The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-03-02

Keep the mares Wnllo raised tine colts.
found that, on the whole, the money
aud time expended, the risk run, and
the attention needed, before the colt
was able to look after itself, was the
greater part OF the cost Of the colt until |
II became n horse, therefore changed
my plan. disposed OF my mares and |
kept geldings for my farm work, thus
getting rid Of vast deal OF trouble, |
Then when my neighbors needed $50 or
50 at any time, which they very often |
did, they could always sell me year.
ling colt, or at least & weaned one. 1t
was not long before my reputation as n
buyer Of colts became spread, and |
soon had my pick Of the colts within
dozen miles around. made a shed
with loose boxes 16 feet square, in each
Of which i could keep pair Of colts.
] feed them during the winter upon cut
feed and few oats, Just rs my horses
were fed, the feed being either cut sheai-
oats or cut corn.stalks, and meal and |
bran, with occasionally hay and linseed
meal. curried them daily, and gave
them Just as much attention as q grown |
horse should have, and many n poor |
pot-bellied, neglected creature, which |
have picked up fora song lest il might |
die, have brought round into thrifty,
furnishing young horse. When a pair
matched pretty closely I put them to-
getlier, md BY training them during
leisure times carly, they were broken
to light work without much trouble.
What they ate was really 80 little that /
never kept any account OF it, but
probably three pair OF colts cost no
more TO keep than one pair Of horses.
In summer their keep was pasture with
quart Of oats or meal per day only,
but they were always brought into their
stable at night and fed green cut fodder
with the other horses. / kept few Of
them over the second winter, having
more demand for them than cared TO
supply unlessI got my own price for
them. / have sold a pair OF very
nearly matched two.year olds, broken,
or rather trained 10 drive double or
single, for $500, which cost me year
and half previously S75 for one and
but sos for the other. Their whole
keep could not have cost me over $50
up to the day sold them. give you
the figures from my ledger OF the cost
and produce Of few Of these colts to.
ken at random; the whole list would
be too long, as l had upon the average
from eight TO ten colts at time:
One yearling, cost S55, sold at years
old for 1925. One weanling, cost $40,
sold ut p years old for $3.50. One
ycarling, cost 500, sold at II years old
for $3.50. One yearling. cost $40, sold
Mt . years old for sl75. Two weaniings,
cost sos, sold at Il years old for $3.50.
The last two colts, as the one above
mentioned, costing s25, were purchased
from man who used 10 keep his stock
in very poor condition, and boasted ai.
ter he had sold them that Iwould soon
have a couple Of dead colts. The next
year, however, they were sold to make
room for others ut very profitable
price. / think / have given hint TO
some Of my brother farmers how, by
keeping their eyes open, they may turn
mn honest penny and accommodate their
poorer neighbors Of the same time
Rcystone. 2 F''.' p 1h''
Planting Strawberries.
A correspondent Of the Cotta0e Gar.
iener Inns tried the following method
with great success:
81 did not cut any runners off the old
beds, but allowed them to run in a
ma S. In the autumn lined strips
about nine inches wide and two feet
apart through It's length, and cut them
in squares OF nine inches. These took
up with spade at three inches deep,
In tho bed prepared for them I had
trenches dug two feet apart, and placed
the squares Of strawberry roots in them,
at n distance Of eighteen inches from
each other. The roots wereRot injured
in the least, and the crop was excellent.
j had the trenches that were made in
the old bed filled with one part OF we'll.
rotted manure and two parts OF stiff
loan, and the bed was soon covered
with plants. Thus, by degrees, you can
renew tho old bed ms we'll as form new
ones. Certainly, with the old plan Of
planting single roots, We obtained finer
specimens OF fruit, but, unless fruit for
show is required, l advise every one TO
try the above plan for quantity, and
they will not BIO disappointed"
et Smut In Wheat.
1utUTlbtb ulubF III Tblhtlt1l 10 what Is
generally known as smut in wheat
Jethro Tull states that the difficulty was
common in England, till some OF the
wheat taken from sunken vessel was
sown. Thisproduced wheat free from
smut, and from that time forward the
practice of soaking wheat in ocean
brine, or water made artiicially salt,
became general. Land that contains
salt Is not liable to produce smutty
wheat. Applyinglime and salt directly
TO the soil seems TO operate 10 prevent
rust, but il is better to treat the grain
than the soil. Sulphate Of copper,
commonly known rs blue yitriol, or
blue stone, is now generally used, In
stead Of salt, TO prevent smut An
ounce aud quarter Of this salt, din.
solved in MS much water as will cover
the wheat, is regarded by many persons
ns n sufficient quantity for q bushel.
The wheat may remain in II an hour.
For convenience in sowing, many after.
wards sprinkle the grain with dry lime.
Duck. as Egg Producers.
The number of eggs laid by a duck
depends very much on the breed to
which she belongs. In all poultry the
non.sitters lay more than those that
are concerned In the rising generation.
Thus the Aylesbury will lay greater