The Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1870-1875, 1870-12-21
AGRICULTURAL ITEMS.
ALI TREATMENT OF szocK-DIsooUR-


AaEATENTS.
DalTyiug seems to be the mania
now, though il has received somewhat
Of a check from the low prices.
Wheat also has declined. Oats, bar
ley, potatoes and apples are not selling
ct great profit. Hay, however, to
those who have it 10 sell, is doing
something,-fo some people viii per
slst In selling their hsy, which Is all
right enough if the land Is kept up,
as 1t may be, but as II IS not generally /;
those who sell bay are pretty sure to
be among our wors. farmers.
Hay being in tle asct n1ant, there
are those who will scFiDU their stock
so as to sell their hay. It's a tempta-
ton, and many viii suecumb TO it.
They will injure ale land because
the times (agricultuyally) are some
what out or joint. 1SeIr dairy will
be sure 70 lose what Is made on the
hay, taking the manure and all into
consideration. Better be pinched Gin
pocket and keep the stock good. Do
not depend upon straw unless it has
been well harvested and cut before
fully ripe; then. cut aud mixed with a
little grain OF some kind, 1t will do
well-for straw, Ii should be recol-
lected, is q substitute for hay, and
may be made to answer all its purpo-
ses-only see that IL Is cut when
somewhat green yet. If then we'll
cured and run THROUGH the straw cut
ter, ordinary hay is not so good as
this, either for cattle or horses.
Green, early cut hay, of course, is an
exception. We need not say to those
who have such hay keep it; they
know its value. We know such, and
we know them all tc be good farmers,
and all Of them b I'VE mich COWS to
feed It 10 and some young stock. But
il is rot the rule to have such hay.
Therefore other feed must be given in
addltlOn-We say must-0r the stock
will go rapidly down, aud it will be
hard to recover 1t. If people 1Ui4
persist in feeding bad hay (matured
and woody they must expect to sub
stitute the loss in the hay by the grain,
and this, as we all know, doesn't
pay We can make up for this loss
TO q greater extent By good shelter.
But do we do it? Will the man
house his stock who doesn't provide
food for them? 1t is iarentable how
Atbis thing IS neglected. In the cold
rains which have Just past-some with
snoW-the stock, even the mileh COWS,
whole diaries, were left out. This
during the day and during the night,
aud there were the stables waiting
for them. Here Is sheer carelessness,
eriminallty. How can We expect to
succeed in making butter and cheese
if we prevent our stock from having
them to make, If We permit the rains
and snGWs to wash them out? We
think it will be of little consequence,
and that we vii. soon correct it. But
our stock, especially our mich cows.
90 In winter quarters thin in flesh,
and are pretty sure to come out thin
ner IN the spring, even if considerable
grain is then fed. 1t seems to do but
little good, and this is the case with
respect to the dRiry,-the muscles,
the strength and health of the AMI
mails must first be recruited; then
comes the milk.
We are so in the habit of the thing
Can't we break away from it? Be-
cause we don't see the dollars and
cents wash out by the rain-because
we don't see the very money-Ee let
the things go, and hope to make up
for ii, or hope for the best, at airy
rate.
Bat nature never lies; she gives us
poverty for neglect; she does this
always-she cannot do otherwise.
We must put into our cattle what we
wish to get out Of them, and we must
keep doing 50; We must not let
the machine DO abused. Else we
snail continue 10 find fault with
I-1- 4 y he -sz-
Es9Aat1 gs56a farmer seldom complains.
The Door farmer is pretty certain to
complain even IN good year.
Itrequires each fall the calling of
attention to this common thing, so
much suffering is permitted t0sstock.
so extensive it is; we find il among
people that We are surprised to End it
with. 1t is habit, ard they do cot
know how much the harm their stock
Is receiving, to say nothing Of the
thing on humanitarian principles.
The dog may be taken in By Betty,
but the mich COWS must remain out.
In the morning they are found on the
lee side of hedges aud barns SILVER.
ing-all night they shivered, and they
shigered off their flesh to q great de-
gree and lessened their milk. The
lessening of the flesh Is not seen By
the cruel OTner-he did not mean Il
be cruel-but the lessening of milk Is
and In q large dairy this Is consid,
cradle; It amounts to many pals I
day,-and this during the fall to {
great many. Here is immediate loss
a. money taken out of the owner
pocket, and remote loss In the suffer
ing fsSh. VIII truly sane mau per
NIT this 2-I2dirie Farmer.
PATCHING SHEEP IN WINTER.
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