Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-01-26

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A New Hawpshire farmer recently
killed pig, eight months old, weighed BOZ
pounds. The teWSorthy fact III fcgsafd to |
Il is that h had been fSd principally On aps 4
PIES Isl s6a baa ~ tla easit ~ fn
Hearth and, Rowe says horse Weigh
ing from 1000 to 1000 pounds, will eat
about tons Of hay in a year, and thinkss'
818 tons of corn stalks, 0r9 oAt strawl and
az tons of corn or oats, would, be- about an
equivalent for the amount of hay.
i Meat Biscuits FOR Poultry A writer
says: Meat biscnitN broken spah.I and
mixed with sand or fine gravel, and for the
laying stock some old mortar added, suit
my poultry handful mixed with the pol.
lard or pther soft food, isa useful correct
i've condiment doubly Sc on clay soil. ~
"A correspondent Of the Rural New
Yorker tells how l79 bushels of ears OF
corn were raised On one acre Of hand in
Crawford County, Pa, No manure WAS
uScO, Dut Tue lhuu----d MCAl WqA4Cu SW amp
was plowed ten inches deep, and planted
to corn May 16, in rows three andia halt
feet apart each~wN5x@-Eiyextalkswef e al,
lowed to grnwin q bill, yhe same acre
produced two bushels Of bean and three
wagon loads Of pumpkins, oaoz0 ol ~
The Barrel Coop. --This Is an apphl
ance to keep chicks, that any one can
make, with very little trouble. All that Is
necessary, is to place a, common hCurl or
other barrel on its sidA take out one Of the
heads, place come straw in the back end OF
the barrel; put the, hen and chicks, in ;
have some 1ath, or strips, or boards at
hand, with one end ,sharpeped, and drive
them into the ground in front OF the coop.
and your work is accomplished. r. Rurra.
Ne0 1o'"ST.I So T9ffaiJp tgnsd7aou =.
| The editor of the Practical Fdrn'sr,
Philadelphia, abiding to farm stock, espe-
| cially mich COWS, timely and truthfully
remarks that uninterrupted Thrift at oil
seasons, withia domestic animals, should
be the motto !; and, this depends on con
] stantcare, and 4 oversight" combined with
4 q practical understanding, ofwhat IL proper
| to be given to keep, animals nlgood heart
With cows giving milk, this oversight and
/ care is of prime Importance, as without il
1 they fall away,in ,Aeshsn the flow of milk
/ will diminish, and the profits expected to
result from keeping them, fail Of sealiza
ton, 80 iT<f a = d.ulR a.
i Isl M, L. Dunlap thinks that great trou
bic with many farmers is, that they are
too ambitious to get rich at once; buy 9
large farm, get in debt for material ana
labor, are compelled to sell at bad stage
Of the market, or when other work needs
their attention, and, If they do not fail
they have. one continual struggle for exist
epce. Had they been content 70 operaN
With their own capital and labor, they
would have gradually risen to higher po
sitior. No wonder that we have q clos
money market in the country, and that Thy
\ rural population complainiof hard times
hard times that this system of bad man
ageinent will always insure" III 4, j
The effects of aeorns upon cattle is
question still discussed in, England. Their
is so much tanin in the acorn that. it has i
tendency to do harm when taken in tOt
large quantity, Possibly one reason why
acOrns. harm cattle and not hogs is tina
the bovines swallow shells as wei as ker
nels, while the pigs cleverly leave tn.
shells on the ground. One writer says
was once very much surprised to see ,
fine COW, in fine condition, eating acorn!
and crab apples alternately with impunity
there was plenty Of grass and water in tn.
pasturage and, wonderful 10 relate, 81,
| young beasts In the adjoining pasture diet
| from eating acorns in the autumn of 1868
Erctangs. y ~ ~ "a CIV ,...
4 --HearM and Home recommends salt TO
swine. 1t says swine are such greedy
feeders that not, q few, farmers pay very
little attention to lhcir- feeding. Tn
swill barrel is, often very little, better thar
I asink and the hogs, are expected to ca
anything and everything WHICH is reftlset
I by the other animals, human and brut
alike This short sighted treatment, how
ever, works its own cure, Or punishment
rather, for swine thus treated make poo
4 pork and often die before Killing time
4 Others who are particular about feeding
their pigs forget to supply them with salt
as they do other animals. They requir'
\ to be sailed, however, Just as much as cat
Il tie, horses, or sheep and suffer rs muci
] sw hen neglected as any Of these animals
IL. the food be not regularly sailed, Their
should be a trough or box in every sty, II
which. salt may be deposited regularly TO
the use Of the animals. Sailing the foot
judiciously would be much the best way.
A good way to cook meat is to seal i
In a vessel Theoretically tight Cooke,
thus a long time ,in.itsl Qwg juices, i i
rendered very tender, and has a peculiar
! appetizing favor Take an cafthefi ia
that will stand heat, with tight. fttinl
If beef is "a he tlt disir for dinner
cut ID Convenient spiecds, i lay them In thu
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