The weekly standard., 1869-10-27

out Of the ground in the spring, draw down
the earth from the crest of the ridges into
the valleys with hoe so as to Level the en-
tire surface. Thin out the plants as they
advance in growth. Keep the soil loose and
free, OF weeds as the season advances, and as
the remaining plants begins to expand draw
earth about their roots At the third and
last working, give them final hoeing and
earthing up.
CauliiOWer and Broccoli.-Work these
carefully duriag the month, and keep the
sol loose and clean. Towards the close o.
the month commence to kill them.
Endives-Tie these up for blanching.
Asparagus Beds-llow all off and clean
thoroughly the asparagus beds as soon as the
haulm begins to turn yellow. Fork lightly,
and finish by to-dressing the beds literally
first with well rotted stable manure, and
over this mixture of salt and ashes, the
proportions being three parts of salt to one
of ashes
Celery.-Earth up celery from time to
time and water freely in dry weather.
Small SaladIng.-The final seeding for the
season may be made during the first half of
the month
Rhubarb.-Rhubarb seed sown during this
month will advance the plants year over
seed sown in the spring. @
Challots, Garlic and Chives.-All these
roots may be planted out this month.
Horse Radish.-Plant out a bed of this
wholesome eondimcnt early this month. The
crowns Of old roots will speedily strike and
when once they get possession there will be
no difficulty whatever, in perpetuating them
Raspberries, Gooseberries aud Currants.-
| New plantations of these NAV now be set
out Plant the raspberries four feet apart in
the rows, and the gooseberries and currants
at distance of six feet apart OF the lat
ter, cutting may now be taken and planted
in a warm border, ready to be set out the
following autumn or the spring succeedingi it.
FEEDING RACK FOR SHEEP.-A rack or
feeding box of convenient size for use and
for moving, may be made as follows:
For the posts, take pieces of any good
hard wood, 2 by q inches, six in number /
one for each corner, and for the middle of
the Sides For siding and ends, take boards
twelve feet in length, twelve inches wide
from the bottom, and inches from the top. /
This will give you an opening of ten inches
for the head Of the sheep, ii the posts are
thirty inches in length. But they can readi-
ly be made little longer or shorter, accord
ing to the size Of the sheep you wish to
keep.
For the bottom, take three narrow strips
of board, one at each end, and one in the
middle. Upon these fasten board twelve
inches wide, running lengthwise through
the middle. Upon each side of this put in
board upon beyel, extending to the sides
of the box This will make the bottom
dishing at the sides and tight for holding
grain, meal, roots, or anything else you wish
to give them.
This box may be made with wooden pins,
or nails, but the best fastening is stout
screws, about two and halt inches in length
In the moving about the boxes are subject
ed TO considerable strain, and screws will
be found the cheapest in the end. Such a
box as this will accommodate aboCt twenty
large sheep. 1t is easily turned over and
cleaned without sweeping, and rapidly put
away tor the summer.
This kind Of feeding apparatus has been
in use in this country for =: least forty years,
and is on the whole, the handiest contri-
vance we have ever met with. 1t will pay
any man who keeps sheep, to have enough
of these made to accommodate his whole
flock. In the common sloyenly way of feed
ing upon the ground. much more fodder
will be wasted
In the change of the flock from the pasture
to the yard, care should be taken not to over
feed them with grain at first. The quantity
ofmeal, grain or oil cake, may be gradually
increased from a handful up to a pound for
each sheep daily, beyond which quantity it
is not ordinarily profitable or safe to go.
Too high feeding with meal or oily food,
sometimes leads to sudden death, and the
butcher looses his mutton, and your profits.
-ErehGaOe.
GRINDING HAY FOR HoRsEs.-Mr. J. S.
Kirk of Pittsburg, Pa, writes to the Far
mers' Club as follows:
'sFor some time past have been making
observation and experiments in animal food,
and obtaining what / believe TO be an i'm
provement and take the liberty of COM
municating TO your Club the results Grass
being the natural food for live stock, is ca
silly and properly extracted With hay, how
ever, the case is different, for when fed in suf-
ficient quantities, the animal especially il itr
teeth have become flsttened by age, attempts
! to satisfy itself by selecting the leaves and
| tender branches. To obyiate this difficulty,
and prevent waste, cutting hay in short
lengths has to an extent become general, and
Is no doubt, step in the right direction
Ny belief is that We should 90 still further,
and grind the hay SIS we now grind oats and
corn. Il is thought that, owing to its glusi-
| nous nature, hay could not be reduced to
state of meal, or, il so reduced, the expense
attending would not justify To test this /
constructed cutter and crJlsher on new
| principles. aad the result was beyond nv
most sanguine expectations Ten tons a
day can be ground with one machine, at
cost not TO exceed one dollar per ton
Ground in this manner, hay is not unlike
ground oats, ssue u color, its weight being
from thirty two to thi-ty-siI pounds per
bushel. Mixed with chopped feed, such as
corn or oats, it makes 4 cheap and excellent
food Thus we effect BY mechanical means
what the hard-working or decrepid animal
is incapable Of doing-Perfect mAstication."
''Snme persons may not he aware says
HieOver. in his work. 'Bipeds and Quadru-
petls,' @thAt the trifing neglect Of pair Of
wheels being comparatively dry or well
CREASED win cause twenty miles to take fas
more work out Of horse than forty sould
! in the latter case; yet wheels absolutely
screaming from dryness are often seen and
heard atiache TO earts and wagons; and
thus would the brute in human form let
them scream until he had finished his jour
neys end or his days work, though his
horses were drawing. from such cause. at
least one ton in four of resistance more
than they weuld if the defect were attended
To.
Cotton picking is now the absorbing oc-
| eupatian OF the farmer. and diligently win
| IL be piled, that none may be allowed tn fall
IRON the boIis. and thereby hccOme stained
Il were well Il care were taken that no trash
be picked with the cation. A dried ieAf 4
broken l,nil, OF other trash may seem of lit
tie cnnseQuescr bat when quantities are
mixed with the eott1n, they lessen she value
Of the lint. M F
In the long run there's noihIng equal to
stable manure. -, :