The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-22

The folly Of forcing young animals Tor
show Is acknowledged on all
sides. and those which possess the most
valuable blood will not run the risk OF
damaging their animals by forcing.
A correspondents of The National
Farmer having tried many plans for
keeping smoked meat through fly time,
finds this the best of all: Put each
piece in a muslin sack, with sweet hay
stuffed closely around 1t inside. and
hang in a clean, dry place.
Agriculture feeds the world; it is BY
the hard labor Of the farmer. Com
merce guides the world it is by the u
perior profits OF its votaries. Politics
rules the world; it is by chicanery and
frauds. All industries, however, flourish
by and through the efforts of the farm.
On the farm, in the garden, and IN
fact everywhere, annual weeds are
making their appearance. They are
harmless, inoffensive little things to be-
Gin with. Then is just the time tofight
them. Cultivate often and do not allow
them to get a start. Perennial weeds
should be watched for all through the
growing season and not allowed to 20 to
seed.
A singular chemical change is some
times effected by the mixing OF the
cream of "a full mich cow with one well
along with calf. The cream thus mixed
has been churned a whole day continu-
ously without making butter, and then
abandoned but upon the Withdrawal OF
the cream Of the COW III calf, the other
would make butter with no difficulty.
1t has been demonstrated that 1t
makes a great difference whether you
scald or steam the feed Of dairy stock,
or give it GU in a raw state. \ dairy
man asserts that he has made a gain Of
simply scalding the feed with hot water,
and the same dairyman has practiccd
scalding OF steaming for several years
past.
The turnip seems to be especially well
adapted for sheep feeding, as it yields
the best mutton, and however largely
fed, even a bushel a day to a sheep,
imparts no taste to the meal. Turnips
will faint milk if fed literally to cows,
and sometimes gives beef fattened upon
them, II peculiar flavor, but with sheep
no such results are observed, as they
only tend to produce the very best
quality Of mutton.
The London Live Stock Journal
Eotcs a case of prolific breeding in a
COW, ut Fortrle Grange, which, III the
urs of four years, gave birth to ten
calves. When two years old, the COW
had one calf; when three years old, she
had three calves; when four years old.
she had four calves; and when five years
old, she had two. Nine Of the calves
lived, and one died when only "A few
days old, the COW fostering all her living
calves.
The American live stock trade is prac-
tically stopped, not a single head Of cat
tie having arrived for a fortnight, and,
according to American advices, none
are bein" shipped, owing to the string
character Of the regulations as to
The dead meat arrivals,
however, are increasing. The great in
terest taken IN this branch of the trade
is apparent from the fact that pallia-
mentary returns have been ordered to
be laid on the table of the house of lords
on the subject.
There is no driving OF the flock in
When the shepherd wishes to
his sheep he calls Il tame wether,
accustomed, to feed from his hands. and
the favorite, however distant, obeys his
calls, while the rest follow. One or
more Of the dogs, with large collars
armed with spikes III order to protect
them from the wolves, precede the
flock others skirt it OF either side, and
some bring up the rear. If a sheep be
or lame, or lag behind, unobserved
by the shepherds, the dog stays with it
and defends it until some one returns in