The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-01-26
FARM NOTES.

oatmeal stirred in pail OF water. III
refreshes and Strengthens him, relieves
his immediate thirst, and prepares his
stomach for more solid food. So says
Joseph Harris, after twenty years trial
Of it.
Mn. HYDE remarks in the New York
Times, that if one wishes to cultivate
his farm like market garden, 1t may
pay TO pillow in the coarse manure and
harrow in the fine, but as u rule he would
recommend the application Of the ma
nure to the surface Of the soil. This il
natures method, and is the most sue
cessful for common practice.
CRowDING Fowls. Poultry require
plenty Of house room, for crowding them
on their roosts, or having lily built, di-
lapidated or damp houses is conducive TO
disease Ii, on account Of breeding more
than one variety, because You have lin
tied ground, or because you have fruits
and vegetables You wish TO keep the
birds from, you have TO keep tho 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.
Mr.. j. s. WOODWARD dscourses in n
late New York IriGlne upon the care OF
stock during winter. Ho thinks that
any man who let's his cattle stand SILVER
ing in the lee Of n straw-stack, or old
fence, or under an open shed, should be
tied in the same place and be compelled
10 stay one night with tho thermometer
at zero and the snow flying thick and
fast about him; il this does not convince
him Of tho necessity Of good warm
stables, no is not fit TO be called by the
noble name of farmer, aud the quicker
he gets out Of the business the better for
it and himself.
The DIFFERENCE. From actual ex
periments made, it is demonstrated be
You'd doubt, Tint tho grinding Of grain
adds One-third to its value for feeding
purposes. This is n matter of n good
deal Of importance to the agricultural
community, and in fact to all cnsses who
hnvo animals to feed. As far IA dollars
are concerned, perhaps it il not of 80
much moment III the Northwest, where
grain il SO cheap and 30 plenty, as it is
=
less grain is raised but it il worthy Of
the consideration Of those who have not
full bins of oats and corn. Since the in
PRODUCTION Of cheap ieod.mills, it IL the
province Of every farmer to own one,
with which all grain intended for tho
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 il OBJ
vious. New corn will not measure as
many bushels b. the foot or inches as
old corn, on account of shrinkage. A
crib Of corn measured in the fall will not
yield as many bushels TO the cubic foot
as when measured in the spring or sum
NOR. Corn i'll wagon, when first put in,
will not measure IA much to the foot MS
when hauled several miles. Hence the
necessity Of working by different rules
under different circumstances. All rulrs
nro based upon tho number Of cubic
inches in bushel of shcllcd corn, which
is 2l50.4. II all corn shcllod ont the
same, under all circumstances, it would
be very casy to have one rule. As near
right M any rule | have tried is twelve
cubic feet to tho barrel for corn in crib
in the fall of the year, eleven and half
feet in spring time, md about eleven feet
in summer; twelve feet rs thrown in
wagon in the field and eleven and
quarter hauled four or five miles.
SMALL FARMS Tho French people
have more ready cash in individual pos
session than any other nation in the
world. II is not the wealth Of nation
that makes tho people rich, but the gen
eral diffusion Of wealth. This is the
cnse in France. The French aro M
ton Of small farmers. There are more
landowners in that country than i'll
Americn. The farms nre small; the
majority arc under twenty acres, and n
very largo number under ton. 1t may
not bo that is the only reason for the
money wealth of these people; they nro
notably economical and thrifty. But the
small farms have something TO do with
1t. 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 flock Of sheep
every winter They sell little grain but
wheat, and feed their fodder and coarse
grain TO purchased stock. Thoy make
more profit to the head Of stock than IL
made upon large grazing farms, and
their land is rich and high-priccd, he
cause Of the large quantity Of manure
that is made in feeding stock. The con
sumption Of meat il continually incrcas-
ing, and with the extension Of manuinc-
lures there ARE more mouths to fill every
year, 30 that it is not probable the sup
ply can ever become excessive.
SOME ITEMS IN FARM ECONOMY. Tho
arrangements Of the buildings and the
division Of the farm into fields depends
50 much upon the character Of the farm,
the kindof farming, individual taste. etc ,
that it is out Of tho question to have n
fixed plan that il tho best one for all
farms of any given size. There nrc Ger
tain general principles which should
serve AZ foundation for the arrange
ment, but the details must necessarily
vary greatly. For example, if possible
the barns should be upon n rise Of
ground where cellar can be built open
ing to the lower ground ut the rcar The
fields should be SO arranged that there
should be MS little fencing as possible.
and so located that all fields can be easily
reached from the lane. A long field has
considerable advantage over one of the
same area that in squarc--in the longer
''bouts," and therefore less time spent in
turning, blowing, narrowing, sowing,
harvesting, etc. A pasture close to the
stable is always handy, and other things
being equal, the orchard should not he
put Mt the rear of the farm, where the