The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-10-18
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.


ring lTou AllOWllS HORSES, COWS, Sneep,
pigs aud fowls TO run in ono yard.
Horses in their play will kick or scare
COWS, aud COW near her time may lose
the calf in consequence; cows will hook
sheep; pigs will kill and eat lambs and
chickens and small stock are trodden
on by the heavier animals. In the mr.
rngGment of the yards for winter, this
should be thought Of, and plenty of
room given cnch kind of stock by itself.
Colts should now be handled carefully,
and taught to lead by the halter. They
should be treated with the greatest kind
ness and gentleucss, md little extn
feed be given, now TINT the pastures are
dry and hard. 4 pint Of crushed oats,
or oats and ryO bran daily, will DO n
great help to them.
As the pastures become poor, two
quarts OF meal and bran per day shonld
be given to each mich COW. It is sup.
posed to be "natuml" That cows should
shrink in their milk at this season. It is
"natural'' TINT they should do this when
their food shriaks, or when, by exposure
to cold rains or frosty nights, portion
of their food is taken from making milk
to keeping them warm, but in no other
sense. 1t is poor economy TO starve q
COW now, and throw away food in feeding
her up again i'll the spring. Old grass
has much less nutriment in it than young
fresh grass, and the difference must be
made up by other food.
Pork is high, and must be high for
some time. But when the bulk OF the
crop comes upon the market, it may not
keep its present price. Those who turn
of their hogs quickly will probably
make the most money. At any rate,
they will make their pork cheaper. 1t is
the quickly fattening animal that pays,
and this is precisely where it pays to
raise pigs from pure bred boars, because
they grow and turn feed into pork
quickly.
Store pigs should be pushed ahead ~
quickly rs possible before cold weather.
One pound Of food now is worth two in
January in making flesh, and the growth
next season will be in proportion to the
growth made now. Young pigs will be
brought on quickly by giving them n
mess Of skim milk and cooked meal,
after having fed them with cooked mush
cold, without milk. This tempts them
to eat more food than they would other
wise do.
Fine wool is about forty.four cents n
pound, which is lower than it Inns been
since 1857. Yet We would not kill of
Nlcrino ewes. But we would, for ono
season, shut up our Merino rams, and
buy or hire Cotswold, and raise some
cross bred lambs. There are ups and
downs in all businesses, and the too
common disposition to discard staple
thing because it is temporarily out OF
favor, is one Of the great faults of our
farming. It is especially SO Ms regards
sheep keeping and wool growing.
Breeding ewes should be put to the
ram in October, for March lambs. II
lambs are not wanted SO early, the ram
should be kept apart another month.
Where focks run out the whole season,
rs in parts of the West and South, it is
better for the lambs to come in April
and early in May. There are fewer
losses through cold and late storms.
The henhouse should have thorough
cleansing aud whitewashing, to get rid
Of vermin, and tho fowls should be well
fed, if plenty OF eggs are wanted for the
holidays. 1t is too late to feed hens
Just when eggs are looked for. Turkeys
and fowls for the Thanksgiving" mar
ket should be put i'll coops and fed with
soft food. Corn meal boiled in milk,
will produce very white and sweet flesh.
Poultry thus fed, may be made Us fat rs
possible in three weeks.
Everything about tho granaries and
corn cribs should be made safe against
vcrmin. Several cats may DO fed at the
cost of feeding one dog, and as they will
earn their feed far more probably, it
will pay to encourage few cats about
the farm. Make holes where they can
get in and out of the buildings and under
them, but foot or more above the
ground, that skunks may not take pos
session. Procure Il safe lantern, and do
not burn kerosene in the barn and
stables. A candle lantern is the safest.
Provide hooks upon which to haug the
lantern in safe places. Cut md grind
NIL the FODDER and feed when it can be
made to pay. Give salt to the stock
regularly but sparingly. Half M ounce
Il day is safe allowance for large aui-
mails. See to the water supply, and 10
not let the wash from the roofs food the
barnyard. Observe closely, and think
about what you see. The result OF this
is what is called experience, and the
more man has, the more profitable his
labor ought to be.-Agriculturisi.
Meal Feeding.
Says correspondent of tho Now York
Times: Since 1870 have tried feeding
with two quarts of cotton seed ut n feed,
with two quarts Of meal per dry; that is,
each day tour quarts seed and two quarts
meal will keep COW fat If ahc is already
so when the winter sets in. The winter
OF 1874 was very severe one here, and
llay was very scarce. had n fine mich
COW whose calf had killed. kept her
up and fed her two quarts of meal twice
day, and about one gallon Of cotton
seed, NIL worth then say twelve cents.
She gave from one and half to two and
II half gallons Of milk through the whole
winter, and came ont in the spriug as
fat rs beef. All who who try your sys.
TEN with five pounds of hay with it, il
the COW is in milk, will be pleased with
it. It is fixed fact no hay is needed il
tho COW is dry. write this to you so
that all may know that your system has
been tried by others rs well MS yourself,