The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-12-08
Farm, Garden and Household.


pared for its chilling blasts.
Buildings not in good order should
be repaired without delay, all foul
places cleansel thoroughly, and heavily
vhitewashed or sprinkled with, lime.
Cellars should be scrupUlo bsly clean
ed, and, II possible to avoid 1t, should
never housed for storing Vegetables, us
they do not add to the health Of the
family
Animals sliould be studiously pro.
iected, but only in thoroughly yentila,
ted stables. Their food should be
given four or five times during the
twenty.four hours, so that none OF it
need he refused because il is "muss-
edp or soiled. Many farmers whose
experience has been varied prefer this
plan, thinking II more economical, and
more seryiceable to the animals than
feeding only two or three times a day.
For horses and neat stock, place Jumps
Of rock salt in tho managers. Food must
be varied to Huit the kind and condi.
ton OF animals. He who would pros
per asa stock.breeder or dairyman,
cannot learn too much Of the animal
economy. Comfortable stables save
food, and very materially assist in
maintaining animals in q good condi-
ton. Cleansing the hide and frequent
rubbing will promote health. II has be.
come quito a common practice with
some farmers to cnTy and rub down
their neat stock, and we trust it may
become universal.
Keep fattening animals fully fed, but
be careful to vary the food sufficiently
to cause a good appetite.
Hogs should be fed on cooked or
soaked corn, or corn.meal, almost en-
tirely toward the last days OF their fat
tening. Throw lime and ashes in small
quantities on the floors Of the pens
fromtimeto time, and occasionally feed
nittle sulphur.
Young animals ought not to be made
tender by too close housing-Should be
treated gently and with familiarity.
Steers and colts m1y thus be brought
TO q condition that will make 1t very
easy task TO break them into the yoke
or harness. fr1i lila .l
Manure making shoRld be prosecuted
with the utmost vigor. Aslong as the
weather permits, occupy every spare
hour in collecting muck, pond mud,
leaves, sods, ditch scrapings, and or.
ganic deposits, 10 be thrown under cat
tie. In the hog.pen, or manure.yard.
Heavy land may be plowed, provided
II is mot so wet as to be sticky, and We
should prefer the lap burrows, that a
greater amount OF surface be exposed
70 the frosts Of winter, and the ease OF
filtration increased. BY all means sub
soil pillow in this month, II practicable,
and get the coarser nanures under for
next years hoed crops.
Light land, that Is not wet, will be
benefited by being rolled after blowing,
and will be all the better il heavily
mulched with coarse manure, leaves,
straw, refuse hay, rushes, or any ma
terial that will keep the surface from
blowing away.
Fruit should be carefully CHILLED over,
and all that is sound wiped dry, and
laid away on shelves, in dark, cool
rooms, or dry cellarsLas uniform u
temperature as possible being kept up.
Cut scions for grating, aud pack away
N sawdust in good cellar until need.
cd. Cuttings Of currants, &c., may be
SGT as long as the ground is open and
friable.
Cellars and pits for vegetables need
close watching, that more protection
may be given when the cold weather be.
gins in earnest. Plants in cold frames
should get all the sun and air they can
endure. Spinach aud other crops left
ont should be protected with litter
thickly laid on. All roots should be
Immediately gathered md stored in
pits, except that portion OF the parsnip
crop intended forspring use, which will
he better OIL in the ground, II standing
water is not allowed on the beds.
Grape vines should be carefully prrlned
the Concord, Isabella, and Catawba
not as closely MS the finer sorts. Some
sorts in cold ATTITUDES will need to be
laid down and covered with earth for
the winter. This is also true Of tender
raspberries. Strawberries should be
carefully covered, and no stagnant wa.
ter allowed on the beds. --Pcn and PlotC.
p Large aud small Farms.
There are some arguments Of general
application in favor OF the cultivation
OF land In large tracts or farms. Proba-
bly, the most plausible argument is the
gteltor economy with which one man
OF intelligence, who has a sulliciency
Of capital, can cultivate and control all
business necessarily connected with II
tnNfta farm T,orrn fner,s nnn haitian
adapted to the use Of labor.saving ma
chinery. as! in blowing and seeding the
gang pillow may be used instead OF the
single pillow, which is only adapted to
small fields. In the use OF the three.
gang pillow, six horses and one man can
pillow more acres OF land in a months
time than three men aud six horses with
single plows can, and thus the wages
and board Of two men are saved. II
three men, with three plows, can pillow
on an average OF A acres day in small
fields, when the bouts are short and n
good deal OF time is consumed in turn.
ing around, then one man with q three.
gang pillow and the same number OF
horses, in large field, where the bouts
are long, will average FIVE acres day.
Then, in month Of 20 working days,
tho gang pillow will pillow 10 acres mort
Of land than the three single plows, ut
an expense less than that necessary 10
run the three single plows by Nc wages
and board Of two mon. BY this reason
it Is proven that the large farmer, with
his three-gang pillow, can pillow 1870 acres
Of land for $50 less than Il will cost the
small farmer to pillow 1l7acres,