The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1882-11-17
NnYnmhnr ON tho Farm.

Repairing buildings-This is work
that should be attended to before the
end of the month. IL is q very I'M
pleasant task TO set glass when the
mercury indicates a degree of cold be-
low the freezing point, but some will
delay such work until winter sets in,
and they find the snow drifting in on
their cattle. 1t pays well to keep bull
dings in good repair; it not only pre-
vents tho timbcr5 rum decaying, but ii
makes them warmer, and keeps the in.
mates in more comfortable condition.
Care of Farm Implements-Ev
careful farmer makes it point to re-
quire all tools to be housed every night,
as soon as the work of the day is over !,
but there are some farmers that get
careless and leave some of the nipple.
ments in the field, when there is a
prospect that they may be wanted
again in few days. This is poor
practice, for it frequently is the case
that the work is left unfinished, and
the implement permitted to lay expos
ed to the weather until it is forgot
ten. IL is well before winter sets in to
look over the tool house to see if all of
| the farm implements are in their pro.
per places; If not they should be look
ed up and housed. Some of the i'm
proved implements of the present day
require more care to keep them in
good order then did the farm imple-
ments of fifty years ago. Implements
made of steel or iron that are polished
should not be permitted to rust, but
should be covered with tallow. Some
| have an idea that If tools arn tapt GOV
cred with good coat of oil they will
not rust, but there are few kinds of oil
that will keep polished surface of
iron from rusting. When tallow is APP
piled, care should be taken to have it
free from both salt and water. The
best material is tallow and white lead;
two thirds of the former and one of
the latter. The objection to this is it
will not clean of quite as easily as tai.
low alone, but Notwithstanding this,
it is best TO use it on all tools that it is
important to keep from rusting, and
are unused for ten months in the year.
Farm Stock-As winter approaches
the animals on the farm need more
constant care. Before the end of the
month most, if not all of them, will
depend entirely on the food given them
at the barn. 1t is good economy to
feed cattle before coming to the barn,
so they will keep up in good condi-
ton; by so doing it will be easy to
carry them through the winter, and
have them come out we'll in the spring.
Fattening hogs, poultry, etc.-The
farmer who manages to the best advan-
tage will use every effort to get his
hogs fat enough to kill as soon as the
cold Vuapthnr in hn oil I,
that to fat hog when the mercury set
ties below zero requires much larger
quantity of grain than it does before
freezing weather sets in. What is true
of hogs is true of sheep and poultry
that is being fatted for the market,
Gathering leaves.-November is the
month to collect the leaves that fall
from the trees that surround the farm
buildings and moving fields. This
work should not be neglected, but as
soon as most of the leaves have fallen,
they should be Clearly gathered up, for
they make an excellent bedding and
add very much to the value of Ethe ma
nure, besides the removal of them
from the dooryard ands fields adds very
much to the appearance of the ground
around the buildings, and secures a
better crop of grass another year.
Dry muck and earth.-Every farmer
should endeavor to have on hand a
guod stock or dry muck, dry loan or
sand. This should be housed where it
can be kept dry, and be near the cattle
stalls that it may, without much labor,
be used to bed the cattle with when
the stock Of leaves becomes exhausted.
AynIfnd pinc