The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-11-24
Farm and Garden.

not unfrequently allow their cattle to
remain out Of doors, when the first cold
winter winds come, longer than they
should. They are not accustomed to
frost as they will be in February, and
thus they are pinched and chilled, very
much to their injury. They should be
kept in the stables on these raw and
windy days all the time, with the ex-
ception of being turned out for drink
in the morning, at noon and at night.
1t will require less food to keep them,
besides contributing both to comfort
and health. An hours summing at noon
is also of great value.
Cutting Feed for cattle and Horses
The economy of cutting feed for cattle
and horses is well illustrated by the fol-
lowing:
A thrifty animal will consume about
three per cent. of its live weight in fod-
der daily. For cow of eight hundred
pounds twcnty.four pounds of hay
should be provided. But it has been
abundantly proved that when this hay
is cut. wetted and mixed with the allow
ance of meal 1.-TWO to four quarts), eigh-
teen pounds daily is ample to keep an
ordinary cow in good condition. The
difference, then, is the amount saved,
which is equal to oDe-fourth. This
represents the gain in digestibilty OF
food by the method of preparing it. In
practice the gain is greater, because no
waste can occur in using cut feed,
while in using long hay much is always
wasted.
Care Of Horses Feet.-The foot is the
most important part of horse; when
that is out of order the horse is entirely
useless. At this period of the year a
great deal of care and attention may
profitably be turned to the feet of our
horses. Mud, wet, s,ush, and filth OF
any kind allowed to remain on horse S
feet will certainly injure them. When
horse is brought in from work the
feet and legs should be washed free
from dirt and rubbed dry. The hoot
should be occasionally we'll tarred with
common pine tar. If any injury occurs
from "calking" the cut should be kept
clean, and if it is at the junction of the
hoof and the skin pains should be taken
to heal it up at once, lest the hoof may
become permanently injured as it grows
downward. If it is kept soft and phi.
able there is little danger of this, but il
it is allowed to become dry and brittle
bad sand cracks or split-hoof may
occur.
Keeping Celery Through the Winter.-
Peter Henderson, in his Gardening for
Profit" gives the following as his mode
of keeping celery through the winter
He banks up the plants early in the
autumn, only enough to keep them up.
right; or else he sets them a foot apart
each way when set out, so that by stand
ing so thick they can run up without
any banking at all. These are taken
up on dry days only and set in very
narrow bitches, dug just as deep as the
| length of the plants-those for early
winter use about the end of October ;
those for mid-winter about the 10th of
November, and those to last toward
spring as late as frost will permit, say
Goth of November. They are set COM
pactly together, upright, with no earth
except what goes on the roots. The
ground where the plants stand must
be high and dry, so that no water can
ever stand in the bitches. The portion
to be used early in winter will need but
little covering; but the covering for the
rest must be gradually deepenen, so as
to exclude the frost, until a foot or more
in depth. Forest leaves would doubt.
less be best for this covering. 1t must
be applied gradually, so as to allaw some
ventilation, and prevent decay. Celery
thus treated may be readily taken out
when wanted. 1t will be understood
that the blanching process is completed
while the plants are in these trenches