Morris tribune., 1881-03-03
HOUSE AND FARM.
Brief Hints and Suggestions.

Mr.. Lakin, of England, owned COW
which gave an average of 1850 gallons of
milk a year for fifteen years. She was sold
to butcher at the age of twenty seven
years. Her daughter gave an average of
800 gallons for seven years, and grand
daughter averaged $50 gallons during five
years; another COW gave an average of L.
04O gallons for five years. These were all
short horn stock.
There is no tape line rule that is of any
service to person not accustomed to the
mea. urement and weighing of fat cattle.
Butchers and drovers, by taking the size of
an animal and its general appearance in le-
gard to fairness, make very close guesses as
to weight. But there is also much differ
ence in weight of the different breeds, some
being more compact than others, and this
must be taken into account when guessing
at the weight after measurement.
No one has yet discovered a method of
distinguishing the sex of eggs. Several
hundred years ago it was announced that
the sex of eggs could be determined by
their shape, the long ones being males and
the short ones female, but this and all other
pretended rules have been proved fallacious,
and there is at this day many breeder who
would pay hundred dollars for the knowl-
edge which would enable him to determine
in advance of Matching, the sex of his eggs
Onions are stored either in buildings or
cellars and keep equally well in either place.
If stored in buildings the floors must be
tight, and on the apprC ach of extreme cold
they must be covered with fine hay. We
prefer to store in dry, airy cellars which can
be well ventilated by windows until extreme
col weather. The onions are placed on
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wide, laid one inch apart ten to fifteen
inches deep, leaving sufficient space between
| the sCaffolds to secure thorough ventilation
Onions must be thoroughly dry when
stored, and if slightly frozen during the
winter, are not injured.
The Mammoth, or Russian, sunfow-
er is one of those plants which are periodi-
cally pushed and recommended as fur
nishing not only the best food for poultry
but also excellent fodder for cattle, and al
ways ready kindling material for the kitchen
stove besides. I have tried it, and woulC
not take three acres of sunfower for one OF
corn. My hens prefer the corn my COWS
the cornstalks, and the cook the corncobs
for kindling material. Farmers as a rule
know good thing when they see it, and
when crop has been recommended as per.
sistently and as long as sunfowers, without
finding more favor, there is generally some
material defect about it.-Dr. F. N. Her,
amer.
The time element of economy for the
farmer has three divisions 1t consists il
doing the most important things first, il
keeping fully occupied at the planting ant
growing seasons when time is SO valuable
and in avoiding, as far as may be, the do
ing of useless things, of which the host il
too great to be numbered. The hardes
thing in the world is to be reasonably con
sentative and yet at the same time sufficient
ly progressive. New plans must be tested
but with caution; old methods .mustbe give1
up, when found to be Inadequate. Thu
farmer must not waste his substance in Wis
ionary schemes and plausible short cuts tt
fortune, but still he must keep out of tn,
ancient ruts, or he will fall behind in tn
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