The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-12-29
FARM


YOUNG COWS do not give as rich milk
rs do those of mature age. A lean COW
gives poor milk and a fat n rich milk.
AYLEsBURY and Rouen ducks have
been exhibited weighing over twenty-five
and twenty-three pounds the pair respec-
lively.
KEEP sheep dry under foot. This is
even more necessary than roofing them.
Never let sheep stand or lie In mud OF
water.
THE cotton States consume ~, 252, pa
bushels more of wheat than they raise,
and pay to the North for wheat, corn,
oats and hay $3.50, 0OO, 600 annually.
WINTERINa bees in cellars appears to
be an improvement over wintering them
outside. The bees consume less honey,
have less loss and are healthier IN the
end.
A FARMER Of experience in wood grow
ing says that there is more money In
growing wool at even twenty cents per
pound than in loaning money at ten per
cent. interest.
IFlTHE owner Of a COW will realize the
fact that unless she pays him in clear
cash $44. so yearly she is kept at a loss,
he will soon become interested In the
subject of the improvement OF COWS.
FEAR blight has IL several instances
been arrested in affected trees by syring-
ing them with a weak solution of potash,
and in some cases it has proved a pre-
ventive when applied to the healthy
trees.
ONE reason why our wheat crops are
only about half as much per acre as in
England is because the British farmer
employs sheep as grain growers, while
with us sheep are considered as wool or
mutton makers.
A COW with three rings on her horns
is six years old; with four she is seven.
No new rings are formed after the tenth
year. The deeper rings, however, and
the worn appearance Of the horns, are
sure indications of old age.
Born for its effect upon fattening and
upon health o small amount of wood
ashes should be given to swine. The
food without this is rich in phosphoric
acid, but has little lime, and the equiv
alent should be thus supplied.
Too much attention cannot be paid to
the cleanliness and ventilation of stables
and pens. To insure the health and
comfort of animals they must be kept
dry and warm and have plenty of light
as well as pure air and plenty of water.
As FLOORS to poultry houses, boards
are not good, especially if chickens are
to be brought up upon them, as they
produce cramp. Concrete or brick is
better, yet nothing is so good assdeep,
uyall pr-lr-ori1o6 6rry coil rr-hfNh fo raollu
the least expensive of anything.
To PINCH off the tip of a shoot is not
to produce q shock, but to change, not
impede, but send the flow of the sap in
other directions, by which the fruit is
benefited, while the leaf power is not
materially intertered with, the a~xillary
leaves affording the needful supply.
WHEAT is now sowu In nine months
of the year in England that is, from
August to April. October and Novem-
Der are the principal months, however,
for this work. The advocates of thin
seeding prefer early sowing, while it is
advantageous to SOW thicker as the sea-
son advances.
FARMERS should endeavor to sell as
little as possible of that which comes
mainly from the soil, and as much as
possible OF that which comes from the
atmosphere. Butter and fat stock sold
will improve a farm; while cheese. milk.
and lean stock sold will keep the farm
lean, unless manure or fertilizers are
bought.
ENGLISH agriculture is almost equally
depressed with Irish, and large estates
are officially reported to the British Gov.
eminent as lying idle in the best farming
counties of the kingdom. Reclamation
of bog and moorland In Ireland is out Of
the question when the best land in Eng,
land can not compete with American
prairies.
FARMERS can not afford to use com.
mercial fertilizers at random, and it il
time they understood the reason why.
The right materials in the right places
bring large profits. Artificial fertilizer
rightly used must prove among the most
potent means for the restoration of oul
agriculture. The only way to find out
wkSt a soil wants is to study it by a
full observation and experiment.
In New ENGLAND horses are advancing
from fifteen to thirty per cent. in price
Horse-car companies three years ago
bought good ~seryiceable horses at from
$50 to 500 each, while they now pay a
high as $50 for equally good animals
Heavy draft teams are worth from $42I
to $3.50, while stylish, well-matched ant
well-bred carriage pairs bring all tn
way from $500 to $1,000.
The best way with all grapes, and es
pecially with those not quite hardy, is Il
prune In the autumn as soon as p~ractica
BILE after the fall of the leaves. If tn
vines are pruped and trained upon tn
renewal system, it will be a very SINAI
matter to lay them upon the ground an
give a covering Of two or three inches Q
earth upon the shortened canes, whicl
covering should be left on until all dan
ger OF sever freezing is passed in tn
spring.
The seed is a store.house of concen
trated plant food, intended to nouris
the germ till the root and leaf are de
veloped. In the seeds of the cereals
and of many other plants, the chief in
gredient is starch. Another class G
seeds, of which lnseed and mustard
seed are examples, contain no starch
but in its place a large quantity of fat
A seed generally contains a considerabl
amount of albuminoids its ash is ric.
in phosphoric acid and potash.
SOME dairymen say that mich cow
do as well on ensilage when mixed witt
about one-quarter its bulk of fine Gu
dry hay o straw as with meal or shorts
Perhaps the straw tends to distend tn
stomach, as cob-meal does when groun
with corn. For sheep with lambs, SOW
and mares, ensilage is especially profta
BILE, and also for fattening sheep. Flo
summer use when the pastures are dried
ensllage June grass will keep up tn
supply of milk as nothing else can.
In KEEPING sheep for profit the grei
point Is to secure cheap pasturagt
Where wool alone is the source of th
income cheap land is an absolute nece,
sity, and the supply of this is rapid
diminishing There ara fau 1oooI;tie