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that We have so many labor saving I'M
plements, is enough for horse or man.
Two hours rest at noon will be well for
the horses, giving them time to eat, and
opportunity to digest their food. The
tenth of the time thus taken from work
will be more than legained in the better
health of the animals, and their ability
to work the other nine hours.
In feeding oxen, it must be remem-
bered that they are Illuminating animals,
and need to be fed differently from
horses. Having a large stomach, an OK
needs coarse food to fill it. An OK, there
fore, is not refreshed by feed of fine
meal but is by one of cut hay or straw
ard rleal mixed, and the noon feed for
oxen should be of this kind. Give am
pie time for feeding and rest at the noon
spell.
Cows are now in their flush of milk,
and it is the harvest time of the dairy.
June butter is the best of the year the
fresh grass gives both rich color and the
best favor. To preserve these, every
operation, of the dairy should be done
with scrupulous cleanliness. The quality
of the feed should be looked to, for the
quality of the milk depends upon it.
The best calves should be retained and
raised to. make dairy COWS, instead of
sending them to the butcher.
Lambs should be pushed forward by
giving the ewes little extra feed at
night. A handful of mixed bran and
crushed oats, daily, for each eve, will
greatly increase the milk, and help to
rear hardy and large lambs. Guard
against cold storms after shearing, and
free the lambs from the ticks, which
gather upon them, after the ewes are
shorn, either b. dipping OF hand pick
ing. A boy or girl can soon clear few
lambs of ticks, by killing the insects
with a pair of sharp pointed scissors.
Both the ticks and their eggs should
be nipped with the points of the scis-
sors. ...
Allow pigs a run in piece Of clover
an orchard. 1t would be good for the
pigs, and prevent much damage from
insects, il the orchard were kept as a
pasture for swine, and managed 50 that
there should always be some green crop
in it Sfcr$theno to consume. Glover
might be made to alternate With rye for
this purpose. Spring pigs, intended for
the butcher in the fall, should have as
much grain, or boiled potatoes, as they
will eat. There is nothing better for
them than boiled potatoes, mixed with
either corn or barley meal. Stock hogs
will do well upon clover pasture, and
an ear or twoof corn daily. Fresh water
should be given in abundance. Regular
feeding and watering morning and
night, should not be neglected, because
other work presses Remember that
hog cholera and other diseases are in
variably caused by neglect or proper
precaution. ..... ....
Glover as well as grass should be cut
before the bloom is past. Prepare
everything for haying, that there may be
no delay when the work commences. In
the Northern States orchard grass and
clover must be cut near the end of June,
and timothy soon after. q Hay for sale,
may be cut somewhat later, as it will be
heavier, though ooarser, than that cut
early.
All tools net required for use, should
be carefully slowed away, and those
needed should be put in the best order.
Keep all tools bright and sharp, and
machines should be oiled at the bearings,
and creased with tallow and black lead
at the gearings. See that all the bolts
and nuts are Observation-Disclosures.
Questions and Answers. $50. s. -
A shorthorn breeder being asked in
the American farmers club why he pre-
ferred the shorthorns to other. breeds,
replied A" Because there is more profit
in them, there is more of them, and you
can get more out of them" He also as
serted that the young stock bring the
highest Of prices; the COWS give the
richest of milk, which makes the beet of
butter, and that they nave no superior
for beef, therein combining, according
to his experience, more good qualities
than any other breed of cattle. They
are, furthermore, kind and gentle, are
hearty feeders, make good breeders and
good mothers, and are the best known
for improving native stock. :
Is Hungarian grass good for sheep2 +
According to several successful sheep
breeders it may be fed with good results,
only care must be taken to cut it early
enough and have it properly cured. II
should be cut while in bloom, and
stacked or stored in the barn as soon as
cut. The value of any grass that is tc
be fed in 9 cured state is lessened by al
lowing it to ripen the seed before cutting
and this is particularly the case with the
grass in question. When properly cu
and cured sheep prefer Hungarian hay
to any other. >> d.. .4< ~ z
Is green food essential to poultry2 5
Yes, at all seasons of the year; whe1
fowls are confined to limited quarters
it should be supplied to them. In win
ter they can have cabbage, chopped tur
nips, etc. In the early spring pasture
sods thrown into the hennery will bt
ravenously eaten; Or if the fowls can bt
given free access to the fields the new
grass will be equally acceptable ant
beneficial. Young chickens, when no
allowed to run free, should have. al
ample supply of cut or pulled grass
each day. e-S& s1sA-A. ID - ; = 1'-''
How about oil cake for horses, sheer
and cattle. g. 800
When juaiciously given it is 'benef
cial, but too, many farmers make ths
mistake of not susingit Nth other kinds
of nutritive food. Oil cake is intended
for the purpose of assisting in the as
similiation Of other food in Che produc
tion OF lat, and is also given to horses,
broken into small pieces, to improve
their condition. Sheep and cattle are
fond OF it, but horses sometimes refuse
it. When fed to horses the quantity
should never exceed one pound pei
day.
What are the indications of a GOOD
milch COW, aside from any particula,
breed2 That is to say, what distinctio,
is to, be observed in the selection be
tween COW intended for the dairy ant
one intended for the butcher9
The milch cow should be thin ant
hollow in the neck, narrow in the breas
and point of the shoulder, Light in th'
forequarters, and showing in no par
much disposition to put on fat. Tn,
udder should be full and round and o
equal size and substance throughout
and thin,t to the touch. IF it feels coars,
and lunpy the bag will contain but ittl
milk, and if it shows more behind tina,
in front the milk will fall off soon afte
calying. The teats should stand square