Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-07-22

We copy the following from the Amer-
icam Agriculturist for July; Cultivating
corn must, on no account, be neg ected.
The cultivatOrs. with short whitfletrees
attached, should be in the field and ready
for use ut moments notice. Then if a
shower stops work in a hay or harvest
field, or while the dew is on in the morn
ing, start the cultivators, if it is only for
IN hour or two. The ground should never
be allowed to crust over, and no weeds
should be suffered to grow. We plant no
pumpkins with our own corn, and cult
vate frequently as late as the first of Au
gust. 1T is the last blow that kills the
cat" and it is the last hoeing and cultiva-
ting that kills the weeds and leaves u
clean corn stubble. Cultivate shallow
just deep enough to kill the weeds. If
any thistles escape, cut them with a hoe.
If you are short of grass, keep the horse
in the stable or yard, and feed cut hay,
shorts. and corn-meal. A large horse at
hard work requires about sixteen pounds
Of hay and fifteen pounds of corn-meal per
lay. \ bushel of cut hay weighs about
eight pounds, and cornmeal about forty
five pounds per bushel. IF you mix Il
peek OF cOrn-meal with bushel of moist
ned cut hay, and Il quart of shorts. You can
let the horse have all of this mixture he
will eat up clean three times y day Let
them have u little long hay in addition
Ii pasture is abundant, turn the horses out
ut night. If they are ut hard work, let
them have all the above mixture of hay
and meal they will eat They probably
eat bat little, bat they should have all they
will eat. Make short incoming, and quit
the earlier at night. so as to give the
horses longer time in the pasture.
"Corn-meal soup is an established in
stitution on our own flrm. We keep
half-barrel constantly full of water, with
"a little corn meal soaking in it. The
horses are allowed to drink all they wish.
We let them drink the first thing in the
morning, and again when taken to work.
When bl ought home ut noon, they are al
SO III owed to drink before being put in the
stalls, and again when taken out, and so
ut night. BY Standing Il few hours. the
chill Is taken OFT the water, and allowing
them to drink when brought in from work
does not seem to hurt them. If the meal
gets sour, remove it and feed to the pigs.
Mich cows must have access to pure
water. If the pastures are poor II feed of
cOrn-fodder, cut Il few hours before feed
ing, Will be of great value, especially if
the COWS are fed enough meal to make the
corn-fodder Us nutritious as the best of
grass.
Sheep should have their feet pared; and
if there is any reason to apprehend foot rot,
dress their feet with any substance that
will kill the virus. We use crude carbol-
lie acid, mixed with IN equal quantity of
melted talluw. and put it on with Il small
brush, being careful to cover every part of
the no #, especially between the claws.
Dip the lambs, to kill ticks, in solution
of clrbolic soapo tobacco water. Repeat
in two weeks. Towards the end of the
month, dip the sheep also.
Swine should have access to water.
With this, and II good pasture, breeding
stock needs nothing more. Young pigs
and store hogs, that are to be fttted this
fall, should be fed literally.
Salt seems necessary to the health of
all farm animals. They wilt not eat too
much,if they have access to it at all times.
If they are allowed to 90 without salt for
two or three weeks, they will then eat
more than is good for them. For swine.
we mix about two quarts of coal or wood
ashes, one pint of salt, and half pint of
sulphur, and let the pigs eat all they will
of it.