The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-07-13
Farm, Garden and Household.


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President Dlke delivered the opening
address before the Butter Aanulac.
turers Association Of tho United States,
He thought that, by proper care AID
iudicious management, our native cat.
tie may be brought near btateof per.
lection, in the aame way that the Ayr.
Shires, DeYons, ato., have become 40
excellent Stock.raissrs should breed
each type pure and distinct, and through
them raise the grade Of the native
stock. The farmer, TO improve his
stock, must give great care. Sound and
vigorous constitution, perfect form and
health, and marked qualities either for
milk or beei, are indispensable in the
animals 70 the successful breeder. The
more marked these characters are In
the parenta and their ancestry, the
more certain they are to perpetuate
like qualities in the offspring. When
the farmer takes the matter home 10
himself and weeds out the poor and
culhyates the good, America will edu-
cate her people 30 the native stock will
become the breed Of breeds. II COW
yield simply enough to pay her way
she Is worth only what she could bring
OF the butchers. II another yields
met profit OF $40 year more than her
keeping, she is as good "a $500 At inter,
est II $40 more, si00 at interest. he
deprecated the practice ofAome farmers
in selliAg their best COWS, often at lit
tie more than for the poor ones. In
regard tofood, he thought the best
food for the COW should be so mixed A
TO approach rs neatly as possible % the
chemical properties Of milk. Meal or
bran should never pe fed separately
and alone, as II Is then but partially,
digested, but II mixed with cut hay and
moistened or steamed, will do the ami
NAL more good. He advocated TO some
extent the tethefiHg Of cattle while al
pasture as an economizing OF food. It's
advantages, he said, are apparent.
Hundreds Of dollars can be saved IN
the item Of Fencing alone. Cattle should
not be allowed to trample and destroy
q turnip, for the same reason that you
would not allow them, even II muxsied,
10 roam OF will through wheat and corn.
fields. II they do not need the whole
pasture, part OF It can be moved and
preserved for winter use. Selling was
also referred TO, and It's advantages
pointed out. Sweet corn, drilled in
rows, htanda hrst in favor as a goiling
crop; but other kinds OF food-sor.
ghum, oats, peas, etc, are each good In
degree to supply the shortcomings OF
pasture in July and August. Ho al.
luded 70 the French process OF presery.
ing milk (Which is similar 10 the method
oil preserving fruit in cans), and said IL
had resulted in great good, and tons
are now yearly condensed aud given 10
the trade. In butter. making he adyoca.
ted the plan Of 4 few persons fixing up d
flrst-class millt'room, or churninR depot,
where farmers could take their milk
and hase II set, skinned, and ehurned
handled entirely by one person--and
then take your butter, SO handled and
churnqd, 70 o central depot TO be worked
and Prepared for market by one compe-
tent person. BE can pay you the cash
for u, and tkke 10 his own account the
work for7a consideration or per cent
Only few farmers attain to that per.
lection which Is possible, aud they
ahould have. charge OF the milk-rooms
and the cbqning department. s
squash and Potato Bugs.
DIR Trinble exhibited before the
Farmers Club some coloreds plates
showing the squash or pumpkin bue
in the act OF destroying caterpillar.
He said that the Colorado potato bug, q
terrible destroyer Of the vegetable, was
now in Illinois, and was on It's way
eastward. These squash bugs were net
q scourge like the potato bag -they.
deserved some encouragement as the
foes OF caterpillars and certain other
varieties Of worms. Their mode Of
killing the caterpillar, as was shown in
the plate, was by sticking two lancet.
like hairs, one OF which Is at each side
OF its proboseis, into the body Of the
worm.
DR.. Wellington said he had seen sey.
eral varieties Of potato bugs besides
the Colombo bug. These latter insects
were terribly destructive to potatoes,
tomatoes, and other vegetables, and
their march eastward IL much to be
dreaded by farmers Of the Eastern
States.
Late Fodder Crops.
There 10 no better fodder crop for
horses that can be planted 70 late as
July than millet or Hungarian grass.
Either Of these crops, which are very
similar in every respect, may be sown
upon q clean mellow piece OF soil, using
half q bushel Of seed per mere. The
crop shopld be cut as soon rs the bios.
som Is over and before tho seed Is fully
formed. 1t should be cured in the cock
the Same 40 clover, and should be ex.
posed TO ms little sun as possible. II
may be put into the stack or barn in q
Comparatively green state. Oyer-dry.
ing iiiufesit. This fodder is more nu.
tritious than corn fodder, md for horses
that are d ,ing very light. work will be
sufficient with the help of'a small GUAM.
tity cfgrain.
: Patching Calves.
A sensible, practical farmer says
that hehhs often noticed that calves
wonld thrive better on milk that Is NOT
rich in-butter than on what Is common.
~ called very rich milk. The nutritiye
elements Of milk reside chiefly in the
casino. II. you have cow that gives
particularly rich milk, aud one tina.
gives aquality poorer in butter, IL Ii
better TO feed the calf onethe milk oil
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