Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-07-14
AGRfcULTURAL

Uses for Street Corn on the Farm
The finest fodder is raised from man.
moth sweet corn sOwn for that pur
pose, il being of large growth and
suckeriDg freely on good soil. If to be
fed during short pasrurage in summer;
it should be wilted at least twenty-fOur
hours before feeding. If for winter
use, it should be well cured before
storing. as il contains so much sugar
that 1t heats quickly. Our practice
has been to wilt it two days, turning it
on the second day, and then set II up
In large shocks, and there let IL stand
till wanted, load by load. We find il
the best and cheapest feed, and on our
rich garden lands as profitable as most
of our vegetable crops. We SOW II in
burrows three feet apart, eight or ten
kernels TO n foot 10 length After one
or two workings the shade covers the
ground. Ii can he cut with bush
hook or what is better, with a stout
reaper, and left in bundles, If yon have
two smart men TO remove them lively.
Some of our largest pork raisers also
grow largel, of the earlier sorts to
begin laying on fat before the Dent
corn Is ready. Ii is especially service
able where clover does not flourish. so
as 10 furnish summer hog feed. AS
soon as it is fanly in the milk they
begin to feed, cutting up from near the
ground. Scarcely butt Is left, while
of field corn much of the stock is re-
fused Dy the hogs. By the time the
early sorts are fed out tn" large ever
green sorts are ready. This feed in-
duc-s excellent thrift, and prepares
hogs nicely for profitable feeding of
fh. ..rnn anA h,ip.ra an, a.rllar
pork and more of 1t. / have never
known any one to he dissatisfied with
the results of the practice.
HOW to Break COlts.-A practical
stock man gives his experience in
breaking colts as follows:
A good and cheap breaking rig is
made with two hickory poles, three
feet longer than sulky shafts and lit
tie thicker; bolt them To tine axle, with
two wheels, let the poles project three
feet 20 the rear of the axle; have two
holes barred Ia the ends thus projecting
about eight inches apart; fit to these
poles two bows, similar Ia OK bows, and
long enough to come within ten inches
of the ground when the shafts are in
proper position for driving; these need
only be used when you have a colt that
Is disposed to rear up. When ever the
colt attempts to rear up, these bows
strike the ground aud effectually pre-
vent him from doing SO.
Always use kicking rope or strap;
put 1t on as often as the colt Is in har-
ness; it is two robes fastened to the
check bit; they run over the head as
kimble Jackson check the run
through the terret of the saddle and
along the back of the hips. where two
rings, eight inches apart, receive the
robes, which are passed down TO the
shafts, near the cross bar, where they
are made fast; when so arraigned,
every effort to kick throws up the head
so that it is impossible for him to kick,
and if he lies down or falls, he cannot
break the shafts, they being hickory
poles. The colt must go ahead or
backward. and 1t is almost impossible
to upset, the shafts being a little back
of the axle, so as to have no weight on
the colts back.