Connecticut western news., 1878-08-08
FARM AND GARDEN.
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 Wheot after Oats, is faulty practice.
 The soil is filled with weeds-of which
 the sprouting oats are the worst-and
 the rag-weed, and many others work
 mischief. An important needed improve
 ment in agriculture is
 A Chunge of Rototton. With the
 present rapidly changing demands upon
 farmers for greater variety of food pro-
 ducts, we need changed system of agri-
 culture. The production of meat will
 have to be the chief aim of large num-
 Der. There is widening demand for
 milk and cheese, and for the best grades
 ot mutton sheep. All these are products
 of the highest systems of farming, in
 which the soil must be enriched and
 kept clear of weeds, so as to produce
 maximum crops of fodder that can be
 manufactured on the farm into these most
 salable articles. The old plan of rota-
 tlon-grass and clover, corn, oats and
 Wheat-in which the three grain crops
 following each other, are not well adapt
 ed to cattle feeding, especially the last
 two-must be abandoned if we are to
 derive any advantage from the new de-
 mands and markets so auspiciously open
 ing for us in Europe. Drilling Wheot.-It would be an in-
 teresting and we believe profitable ex- pertinent to SOW at least one acre of wheat Tn drills, so far apart, that the crop could
 be cultivated. This may be done by tying each two of the drill sprouts to- gether, and thus discharging the seed into one furrow sowing somewhat less seed. Then the rows will be 12, IA, or 10 Inches apart and the spaces may be cultivated by adapting an ordinary spreading cultivator, or uslng 8 wheat hoe. A yield of 60 to 80 bushels per acre, has been obtained in this manner.
 Fodder. fall fodder, white tur- nips may be sown this month. An oat stubble plowed and fertilized, may easily produce 600 or 800 bushels per acre, well worth ten cents bushel for COWS, sheep or pigs, and which will keep until Janu- ary in good condition. Three hundred pounds per acre of artificial turnip ma- nure, or superphosphate, will aid greatly.
 Green Fodder not required for feed ing should be cut and cured for winter use before ripening. A well-worked crop of fodder-corn may very we'll be followed by fall grain or turnips. No piece of arabic ground should be left idle.
 ArtsScial Fertilizers. - Experience gained the past season goes to show that liberal maturing is the most economical. We can see in the past harvest where five dollars worth more fertilizer per acre would have given twice that value of grain. There can be. no doubt that artificial manuring must become a part of our settled practice in the future, and making few careful experiments will give valuable experience as to the use of these fertilizers.
 Rectoansisag Waste Londs.-No farm CT can now afford to let any of his land he idle, especially swamp lands, which. when reclaimed, may make the richest part of the farm. The present month IS a good time for the work. Drains may be opened, and brush cut nowwill rarely spront again. In doing thls work, it is best to clear thoroughly as one goes. The portion begun should be grubbed. levelled, plowed, and, if desired, sown to grass before second plot is touched By finishing an acre or two, something effective is performed, and there will not be the Encouragement and dissatisfac- ton felt as when large piece is begun and left unfinished.
 Coa0s.-Now that pastures are dry and bare, a provision of green fodder will be found acceptable. When green fodder is given, regular ration of one ounce of salt daily should be supplied. Acow giving ten to twelve quarts of milk per day, will consume eighty pounds of green | fodder with four quarts of grain, every | twenty-four hours. Where green fodder is provided, it may be well to keep the COWS in dark stable during the heat of he day. The past month the writer has .ound considerable difference in inc yield of milk in favor of this midday shade and rest.
 Horses.-A run in pasture field at night will be very acceptable to the work ng horses. In close stables the flies ,reatly disturb them, which they escape n the field. After day's work, to sponge he coat with clean water, having dash 'f carbolic soap in it, will be refreshing nd healthful, and will prevent much of he annoyance from flies. Cleanliness Zill almost entirely avoid the disagreea- le horse smell so prevalent in warm 'eather. The nights pasture should ot be counted as part of the feed ;: the sual feed should be given before they re turned out in the evening,
 Colts may now get a few oats daily as 1e grass fails. A shelter should be pro- lded ln the pasture where they can find 1ade; it should be in an airy part of le field, free from flies.
 Sseep. p.-Ewes that are separated from le lambs. should be closely watched. and le milk drawn from those whose udders e full. Where early lambs are wanted le ewes should now be we'll fed 8 pint
 mixed rye, buckwheat aud linseed cal may be given, and the ram intro Iced into the pen at night. For early mbs, the southdown cross is prefera- n, e for quality. and the Cotswold for Rhi ze. The flock will need the closest tt65 atchfulness just now; the gad-hy. dys- W ltery, and the maggot are troublesome |: i'd dangerous enemies at this season. SC punt the flock every evening, and look os es ) the stragglers without loss of time Y0S<yc ro,d Doa,14o.o, ,..