Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-11-27
.lqR,cut9uRAn.


'ffNff 49, -
well as other people, are always behind
hand. They go to large expense and
much labor TO produce crops, and then
permit them to waste. There are po.
thtoes yet ungathcred, corn unhusked,
badly shocked corn-stalks exposed TO
the weather, potatoes and fruit daily
depreciating, etc, etc. A dollar paid
iorcxtra belp now is better than losing
ten dollars by delay in securing or
properly storing the crop.
Corn Husking is better TO be done at
once, when a; time, but they should
be wited at least twenty-iour hours
before feeding. Pitting is cheap aud
effective method of preserving them.
Harvesting Twnips may be done
quickly by topping them with sharp
hoe, plowing furrow away from the
roots, and then dragging a harrow
across the rows, so as to tear them out
of the ground towards the furrow. A
slight bruising will be little damage as
compared with the cleanLess Of the
method They may be rapidly thrown
into wagons with manure forks. Tur-
nips may remain in the ground until
tthcre is danger of their being frozen in.
Light frosts do not injure them.
PIoring should be engaged in at
every opportunity. Every days work
thus done helps forward the labors Of
the busy Spring time, and opens the
ground to the amelioratiag effects Of
freezing.
Ty.dressing Fail Grain should be
done without delay. If no barn-yard
manure is at hand, some commercial
fertilizer should be applied, except on
very fertile or previously manured
ground.
Drdining.-There is no better season
for this than the present. 1t may be
many years before the work can be
done as cheaply as now. 1t is a most
profitable way of investing money TO
drain uhere il is needed, as it is on very
many soils.
Leaues from the Woods furnish excel.
lent litter 1t is the safest bedding for
brood sows, and for the lambing pens
as the weak young animals are not en-
tangled in 1t as in straw. Leaves
should be raked up in heaps in the
woods, or stacked, for drawing home
at leisure.
SwampS that have been cleared may
be burned over now, where necessary
The FIRE should be started on the side
away from the wind, that it may be
kept under control and safe Wher
setting fire to a clearing, notify th'
neighbors, else you may be liable fol
. damages to their property.
! Rubbish Of all Kinds, not adapted Il
7 the compost heap, should be burned
No weeds in seed should go into !
J. compost heap. Few seeds are killed
by any heat that can be produced BY
iermcnting manure.
Repairing Of Buildings is to be at
y tended windows glazed, doors tight
ened, roofs made whole, and ventilatorl
: put where needed. 1t is good tint
7 for painting outbuildings. A mixture
: of boiled and raw linseed oil, and min
J, eral paint of a dark red color, is cheap
serviccable, and attractive.
The Barn yard should be cleaned up
) and heap made of all the manure il
. it. This will ferment and be the nucleui
9 for a large pile Of well-decomposed ma
tcrial in Spring. A Aquantity of warm
moist dung will soon start heat in ,
new pile, and will act as q leaven Il
D spread the fermentation, which may b.
; kept up through the mildest Winter.
G Lire Stock needs special care jus
J. now. Tho weatheris changeable, anC
,. protection from sudden storms is i'm
d perative. Good food, plenty of pur'
G water, cleanliness, dry bedding, ant
Il abundance of pure air, will promot'
r comfort and health.
g Working Horses-New gram is no
II wholesome for horses, especially new
r corn. Let horses that are still at past
# ure have some dry food at least once
IS day TO prepare them for the regula
c Winter feeding
l. IPedned Coils should have pint 0
g braised oats daily, and if the coat !
d rough, little lnseed meal. 1t is tim
3 to begin handling and training them L
J. wear halter, to lead, and be groomed
u Feeding.-Grain is cheap, and ii vii
d pay to feed all kinds of stock literally
y With corn at sl2 to SIC a ton, an,
% oats at $40, hay is dear at half thes
u prices. By feeding straw, with in
Is creased rations of ground corn and oat
y mixed with bran, an excellent substi
IL tute may be made for hay, which may
O. perhaps, then be sold at a profit.
d Milking Coios are now taken up fror
n grass, well fed and permitted to TAX
d on some fat, which will enable them I
n stand the coming cold weather wit
n comfort. A COW in full milk ought /
D, eat, at each meal, bali bushel of moiI
3 tened cut clover, hay, or corn-foddel
70 and three quarts Of mixed corn an
oatmeal, and milddlngs or bran, b,
i, sides picking of dry hay at noon. !
al safe rule is to feed COW all she wi
d eat up clean.
1t Cdlres should be comfortably house
D. at night, and receive regular rations {
10 feed. Onc.third Of cows allowanc
a. is not too much for growing calf
70 ISheep.-As soon as the teeth begi
~ to fail, the animal--whatever il ma
70 be-is past profitable age. Sheep 6
O. down bill fast Weed out the flock
and keep only thrifty sheep over tb
Winter.
The Lambs should be protected froI
y cold storms, il the older sheep do hav