The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-04-28
Farm. Garden and Household.
Feed FROM an Acre.

Feed FROM an Acre
A mir of farm horses will consume in
a wear q tons OF hay and go bushels OF
oats, their daily ration being 1s pounds
OF hay and IL pounds Of oats for each.
II will take II to l6 acres Of average
land to raise this amount OF fodder. A
COW will consume IS pounds Of hay and
pounds OF corn meal daily, equal to
81 tons OF hay and 40 bushels Of corn,
allowing for toll for grinding it, per
year. This will require about 4 acres
Of average land. One acre OF good
corn land will produce enough grain
and stalks to keep COW during year.
This estimate, which is deduced from
practice, accords elsewhere, as gathered
from statistics, which prove that eight
acres OF land are needed 10 support o
horse during year in Belgium and
Holland-countries which, as regards
the supply Of food, are self.sustaining.
There would be no practical difference
between the crops mentioned and others
that might be chosen, for the reason
that more prolific crops requirea greater
amount to be consumed to yield m
equal sustenance, with less prolific, but
more nutritious crops. The most econ.
omical single crop to raise for feeding
animals is corn, when the whole stalks
are well cured and properly used. IN Y
Tribune.
Fruit In Tin Cans.
The Boston Journal Of Chemistry
says: Tho impression prevails among
those who use freely fruits which are
put up in tin cans that they are injured
thereby, and thisimpression is in many
cases correct. We have long commended
that all preserved fruits and vegetables
should be stored in glass, and that no
metal OF amy kind should be brought in
contact with them. All fruits contain
moro or less of vegetable acids, and
others that nre highly corrosive are
often formed by fermentation, and the
metallic vessels are considerably acted
upon. Tin cans are held together by
solder, an alloy into which lead enters
largely, This metal is easily corroded
by vegetable acids, and poisonous salts
are formed. Undoubtedly many per.
sons are greatly injured by eating toma.
toes, peaches, &c, which have been
placed in tin cans, and we advise all our
friends who contemplate putting up
fruit the coming summer to use only
glass jars for the purpose.
Salt for Cattle.
One thing cattle need they do moi
get, is plenty of salt; they ought tc
bovn aOD,a n,,an,, Jo,, i,,4 Fnn. ,,,n,,,
do not get ii once month. Our plar
of feeding is to give from four to five
quarts OF corn meal, or corn and oats
ground together (the finer the better),
well sailed the first thing in the morn.
ing the roots, after which the cattle
are turned into the yard, where they
have n feed of straw and stalks to work
ut, and plenty Of water to drink. Al
night, they get what good hay they will
eat. They keepin tirtrnto order on this.
Last summer we fed four quarts corn
meal right through the simmer to oul
COWS, each morning, and they looked well
right through the season, but they were
none too fat. II is something we never
did before, but 1 think II paid well in
the extra quantity, and also in the
quality Of the butter. Try it one sea.
son, and see il it don't pay you. Don't
forget the salt.
Separating Honey from bee Bread.
A lady correspondent of the California
Agricultural gives the following con.
yenient and old.iashioned way Of separ.
ating honey from bee-bread
Put such pieces OF the comb MS have
bread in them into ronnd tin butter
cans (those little faring at the top
are best until nearly full. Then set
the wash boiler on the stove with water
few inches deep in it, but not enough
to boil up into the cans then lay few
pebbles or m iron chain evenly on the
bottom and set the cans on them, pu,
the cover on the boiler nndlet the honey
steam until tho wax is melted, which
can be ascertained by n small stick
or wire. The honey must be stirred
II wished clear. When 1t is all melted,
lift the cans ont and set away carefully
to cool, and when iustabout milk warm,
with knife and fork, lift the wax and
bread off the top, and your honey will
be clear and nice in the can.
Economy Of Fuel.
A correspondent in The British Work.
man tells how to build fire as follows
The person laying a fire should fill the
grate up TO the top bar with Goals, put.
ting large pieces ut the bottom and
smaller over them, then upon these,
paper enough to light the sticks, which
should be laid upon and not under, the
coal. Cover the sticks with the cindert
remaining from the previous days fire
these will soon become red hot; the Goa
below will be warped sufficiently Ia
make it throw off gas; this, passing
through the hot cindcrs, will burn Will
n bright flame, instead Of going up the
chimney in smoke, as 1t does when the
GOALS are laid on top. The fire thus laid
will require no polHing, and will burn
clear and bright from six to eight hours
without the necessity for more Goals to
be thrown on.
Made II Productive.
A correspondent Of the Ohio Farmc,
" hnving nothing to start WITH" pur.
chased, on easy terms, "one Of the
poorest farms in the township" and
made it productive. His plan is MS
follows First, pillow deep, then seed
with wheat in tho spring SOW clover