The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1880-09-22
Agricultural.

A life more rational anu ~ ~ Staadard.
That is a good hen of William Sillo-
WAYS. which stole her nest and haten-
ed out twenty-eight fne' healthy ch'cA-
ems.
Farm animales, when kept on grass
mr. green succulent feed, naturally take
more salt than when kept on dry iod-
der Salt increases digestion.
The French government has ordered
that a course of teaching in agricul-
ture be introduced into every primary
school in the country.
The New England Fair at Worces-
ter. Mass. last week was success
Vermont was represented, but not as
fully as she should have been' AS IL
was, she made a good showing.-Ver-
mont Farmer.
There is said to be an apple tree on
the premises of William Plymire, IN
Washint0n county, Pennsylvania,
which bears nine varieties, some Oh
which are now ripe, while Others Will
not ripen until late in the fall.
PouLTRY.-The value of pure bloods
is now well established. This month
is n good time to clear out the old
mixed fowls and procure few specl-
mems of one of the best sorts both
the pleasure and profit of poultry
raising will be increased by raising
some one or more of the select breed.
Cabbage, containing as it does,
large per cent. of phosphoric acid,
makes one of the most valuable kind
of food for young pigs, calves and
chickens. All young animals require
bountiful supply of phosphate food
to make bone. Clover is next i'll
value to cabbage.
Well fed animals never get lousy {;
, it is the poor, badly fed ones that are
troubled with these parasites. Far
mers, remember this, little meal jul
. diciously fed will keep off the lice and
barn itch, besides bringing out your
cattle in the spring worth much more
than the amount of meal thus fed.
: A Devon COW is reported that made
pound of butter in summer from %
, - pounds of milk, and from 10 ID.
in winter, with pasture only in sum
mer, end in winter eight ears of corn
, and two quarts of bran fed dry twice
: day. She gave % per cent. more
, milk when MIXED three times day.
/ Sailing SToCK.-Ifany stock-breed-
err will allow his cattle free access to
= SAP they will never eat enough to in
iufG them. Place trough in some
= convenient spot covered from the
q storms, and keep it constantly sup
, piled with salt. Allow the cattle tC
$ Judge for themselves when and how
: much they need. This is the simplest
G and most practical way to salt stock
Nelson Ritter, Oaondoga County
: ". Y.
: CoRN AND PoRK.-It requires, foul
pounds of corn to make one pound o
o pork, and allow for waste, undgesteC
l. matter, and for the sustenance Of life
1t is scarcely possible that q pound o
C pork can be produced on less than this
n In practice the best results attained
have approached this very closely
4 and four and half pounds of corr
II have produced n pound of pork Blu
V as mixed food is more healthful thai
l. all corn, there is economy in feeding
T. waste milk, boiled small potatoes, GU
It clover, and other such food. Pork a
If the worst can be made for the price @
IS four and half pounds of corn.
+" Horse manure that is free from lite
y needs the most careful management t
Il prevent dry rot, or what is known a
fire-fanging. This is occasoned b
the evaporation of the moisture by til
heat of the fermentation. The dryin
IL up of the water carries off all the am
monia that has heen formed and ha
in been dissolved by it. The consC
quence is that burned or firefange
D. manure is nearly worthless. TO pre-
vent this injury it is necessary to pill
# the manure in fiat heaps, out-of-doors
If where it can receive the rain or b
watered when necessary, and to tran
pie or pack it down very tightly;
~ should then be turned over occasional
IL ly and repacked as solidly as possible
When managed in this way the manu-
d. is kept in the best condition and rC
c. tains all its valuable qualities. -RurC
New Yorker.
~ FEEDING For MILK.-In some case
y of extraordinary yield it has bee
found that skim milk has been fed
g. cows in large quantities, and all til
nc COW had to do was to act as sort {
II. strainer. or late years the use {
50 brewers grains has become universe
G, where they could be obtained, and til
IN result has been an increased yield, b
some claimed to be of poor quality
ed and by Others to he first-class, givin
or as evidence the condition of the cow
f. which generally are in good condition
and in many cases really fat,--thos
Nc who claim the latter, asserting tn;
in cows in thriving, fat condition mus
,J give rich milk. One of the most prom
" inent producers and shippers of mil
10 for this market feeds his cows excl,
- y sively on these grains winter and sun
~ mer, and on visit a few days since
'e his farm, we found the cattle many
them apparently fit for the butche
en- Corn meal and bran, in the proportion
tic equal parts by weight, have been col
IT. sidered one of the best mixtures, viii
e, an addition of oil-cake, either of fla
or cotton seed, has, in the opinion
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