Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-01-21
From the Western Rural.
tea and suggestions for January.
ECONOMY OF FODDER.

~ ~ iibSi Having oCV III Sdtl'Ct
than usual, farmers will need to
co2nomize hay, straw, corn stalks,
buckWEeat straw, ETC., in order to
bring stock through the foddering sea
con successfully without having to
buy hay, Get. in Spring. II animals
are not sufficiently sheltered from the
r!@ors ct Winter, a large quantity Of
the food they consume will be virtually
wasted, for ii will go to create caloric
Tor keeping up the natural heat OF
their bodies. This fact shows the
necessity OF providing warm quarters
for horses ard neat cattle, and also
fox sheep and swine. Hay, straw,
corn stalks, etc., shoul be chopped
with machine, steamed and mixed
With bran or other feed when man
egcd IN tbs way chatf tent forage J
becomes exceedingly nutritious.
BUckwheat straw in an unpreparcd
state IS not much relished by stock,
but when steamed and mixed with
even i small quantity ofmca or bran,
1t SofJens into pulp which is eaten
eagerly hy all kinds o! stock, and Is
very nutritious.
LESSON OF TIE PAST YEAR.
Experience IS said to be an anstcre
teacher, but its lessons are not soon
forgotten, Every passing year re
cords facts for the instruction Of the
observer. Ii farmers were as wise
thea, months ago, as they are now,
they would have lheir potatoes and
Winter fruits harvested before the
frost. 1t is also probable that corn
would not be oyartaken in the fields
by the snow or rain and that heaps
l., IT huskad corn would not have been
; lett in the fields until covered with
snow. Il is true that severe frost,
and a heavy fall Of snow, came nearly
a month in ivance Of the usual time,
yet large majority of the farmers
we're prepared for the worst. 1t is
probable that the failure of She corn
crop IN wet land this year vii! have
the effect Of teaching an important
lesson on the necessity OF thoroughly
draining ali soils which are not natnr-
ally dry. One useful lesson taught
~ the experience OF the past year IS
70 sell wheat early in the Fall while
The Grain is plump and weighty and
}hov1 is a brisk demand for it.
Gaere is seldom anything gained by
aoiiug of grain or wool. Often
very seri0as losses result from such
saeeu,a,ious.
I. TRAINING YOUNG HORSES AND OXEN.
il IS 4 great mistake TO put off the
training q young animals until they
nave grown large and stubborn.
THE operation of training colts and
steers should be commenced at an
carly age, and they ought to be
gradually accustomed TO obey the
g5mman Is 81 their owner or tanner.
Good temper. systematic treatment,
and uui Jim Kindness, viii perform
wonders in the training of young an
nails Of say kind, while irritabi i'y,
..ar,llarity, and harshness, will spoil
s,,ts, 81 steers, instead Of preparing
sea to be useful.
lii some places, DoVs are ailOWcu
rain one-years-old steers, and
lr.ir success is sometimes extraord-
i..gr. When properly handled in
IKE commencement, snch steers |
make docile working oxen;
WILSON'S, OF iIl-tcmpered boys should
.nl DE permitted to train colts or
.c4. Premiums should be awarded |
3ar- for the be trained colts Or
...aE.. Ofcourso the animals should |
III compelled 10 labor, but merely |
:. it 70 obey the command Of the
~. md to learn movements that
/, be useful at some future day. 1t
loud lie borne in mind that no a
l5HHt Of subsequent good treatment
4d Kindness viii make amends for
2rsi3o-sa aad bad management in
he early stag Of an animals cdu-
alton
GET TIE BEST SEEDS.
Il would not be easy to es,mote
~. anouut OF loss sustained By the
uraars Of the United States every
-
quality In no other country III the
VIZ. vide |orl1, ore inc 'ileFs OF
lde ~..' :? careless ~ inc selection
Of lie cereals dutcriorale rapidly
When sovu year after wear on the
..,,ao SOIL i a CONDENSATION for the
.alrg,,;~nts carried away by The plants
/, no. made 10 the land in the shape
If suitable manure. A Great dead
WI. ~ oe done toward cbtaininy GOOD
.ej ~ soIcctinr Ne best caIs and
ura,ara,;ae from lhcm. The most
.pSslal growers of wheat cats, /
REV, rye, and corn, fnd a frequent
...r-a Of seed very beneficial. |
7E.,t ,;ue0el seed should always be
red TO that which was harvested
.s il had arrived at maturity
al .z,ensiye seed growers know tie !
Importance Of allowing seed OF every
Lima "a barania ,ine before il is h.r
,.I.ra1 ~.n,a varieties Of the potato
nroa,,nn ,w..e IS manv bushels Der
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