The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1870-11-02
FARN-YARD SCRAPS.

great advantages from tlfe use Of cooked
food for their swine. The farmers who
have adopted this plan have in few years
grown wealthy. They say that BY feeding
them swill made with cooked meal they Sc
cure large frames for the animals before tile
corn hardens. which is q very important
matter.
SURE REMEDY FOR DIsTEMPER.
Els. C,dtimfor: One tcaspoonflll 2
sweet oil poured iuseach cir win relieve in
eight or ten hours ).
coLTs AND CALVES.
The season of cold autumn rains Is rapid
" approaching--a trying one to colts and
calves. III these are left on during cold
rains. as they too often are, they will ra-
pidly fall away in flesh, arresting measura-
bly, their natural growth, and rendering
wintering much less satisfactory than would
be the case If properly sheltered earlier IN
tho season. When you see them in the
fields, with ,heir neither extremisies turned
to the storm, and their bodies forming
crescent. you may be sure that they are
suffering, and that thcir owner is careless
alike Of their comfort and of bis own imte-
rest. These young animals, especially II
such times, should be carefully housed dur
ing antumhAl storms and well fed. too. as
these Try them more severely than the later
ones Of snow in the winter. All stock
should be housed at such times, but cspc-
cially the younger portions.
SELECTING SEEDS.
Autumn Is the most suitable season for
selecting the best seeds Of every kind.
Some Of the most celebrated varieties Of
wheats, oats, barley. corn, &C., have been
propegated from cars selected at harvest
time. for their extraordinary sire, and 9TH
or good qualities. Tie cost Of preparing
the soil thoroughly for wheat Or any other
,r p. will lie useless expenditure If seed
of inferior quality is soan. The largest.
plumpest, aud bet colorcj seeds Of tie
most apurneil varieties II grain should bc
selected fsr sowing. Winter wheat re-
fupmto be sown early. 80 that tie plants
win hare struck deep into The sViI bcfore
tile rigdrs Af Winter ecnnlehce. Seed
wheat should not only be thoroughly clcan-
ed from the seeds of weed, Jnt siuali
grains should be taken nut with separator
or suitable tanning mill. The selection of
corn for seed should bc made Lcfnrc the
stalks are cut down. preference bciEg given
70 the largest. Lest formed. aud best ripcn-
ca cars with the SIMPLEST cOls. Seeds II
all kinds of eeFials should be kept from la
msgc by damp Or heat.
OPERATION on LINE As a FERTILIZER.
The sction IL limc i two-fOld: frs. ply-
seal, and second. chemical. rs a lacclia-
nich sgent il opens siif elsys. rendering
tIen fIiablc, mellow aud more easily work.
cd chemically. il acts upon the vegetable
matter II The soil rnd sets free those stores
II valuable substances which, without the
action of this agent, must have remained
inert and nseless. II also enters di;cstly
into tho composition Of plants, aud il me-
rs varieties forms q large proportiot II the
weight o. their inorganic constituents. II
ncutrulizes certain acids which arc often
present ia soils. rendering tlicm useful 10
vegetation Instead of being positively inju-
ri0us, which Ties are IL their 0rginol state.
The existence of water 10 tue soll, however,
affects the action Of lime very considerably.
II the land il wet aud UNFRAMED. lime will
not exert tho same influence whiehil would
20 10 the cnsc of thoroughly drained land.
A greater quantity Of lime is necessary %
produce . givcn effect and thus the neglect
II thorough drainage entails considerably
greater expenditure in lining than would
have been ncccssasy II the land was either
naturally o. artidcally dry.
nov coon FAEMEns SAVE MONEY.
They take good parcrs and read them.
They keep accounts of faru operations.
They DO not leave tIci. implements scat.
teled over the farm, exposed to snow, rain
and heat.
They repair their tools and buildings a
q proper tinc and do not suffer a subsc
quen. tlreo-fald expenditure of time aad
money. They use their money jadiciously,
and they do not attend auction slea I.
purchase all kinds of trumpcry because i /
cheap.
They SOC that their fences are wcll re-
paired, and their cattle are not grazing il
tho meadows or grain fields or orchards.
They do not refuse 20 make correct cx
pcrimcnts in small way Of many neV
things.
They plant thch fruit trccs well care fo
them, aud Cf course get good crops
They practice economy by giving ilIci
stock good shelter during the winter; also
good food. taking III that n unsound, hal
rotton or niouldy out.
They do not keep tribes Of cats or marl
ing dogs around their premises, who e.
I more IL 4 month than they are worth in
Whole lifetime.
J, Lastly, they read the adverlisements
. know what Is going On, and frequently say
J money by IL
Successful farming Is made BY attcntio
to little things. The farmer who does hi
best, earns his money with best apprecia
D tion, nnd mses II with bost results. Sue
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