The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1871-01-12
FARMERS COLUMN.

Horace Greeley closes his work on :;
ssNhat I know about farming" with the
following pertinent remarks:
aFinalIy, and as the sum of my coh-
rietions, we need more thought, more
study, more intellect, infused TITO our
Agriculture, with less blind devotion to
a routine which, if ever iudicious, has
long since ceased to be so. The tillage
which a pioneer, fighting single-handed
aud ali but empty-handed with dense
forest of giant trees, which he can do no
better than to cut down and burn, found
indispensable among his stsnnps aEdroots,
is not adayted to the altered clrcumstan-
ces- his grandchildren. If our most
energetic farmers would abstract ten
hours each per week from their incessant
drudgery, and devote them to reading
and reflection with regard TO their noble
calling, they would live longer, live to
better purpose, and bequeath better
example, with more property, to their
children.
A MODEL STABLE-KEEPER.
Not long since was spending night
with . rsieH9 IN Nov aud WIS fu-
vited to an early ride in Central Park.
The offer was gladly accepted, as | knew
he had number of valuable blood horses
which were kept at public stable. When
I expressed surprise at his willingness to
entrust such valuable horses to the care
of any one but his own trained groom,
he said ''The man who keeps this sta
BILE is born stable-keeper and a gentle
man. His men are carefully selected,
and the following are his rules-Fust,
No man will be employed who drinks IN
toxicating liquors. His men. Ike his
horses, must drink water, cold water only.
Second, No man must speak teatd to any
of the horses, or in the stable where they
are. Horses Of good blood are nervous,
and loud, excited conversation is felt by
every horse in the stable, who hears it.
Excited words addressed TO one horse are
felt by every other horse who hears them,
and keeps them ali nervous and uneasy.
Third, No man may use profane langua-
ge In the hearing Of the horses. [ was
not surpried after this, that my friend
was willing to leave his blood horses in
such hands. While on the road he sooth-
ed the frery dispositions, and moderated
the speed Of his horses by gentle words
rather than by rein or whip.-Or Dumb
Animals.
KEEPTHE SMALL POTATOES UNTIL SPRING.
Farmers frequently feed their small po-
tatoes to fattening pigs in the fall. 1t
would be much better to keep them until
spring, and then cook them, mix them
with little meal and teed them to suck
ing sovs and young pigs. In the spring,
before the clover Is ready to turn into,
we are generally short of succulent food,
whereas in the autumn we have apples,
pumn kins, cabbage leaves, and variety
of vegetables that viii not keep until
spring The value Of potatoes as feed
for stock does not lie so much In the
mere nutriment they contain as in their
giving tone to the stomach and they
will prove much more useful when fed
out to young pigs and breeding sows in
the spring. as is usual, than when fed to
fattening pigs in the fall-American
40ricpZturaltst
REMEDY FOR RABBITS GNAwING TREES.
Let me repeat that there is rsmedy
to prevent rabbits killing young fruit
trees in the nursery or orchard; fine
young fruit trees have been ruined BY
rabbits gnawing them. Take thick old
slack lime, and thin it with tobacco wafer
aad whitcwash the tree In the fall around
the trunk as far up as rabbit can reach.
WHEN To SET HENS.
The Poultry Bulletin, published by the
New York State Poultry Society. gives
expression to the following opinion: cit
is advisable TO set hen at night, and
without light, if she be timid one.
Eggs sprinkled with water on the l4th,
18th and Doth day after they are et,will
rarely have dead chickens in them at the
end of the time for Incubation
CURE FOR HOOP ROT.
A veteran stock raiser gives In the
Rome IN. " Sentnei the folio x;ng a:
certain cure for hoof rot in cattle, horse:
AMI SHEEP; "One teacup full of sharr
cider vinegar, one and a half teaspoon
full of salt. Dissolve gradually on The
hot stove. but don't let it boil. Wher
cool, apply it to the affected limb an6
hoof, and also swab out the mouth of the
animal with the mixture. Two or three
applications usually effect a cure. The
remedy has been used with perfect sue
cess since 1915"
FOOD For FOWLS
A change of food, summer and winter
is just as essential in the management o
fowls as any farm stock. While cat mea
and middlings contain high per cent o
aesh-forming material. gluten, etc In
dian corn has the greatest per cent. o
oil-making or thanksgiving qualities o
any of the best summer foods, in winte
it should not be fed alone. Potatoes an,
rice contain large amount of starch anc
are excellent winter feed.
Wheat is never profitable as poultr,
feed compared with oats it contains
less amount of fesh-forming and fat max
ing ingredients. \ change Of food
frequently, is desirable, and We prefe