Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1870-03-31
RuRAl s DOMESTIC,
What He DO mt Know uDOut
Farming.

I VN0l He DO nj AnOW OOOll
Farming.
Late last Fall, while I was prepar
ing a series of articles entitled "Wha
Do MT Know about Farming"
wrote to Greeley asking advice as t,
how vines should be hung to keep tn,
bugs off, and the next thing | knew h
had stolen my ideas and contracted K
furnish them to the Tribune. How
ever, as his articles are strictly contin
ed to his paper, and his paper has 81
few readers in this State, perhaps
shall go on with my original plan.
In selling stock by live weight, it il
good plan to feed each one abou
three pals of water and what othel
stuff can be got down them just be
fore driving on the scales. II the
buyer has ever invested much money
on "Change," he will know what swat
cred stock means.
In holding the pillow, l always pre-
fer to hold it it in the house, seated in
a rocking chair, with my family clus
tered around me. As I hold the pillow
my wife reads aloud, the dear children
gambol in the hilarity Of their juvenile
freshness, and my gorge rises as ]
breathe the pure air OF heaven rushing
in through the kitchen window, and
the singing Of the birds makes me
feel a contempt for those shut up in
the dusty town.
In planting hay, l always elect the
longest can ind, as short hay bends
a persons back too much in cutting it.
l put the hay in with a drill which l
bought for the purpose, and get on
and ride around at my leisure, as hay
is something which will always come
up, generally coming up to $50 ton
before Spring.
In the matter of wheat, l always
raise it by the barrel. at a mill not far
away, as it saves buying seed, blowing,
sowing, grading, threshing. l thus al
so get rid of the ravages Of the nudge
and all that. l generally raise it on a
note.
In travelling around the country l
have often noticed that farmers do not
sufficiently regard the health of their
animals. My barn is arranged on a
plan of my own. 1t is open on all
sides, so that no creature may have to
stand out in storm because l am
asleep or away. This also saves lum-
Der. All around the barn, are bench
es, on which any animal can sit down
when tired of standing, or when wait
ing for something or other to turn up.
The sheriff says my cattle always sell
when my neighbours do MT, and he
thinks that it is all owing to my econ.
omy, and do not doubt it.
In sub-soiling piece of ground, /
always plant" mortgage on it the
Winter previous. Some folks think
that mortgage crop never turns up,
but have my own experience for say
ing that it raises the biggest kind OF a
crop, especially where you let the in
terest get behind. I hardly knew
such a sowing that did mt turn ont full
as well as the holder expected.
In raising hogs l think that many
farmers are altogether too slack for
their own interests. Now, suppose
that l want to raise hog, I go about
1t in careful, scientific way. a good
many farmers raise their hogs with the
first club that comes handy, but this
has tendency to make the animal dis.
couraged and disconnected.
have my own ideas about training
horses. II l ever get hold Of horse
inclined to run away, always borrow
a buggy OF some of my neighbors
hitch him to it, turn him into lot, and
then let him run. He generally get
sick OF the fun by the time the buggy
in gone, but If he do mt hitch him to
any of the wheels that may be left
and keep him travelling. The owner
of the buggy always expresses aston
.ishment at my system, but the evi.
dence of its success Is there before
him, and he can't dispute the pieces.
III ever get hold OF kicking COW
I always let Mrs. Quad sit down first
to milk, and I take my station neal
| by, to see what foot the animal kicks
with and how hard she hits. My wife
has a remarkably clear memory, and
after coming to, she can general,
give me any little particulars which
failed to note owing to distance.
then get tho COW into the stable, draw
her up with windlass, until she j.
just evenly balanced. Then l get &
bag and fill it with bricks, hang it just
within easy kicking distance, and
stand off for developments. Every
time she comes down she hits the
bricks, and when she goes up, have
another thing to apply to her front
and after she goes through with thi,
oscillation Two or three times, she
never kicks any more, at least not un
til she looks around for bricks.-[M
Quad, in Detroit Free Press.
Raise Sheep-Eat Mutton.
Good mutton, we'll fatted and
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