The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1872-09-28
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Preparations for Winter.


At this season of the year word or
two on general subjects will not, we
believe, come amiss to the working
farmer.
To neglect stock just now is most
serious error. The grasses are becom-
ing unnutricious, and not nearly so abun-
dant as they have been; roots are not
vet fit for food new hayis too heating,
and few of our farmers have sufficient
supply of old, well-cured hay ON hand
to be able to rely ON it as main article
of fodder until the coming Spring, which
will be as soon as this years hay will
be really good for food. To feed green
corn and corn-stalks is to run risk
Green corn, save in very small quanti-
ties, is liable to be most injurious. Even
in limited quantities we cannot entirely
approve of it. The true system is to
hand feed all the year round, but for
this season it is too late to commence
therefore we would now recommend a
small daily allowance of stable keep
For farm horses, small feed at night
and some sweet old hay, with another
small feed in the morning, will do, unless
the animals are blowing or carting out
manure, then full rations must be al
lowed. The month of September is the
most trying time for horses to remain
at pasture Musquitos are active and
their bite poisonous, and the bot fly
now lays its eggs in myriads. War
bles also are engendered, and bots and
MARBLES are certain to annoy the horses
exposed to them, not just at this mo-
ment, but next year. The egg OF the
bot fly is a small, hard, bright yellow
substance that adheres closely to the
hair of the horse, and is copiously laid
on the legs and belly Of the animal. To
free himself from the annoyance of 9th
er pests, the horse ticks his legs, and in
so doing takes into his mouth these tiny
eggs, which reach the stomach with the
food. and as soon as Matched the young
bot fixes himself to the inside of this
organ, remains there partially buried in
the membrance, and causes much trou-
BILE and sometimes serious injury. The
wav to prevent bots is to keep your
horses in their stable at this season,
while the eggs are being laid, and every
evening, on bringing the teams home,
to look carefully for bot eggs and to
remove them Immediately with the
blade of fiat knife. Do not allow the
horse time to lick himself and then re-
move what eggs he leaves, but take
= them of at once. Marbles are far less
Injurious than bots, but as cows and
oxen as we'll as horses suffer form them,
all stock should be sheltered from the
attacks of this fly, which lays its egg in
the skin of the quadruped, where it
remains until the following year, when
as soon as fully Matched, it bursts, Great
ing a deep and irritating sore. The
proper lotion for this is saturated
solution of sugar of lead. If washed
with this two or three times, the sore
will heal up and give no further trou-
BILE. Marbles generally appear along
the crest and down the spine of the
horse; sometimes under the collar and
on the fiat of the neck When situated
anywhere that the harness or saddle
can interfere with them, entire rest is
absolutely necessary, or serious injury
is likely to result. In well-fed animals
MARBLES burst quickly and heal up rap
idly; but poor badly-fed ones frequently
suffer much from them.
Not only should the feed and sta
bling of his live stock particularly at
tract the attention of the farmer at the
present season, but heed should be Civ
en- to the condition of water tanks and
cisterns, wells and ponds should also
be cleared out. The waters are now
low and this therefore is the time to
clean out, and if necessary to deepen,
wells. Also deepen main drains if open
and needing it, raise muck and dig out
gullies, repair fences, and inspect roofs
and chimneys, glaze broken windows,
and, in short, make all comfortable for
Winter. Do not neglect the needed
supply of fuel Prepare to store roots,
not in cellars but in pits on sunny slopes,
or in well-drained, sheltered YARDS
Henneries should now undergo thor
ough cleansing. Such places require
to be washed and fumigated, and when
dry and free from smoke, -four of sui
pher should be sprinkled or blown from
a buster into all crevices and about the
floor Poultry should not vet be allow
ed to occupy their Winter quarters in
large numbers, as the weather is still
warm, and no amount of care will suf-
flee to keep vermin from poultry that
are closely confined in large numbers.
1t is none too soon to inspect hogs, and
to put some up to fatten. 1t is time
also to increase the feed of young pigs,
so as to force their growth before Win
ter. Generally speaking, all farm oper-
atoms should be now pushed with Wig
or, and all live stock require good care
and generous keep; but at no season of
the year should the farmer be more
careful of his stock than in the early
Autumn. He has to keep them up to
their Summer condition without incurr-
ing too heavy expense. This can only
be effected by beginning now to hand
feed, and by being careful so to regulate
the rations of every animal that the
change from pasture and entire green
food may not be too sudden, for if so.
indigestion in some form or other is
certain to set IN, and indigestion is a
dangerous enemy to the interests of the
farmer
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