The Osceola times., 1876-12-09
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Carrots.

| fAhu AND hONf't4hVA<"s
| Carrots.
The people of .he south neglect tn,
carrot as crop, and yet is one among the
best crops that could be grown. II sue
ceeds well in our climate and fourishe'
in any soil that will bring good turnips
A popular writer says it is the most val
liable esculent in the entire range Of
practical husbandry on account of it'
superior properties rs a general article
Of food for Several descriptions OF ami
mails usually kept on farm. Where
once introduced it will ever remain pop
ular as valuable article Of food fol
horses, pigs and poultry Of all description
Butter of the most agreeable appearance
and exquisite flavor may be obtained for
the table by feeding milch COWS on car
rots, and if stored for them during winter
there will be no diminution in quantity
or deterioration in the quail ~ ::theil
produce.
In establishments for trotting or rae
ing horses, carrots are especially benefi'
cial. Toward spring, when the horses
| have been fed for many months on dry
food-oats, corn and hay--tllcy are ex
| tremely serviceable, indeed necessary
Among horsemen they have gained the
character of being good for the wind
but we suspect the only merit they car
claim in this respect is that they KEEP
the body cool and open, by which they
conduco greatly to health and condition,
and consequently to clcarness of wind
About the same thing may be said oI
their claims to producing a fine coat
whatever conduces to health does so
consequently carrots do. To any one
who has been in racing stable, or any
| stable where carrots are fed. it may seem
almost useless to say that they should be
sliced in very long slices. 1t is danger
Gus to give trem cut crossways, as horses
are extremely fond of them, and, If at all
greedy, would be apt to bolt pieces of
them whole, which would be quite like
| ly to cause some of them to stick in the
throat. Carrots, il kept in dry place,
in sand, will keep a ! ng time; or, in
sand, they will keep out Of doors, If COW
cred sufficiently with straw and then
banked up with h.-Mobiie Register.
Field Notes.
Ofall persons the farmer should study
his profession. BY study ! do not mean
simply such things as are learned in
books; but he should study at the plow-
handle and in the field, among his focks,
in his orchard, and particularly in his
barn-yard.
In one sense the farmer is also man
ufacturer. He changes his grass and
corn into beef, pork, wool, butter, cheese
and variety of products. In another
sense he is chemist; he so compounds
manure with his soil as to make both
available plant food. He should be an
artist of artists, so IS to be able TO pro-
duce the beautiful groves, orchards and
lawns, for the inferior artists to paint,
sketch and engraye. And above all, he
should be brain worker. And yet how
many there are WHO think abysimpleton
CAN be a farmer! What is the trouble
with nine-tenths of the farms in the
land? ! will venture an answer; Want
of brain power, properly managed.
Ask the average western farmer what
f, is his system of rotation of crops, and, il
he be honest, he will tell you he has
none. You need not ask what are his
plans for making and saving manure
glance at his farm will show you that
he has none. Such man may be sue
cessful in raising few crops of corn and
wheat on new land, but what will he do
when his land will not produce paying
crops? Probably he will take Greeley s
advice, sell out and, ego west" As a
practical. ife-long farmer, this year COM
pieting my first half century, and twenty
seven years experience of farming in the
west, | am more than ever impressed
that it is lifelong work to make good
farm. A farmer need not always work
like a slave-in fact, never like slave,
but like a free man. He should have
an educated, active brain; he should
have books and agricultural papers as a
part Of Lis stock in trade, as well as his
fine stock and improved farming imple-
ments, and, above all, he should remem-
Der that riches may "take to themselves
wings and fly away" but the accumula-
tions OF brain and heart are imperishable.
The Hog, lts value and How to Care for.
The hog is an animal of great Importance
III tUis CtuilifN anu is tNtIN uuN DtCblis-
ing more so. Almost every family out
side of large cities, and even in the
suburbs of these can keep one or more
pigs. Pork can be grown cheaper than
any other kind OF meat, and what is OF
much importance, a small outlay Of cap
4tal brings a quick return; if kept in
good condition, the pig may be slaught-
cred at any age after one month old.
The next important question is, what
variety is the most profitable to keep?
Where the Chester White Is known, no
other breed can compete with it. 1t is
nearer perfection as hog, than has ever
vet been arrived at. Its outline is beau
tiful, its disposition gentle, its habits
quiet and contented, not disposed to
roam and fret, so that the food it cen.
sumes goes to the formation of flesh and
is not spent in roaming after mischief
It is not a gross feeder, but, like all other
animals, requires its food at regular in
tervals; this care and attention is never
lost on it. There is no other breed that
enjoys better health, If kept till twelve
or fifteen months old. and properly cared
for, it will yield from five to seven hun.
dred pounds of net PORK. What Other
animal will yield so much in so short 2
time, from so small beginning, with
such small outlay Of capital?
The hog, like other animals, should he
| kent clean or rather, it should. have an