Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-12-30
Ha,lcaster fnteIligerlcer.
EVENING. DEC. 30. 1890.
Farmer and Gardener.

Farmer ana GaF0ener.
A Hint to Farmers.
Germantown Telegraph.
In some sections-aud it would be a de-
cided advance in thoughtfulness and kind
ness in all sec!ions-farmers give each OF
their boys. and girls, too, astrip of ground
dispose of the product for their own bene-
fit. It is favor that they all appreciate,
and it is a pleasant and serviceable en-
ployment for them in their leisure hours.
They will vie with each other in their
skill at raising their little crops, and the
proceeds, applied to their own use, are
frequently of some value and the whole
arrangement, while it instructs them in
the cultivation of the soil, early ilnplants
in the children the idea Of thrift and econ
omy. Sometimes, where a good many
animals are raised, pig, lamb, calf, up
to even a colt, according to the age of tho
children, is given TO each to rear and to
keep Or sell. Farmers, think of this it
will moro than repay you in the happiness
and confidence it will impart to your sons
and daughters.
isran for MlIch Cows.
We don't suppose that that there is a
dairy man in the country but who knows
the value of "bran' as a food for milch-
COWS. As long as We can remember any
thing of ca:tle-fecding, it is connected
with the use of bran, and the scalded
messes given to cows for some time after
calving also, its sprinkling over chopped
pumpkins, turnips, potatoes, &c. Bran
was, indeed, always regarded as excellent
and profitable food for cows in milk. Still,
there is force in the recommendation OF
bran, which VIC find in All English journal,
that il one desires rich milk give your
cows, every day, water slightly salted, in
which bran has been stirred at the rate of
one quart to two gallons of water. You
will find that your COWS will give twenty.
five per cent. more milk Immediately un-
der the effects Of it, and will become so
accustomed to the diet as to refuse to
drink clear water, unless very thirsty"
If our English contemporary was to SEQ
the immense amount of bran used by the
farmers of single county in Eastern
Pennsylvania, it would be surprised, juds-
inn from its quoted remarks, not SO much
at the cxteut OF the consumption, as to the
general knowledge on the subject, which
must long since have had 4 widespread in
fiue,lcc as cattle food in the production of
milk
Sheep Raising Near Large CitAes
Wool GROWN. as a general thing is coa
fined to places a good distance away from
popnlous places, wi;crc land is cheap and
dogs are scarce. In these places the wool
alone is carcd-for The animal itself is of
secondary consideration. Droves are sent
to the great meat markets by rail, but
after al expenses arc paid there is not
generally considered much profit i'll it.
Sheep, for the meat and with the wool for
the second consideration, is rarely thought
of. To do this we'll the sheep farm should
of course be near large city; but there
have been so many nydiscOuragencntsO of one
sort or another that sliecp-raisinS by 4
large town is not by any means among the
first things that strikes the fancy Of 4
suburban farmer.
But VIC have been reading lately an &C
count Of one who, near ono Of our largo
eastern towns, has paid so much attention
to the little details which go to make up
success, that he has made his sheep tho
most profitable portion of bis whole farm.
He first cleared piece of woodland, and
after leaving it lie for 4 few months, till
the herls,sc appeared, he turned in the
sheep. aud there they have been without
any change of pasture for many years.
Nothing whatever has been done to the
gOuni. The natural grass and nature $
own vegetation spring up, and the manure
which the sheep themselves make tcrtilizc
the whole.
The great enemy of the sheep raiser
the prOwlinS dos--ilas no fears for him,
rs every night the flock is gathered to-
getller into Il s,ockade made in the centre
of the lot, and in which they also get some
feed in the Scvclcst of winter weather.
This mast take some Labor, which those
who raise sheep in the far West are no
doubt free from. The proximity to mar
ket probably makes up for this extra care
and labor. at anyrate he seems to make the
sheep tract pay 50 well that it is said he
would sooner dispense with all other parts
of the farm and all other branches than
this.
This is very different mode of proceed
ure that many adopt under sheep-killing
difficulties. and to which we referred some
time ago. Instead of abandoning the care
of sheep because dogs will kill some. CT
leaving the whole farm to run after some
maker of dog laws for ones protection,
which never protect after all, this man
falls to and protects himself, and evidently
deserves the great profit that energy, self.
reliance and good sense always bring.
1t is we'll worth c Ems dcring by those
who have farms near other of our large
cities whether there is not more in sheep
culture than is generally supposed.