Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-24
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Hints for October Work.

Condensed from The American Agriculturalht,
Rye may be sown all this month:
but the later the sowing the more
seed should be used. For selling
crop in early Spring, sow three
bushels per acre.
FALL PLowING.--Ground for oats
should be fall-plowed and left ridgcd
so that the cultivator or harrow may
fit it for seeding in early spring. The
land for early potatoes should also
be plowed and MANFRED. Spread the
manure upon the plowed ground and
leave until.spring, then plow it un-
der.
Horses that are still pastured
should have some extra. feed..to keep
them in good condition. The late
growth contains too much water to
make sufficiently nutritious feed.
Besides, the changing temperature
makes increased demands upon the
system, which must be met with an
increase Of food.
Milk cows cannot be kept up to a
profitable condition on pasture alone.
1t will pay we'll. to, give. them two
quarts of feed daily. II is wise
plan to begin winter ration on the
first of October. They not only give
more and better milk now, but come
into the winter. stronger, and in bet
ter condition.
Moderately fat animals are the
most profitable. EveryIexcessively
fat animal has been fed at loss dur
ing the latter part OF its feeding.
When an animal is ready for market,
sell it; if there is feed left, buy some
more lean animals and feed them.
"The, nimble ssixpencc". brings the
profit.
Young fall pigs should have plenty
OF milk, and if the food is made
'smilk-warm" they will thrive the
better for it. Small potatoes, boiled
and mashed in skinned milk, with a
little bran, will make them grow
rapidly. Feed a little at time and
often. The young pigs stomach is
very small, and overlooking causes
indigestion, and prevents growth.
PouLTRY.-Cull out undesirable
fowls, and keep only good ones.
Pure-bred fowls are as profitable, in
their way, as other pure bred stock.
Feed young pullets with boiled pota.
toes, mashed in the water sthey have
been cooked in, and mixed, while hot,
with corn-meal and cracked wheat.
This will give eggs all through
the winter. The culled fowls may be
coopcd andsfed .on scalded skinned
milk, with corn and oatmeal, fol
three weeks, when they will be as fat
as they can be made; to feed any
!. longer is waste of time and food
This food makes sweet and white
flesh and fat. When fed for market
give only corn, which makes the vel.
low fat so much desired by poultry
deal ers.
lackbcrrics and Raspberries
should be SO securely tied to tbcil
| stakes or trellises, that they will no,
be broken down by the snow. II
tender raspberries are to be laid
down it should not be donc..until just
before the ground freezes.
| CURRANTs AND GoosERERRIEs.--
Prune as soon as the leaves fall, thin
ming the bushes where too thick
and shortening the new growth 8
half or one-third its length. Make
cuttings of the prunings of this years.
growth, about 6 inches long, and sci
at once; cover the cutting bed with
straw or leaves when cold weather
sets in.
u Grape vines should be pruned in
the fall, as bad weather, or press OF
other work may interfere in early
spring. AS each vine will require Il
be pruned according to its condition
no general rules can be given. The
canes that grew the past season will
not bear fruit again. The buds upor
these canes will next spring form
shoots upon which the fruit is borne
The primer should be able to SEE
what the vine will be, to decide
where he wishes fruit bearing shoots
and must leave buds to produce them
cutting away all other buds, or canes
which bear them. As this will re
move a large share of the wood tina
the vine has made tho past season
the novice is timid, and fears that he
is doing wrong, but in most cases tn,
danger is in leaving, rather than re
moving, too much.