The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1870-03-12

read more of the nature of it-tree, its circu
lation Of sap. root, and branch, we should see
greater success in tree planting.'-N. Y. In
DEPENDENT.
WORKING STocK.-The treatment of work
ing stock is matter of much importance al
ways, and especially on the approach of spring,
when the labors of the season come heavily
upon them, and the change from winter to
spring temperature affects their condition. The
proper care of horses seems to be an art which
many never acquire, while TO others it is a sim
pie thing. We have in mind farm where the
averages of horses for all purposes was about
twenty, and never lean one was seen, or one
that did not show, except by sickness or other
exceptional cause, ability to do his allotted work.
1t was not uncommon TO find here horses that
reached the age of thirty years and more, and
working well up to that age, There seemed to
be no secret in the manner Of keeping, but there
was system, regularity and moderation. They
received good, sound food, in moderate quanti
ties, and were attended with perfect regularity,
and made comfortable in well ventilated stables.
Corn in the ear was the common food of the
work horses, but for the spring work there was
always provided "rye chop" which, mixed
with cut straw, was the breakfast and dinner
feed.
The practice of feeding horses from racks
should be entirely abandoned, as wastefill and
injurious. The hay is dragged down, picked
over, and much of il tTodden under feet, and the
seeds and dust fall into the eyes and ears of the
animals. 1t is proper, perhaps, that all grain
should be mixed small quantity Of cnt straw
or hay, as il will be better masiicated and d.
gested. The grain should be crushed or ground,
and the straw little molstened. For working
animals this is especially needfnl that the food
ray be more readily digested. MARYLAND
FARMER
FARMIEG.-For man who is thoroughly in
earnest, farming offers grand field for effort 8
bnl the man who is only half in earnest, who
thinks that costly barns, imported stock and
nicely rolled lawn are the great objects Of al
tainment, may accomplish pretty results, but
they will be small ones So the dilettante
farmer, who has srnattering Of science, whose
head is filled with nostrums, who thinks his
salts will do il all, who doses his crops now to
feebleness and now to an unnatural exuberance.
who dawdles over his lamentations while his
neighbours oxen are breaking into his rye field,
who has no managing capacity, no breadth of
vision, who sends two men TO accomplish the
work Of one-let such man give up all hope
of making farming lucrative pursuit. But if
man, as we said, be thoroughly in earnest, if
he have the sagacity to see all over the farm, to
systematic his labor, 10 carry out his plans
punciually and thoroughly ifhe is not above
economies, nor needless TO the teachings of
science, nor unobServant of progress elsewhere,
nor neglectlul of such opportunities as were the
Yale Agricultural Lectures-let him work, for
he will have his reward But even such an
one will never come to his "four' in hand, )" ex-
eept they be colts of his own raising or to pri-
vate concerts in his own grounds, except what
The birds NAKED. G. Mitchell.
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Cur FEED FOR HoRsEs.-An accurate farm.
or has furnished the COUNTRY GENTLEMAN a
statement Of bis experiment with feeding cut
feed and meal TO his horses, accompanied with
weighing and measuring He cuts oat and
staw about an inch long with a rawhide cylin-
der machine and this chopped straw ia then
treated with eorn-meal and bran mixed in abo ut
equal quantities as TO weight, 50 that each horse
has about bushel of cut feed and three quarts of
the meal and bran twice in each day. Some
times hay is cut instead Of oalstraw, or both
are mixed. II is found that two hundred pounds
per week Of this mixture of corn meal and bran,
added TO the cut feed, will keep pair of work.
ing horses in the best condition. This he ia
satisfied from experiment, is LESS THAN two
THIRDS COST OF KEEPING THEM ON UNCUT DRY
HAY AND WHOLE GRAIN. The corn meal alone
is not SO good for horses as when mixed with
bran. An excellent meal is made of ground
0ais. The fodder is cut by horse power, on
stormy or spare days, and stored in large bins,
50 as to furnish always surplus on hand
HEAVY FEEDING To CATTLE.--The CoUs
TRY GENTLEMAE states that it has not proved
profitable TO feed large quantities of grain or
meal Al 3 time. i moderate quantity, fed with
great regularity, aud comfort of the animals
generally attended to, SO that there may be q
Constant and continued improvement, has sue
ceeded best, We have known number Of ex-
periments, giving results similar to the follow
ing 4 nsighbor who had provided himself
with platform scales fer his purpose, fed fine
steer first with fur quarts of barley meal daily
in addition to his fodder, and found by weigh |
ing that he gained regularly L pounds week. |
But he was urged to ''push him." in order 10 |
see what could be made Of 50 fine an animal |
He was accordingly fed with eight quarts day |
when The increase Immediately became less =
and, on increasing the meal to twelve quarts |
day, he gained nothing. Overlooking proved |
an injury. II is important 10 avoid the error of
feeding animals too little for time, and then |
attempting to make mp the deficiency by over |
dosing.