Richland beacon., 1881-01-29
FARM NOTES.

G''IItSIl''S anu iA.iiis A'AiN''o
his immediate thirst, and prepares his
STOMACH for more solid food. So SAYS
Joseph Harris, after twenty years trial
Of it,
Mr.. HYDE remarks in the New York
Times. that if one wishes to cultivate
his farm like n market garden, 1t may
pay to pillow i'll the coarse manure and
harrow in the fine. but ~ Il rule he would
recommend the application Of the ma
nurc to the surface Of the soil. This is
natures method, and is the most sue
ccssful for common practice.
CROwDiSG FOwLs.-Poultry require
plenty of house room, for crowdiIg them
on their roosts, or having lily built, di-
lapidated or damp houses is conducive to
disease. If, on account of breeding more
than one variety, because you have linz
tied ground, or because you have fruits
and vegetables You wish 10 keep the
birds from, you have to keep the fowls
in restricted quarters, by all means give
them all the exercise room You possibly
can, and there is far more danger of
giving them too little than too much.
Mn. J. S. WOODWARD discourscs III q
late New York Tribune upon the care Of
stock during winter. He thinks that
any man who lets his cattle stand SILVER
ing in the lee of a straw stack, or old
fence, or under an open shed. should Ice
tied in the same place and be compelled
to stay one night with the Thermometer
at zero and the snow flying thick and
fast about him; if this does not convince
him of the necessity of good warm
~ h. . ~ a., L., nan.l Nv. ~,
noble name Of farmer, and the quicker
he gets out of the business the better for
it and himself.
The DIFFERENCE.-Fr actual ex-
pcriments made, il is demonstrated be
vond IA doubt, that the grinding of grain
adds one-thirl to its value for feeding
purposes. This is matter Of q good
deal Of importance to the agricultural
community, and i'll fact TO all classes who
have animals to feed. AS far as dollars
are concerned, perhaps it is not of so
much moment III the Northwest. where
grain is SO cheap and so plenty, Us it is
III other portions of the country, where
less grain is raised, but it is worthy of
the consideration of those who have not
full bins of oats and corn. Since the III
PRODUCTION of cheap fecd-mills, it is the
province of every farmer to own one.
with which all grain intended for the
stock on the farm could be ground.
MEASURING CoRN.-A number of rules
for measuring corn have been published.
As n multiplicity of rules tend to con-
fuse, the question arises, why can we not
have one good rule? The reason is OBJ
vious. New corn will not measure as
many bushels to the foot or inches as
old corn, on account of shrinkage. 4
crib of corn measured in the fall will not
Weld as many bushels to the cubic foot
as when measured in the spring or sum-
mer. Corn in wagon, when first put III,
will not measure as much to the foot ms
when hauled several miles. Hence the
necessity Of working by different rules
under different circumstances All rules
are based upon tho number of cubic
inches in bushel of shelled corn, which
is 2I50.4 Ii all corn shelled out the
same, under all circumstances, it would
he very easy to have one rule. As near
right as any rule l have tried is twelve
cubic feet to the barrel for corn in CRIB
in the fall of the year, eleven and half
feet in spring time, and about eleven feet
in summer; twelve feet rs thrown III
wagon in the field and eleven and n
quarter hauled four or five miles.
SMALL FARMs-The French people
have more ready cash in individual pos,
session than any other nation i'll the
world. 1t is not the wealth of nation
that makes the people rich, but the gen.
cral diffusion Of wealth. This is the
case in France. The French are na-
ton of small farmers. There are more
landowners in that country than in
America. The farms are small; the
majority are under twenty acres, and n
very large number under ten. 1t may
not be that is the only reason for the
money wealth of these people; they are
notably economical and thrifty. But the
small farms have something to do with
it. The farmers in some of the eastern
counties of Pennsylvania, where the
farms are comparatively small. could
well compete with the French in their
possession of money wealth. Almost
every farmer has his hoard invested.
These men have habit Of feeding few
head Of beef cattle or n flock of sheep
every winter. They sell little grain but
wheat, and feed their fodder and coarse
grain to purchased stock. They make
more profit to the head of stock than is
made upon large grazing farms. and
their land is rich and high-priced, be-
cause of the large quantity Of manure
that is made in feeding stock. The con-
sumption Of meat is continually increas-
ing, and with the extension of manufac-
lures there are more mouths to fill every
year, SO that it is not probable the sup
ply can ever become excessive.
SOME ITEMS IN FARM ECoSoMY.-The
arrangements of the buildings and the
division Of the farm into fields depends
so much upon the character of the farm,
the kindof farming, individual taste, ETC.,
that it is ont of the question to have o
fixed plan that is the best one for all
farms Of any given size. There are GER
tain general principles which should
serve as q foundation for the arrange
ment, but the details must necessarily
I.