The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-01-19
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AGRICULTURAL NOTES AND sU6'
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ruvp.srssD TIE FUTURE.

malls, but he hopes the young stock
produced by them will be of first rate
quality. He repeats crops CT the same
A., kind, on the same sod, year after year,
and stfri he hopes that even without
manure the land will not be impovel :
ished, He has, ho~eyer, some is
givin9s In all these cases, and the ie
suits disappoint his hopes and confirm
his doubts. A careful review of past
successes and failures will be of great
assistance in future operations, as by
this means erroneous practices may be
avoided, and judicious system of
management adopted.
SHELTER AND PRovRNDER FOR LIVE
STOCK
The rigors of winter did not com-
mencs early or suddenly this year, and
on this account farmers had ample
opportunity to put farm buildings OF
various kinds into suitable repairs for
the reception of all kinds of stock and
the provenner with which they are to
be fed. By providing comfortable
winter quarters for the domestic ami
mails forage may be economical, for
when stock are not sufficiently shell
ter d a large quantity of the food they
consume will be used to keep up the
natural heat Of their bodies, and very
little goes to form flesh or fat. Nearly
evsrv kind Of forage-hay, straw,
oornstslka, &C., may be rendered more
nutritious by chopping and steaming
than II Is in Its unprepared state.
Buckwheat straw, as it comes from the
thresher, Is but Ii tie relished by stock,
but when chopped and steamed, and
mixed with even Z small quantity Of
bran or meal, 1t forms gelatine which
ID eagerly devoured ty stock of all
hDdA asd Is very nutritious. G 4
MsMAEAaEMKNT OF DAIRY cows AND
DAIRY PRODUCTS.
There is much room for improvement
in the management of dairy cows and
dairy products The bulk of the farm |
ing community suffer serious losses
every year by keeping inferior milch |
cows, stinting them in food, and wor-
rying them by fast driving from the
pasture ID the milking place, neglect
ing through cleanliness in the luilk-
house and the milk vessels, and in not
keeping the milk and cream at prop
er temperature. The cheese factories
have made great improvements in the
nauufacture of cheese, and American
cheese IL competing successfully with
the best brands of English and Dutch
cheese In the European market, and
the results of the exhibition of dairy
products at the Centennial have proved
that a. good butter can be made in the
United States as in any part of the
world, but as a rule the butter pro-
duced on small farms from new cows
is generally Of Inferior quality. The e 1
are, of course, some exceptions in this I
case, In the commission houses of any e
city there ay-at any time be seen d
large numbers of crooks and firkins of
butter that are unsaleable except at |
ruinous prices. This butter is rancid"
''stropg, {" tainted, and poisoned with
salt Of inferior quality and utterly un-
at for domestic use. The loss, of
course. falls on the farmers, who pay q
dearly for their neglect and misman- f
agement. .
CARE OF HORSES IN WINTER.
. In some badly arranged rural stables
the horses are not separated from each
ether In any way, and they bite and !
kick without any attempt being made {
at prevention or restraint Every sta z
BILE should be provided with stalls or
loose hoIes, and these should be roouy T,
enough to make the animals confined
In them perfectly comfortable. The i
stalls or boxes should be planked or !:
paved with blocks of wood, and pro !
vidsd with grooves or cutters to carry ,
OF tbs urine of the animals. Dark, {
ul.yentilated unclean stables cause dis 9
eases Of various kinds among the ami
mails confined in them. Young horses
ara sometimes left out too long on the
pastures in the fall, not being housed
until their staring coats and declining
condition make it evident that some
thing must be done. Young horses, as
well - timid, weak stock of every kind,
should be kept separate from older
and stronger animals, SO that they may
not be hurt or driven from their food I,
TRAINING YOUNG ANIMALS.
The operation of training colts,
steers, and heifers should not be defer
red until they have grown old and
stubborn and perhaps confirmed in bad d
habits. Ali these animals may be made /
perfectly docile and traetable by proper &
and attention to their wants. 4
will perform wonders in the training of =.
young animals, while irritability, harsh
ness and impatience with tn -ir awk-
wardness or mistakes will spoil colts or
steers instead Of preparing them to be
useful. In order to obtain quiet and q
docile milch cow, her treatment from a
the time of her birth must be kind and g
tender. Vicious or M-tempered boys or I
men shoul not be entrusted with the
of colts or steers. No amount v
of subsequent good treatment and $
kindness will make amends for harsh-
less, cruelty and bad management in
the early part of an animals educa- II
ton. J
BENEFITS RESULTING FROM MIXED HUs
BANDRY.
The farmer who keeps too much of
bis land in tillage finds the acreable s.
yield Of his crops diminishing every d
year until finally the soil becomes COM a
pleteiy Impoverished and he pulls 10 r
stakes, seeks some other location, and s.
sontinues the process of exhaustion. r.
By adopting q system of mixed hus o
bandry and keeping the greater part of :.
the farm In well managed grass. a u
farmer can have dairy products, beef, b
pork, mutton and wool to depend Oh &
iastead of waiting whole year for the &
proceeds Of a crop of wheat and then a
findies cut that the yield is poor and I
the price low, while debts and demands a
are gathering bulk by delay, A farmer +