Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1875-01-07
Agricultural Items.

In feeding meal to cattle. il i best 10
mix ii with cut hay or cut straw. Ex.
ptrience proves that the best results, from
The amount fed. are thus obtaiued.
Oyster shells burned makes the best of
lime. 10 those who have access To PENNY
of them, some convenient arrans cement
for burning would prove very useful. and
afford the means of oOtaiuin. good sup
ply of good lime for agricultural purposes.
The winter is the season Of compare
tive leisure to many farmers and affords an
opportunity 10 repair farmiu. tools and
also TO make many Of the more simple
articles in use upon The farm. Farm-2ai,.>
and trellises for vines aud boxes To keep
bugs from cucumOcrs. may be- made at tins
season.
A very good feed for cow giving milk
can be made OF two parts wheat meal aud
one part uf oil cake meal. Two hundred
pounds OF wheat meal and one hundrrd
pounds Of oil cake would form abuu, ihr
right proportion for feeding, aud would
contain 81 per cent. of flesh and lat-iornl-
ing substance.
Corn fodder when thrown into the
yard TO cattle and trampled over i wasted
aud proves of but little value. But il cut
with a feed cutter or with the llay-kuife
manufactured by Holt x Co., and to every
bnehel a quart OF meal be added and a
little water to lnoisten the whole. il will
all be eaten up clearly aud be the best of
food for any Kind of cattle aud excellent
FOR horses. especially horses which are in =
clined 10 haze the heayes.
-Eha f.rr, I.
carefully looked after. If any are not
housed, they should be immediately. for il
Injuries a plow, cart or wagon more to be
exposed one winter than 1t does TO use
them two summers. IL any of the plow-.
or cultiyators are found rusty they should
be carefully cleaned and a mixture of
sulphuric acid and water used 10 remove
the rust. Then nutralize the action of the
acid by applying ashes and water. wash
clean and wipe dry and then apply plenty
of grease.
House plants are often injured by
overwhelming, over heating and BY over
feeding with stimulauts. such as yuano.
saltpetre and the like. The nu'ritive or
gans OF the plant being injured the best
thing to be done is to give them rest Stop
wal ering aud stop feeding. After the soil
bCNoihto p"itS III AanS tbr pldul iIOil the
pot and rub OF portion of the outside
soil and then re-pot with fresh dirt and
water sufficiently TO mOisten the dirt, and
be careful not TO salurate the soil with
water.
-Fattening animals cannot be proitably
fed beyond a certain point. As long as
animals continue TO grow and take Oh flesh
it will usually pay TO keep them, provided
you have warm quarters for them. But
sometimes full grown animals. after they
have become considerable fat. will eat and
eat, and yet grow very little in weight and
it is a waste of food to feed them. All
such stock should be carefully watched
and when it is found that the growth or
gain is not sufficient to pay for the food
eaten. they should be disposed Of
sheep should be regularly fell and
kept in continuously thrifty and growing
condition. Every time the sheep falls oil
in condition. there will be weak place in
the wool where it will snap when started
Wool-buyers do not neglect to look for
this, and where they find it. they will not
pay so much per pound by five or six |
cents. Regularity in poor feeding is not So |
bad as irre2ularity in good feeding. |
small quantity Of grain. daily. makes de-
cided Improvement in a flock OF sheep. and
will be more than paid for in the extra
weight Of wool which they viii yield. l