, 1879-02-10
TIE FARM AND GARDEN.

psMy in EeetItnrsxs Tho R}tn Ryntrm ~
Yrun,istng Strawberries - FvsrEreens
wantc,.-Lawar comnts.ion.
Ftnm Our own corrs,pondtne.
CHAMPAIGN, ILL.,, Feb. 8-1herc arc great
many unsolvcd questions re1attng to agtictlt-
tire, and many Of them will, doubtless, exist
TO puzzle people who dwell here ccnturies
hence. One Of the most pertinent questions
ttot artsc ,or IA hoy tn makc Tho moat ~ our
s,,v.n,nna. .,,,, .n,,ao,o .,t t,a +7as. ,ot,ars,
,wor,t, ~ ,rants f-a., o,r tsr-,. 9' t,o,;,I.s,
49,, ,,1,,.,,n..,. =, t,o ),
s,.,no ,nor ,a,s ahn,,t 'om',a.to, ~ =,
atfortlsnR relief; bit, really no anont Of c1ista
top cat, t,oestbly cs,,se crops to eroN or Tx tho
nrIcc NJ Tho n,n,uci. nf mir tabnr. Wc hc,tprc
The remedy II % II, o,,r own ~ hnn,is wcmn.t ] farm
less acres, antl nuke those VIC do cultivate htinE
forth to their utmost ability. TAcsc should
be morc cquabc division OF the crops grown,
~ sar" ra,'vs,' ,s ,' aa.a t, " t.,' s
~ ~ "Ase 'catheu u actplso tl,e uay o. s"a1l
things: but wc must uu'carn tint, and begin
bacl; where or,r forcfaihcrs hogan. We arc mt
to hcgtn whcre tt,rv M M ,cf, M ~ '' ""' 0 ''~'
~ oes"' "he'e "'es lclt ol'
HOW TO no IT.
To begin wtth we must pay more attention
ovn, a cow Tint otves mr. mix ss,t hcr ~ ,t,e
ans "" .m. sNe' poo' n','h. es'' "eF ~ ne
o"teier, anu hny ono tint Is better. good
COW will make ten Or twelve pounds OF butter
pcr week, md poor one only half as mitch,
economy and profit nrc both In favor Of the
roo1i row. If n noor c,,,y onlv .nrnic. n fom,iv
viii m. o,,, h,.,or sua 1890 ann .Sa,a a.,
Iltttc ,norc to fcctf n roof ,,,tna, tbon - roo-
one; costs ~ no mot more inr ,abor I. .r stncroom @ pun
inc sainS rule applies TO the hugs upon farm;
also, 10 tic poultry; lit fnet, to everything.
ECONOMY IN FEEDING
Eostc;sl fHrne5s. H.. WY few OF whom aQtee as to
tic liicren. con,i,,ions OF animals fc, to tic lie
breeds, a,ul to thr surroundings. It Ii, how
ever, gcnetally conceded tllas, By preserving
W vct I'm l,cst rrs,ts II liz .snJ ,r w., t,,,.
rrass bcror" Il Il r nv, niso e ~, "o , W "u
hlhlNo II green cnha'taof,; !herc ms "a yet
,een nut iIlt!e enoit tnadc, "a lhls country nt
teas,. t. 70 & preserve 1ecsc sanstances green. a.
they ate ia thNt stale. In Franec. hnReyrr
green feed il kent ali winter in mi,ru"i c,,rdi.
rrcrnr T. ~ ,mfifr,r", d",th 18th I'll IT, ~ ta.s,
mi frost and eirMfh" intIcr hc,n1 Issar,
ium of tic @ Utmost impoftaner ] s Whots1 slM lie
n,ats, Is yet 70 DO trtcd. althousl, experiments
tsraby W speces.fu ,nje fea3 Of "drS t,
E.raI Sf,e. iorfer riycs ti'r fo1iowin~ ,cronnt @
u{ tic manner nr nrcpnrfnn tfln fmltfcr unl tht,
trcnrhes. in a ,atr nntt,hcr Fl lint shrrt: ~0
'~'e~o' '' . 80 '.''''s'e' ~ '''". 'A''''
"T'sR stt.o hrsTEM"
Tho corn Is nlantod In rows ~ closely AZ may be
il The most vigorous and ruccnicnt, which E when
tho still soft AID full OF mIik.-the crop ii
cur down. It Ia hauled directly to the barn and
run through powerful fnt!tpF. c.iffcrs whIrh ~
ducs it 10 tno cial In thn condition It ia hacked
into rite, called "silna, which afe trcnchcs dug
In tic earth, with slonjug etdee about sfY fonf
dcap and wldc md ID lOnv az may be tutuIrcd
Tho cut foddtr ia tightly rackcl III this
trench. and Is henprd up as high u pueei.
bic. It Ia covered with jaycr ot
straw and then with t,vO feet of caKtj, well packei
dawn to exclude air. The 6icccts 0f tlIe uuora.