The cellar should be ventilated at mid
day for an hour daily las every cellar
ought to be under all circumstances),
unless the weather is intensely cold, and
the temperature should of course not be
II ff foil hnin 70 ,i,,t
which can he done by closing the win
dows and doors carefully. If from the
lact that the temperature should be
raised above fifty by reason of a heater,
it must be counteracted By the admis-
sion of outside air. The fruit should be
sorted over weekly.
~ Tlfis is not nearly as Troublesome as it
appears to be when once adopted; and
the fact that it will preserve winter"
apples and pears until April, will render
the labor one of pleasure as well as
profit.
How Good Farmers Save Money.
They take good papers and read them.
They keep account of their farm oper-
ations.
They do not leave their Implements
strewn over the farm, exposed to rain,
snow or heat.
They repair their tools and buildings
at the proper time, and do not suffer a
subsequent three fold expenditure of
time and money.
They use their money judiciously, AID
do not attend auction sales to purchase
all kinds of trumpery because it is
E" cLeap.
They see that their fences are well
repaired, and that their cattle are not
found grazing in the meadows, or grain
fields or orchards.
They do not refuse to make expert
ments in small way, of many new
things.
They plant fruit-trees well, care for
them, and, of course, get geod crops.
They practice economy by giving their
stock good shelter during the winter,
also good food, taking out all that is UNI
sound, half rotten or mouldy.
They do not keep tribes of cats and
snarling dogs arousd their premises,
who eat more in a month than they are
worth in a lifetime.
Lastly, they read the advertisements,
know whst is gazing on, and frequently,
save money by it.
Successful farming is made up by at
tention to little things. The farmer
WHO uOeS IL ueSi, earns HIS mouey Will
best appreciat on, and uses it with best
results.
Such men are the "salt OF the earth.
I independent.
LIME AROUND APPLE TREES. We
have known some farmers to make q
practice for succession ofyears to throw
caustic lime around their apple trees in
the spring and summer. We once no.
ticed that tree standing in the imme-
diate vicinity of our dwelling had all at |
once put forth with renewed energy, |
and we were at loss for some time to
define the cause. On examination, we
found that q quantity of lime, which
had accidentally been spilled and rem
dered worthless by becoming mixed
with thu refuse on the stable floor, had
been thrown at the foot and around the
tree; and to this, as the principle cause,
we Immediately accredited the revivis.
cence and renewed fructilication of the
tree. Taking the hint from the acci-
dent, we purchased twelve casks of
lime, and applied half u bushel to each
of the tress of our orchard; and found
that it produced immediate beneficial
effects. Not the health of the trees |