Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-11-19
FARM AND FIREsIDE.
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Field Notes for November.

7, + moi IN uncommon thing for far
M r. 70 guard CLOSELY ".r meao""
band non Tie cattle after tie mo"ih-'
under the impression that the second
Growth of grass IS the best possible ma
nure. but an observer on the subject
tes,ifes that he has given up this
notion. A heavy aftermath is apt 10
mat down and smother the ROOTS
Moderate grazing prevents this, and Is
a grand thing for the cows.
FALL FEED.
Do not house the corn'fodder all lot
winter. 1t will do more good keeping
m the Gow ofmilk and preparing the
cattle for winter hardships. The pump
kin is another fall feed that should mol
be kept exclusively for winter Al
first either take out the seeds OK COM
meuce with small allowance. APP
pies have long been priced by farmers
70 Give tone to the cattle. This year
is an "off year" with this crop ou'
every orchard has supply OF low'graoe
fruic that cannot be better used>than III
the cattle manger. Better have a
little les. cider than a loss OF appetite
in the dairy. When cabbage-heads get
below eight cents per head, it does not
nav 70 sell them. 1t is one OF the best
kinds of fodder for mich COWS in the
fall. When cabbages command price,
break off the loose leaves before selling
the heads. Avoid an overlooking, as
cabbages, like turnips, faint the milk
The tops also of various roots beets'
carrots. etc., often yield as much
nutriment, pound for pound, as the
roots. and when judiciOusly fed VIII
keep up the milk flow we'll into WINTER
FALL FLOWING.
In general, heavy clay lands should
be plowed in the fall. They need ueI
alternate freezing aud thawing to pu :
yerize them Thoroughly. But some
times the light sandy lands stand IL
great need of breaKing-up, especiaIN
if the crop of weeds Is well advanced
The Nep.Engldnd Farmer believes IL
doing all the hoelng possible before tn
cops are planted. This hOeins'it says
en- be best done in the fall. Al
through the country are thousands o.
fields that have been in some crop
during the summer, which Will not lie
cropped again till next year. Corn"
fields, potato fields and fields OF grain
that were not seeded down, will all
have to be plowed next spring unless i
is done this fall. Now, a great mary
oftuese fields are more or less infested
with weeds; some of these weeds are
late grown ANIMALS that will be KILLED.
by frost. such as pigWeed, purslan.
NORWOOD, and many others, but there
are other weeds Ike oxeye daisy ("hi'o
weed), wild turnip, peppergrass, ana
especially sorrel, that will live over
winter, and be ready to start nto active
growth again IN spring, before the soil
will be in fit condition TO pillow. II lett
to themselves, these weeds W II OBTAIN
such hold upon the soil before next
April or May as to cause serions trou-
BILE lin the cultivation Take a held
that is now well set with sorrel, ana lei
it lie till next April, then pillow 1t while
the weather is cool and the earth damp
aud 1t may be crOss-plowed and Guilt
waited as often as once week without
making scarcely an impression upon III
but if such weeds are turned IN now,
aud we'll covered from the air, and so
left all winter, they will die, or be
so weakened that a little stirring IN tue
spring will entirely finish them.