The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-07-11
FARMERS COLUMN.
sHEAF OATS FOR FORAGE.

In answer TO the inquiry, w naG Sual
we grow in the place of corn fodder?"
would suggest the sowing Of oats pretty
thickly, and cutting when fist in the milk
so as to have them saved as green and full
as possible store them under cover, anG
it will be found that more good food CAL
be raised to the acre than any othel
known grain or grass That oat straw il
of great value has long been proved, anc
allowed to be of nearly equal value to hay
when cut green adding to this the grain
say fifty bushels to the acre, would give
nearly ton OF the best of feed, on which
not only does young stock grow thrifty
and large, and the condition of work
horses improve, but with bran or meal it
is one Of the very best things to feed to
COWS for milk and butter.
Having q certain amount of milk to
supply daily last fall, used every means
to keep up the quantity and quality, and
tried almost every variety of feed.
found positive evidence that corn fodder
was the worst of all, even at no cost, while
sheaf oats, cut green, we're a cheap feed
at forty cents dozen bundles of average
size The corn fodder was good, full
grown and we'll cured, but I would not
feed it to COWS I wanted a good supply Of
milk from, if could get it for nothing.
The only feed found superior to oats was
clover cut in first bloom and we'll cured,
with four ears of corn and four quarts of
bran once day. On this fine supply
OF butter may be looked for, and a cow
to do her very best.
1t may also be said in favor Of oats that
they are easy to grow, nice to handle, and
the most wholesome ard nutritious food
for stock, poultry and hogs included are
early harvested and the land left in good
condition for clover, which should follow.
Cor. Rural World
GROWTH OF THE FEET-If young horses
were to receive the attention they deserve
from the time Of their weaving, they
would have much better shaped and
sounder feet than they have under the
present system of management In place
of expecting a large number of we'll forn-
ed feet, we should rather be surprised to
see one at all when we reflect upon the
manner in which the poor animals are
generally raised. Young horses are often
kept standing IN moisture and filth till
their feet are ruined by the ravages of
thrushes,9nd their hoofs are seldom dress
ed before they have grown to such an ex
tent that the unfortunate creatures are
obliged to walk about on the back of the
pasterns. If the stalls were daily swept
and Uttered, it would tend very much to
improve the health Of the foot, as we'll as
the comfort of the animal. The feet
should not be kept either too moist or too
dry, as either extreme is injurious. They
should be dressed regularly every fourth
week, in tue same way as If they were to
beshod. It this is done with judgment and
discretion, they will be brought into the
most suitable form, and the animal will
turn out much more valuable than If he
had been neglected or iniuriously dealt
with.
PRUNING TOMATO PLANTs.-A O., Ben
ton Harbor, Michigan, states that he has
five acres of the Gen. Grant tomatoes
planted 3x4 #. Shall he prune them, and
if so, how and when? In pruning either
plants or trees, there should always be an
object in view if not better adopt the let
alone policy, and save labor With toma
toes if the object is to get the first and
second "sets" to ripen earlier than they
otherwise would, the tops of the plants
may be cut off when these early "sets" are
about the size of black walnuts. This
trimming will check the growth, prevent
any more blossoms, and hasten the date
OF ripening some ten days to two weeks.
But when tomatoes are grown by contract
for canning factory, then it would be
very poor policy indeed to prune for the
object in such a case would be to get as
many bushels of tomatoes as possible
from the plants. Pruning will lessen the
yield and hasten the date Of ripeling-
". r. Tribune.
The DoUGLAs MIXTURE, mixture
is composed Of half pound of sulphate
of iron and one ounce of sulphuric acid,
dissolved in two gallons of rain or spring
water, and is very highly recommended
as chalybeate tonic for fowls When
melting An English writer gives it as a
preventative of gapes and roup. When
administered every other day to young
chickens, dose-one teaspoOnful to pint
of wafer sulphate of iron is said to Ee
sudden death to the small worms which
prove SO annoying to young chickens.
The Douglas mixture, when prepared and
used as directed, is entirely innocent, and
worth trying
AN IMPosTBR.-We incidentally learn
that man calling himself j. w. Thomp.
son, travelled quite extensively through
La Sale county last spring soliciting sub
scriptions to THE Prairie Farnaer and that
he induced large number of farmers to
give him their money. Ncither money
nor names has been RENTED to US. Il is
said that he now resides in the vicinity
of Chatsworth. Do any of our readers
there know of such man? We should
be glad &c get some definite information