Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-05-19
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AGKICULTURAI.
FEEDING MICH COWS.
An experienced farmer says: 81 have
'-attlcei feeding at O'Clock in the morn
1- Hay first, and roots and bran after
re hAF j eaten Turn out and water
t.'at clock, and return to the stable
-'teT short time out for drink and exer-
ri-s, bHt not long, unless the weather is
a-e- ! ICED all the roots and bran for the
Jay az one iced. Once a day to feed roots,
.al. " bran Is enough, then feed on hay
'r The rest OF the day" This system. Of
course, applies only to feeding in the fall.
winter. and spring, before cows 90 to pas
tire the same man adds "My mowings
irc all cut twice IN the season. Would be
-.A1 t. cut It before it is fairly headed out.
'traS- is never cut too early. but mostly too
ate. Cat II early, and cut the second time.
The cheapest feed that | can raise is dried
grass and fodder corn. Roots cost me most,
Put they arc very valuable. | shall raise
u1re instead Of less. Bran Is worth al, it
costs tor feed, and also all it costs as q fer
t4l IT atterwari.
SHORT H0RSs FOR BEEF.
The best beef cattle in the world are the
Snort Horns. This does not admit of a
l'lot- They require good pastures, as
t.eY VIII not thrive on scanty pastures at
l. W here the DeyOns would keep in good
condition they would lose flesh rapidly. But
With an abundance OF feed in winter and
sumner they make the best beef cattle
known Cows of this breed often reach
from 800 to 500 lbs. live weight. and
-el 20 The butcher for 500 to $50. A
age-ycar-old COW lately killed, on failing to
breed. contained 300 pounds Of tallow.
roTAToEs.
Last season was favorable to potato grow
n- 10 nearly every part of the country
and tie consequence was the price went
down very low. This season farmers may
De inclined TO plant less seed than last year.
Hlt they will make a N stake if they do.
The best way is to concenti ate plant q
Jess area, make the ground very rich. and
raise a heavy crop. For one reason, it is
easier TO xiii bugs on a small piece of ground
than large one. A writer in the Rural
Atr YORKER says. a. Our farmers must not
be satisfied with loo bushels per acre, but
llm at Two OF three times this amount, and
thcn they can afford to fight Colorado pota-
to beetles and do it thoroughly Let them
take q lesson from the way those big prize
crops of Eurckas and Snowilakes were
raised. Obtain your Paris green before you
need It, 50 a. t. be prepared for the battle.
lt sold las, season in New York by the sin
gle pound at 40 cents, and it ought to be
s,li everywhere at about that price.
CARR OF HORSES.
The following rules for feeding horses are
taken from London. (Eng.,) publication
W hen horse Is worked hard Its food
should be chiefly oats; if not worked hard
Us food should be chiefly hay, because oats
supply more nourlshment and flesh-making
material than any other kind Of food hay
not 81 much. Rack feeding is wastetul.
The better plan Is to feed with chopped hay,
from a marger, because the food Is not
thrown out. aid Is more easily chewed and
dlgestei. sprinkle the hay with water that
has salt dissolved in it, because it is pleas
ing to the animal taste and the hay Is more
easily d-c~ted. \ teaspo0nful Of salt TO a
bucket oi water is sufficient
CHARCOAL TOR SICK ANIMALS.
Charcoal has good medicinal qualities.
and may BE given to any sick animal, and
often effects re.iei and IN many cases cure.
Ina case where COW became sick from
over eating a spoonful Of pulverized char
coal was mixed with water put into a bottle,
the cows head held up, the charcoal turned
down her throat. and in q few minutes re-
lief was visible; and in four hours she was
able TO 20 70 the pasture. 10 case OF a
COW becoming badly bloated 10y eating
green apples, "a half d tescuptul of powder
ed charcoal cured her entirely in few
hours
SMALL CHEEsEs.
The Country GutisuaH urges the advisa-
hi.tv OF making small cheeses, of from ten
O. twenty pounds, helieying that these
would command two cents a pound more
IN an average. than the usual sixty pound
chooses Within few years. the Edam,
Chediar. Wiltshire. and other small Dutch
and Encli-b cbctscs, have grown into favor
On oar tables. set on entire, and carved
from as wanted For the great majority oi
0ur farmers. the factory Is doubtless God
send. giving them more money for their
max than they could possibly get tor theli
own miserable cheesCs. But choice lar
mers' cheese is vet at premium and should
be-
WrTILAT1NG FRUIT TREES.
OraI the blunders that the common far
mer makes with trees, rome Is so common
OF -o burtful as the practice OF cutting OF
lower limbs Al 07er the country nothing
ism re common than to see big limbs cu'
IF near the body of the tree. This Is slr
against nature. The very limbs necessary
81 ~. tect the tree from wind and sun arr
cut away But the greatest injury IS th'
r5tt.nE.-too big TO heal over, and KEEP
moist by the growing tree, the limb mus
TT. and the rotting goes TO the heart. ant
hurts the whole tree GaTdHcr s Monthly
TOP DRESSING FOR GRASSES.
as recorded for four years at the Michigan
agricultural college. resulted as follows
On the plot to which no manure or iertlll
zar was applied. the total weight OF ha.
Welded per acre was $40 pounds. Nher,
Two bushels of plaster per acre were app led
the Weld per acre was 1926 pounds, a
gam of 4 Isl pounds Where five hushel
u wood-a~hes were applied, the yield pc
acre was l2,007. gain of 4l6i pounds
Where three bushels of salt were sown pc
acre. the Weld was Is 060 pounds, gan
Der acre Of 5,227 pounds. Where twent
loads Of muck per acre were laid on, tn
y.e.d was 1866 pounds, gam OF 692
pounds These results indicate that ther
are fertilizers which will produce as goo
results as plaster. For instance the pla;
ter welded gain # al per cent, Will
horse manure gave an increase OF Il pc
cent. or nearly a ton more grass per acre
the three years