The Hickman courier., 1872-11-02
FARM HINTS.

animals, should have abundance of
food, and the best of care and treat
ment.
SHEEP KILLING DOGS are apt to be
around at this season. Put bells on
two or three sheep in each flock.
Keep a gun loaded ready for the
dogs.
Manure in the nursery and orch
ard is needed, in order to secure the
best results, and the fall is a good
time to haul and spread it upon the
land.
Spring PIGS, if not in unusually
good condition, can probably be win
tered over with profit. Pork can
hardly fail to be much higher next
year than now.
FATTENING Pros should be pushed
forward as rapidly as possible this
month. 1t is great mistake to de-
Law shutting them up to fatten until
cold weather sets in.
Sw1xE.-Do not fall into a com
mon mistake of neglecting these
useful animals because pork is very
low. A reaction is sure to come,
and good pigs will be profitable
stock.
PoTATo TOPS are we'll worth draw
ing TO the yard to absorb the liquid
manure. Allowing them to remain
scattered over the field until spring
is very slovenly practice.
STEERS intended for winter feeding
should now be allowed little grain,
/ say two quarts per day. They should
be pushed forward now as rapidly
as possible before cold weather
( sets in.
WEEDS and rubbish are best got
rid of by setting fire to them. They
/ burn better now than in the spring
Be careful that the fire does not
/ spread to fences or the woods or
mucky land.
PLANTING may be done this month,
/ when the weather is mild. Rasp-
berries and blackberries do better
when planted in the fall, as the buds
start early, and when set in the
/ spring they are not apt to make as
good growth.
DITCHEs. low, moist land, the
fall is a good time to cut bitches and
clean out and deepen old ones. I'm
( derdraining on uplands is usually
best done lu the spring, or late III
the fall or early winter, when the
/ ground is saturated with water.
CLEAN Up.-Pieces of boards,
[ broken rails, barrel slaves, etc,
should be gathered up befors they
become saturated with the fall rains.
a few hours labor in STRENGTHENING
/ up would add Inuch to the appear
ance of many farm. Nothing pays
better than neatness, system and
order.
Do NOT sell the best ewes or lambs
Sheep are scarce, and butchers are
picking up all the good sheep and
lambs they can find. Never let a
butcher go into your flock until you
have selected out all that you intend
to keep.
RAsPBERRIEs and blacBberries when
planted should have the canes cut to
the ground, otherwise they are apt to
fruit the first year, and this often in
jures the plants for future bearing
Set raspberries four to six feet apart,
and blackberries six to eight feet.
MncH cows, if we'll fed, give very
rich milk at this season. AS the
/ pastures fail, the cows should have
+ plenty of food at night In the yard
or stables, such as corn fodder, hay,
al -
tops, cabbage leaves, pumpkins, etc.
LAMBS should be kept in flock by
} themselves, and have the best of care
and feed. If not already done, they
should be dipped in a solution OF
carbolic soap, to kill ticks. This is
especially necessary with the long
woole sheep. In cold, stormy
weather, put all, and especially
lambs, under cover.
SHEEP for fattening in winter
should now be selected and pushed
forward rapidly. On good feed,
with little hay and grain, they
will often gain more in the month of
1 October than during the next six or
eight weeks. 1t rarely pays to try to
to fatten Merinos IN winter, until
they are three years old.
SHEEP.-If you intend to raise
early lambs tor the butcher, select
out the largest and best common
Mer:no ewes from the flock. Give
them the best pasture and little
grain, say half a pound each per
day. This will cause them to take
the ram in q few DAYS. Use the pure
bred rana-either Cotswold, Leices
ter or Southdown, as may be pre-
ferred.
FARRowINa sows should have a
warm, dry pen, with a rail round the
Inside about twelve inches from the
/ ground and six inches from the sides.
! For two or three days after farrow-
ing give the SOW worm slops, and
gradually give richer food. At three
weeks old the little pigs should
have some food in a small trough
separate from the SOW.
CRIBBING CoRx.-If the corn is
sound, dry, and hard, it may be kept
in large crib, but if somewhat soft
1t viii we necessary to take some
pains to keep it from molding. The
narrower the crib the better, and it
is we'll to make some chimneys in
the corn with boards. soft corn
should be separated out on a floor
W n re at Will dry, and be turned so-
casionally. Feed it out at once. 1t
Is better for COWS and cattle than for
fattening pigs
HORSES that are kept at stea: ~
work Should no longer be turned out
to pasture. The nights are cold and
the horses are better in the stable.
Horses that are only worked occa-
sionally, and never very hard, may
be still kept out Mt pasture during
the day. They should be brought
up on cold nights and stormy days
AS rule, it pays far better to stable
the horses, feed well, and work stead
ilY. But avoid working on rainy
days. If caught in a storm, rub dry
when brought in.
PRS for Potatoes should be made
on dry soil and where there is no
danger of water standing in toe
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