Connecticut western news., 1875-06-11
FARM, GARDEN AND HOysEHOLD'
sowed Corn For Fotder.

A l6GGer rom INIT. II. V. HoGGrS was read before the American Farmers Club . on the subject of sowing corn for fodder. He says: My practice has been to feed coarse fodder, like straw and cornstalks, when l fed grain, and to that end the 9 3feav-cutter has been one of my most machines in stabulation, both summer and winter, for my experienceis is that cornstalk, whether green or ripe, should go through the straw cutter to --iasure-the best results in feeding. They need not bescut so very fne-say three inch cut, if green, will insure complete consumption, which is almost impossible in eoarse fodder like stalks and straw. II stacked my hay so that might have more room to save my straw under cover, and to. have it handy for the chafef. Hay can be- well saved in the stack if pains are taken in putting it up, while it ,., is. almost impossible to save straw and have it fit for winter fodder ceptunder iTeover. WhenI thrashed the wheat the straw and chaf were spirited directly , into the barn. The oat straw was also slowed in the barn.. For provender T had oats and corn ground together, half of each kind I had four-sweep planet -, horse power on the barn floor, which was on a level with the earth on the front end of the barn. I rigged power straw cutter so that the cut feed would fall into a large bin in the basement. In cut ting the feed I mixed about equal pro !, portions of straw and stalks, drawing them in from the. field as wanted. In this way I had all my stalks well cured without any extra handling. With two men at the cutting machine, one with ;;s the team, and another to keep back the n cut feed in the bin, l usually filled the e bin in about three hours work. It held about 3, 900 ,bushel basketfuls. In the basement, and near the large bin, built utwel smaller bins, holding each feed enonah fnn all of the stock. Near each .OfSSdeSeH l. splseed say forty gallon casK. This. was filed with water, in which was r put first two single handfuls of Ono4- ee dagas salt; secondly four quarts of oil 1neal.s1 T them commenced filling one end of the feedsbins, using two-bushel basket t9S carry the cut feed from the z main bins The hose was put on to the ssgafden watering-pot, and as the feed was si put into the bin it was sprinkled with & Waterfrom the caslz, and trampled down Has soidly, as possible In this way the bin was filled and the cask of water used. Sdnae blanks were placed on the feed in the bin and heavy stones put upon them. 11o pAO UtboCIuOuu Wt1o Ouu O4 U1lO 4OdC1, O1 s'3 frost, sfeEmentation began in the mass in seaboutst thirty six hours, at which time it ssSS bad the consistency of damp straw and oWas mip a good condition for seasy mastication sby the stock. If ever hot water IS useful in stock feedmg;it must A De in preparing cut straw fodder in cold weather, to wet down the feed in the bins. RoRzefafE EsgAi Few Hipts.ley a., # j,9n
 !aAn Aagicultural exchange says: Our EeKperiments.Yith fforage crops thes past season prove that winter rye, spring rye, oats alone Or with peas, and corn can be gfewh so as bo give a succession of green Afedfier from the qniddlenef May to the 3 first hard ffosts of autumn. o.si7"1
 The editor of an Illinois paper having 'lfaised beets from seed sent out by the depaFtmeuts of agriculture, aads finding -l1thsan Beyond the power of nlasticatie1a of nythfng less than a circular saw, now adxeftisB thefaT as suitable for fenoeI ,EpostsS being ka tougher than hickory and more lasting tiln tthbla than cedar oa.s
 A man bought a horse. It was the . first one lie had ever owned. He saw in .sa Newspaper that a side window in a stable make sa a horses eye weak on that side; a window. in front hurts his eyes by tthefglare;I a window behind makes him IlsquiAtleyed;;ia "a window on diagonal line iomakes him shy when he travels; a stable TMthout a window makes him blind. He sold the horse. o 1 .q .. 7all5tR 1,a.' 4 -szs
 A Chester county (Pa. J farmer says: If any ons wishes to induce the mole to eat poison, better put in the worm or bug; yet 3 better plan would be to set @ sh1ah Steel traP, properly placed, in his road, with as little disturbance as may be, or sink a small tin box or tin fruit can in his track, with the top on level with the bed of the road, and cover over the top to keep it dark. They will in their sravelsdFop in and, as they are very poor climbers, may be secured. ap1 i's''
 Readers of newspapers often meet with the term 't carload, ''r but few ot them know just what or how much it is. The St. Louis Times has taken the trouble to learn, and says as general rule 20, GOO pounds, or seventy barrels of salt, sev- enty of lime, ninety of flour, sixty ot whisky, two hundred sacks of flour, six cords of soft wood, eighteen to twenty head of cattle, fifty to sixty head of hogs, eighty to one hundred head of sheep, 5000 feet of solid boards, 17,000 feet o1 siding, 13,008, feet of flooring, 4,00C shingles, one-half less of hard lumber, one-fourth less of green lumber, one, tenth of ioists, scantling, and all other large timber, $40 bushels of wheat, BOG of corn, 680 of .oats,. 400 of barley, 360 o1 flax seed, 360 of apples. 43O of Irish DO tatoes, 36O of sweet potatoes, LOGO bush els of bran, "a -'-- '--7. -'
 A Good Whitewash. 5 ''
 The chairman of the American farmers club said thatin response toan inquiry fol the best whitewash for barns and out buildings ehadreceiyed the following
 Take aAbusheF of well burned lime white and dlnslaked, twenty pounds ot Spanish whiting, seventeen pounds O. rock salt, and twelve pounds of brow1 sugar Slake the lime and sift out any eosse Jumps and mix it into good white wash, with about forty gallons of water sand them add the other ingredients an6 stirthewhole together thoroughly, and pu on two or three coats with a common brush To make cream color, add to tht . above three pounds of yellow ,ochre fawn color, four pounds of umber,l on' pound Indian red, and one of lampblack Dr.ySmith said that Ee was of the opinion that sugar was of no service il the making of whitewash. It was non sensical to use it in such 8 mixture, as i would do no good, and it's use would bt simply a waste of money. The rock sal mentioned he supposed was coarse salt He could not say whether or not the lat ter would improve the mixture. MT. Fl, said that he had found in his experience
 that tallow was good ingredient fo whitewash,, but Dr. Smith did not agre with him, as he thought that tallow woult not mix well with lime.
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