The Penn's Grove record., 1882-05-13

of the Connecticut Experiment Sts
ton, says at is, l scarcely doubt
equally true that ensilage is no MOI
palatable, no more digestible, and n
more nutritious than than the fres'
corn from which 1t is produced. TIL
rumor now floating in the air ths
ensilsge is worth more, nay, mucl
more, than the fresh corn-fodder hs
nothing solid to rest on. Fodder i
ON all hands conceded to lose nothin,
in the silo that can effect a c~oncentra
ton of its nutritive matters. TIL
analyses of Barral, which Goffar
quotes in his book, give both for fresl
maize and for ensilage so per cent. o
water. The main advantage of the sill
plainly is to magazine green fodder
Whether in II climate the silo nth,
stock and shed are best experience,
must decide. Whether successful en-
silage is more palatable or more chear
than well-cured corn fodder expert
ence must likewise settle. That ensi
lage, once provided, may be a valuable
accessory to dry feed is fairly to be
anticipated, but evidently the enthu.
siasts are overrating it."
cotswold Sheep.
A Kentucky farmer gives the follow
ing advice about sheep: The common
shet p of the country pay only a very
small profit. while good high grade
Cotswold yield a good revenue--a large
interest on the investment. Let me
illustrate the difference, so that it will
impress itself on the minda of those
who are not using high grade or thor
oughbred stock. An average farm in
this section should keep one hundred
sheep yearly, for our average farmer
is not progressive, and believes in 60
ing slow. He buys the common stock
of the countryside head at So each,
and a grade ram for Sc. With ordi-
nary good luck he clips 400 pounds of
wool and sells the 400 pounds ct %
cents, amounting to 800; raises rs
lambs, worth So each, making 1925, to
which add the value of old ewes, 1915,
and we have a total OF 5000. Deduct
the cost of keeping the sheep one
year, $3.50, to which add the cost of
ewes, $500, and deduct 5 per cent. for
loss, SIS, making a total Of 1855, which
leaves a profit of $50, not estimating
the value of the m nure. If the same
farmer buys 100 grade ewes at $3.50,
estimating the keep of same for one
year at $3.50, allowing 5 per cent. less,
$50, total, $3.50 per contra, the ewes
are worth $500, wool ten pounds aver
age, or 100 pounds, at $3.50; seventy
five lambs at S. each, 1915, or a total
OF $l225, showing a net profit of $265
and the MANURE besides.
Pe~ouliaritiss Of Some Noted Horses.
The eccentricities of thoroughbred
race horses are as peculiar as those of
human beings. Springbok was a per-
feet savage, and would allow no one
in bis stall save his regular boy, to
whom he was as much attached as he
sbhorred outside company. Check.
mate is very fond of company, and
likes to be made much of. He takes
caresses with the sheepish name of
an overgrown boy, glad to have them,
but asha med to be petted. Parole is a
bit of a kleptomaniac. He has a fancy
for handkerchief which he sees
protruding from gentlemen's pockets.
He delights, too, in robbing the ladies
who visit him-for he has many-of
their cloaks or other wraps. Harry
Bassett hated barefooted stable boys
so much that he would make every eff
fort to bite their legs. Constantine
would always bolt if on the outside of
the course. Ifinside, she would never
think of 1t, even if she had plenty of
chances. Blackburn was like Monar-
chist- he could never be got to extend
himself unless the jockey wore his
colors. In his work it was next to
impossible to get him into a %canter; in
a race he nearly pulled the Jockeys
arms out, SO eager WAS he to run aw ay
from his field. Hindoo is the very OPP.
posite. He has no will of his own, but
does Just what is asked of him, no
matter how much, but no more.
Charley Gorham. another inmate OF
the Dryer stable, is so attached to
his home and companion that he
could not be taken away from il, an
he and Warfield are the thickest of
friends. At Saratoga two years ago
he was sold, but he 500 forced his
way out of his new quarters, and in
the morning he was found at his own
stable. waiting to be admitted into the
stall adjoining Warteld's. He has
his own pail for water and will not
use any other.
About Bees.
1t Is not necessary that an ordinary
sized colony of bees should occupy
the entire brood apartment of the
hives. Indeed it is much preferable
that they be confined on as few combs
as they will well cover. So loRg as
the queen has room to lay there is no
danger from over c%rowding, care
being taken that they do not run
short of stores. With the reduced
space to occupy they a much better
keep up the requisite heat for neces'
sary brood rearing. After the comb:
which they occupy become welLilled
with brood more room should be given
them by spreading the brood and in.
sorting an empty comb in the centre
of the brood nest. If ON examination
the centre combs are found quite full.
while those on the side yet contain