Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-04-14

4 OtatOcs IOE E0Tks
| A correspondent of the Ohio Farm
writes from Bellevue, Ohio, as follows:
The first week in September we bougl
seventy-five hogs, average weight. II
pounds, at eight cents. We fed the
forty-four days on boiled potatoes an
corn meal, and then sold ct nine cents ID,
lpound on foot. When taken from the DC
the hogs averaged fraction over 25
pounds, the gain being Sc pounds, or
fraction less than pounds day. eacl
for the whole time.
Gross receipts for 76 hogs 81, ,7s1 {
First cost do do S1,0l5 SO
90 200 bush. meal. = 1856 90 1.2o1
Leaving for 200 bush. bad pota-
toes '.-........-....... S03U
or attraction over A cents per bushel.r
Pounds
The hogs weighed, when sold. 1924
do when purchased 10 go
Gained by fee ling 200 bs. potatoes. 6,54
or a fraction less than 81 pounds to eacl
bushel of potatoes. G 2-
From the figures it appears that il re
quires eighteen bushels of potatoes an,
three bushels of meal to make 100 pound
of pork; therefore, pork bought at eigh
cents and sold at nine cents per pound vii
sell potatoes at fifty cents per bushel pro
vided the meal is paid for by the one cen
extra which you get on each pound pur
chased OF course much depends, in thi,
case, on the weight of the hog fed, and the
amount fed to each hog
Pork bought at eight cents and sold al
eight will sell the potatoes at thirty-three,
allowing 50 10 cover the cost of meal
Ore man can wait on the table for about
150 hogs. This expense and little more
Tor rubbish from the woods and along the
ferces to keep the kitchen fire up, is fully
covered by what is saved in manure and
wholesaling the potatoes, big and little,
sound and unsound, on the farms, as was
done in the experiment given
One hundred and fifty hogs will eat about
sixty bushels Of potatoes in day, If prop
We expect to mash up few thousand
bushels next April, If unsuccessful in s'cor-
nering somebody, to raise the price in
market.
- ~ Feeding Horses.
We find that few farmers have anv svs-
tenn about feeding their horses, or if they
pretend to have. it is not strictly adhered
to, by either themselves or their employees.
Now, all OF us admit the advantages of
regularity in meals for mankind, even tho
we wholly neglect it with our animals. -
And not only do We believe in meals at
regular hours, but in uniform quantities or
portions. Man, endowed with reason, sell
dom eats more than he wants; the animal
without reason will eat far more than is
good for II, and in some cases enough to
cause death. Now much food is wasted
by such irregularity OF feeding, and the
horses are not kept in near as good condi-
tion as those which receive less food in a
proper way and at proper intervals
Horses should never be allowed to be-
come cloyed with any foed. IF too much
nay Is led to them, they will blow upon it,
pun it down, and trample it under their
feet As a general rule, about cne half of
the hay that is fed is wasted. Cut feed is
better for work horses. Oats are better for
driving horses. When considerable grain
Is given, onlya small amount of hay should
De fed If those who feed largely of hay
will look carefully after the feeding, they
will make great saying thereby. What is
true OF the waste In feeding horses is to a
great extent true in the management of
horn cattle. In brief, feed moderately and
and always keep the animal in
good condition.
Grazing Meadows.
1t is great folly to suppose that mead
ows composed of natural grasses are iniur-
ed by grazing. Moving annually will soon
weaken any grassland, but grazing with
cattle and sheep will quickly improve it, if
the coarse and sour portions of the field are
kept down, SO as not to have ''ton per acre
left on it to protect the roots next winter"
as some people recommend. To prevent
the animals from eating very bare in
places and leaving other parts un-
some application will be desira-
BILE, according to tho composition of
the soil. which will induce them to eat up
the rough parts. if tits sown on early inthe
season; salt in moderate quantity will an
swer the purpose, and plaster will help, or
ashes of any kind will sweeten the flavor.
Alternate grazing aud moving is an excel
lent plan on old grass land, and do not be
afraid of eating the roots or be fooled into
the belief that it is wisdom to stock light:
but when well or evenly grazed over the
surface, it is good policy to take the stock
off it very early in the autumn, particularly
when it is moved the next year,
Ashievements OF Cows.
At late meeting of the 'Institute Farm
srs' Cab, n. Y, sundry Communications
wer, read on the productiveness of cows
John w. Temple, Lionvilie, Pa, wrote that
his cows-common ones-gaye net in
come each during the past season of S1OO
Ihe food WAS about four quarts of meal
each per day, before turning Quito pasture,
the meal as the season ad-
vanced- In the winter, the milk-roona is
heated by wood stove, and kept at an
even temperature, and the cream churned
any admixture of milk Wheat
screenings and rye mixed with corn, is the
winter food Of the cows aside from the Gus
tomary hay ration. Aubury HOFFMAN, of
Lhe same town. made during the season
pounds Of butter per week from
two Durham cows. T. j. Bussey, Macedon,
n. Y. rnilked four COWS the past season,
the income from each being 1929. Alb or
s517.70 for the four. Grass in the sum.
mer. cloyer hay IN the fall, and potatoes
added In the winter, constitute their food.
in Relation to Temperature.
To prove that draining does affect the
temperature of the soil, a premium was
giyen some years ago in Britain, by o noble
man who takes deep interest in the pro-
duction of agriculture, for the best series
Of fobservations andexperiments,, to be made
on soil OF the same nature, IN the same
locality, and bearing the same crop. From
this collection OF carefully prepared and
reliable data was obtained, allowing among
other things, that in veil drained land, dur.
ing & long g-continusd frost, the temperature
Of the isnd was, at q depth of thirty inches
below. the surface one degree and q half
higher than the unirained that showers of
sleet and rain lpwersd the temperature OF
highly drained land two ds6res1 and of un-
drained four degrsss. ~ In every. case the
result obtained was in favor of the drained
land; except in summer, when tn tempera-
tare fsll one degree aftertnin ;sseysu tais is
an atlvantageto iand thAl "A Ialready adiy
and parched up tH-S
To Prevsht BirSs arsk Psiline 9 Up
81 &os Oorn.3 .Ai-a
A correspondent OF an exchange gives
the following s.. a sure means of accom-
pfshing the above deaidazxtun: ~ 2
soon as the terminating corn In the
planted field makes Its appearance, SOW
corn all round the borders of the field
'Afksx q few days. walk around the lot; if
you find tho corn pretty nearly all picked
up, SOW, again. Two applications are suf-
ficient and will last tl1a l.;vd. uxt;I tha