The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-06-01
Farm earden and hoasehoId.


feeding with spoon take the lamb to
milch COW and let the lamb suokle
her, aiding the lamb II necessary by
squeezing the teat. This Is IN easier
and surer way than handwriting the
lambs. Hr
Sulphur fed once a week 10 cattle,
mixed with salt or meal, or both, will
keep OF and help to expel lice. There
is no kind Of live stock thRtsmall guam.
titles Of sulphur occasionally will not
benefit.
II takes eleven pounds OF milk to add
one pound OF live weight TO a calf and
m OK that weighs one thousand three
hundred pounds will consume twenty
two pounds Of hay in twenty-four hours
to keep from losing weight. II he is to
fatten, he must have Just twice that
quantity, when he will gain two pounds
q day. This is ono pound 1.-Two weight
70 eleven pounds good hay. To obtain
hity cents hundred for his hay, n
farmer must sell fat steers at five dol
lars and fifty cents per hundred
pounds.
The Hon. John P. Reynolds, State
agent OF Illinois, estimates the number
OF elevators owned and operated by the
Grange at eighty; the saving secured
is believed TO DO ten to fifteen per
cent.
tits mentioned that when cattle, in
being driven to- market, have been
kindly cared for and fed and watered,
they have actually gained weight upon
the road. On the contrary, when they
We're kept thirty-eight hours without
food or water, II required ten days
feeding to bring them up to their origi.
nal weight
Do not insist on your hedges taking
care Of themselves. AS soon as the soil
is sufficiently dry TO work nicely, har.
row each side Of the hedge row thor.
oughly, aud give the soil q liberal
dressing Of compost; and above all
clean out every weed you can find. Do
not be mean in this particular, for IL
you did but know it this is actually
putting money in your pocket, by saw
ing the cost Of fencing material. The
man who cannot afford TO attend to the
requirements of IN ornamental hedge
as well, is too poor TO have one, and he
should neyerplant it.
One OF the wonders Of the recent fat
cattle show in Paris was white New.
ernais OK, II feet 0 inches in length.
This, however, was only a moderately
respectable animal compared with a
Texan steer exhibited ut the Union
Stock.yards in Chicago, and which was
above 20 feet long, oil over. 1t is true
there was seven feet Of horn and seven
OF tail, but Of course these members
are included inthe aggregate, or should
be. 20
A very prolific short.horn COW of Sir
Charles Rnightly's herd, now in her
18th year, has bred regularly since she
was 80 months old, and produced twin
calves on the 10Th Of February last.
She has moro than enough milk for
both, is still very healthy, aud beau.
tiful specimen Of this fayorite breed.
Glover for Hogs.
A clover field is q most excellent
thing for your young hogs. ] set apart
field for that purpose, and have now
from one hundred and thirty to one
hundred and forty hogs upon it, and
they have been doing well ali summer
with scarcely any corn. When the
weather is very wet, the best plan Is to
move them OF from,it, to prevent them
from roofing up the land. They will
Craze on green cloyerall thewhile, and
1t is an excellent food for Them. The
cheapest way TO make meat in the up
country isto have good clover pasture
for your hogs, and after you cut your
small grain in the summer, turn them
in for time and pasture them there.
Taking the two together, You need feed
them very little corn until August or
September. Then, as soon aS your corn
is in roasting ear, fence Of n small
piece at time, turn them upon Il, or
Ont 1t and throw it to them stalk and
all. They will eat tho ear aud chew up
the cob. the stalk and fodder-and it Is
oil .nutritious. You will find It will
start them of to thriving, growing and
fattening rs fast as dry corn; and they
get great deal more Of the stalk, in
gliding the fodder, ear, etc., than they
do out OF q dry ear OF corn. In this way
they may be carried on until corn.
gathering time, and then feed them for
q short time upon dry corn and they
are ready for the butcher.
Toads Eating Bee.
A Missouri correspondent writes the
Bee Keepers Magazine II have read
that toads do little or no damage to the
bee keepers, but I lately found several
on the front board Of my hives, and one
I watched, and within fifteen minutes
saw him eat four Italians and two flies
then executed and dissected him, and
found his stomach perfectly crammed
with italian workers. This was very
small toad, and 1 suppose could not
have had less than twelve bees in his
stomach. A toad twice as large would
likely eattwenty.four bees, and three
meals a day q think ! am right makes
seyenty.two bees for one toad in day,
and a small family OF four would make
away with 2SS bees q day. Pretty stiff.
Perhaps my calculation may he too high
about his three meals day, but 1 am
certain that when q toad finds how easy
1t is to get his meals at the entrance Of
bee hive, he won't looks for bugs or
Z worms. But the most serious thing
they can do is to gobble up The young
queens returning home from their bri.
dal trip. Let those who have their
hives near the ground look out for
toads.
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Meissolner's Russian Order.
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