Connecticut western news., 1878-10-09
FARM AND GARDEN.
HINTS FOR WORK,

 is rapidly nearing it's end. Utilize every hour for securing the crops yet ungath- cred. Neglect no chance for putting the ground in order for spring work, but turn every fair day to account, that noth- ing is neglected.
 Cutting Corn.-Every day the corn remains uncut, after maturity, there is loss. Corn gains nothing by standing after the kernels are glazed, but the fodder loses rapidly in quality. Much | of it's digestible matter is changed into | woody fiber, becoming hard and indi- l gestible. The sooner it is cut and | shocked, the sooner it can be housed in | safety.
 Corn Stalks are no longer to be con- sidered as 8 waste product, good for nothing but to be trodden under foot They are worth fully the cost of putting in the crop, if we'll saved and cured. When cut at the right time, and well cured, six dollars ton is, by many, considered a reasonable estimate of their value for feed, when hay is worth BIO per ton. Careful experiments place well cured corn stalks as worth about three fifths as much as hay.
 Fodder Stacks.-Let the stalks be thoroughly cured before being stacked. Small stacks will not readily heat and mould large ones will. Put ventila- tion, if only three or four rails set on end, spread below, and tied at top, in the middle of the stack. Carefully build, or protect them on top, so as to shed water. Better finish the
 Husking, if possible, while it is still pleasant weather. It is disagreeable work on a raw November day, when fingers get numb, and the body chills quickly. Last year we saw farmers with wives and children thus employed, when snow was on the ground and all through the stocks. And so it will be again with others who are behind hand.
 Grinding by the Husk,-Some of the steel aud chilled iron corn-cob mills will grind corn in the husk. For COWS, cattle, hogs, and mules (and perhaps horses, when it is carefully used), it may be thus ground, conveniently and eco- nomically. The corn may be cribbed in the husk, and used as required. If l not perfectly dry, grind small quantities at time, as it will heat if kept in large | bulk.
 Harroaoiaag Wheat in the fall should only be done when the surface of the land is dry. No kind of cultivation should take place when the ground is wet. Experimental cultivation should be done as early as possible. Deep blowing is not needed. To kill weeds and mellow the surface are what is wanted. Narrowing may be done safe ly two weeks after sowing, and repeated twice or thrice.
 Wheat and Grass Fertilizer. Wheat needs nitrogen at this season, and so does the grass. One hundred pounds per acre of nitrate of soda would be a help to both.
 Green Fodder ,for Sprireg.-Rye may be sown any time this month the sooner the better for early spring feed. Sow thickly, four bushels per acre, and fer. tilize well.
 Mongles and Beets are injured by frost. These should be gathered and secured ia pits this month, where frost injurious effect upon cattle if fed in ex. cess. A day or two after cutting they may be fed safely-a pressed bushel
 basketful at time, spr1nkled over witt handful of salt.
 Zurmips will resist considerable frost and grow rapidly in cool weather. |
 standing too thickly in the rows, thi1
 out, using those removed as fodder. I
 fed to COWS, they should be given a
 milking time. The flavor will dlsappea,
 before twelve hours have expired, ant ; will not materially affect the milk. Horses that have been on pasture have some dry feed.
 The Change of Feed, from green t, dry, should be gradual with all stock otherwise, the appetite may fail, and thu animals lose thereby.
 Milkiaeg Coa0s can not be kept in tul ', flow without ample rations of fresh fod |, der. As the pastures become bare, new ly cured corn stalks, cut and mixed witt chopped roots and sprinkled with mid dlings, and ground corn and oats, ma,
 be given. Liberal feed always pays witt the right kind of COWS.
 The Aina dra Feeding, now, should b
 to get the stock in good condition befor cold weather, remembering that an ani , mal beginning the winter we'll, is a good as half through it already. Sheep, if fed liberally, and manage l carefully, are most profitable stock. Tn 8 better we do for them, the better the 7 will do for us badly managed, they ar likely to prove failure.
 = Feedi,eg Sheep for Market, is profit = able business for those who have jude = ment to buy we'll, to feed we'll, and t - sell we'll. Two profits can easily be made 3 A big manure heap, and good pay fo l feed and care will be returned to tn
 skillful feeder.
 Winter Rope, for winter and sprin
 feeding for sheep in the South, may b l. sown early this month. Five pounds ( l. seed per acre, if planted in drills; or n broadcast, eight pounds will be needed It may be fed off by penning the shee
 upon the crop as soon as it has suficie1 Q growth. The surplus may be plowe