The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1877-11-22

better. and more money viii Be in
III Your pocket u spring. than If
they arc allowed - accumulate dirt
upon their skin. In summer the
ANIMALS keep clean IL rubbing
against the trees AMI bushes Of the
pasture. In winter the owner must
do this work Of the toilet for them.
Cattle at this season demand I'M
usual care. else the round form
brought IN from the pastures viii
soon become a mere bag of bones.
\ few roots with the dry fodder
each day are az good relish. and AID
digestion. Where labor j, cheap.
81 the work can be done ~ the help
otherwise necessary 70 keep. There
i no doubt but that steaming GER
tainly aids it. digcstibility.
Poultry viii not pay the rent Of
their roosts in winter, unless they
have clean, warm and light quar-
tiers. These modern improve
ments" provided, however, and Il
plenty and variety Of food,-corn.
barley, oats. meat scraps. somewhat
seasoned with spices. and a dessert
of ground oyster shells, and achoice
selection Of gravel set on their table
dally.-and YOU may reasonably eX-
pcct the rent to be regularly dcpoS-
tied III the boxes therefor provided.
Our grand mothers had notions.
and We laugh at them. but we shall
have to 90 back to their ideas. We
want more White-wash-not for
public men or governmental admin
iStrations, but for our dwellings and
fruit trees. Fashion has covered
II walls with paper and paint,
both unwholesome, and more OF
less poisonous: while the white-wash
brush being disowned, the cellars
are not sweetened and cobwebs.
mold and faint accumulate the sum
mer long. and lice and moths make
their homes on the fruit trees I'M
molested. Some wiseacre has said
that whitc-washing the trees will
stop up the pores and injure them.
Nonsense. White-wash will kill
lice, drive away the moths, and do
the trees good. while IN the cellar
and on the kitchen walls it is health.
Rurul NeW Yorker.
Clean and put under shelter every
tool and implement. Clear off
stones and stumps and repair fences.
Painting can be none cheaper now
than at any other time, and us there
are no insects nor dust to spoil it
before it gets dry, it can also be
done a great deal better. Cleanli-
ness everywhere about the farm is
especially necessary at this season.
Every sort of rubbish furnishes a
hiding place for some pest. Weeds,
bark and chips harbor grubs and
beetles: chinch bugs infest straw,
stubs, and corn fodder; the spores
of potato disease Turk IN potato
tops. Burn everything of this sort
at once. Look after cellars and
clean and white-wash them thor
oughlv. As the fallen leaves begin
to litter the ground gather them IN
as large quantities rs possible. By
using them as bedding for cattle
or as coverings for Enclosures
where animals are confined during
the winter they will absorbed the
liquid manure and make excellent
plant food. The older the leaves
the greater amount of mineral rich
esthev contain. -NeW York Herald.
A loss is often the result of using
an inferior OF common animal to
breed from, when a thoroughbred
could be used at Il moderate eX-
pense. Ordinary cows are too fire.
%quentlv kept with small returns.
when by Il judicious selection from
good milking strains the profits
might be doubled, \ loss is often
met with by not feeding COWS one
or two quarts of meal each day,
when the pasture gets short and
dry. The profits would IN general
prove greater if farmers would raise
their own COWS. as the value Of a
COW depends largely upon the good
care and good feed they receive
when Young. \ loss is sustained
by not putting in an acre Of sowed
corn to use in ease Of a drought. as
one acre then viii produce a much
greater profit than ten of dry pas
ture. \ loss is the result where
twice the yield might have been
secured by the application Of more
manure to the crop. By lot pro
viding suitable feeding arrange
mentS boxes. racks. ETC.. a great
waste and loss occurs BY the tramp
inc OF good food into the dirt. \
serious loss is often incurred by
letting grass stand and get too ripe
before being cut: and in this case
the damage IS two-fold-tirSt. a
regards the stock that eat il. and
second. the greater exhaustion Of