The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-05-02

Animals require special care at this
season. This weather is very changea-
BILE and horses aud cows are shedding
their coats and liable to catch cold.
Sheep must be managed according to
circumstances. IL the yards are large
and dry and you have plenty of roots
it is probably best to keep them out of
the pastures until there IS a good bite
of grass. If the yards are small and
muddy it will be well to let them run
out every fine day. A sod field that is
to be plOwed for corn Will make a good
run for them and viii save the regular
pasture. Feed ell the hay they Will eat
1t is a great mistake to stop feeding hay
and grain as soon rs the sheep are turn
ed to pasture. They may not eat much
hay, but they should have access to it
and be allowed 10 eat at will. Ewes and
lambs need warm, dry, sunny quarters.
Feed the ewes plenty of bran, early
cut clover or other hay, and as many
roots as can be spared. Unless the ewes
are very fat, pound of oats each per
day may be fed with great advantage.
Be careful to avoid exposing the sheep
and lambs to rain storms. If a lamb
gets chilled, wrap it in a warm blanket;
or, in extreme cases, put the lamb IN a
/ tub Of warm water. Lambs apparently
dead have been restored in this way.
Feed horses literally and allow plenty
of time to rest and digest their food.
It is better to work them steadily for
eight or nine hours than to keep them
in a field ten or twelve hours, letting
them stand still one-third of the time.
When a man needs to 60 home to lunch
or supper the horses need food also. A
pail of water with pint of corn or oat
meal stirred in it is capital thing for a
tired horse. 1t will enable him to work
an hour or two longer in an emergency.
Cows should be carded every day. It
is especially important to feed new
mich cows literally and with good
Judgment at this season. Do not be in
a hurry to turn them out to grass.
Give plenty OF enrlyzs cut Aassy ana lasa~e
enough to keep their bowels moderately
loose. If thin, give little corn-meal
or oilcake meal In addition. Cut the
hay, moisten it with water, and mix
about two quarts of bran and a quart of
corn meal with q bushel of chaffed hay
and let the cows have all they viii eat
up clean. When turned out into the
| yard, let them have little long hay in
the racks to pick at. 4 COW giving
milk needs great deal of water. Let
her have access to it all day. or Mt any
rate night and morning. If you can
! give each cow half bushel of mangles,
or beeis, or parsnips, or carrots daily
| it will be of advantage.
! It now looks as if pork would next
| fall and winter bring higher figures
| than for the last two or three years.
Last fall pigs should be fed very liber-
ally at this season, in order that when
they are turned ont to grass or clover
/ they may be strong and vigorous. ii
/ they are fat now they will keep fat all
summer on good clover. With us this
/ is the cheapest way TO make pork. A
SOW should be placed in warm, COM
| Portable pen some DAYS before she is ex-
peeted to farrow. The object is to lei
her get accustomed to the new pen. 1t
is well to let her ont every day for ex-
| eTcise before she pigs and occasionally
afterwards. Give little fax-seed tea
or oii-meal slops and bran to keep the
bowels open. After narrowing give her
for few days thin, warm bran slops
three times a day. Gradually give
richer food, such as oct, corn or pea
meal, mixed with bran and mixed with
slops from the house or with uilk. If
cooked and fed warm it will favor the
production of milk. With we'll bred
sows the milk is often too rich, and we
should aim to feed in such way as to
increase its quantity, but not its quality.
Perhaps there is nothing better for this
purpose than brewers grains or warm
whey, or skim milk and scalded bran
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