The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-07-07

calves can be raised at nall OF u Sacr1fce
of the product for which the COW Is most
valuable. Nor can farmers afford to perma-
nently injure a COW as a mixer by allowing
her calf to run with her the first year. The
frequent drawing of her milk by the ever
present calf seriously dwarfs her milk
glands, 30 that ever after she has no capac-
ity for any large amount of milk. 1t Is
very important the calves should not ruin
with them the first year. If in good flesh
and good health, for d few days 1t Is ifi-
portant the milk should be drawn frequent
ly to keep the bag from Inflammation and
injury. But gradually and as fast as it is
safe, the regular periods of milking should
be assumed SO that the udder in its forma-
tive state shall assume capacity for twelve
hours accumulation OF milk.
Nor is it safe or policy to trust to the calf
to draw all of the milk for a few weeks.
The demands of a calf at that age are not
sufficient to take all the milk of a frst-class
COW. Hence her yield will naturally dwin-
die to the demands Of her offspring. Besides
after a calf and COW have beer let to each
other twice a day, the weaving Is injurious
to both. Besides the weaving is frequently
impossible, creating constant trouble on the
farm. The practice also of keeping COW and
calf separate, and admitting them together
twice a day to take half of the milk, while
the other half is being MIXED. is vexa-
tious, troublesome and saves no labor. Any
one would rather sit down by a quiet COW
and draw all of the milk han to fight with
the calf for half of it. And if the mixer
takes the first half before the calf is ad-
mitted, the COW is injured, as the milk
should all be drawn when the COW lets 1t
down.
Calves should never be allowed to suck
longer than three days. But they hould
be furnished with their mothers first milk,
as nature provides just the right kind OF
nourishment for the first food. When rails
ing calves by hand they can be made just
what you want them. The steer calves in
tended for beeves can be safely pushed
from the first, by plans which have been
frequently fore-shadowed in these columns.
After feeding for a few weeks with new milk,
substitute skim milk. Then if the calf is
too poor add oil meal, or if it is too fat for
the development of the bones and muscles,
add oat meal or other zone or muscle pro-
ducing food. The heifer calves which are
intended in the future for the dairy should
not be kept as fat as if intended for veals
for the butcher. Keep them in good thriv-
ing order, with the safe development of all
parts, for which purpose it requires more
skill than is usually possessed by the
drudge.
The sooner the cow and calf can be in
duced to forget each other the better for
both, and for those who attend to them. By
the tenderest care learn both to have conf
dence in you. Kindness to a calf in its
earliest days is never forgotten. They make
quieter and better cows. And steers which
enjoy poor presence and confde in your
care always assimilate their food better, are
not half the trouble to care for, and add so
much to their satifaction, by their docility
and kind temper.
Calves must have good accommodations
for feeding their milk and grain or other
food rations. Each one must be allowed
more greedy or pushed away by the domi-
neering. They should also be so arranged
that they cannot suck each other Just after
partaking their milk. Plans for all these
matters are well understood on a well ar
ranged farm.-Looa Register.
In THE great war against weeds we are in
danger of forgetting that we have an enc
my about of far greater power, because
working often insidiously and unseen,
which requires to be as much guarded
against, namely: the insect enemy. We
complain of weeds because they rob the
plant of food, and like the place where a
good plant ought to be; and we fight with
the feathered enemy because he takes the
fruit, which nave struggled through all
other troubles; but the insect which we do
not see, rarely troubles us very much,
though after it is too late to apply a rem
edy, We see what terrible havoc has been
done. Then, overwhelmed with our great
loss, we think there is no help for it. Yet
we have the evidence everywhere about us
that much less labor thar is often expended
by the exasperated farmer or fruit grower
in shooting birds that are rather his friends
than his enemies, would be more than suf.
fcient to preserve a fruit crop against the
worst insect enemies that ever existed.
We are moved to these remarks by 6
communication we recently read in a hor
ticultural journal in regard to the celery
grub. ALI who have had experience in the
culture of this vegetable know that they
lave much trouble some seasons from thu
operations of a very small worm, which
gets underneath the surface of the leaf ant
feeds on its green cellular matter. Celery
when attacked by this insect, rarely doe,
any good. This correspondent had tried
lime, and ashes, and sulphur, and all thu
easy remedies so often named, but with NJ
good at all. Finally he wrote to some ont
whom he thought could tell him what t.
do, and was told to go over the leaves OF
the first appearance of the insect and pincl
them dead" He thought this very alb
surd; but he was tempted to try the advice
and found to his surprise that it took III
more time than one or two good watering
or weddings, and he therefore writes t.
thank his friend for his advice, and u
praise his own good sense in having taker
it. Yet, this is no more than we in thi.
department, and most other agricultural
laborers, are continually intoxicating
namely: the necessity of personal labor i
we would do anything in this way with
much hope of success.
This has been exemplifed in the case o.
the curculio on the plum. All sorts o.
easy scareweevils have been thought of
Some dust the trees with lime, with sui
phur, with ashes-others stick tar in rags
about the tree. Numerous other nostrum!
have been popular, but the first great blow
at the curculio was to cut off a Dough clos
up to the trunk, place sheets nder thu
trees, and with a mallet suddenly strik'
the stump and thus shake the insects of
which were her burnt. Do this ever.
morning for a week, and you can get plent!
of plums and they will pay handsomely
DR.. Hall, of Illinois, improved on this idea
He invented a sort of wheelbarrow will
sheets spread on frames. which shook OF
and collected the insects at once. He ais
has plums in plenty and finds it pays. 1
is, indeed, the experience of every n tina
the war against insects, as against weeds, i
one in which we must personally engag
If we would nave success. People thinl