The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-08-17

trees had been removed year previously
Not tree is now living where | used the
salt, but where no salt was used they are
doing finely and making good growth.
From experiments on small scale, be-
lieye that the use OF salt As fertilizer, on
such lands as we have in Mississippi, is de-
leterious, no matter how small the guam
tity. In reporting experiments OF any
kind, we all should be more careful In CIV
ing results. for each and every soil requires
peculiar food We all know it would be
perfect folly to apply the same manure to
sandy land and clay land unfortunately
and while salt doubtless is benefcially ap-
piled TO growing grain in some localities,
its iadiscriminate use may blast and de-
stroy the hopes OF farmers in other locali-
ties. Suppose | had taken this widely
quoted paragraph, as ip'e di1t, and placed
one pint Of salt around each of my 1000
trees, the loss would have been irreparable,
my trees all dead. and years Labor thrown
away Let us make experiments intelli-
gently, and give them TO the "WoRLD'
stating locality, kind OF soil, and the re-
suit as it actually occur.-Ms'isHPpi Far.
mcr.
SOME claim that there is no improvement
! in natures way. 1t Is true if the cows are
never 10 be put to any other use than rails
ing calves, it j. just az well to let their
calves run with them in the natural way.
But at this day who can afford this system?
By more labor and greater care just as good
/ calves can be raised at half Of the sacrifice
of the product for which the COW is mos.
valuable Nor can farmers afford TO perma-
ucutly injurc a COW az mixer by allowing
/ her calf 70 run with her the first year. The
frequent drawing OF her milk By the ever
/ present calf seriously dwaris her milk
/ glands, SO that ever after she has no capac-
/ ity for any large amount Of milk. 1t is
| very important the calves should not run
with them the first year. II in good flesh
and good health, for a few days it is i'm
portant the milk should be drawn frequent
/ Is 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 50 that the uddcr in It's fDrma'
tive state shall assume capacity for twelve
h4Xrs accumulation Of milk.
w 1, 1t safe or policy to trust to the calf
10 draw all Of the milk for n few weeks.
The demand, Of a calf at that age are not
sufficient 10 take all the milk Of a frst-claSs
COW, Hence her yield will naturally dwin-
die 10 the demands Of her offspring. Besides
after a calf and COW have been let TO each
other twice day, the weaving j, injurious
10 both. Besides the wcaningIs frequently
imno,,jblc creating constant troublc on the
farm. The practice also Of Keeling COW and
calf scparatc and admitting them together
| twice day 10 take half of the milk. while
the other half is being MIXED, is yexa-
ton. troublesome and .ayes no labor ANY
one would rather sit down by quet COW
and draw all Of the milk than 10 fghtw
the calf for half Of it. And if the mixer
takes the first half before the calf /. adj
mttcd, the COW is injured, as the milk
should all be drawn when the COW lets it
down.
Calves should never be allowed to suck
longer than three days, Put they should
be furnished with their motncr'- first milk,
as naturc provides lust the right kind Of
nourshncnt 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 bocycs can be safely pushed
from the first, by plans which have been
frequently forc.Shadowcd in these columns
Aftcrtc"ding fora few weeks with new milk,
substitute skim milk. Then if the calf IS
10" poor aH' OH meal, OF Il II * 10" '"' '"F
'I,r development o' tiie bones ana muscles
n'd "at meal or "'hrr poho Or Hlu'clc pro-
du'ihE '"od. inc h'l'eF caves "h'ch are
intended III the iuture Tor IN" DAIRY should
not he kept a' tat as Il intended Tor yealS
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 con bc in.
duccd To FORGET each other tbo better for
both and for those who attend 10 them By
the to,dcrc,t corc learn both IN hova conf.
dcnco in Won Kindness to a calf in its
Garlic, day. is ncycr f,r,o,,cn TLcvnolc
oni.,or onj ho,,orcnng ,nI .,aor, n.rioh
emioy Door nrc.rnce and ronaJc in y ,,n
care o,way. os,imiIatc thcjr f,od Lct,or ,ro
not half the trouble n coro far and oJd so
much 70 ,boir .,tif,c,ior ~, ,,oir JnoiIi,,,
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