The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-09-05
FACTS FOR FARMERS.

GLOVER HAY FOR HOGS.-LeJ any
farmer tcy the experiment of cutting
and curing a lot Of second crop clover
while the stalk is yet green, or about
the time it Is fairly in bloom. Let 1T .
be well cured (wichOut rain if pOssible) .
and slowed away under some good !
shelter for the use of his hogs in win
ter, and if his heart TejOices IN the
happiness Of Gods creatures, it will do .
him good to see how his hogs enjoy /
feed Of clover once a day-hOw they (
will pick out the heads, leaves ana /.
small stems. and leave nothing but
the coarsest portion of the stalk. He
Will then find little difficulty in agree
INC with us that stock hogs require
little rOughucss IN winter as well as
other stock, and therefore should not
be confined exclusively to solid grain.
To GET APPLES Soon FROM You've
TREEs.-Many think that in trans
planting apple trees all that is neces-
sary is to dig-small holes about a foot
square and q foot deep plant the trees
filling in with manure and plOW the
land once or twice a year. That is
the reason why one may see apple
trees from 10 to 20 years old that do
not yield more than two or three BUSH
els Of apples One cree planted well
will be worth more than eight trees
planted in this way This is a work
that should be well both for economy
and profit Let the hole be dug five
or six feet square, and two feet deep:
fill with a mixture of soil and fine
manure and plant in the centre. In
nine or ten years such a tree will
yield as many bushels Of apples as it
is years old and the product viii in
crease as it gets older,
Foul SHEATH N HOBsEs.-Thcre is
nothing that pulls q horse down faster
than foul sheath Farmers and all
having charge Of horses should know
that it is no hard matter TO clean q
horses sheath and keep it clean. The
best way Is to feed good, wholesome
food .hat will prevent the disease, but
that can not always be done, and chen
we have to resort to cure, which |
find generally a very easy matter.
Pare the nails of the right hand smooth
and take as much clean lard, free from
salt, rs can be held by the points of
the fingers and thumb insert the hand
to the bottom of tie sheath, and as
the hand is withdrawn leave all the
lard. Repeat thc operation two or
three times at intervals Of about two
days, and my experience IS that in
nIuC cases out Of ten She horse will be
all right. If not, wash out carefully
with luEeWarm water. but it is q bad
plan to use the water in very cold
weather / am now nearly threescOre
years old, but never saw case Of foul
sheath until about % years ago, and |
find now, when my horses are fed on
good pure hay, or well cured corn
fodder, free from all mould or dust,
that they are not troubled but while
feeding Hungarian hay, it is next to
impossible to keep them clean have
never seen q horse troubled with that
disease while fed ON good corn fodder
SHEEP ~ TIE CORN TIELDs-A
correspondent Of the Cincinnati Com.
ulsrriIi says that he has found the
corn fields excellent places for sheep
After the corn is laid by, the sheen
may have a weeks run there with
great advantage There Is fresh grass
along the fence rows, and perhaps
weeds that Will give variety. We
have never had lambs do better than
in the corn fields in the fall. We
bring them out every night. In this
way they DO not break down the corn
or have any place for rendezvous
where they iniure the corn. The dav
is busily spent, and the field as well
as the flock looks the better for the
run
After the corn has cared we have
turned the whole flock into the fields
and been well pleased with the prac.
ticc. The sheep eat millions Of weeds,
seeds and very little or no corn.
Should an car be pulled of, which is
very sare, every grain on that ear will
be picked of and eaten by the sheep
We have large sheep, and lind no trou.
bic in the practice OF turning them in
to the corn fields after roasting ears
have well formed At that time pas.
lures are generally the poorest and
need rest. Changing the sheep to the
corn fields viii give the needed rest
Then the sheep can get the grains oil
the pasture before the severe frosts in.
jurc the grass After these frost5 thc
sheep may find Il fresh change in tho
corn fields. Sheep need frequent chan.
ges Of range, and we who have no
woods or waste lands on our farm can
make a profitable change to the corn
fields
4 NEW ORDER OF FARNING.-SOme
years ago, Dr. Jacob Price, Of West
Chester, purchased the Atkins farm,
near the General Green, in East Gosh,
Gu. Immediately after the purchase
the doctor commenced a new system
of farming. He sowed rye afaeao
his growing corn when in tassel. This
sowing furnished in the spring not on
" an early Lus abundant pasturage.
In the succeeding crop of com. grown
in another field, clover was sown at
the same time as the rye. This SOW
ing took well and gave a good growth
which has been pastured during the
present summer. The men are Gov
cTing the latter field with manure for
wheat, which, with the rank clover
stalks still standing, will make an ex-
cellent mould The present corn crop.
though sown late, is Unequaled in the
township The ground was manured
and the manure plOwod down. after
which the field was lined at the rate
OF forty bushels per acre and compos-
ted IN the hills. Rye will be sown. to