The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-11-02
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

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KEEPING EGes FOR WINTER.--At diff
ferent times l have read in your paper
many ways in which farmers wives lay
in eggs for winter use, but never saw
the way do it, simple rs it is, if have
only good eggs, and good eggs every
body must have, OF they will not keep
in any way. In August generally COM
mence saving eggs, and am very careful
to save only good and fresh ones. l take
boxes which hold about 1,20o, put on
the bottom layer of oats, and set my
eggs all point downwards, so that not
one touches the other, until the layer is
full then cover with oats and make an
other layer, and so on until the box is
full, and then cover and set in cool,
dry place, where it does not freeze until
used 1 have followed this way for the
last twenty years, and cannot say that I
ever lost more than one or two out of
fifty, and then generally found that it
was knocked or put down unsound. I
use small boxes 80 that can use the
eggs which put down first. 1 have
never thought of changing my way, al
though / have read 80 many ways to do
it, for instance, in ashes, in fat, in lime,
in limewater, and even vanishing them,
because my way seemed to me the simp-
lest and cleanest, and 1 am Just as sure
to have good eggs next February and
March, which lay in now, as 1 can
have good eggs now. There is no dan
ger OF having any musty taste to the
eggs if you keep them in a dry place,
and are careful to use dry oats-d Far
n,er's Wife, IN Country Gentleman.
THE CRUELTY OF STANoIIIoNs FOR
CATTLE.-A correspondent of the Prairie
| Farmer pronounces stanchions o mild
form of cruelty to cattle, and we fully
agree with him. He adds When cows
are sleeping, they invariably bend their
necks and rest their heads at their sides.
This must be their most comfortable
sleeping position, of which they are de-
prived by stanchions. A COW ought
never to have less than three feet by five
and one-half feet space to stanu and lie
down in, and the fastening by rope,
chain, or bow gives it, provided the short
chains are regulated accordingly" But,
it is urged that stanchions insure in
creased cleanliness. In properly built
COW stable, cleanliness is insured by
other means. There should be a trench
behind the stand from six to eight inches
deep. This prevents the cows from step
ping back to lie down beyond the intend
ed space. The droppings will fall into
the trench, and only in cases where COWS
are eating and have stepped forward,
their droppings will fall on the stand.
But there is even provision against
this, by making the cows get up few
minutes before feeding. In most cases
tney will drop their manure as soon as
they get up. When done with the feed
ing hand may go behind the cows with
a hoe, and rake down into the trench
such manure as may have been dropped
on the stand he also pulls back under
the hind part of the COW any straw OF
refuse feed lodged under the fore feet
so she may find pleasant bed when shs
has done feeding and wants to lie down
OIL MEAL FOR Cows AND CALVES
When cows ara in profit, a little extra
feed, in the shape of oil meal, will be
amply repaid in the yield of milk and
butter. 1t must not be supposed that
because a COW is on pasture there is nc
longer any need for stimulating food
The fact is, that with an ample supply
of grass, the appetite of the COW for the
meal is quite as vigorous as during the
winter, when she was fed on hay. Cow.
may be very profitably fed with quar-
each of oil meal morning and night
They will pick it up from trough, if il
is made sufficiently large, without waste
When cows are not tied up at night, {
good plan of feeding them is to have {
square box for each COW, large enough
for her to put her nose in easily, and si1
inches deep Put the allowance of mea
in these boxes. They may be scattered
about the yard, at such distance as will
give each animal an opportunity to ea
without being driven away by others
Calves will soon show, by their improved
appearance and fastened growth, tina
oil meal is good for them also. A small
handful given to them in their pastur
daily will push them forward rapidly
1t is well to use small tin pan to feeG
them with, and few minutes spent will
the young stock, daily, is not only al
agreeable occupation, but highly profit
able; for the more regularly the owner
attention is given to the cattle, tn
sooner he will perceive anything wrong
and be able at once to remedy it; ant
daily visit is seldom made unless ther
is some express purpose in it. Let tn
purpose then be to give them extra feed
and double benefit will result.-Ea
change.