The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1883-03-16
Farm and Garden Notes

ing and evening aud allowed tue
open yard at night. The yard I
should be kept Uttered and nightly
droppings pitched into piles.
Cotton seed meal is valuable
feed; but il stands 10 mnch the
same relation TO cattle TODD that
eggs aud meat to the humas
rations. II should never be fed
sxclnsivrly and IL best fed With
bran, hay or straw.
In feeding sweet milk TO pigs,
trials made at the WISCONSIN ex-
pertinent farm showed that on air
average four pounds of corumeal
we're equal to twenty pounds of
sweet skim-milk, or Que pouad OF
meal equal to i've of milk 1t fed.
separately.
There is danger IN stimulating
too 'rgu = flow OF rich milk by
feeding highly of meal aud grains
to new mich COWS. Those dairy
men who boast of enormous yields
of milk frequently lose a cow or
have one rendered worthless by
caking her bag or in the loss ofone
or moro ,eats.
Called aud sore shoulders Ia
horses are often caused by the
maue working under the collar
while pulling. This can be avoided
by plating the name and tying 1t
up in such manner that II caunot
touch the collar. 1t not only
Injuries the shoulder but the name
also, which is one OF the bea uties
OF the horse.
Ii the horn of % buck or other
animal IL found to be growing In a
way not desired, it may be changed
by scrapiug with knite on the
side to which it is wished to turn
its growth. The scraping dries
aud hardens the horn, while on the
opposite side growth continues
without interruption.
Spruce butter tubs are the best /;
hemlock makes sweet tnb; acids
from the oak color the butter aud
injure it's appearance; white ash
gives the butter D strong flavor IL
kept long, aud increases the labil.
| ity to mold; maple smells and
cracks badly. Soak all tubs four
to six days In brine before
using.
| In his long winter evenings the
farmer has opportunity for reading
uneQualed by the followers of auy
other vocation, aud ii he fails to
devote y portion OF that time to
increasing his knowledge of agri'
culture aud in devising improve
ments, he neglects his opportunity
aud must expects to be left behiud
by those who give more attention
to the intellectual part OF their vo'
cation.
Cows kept for dairy purposes fol
several weeks previous to calving
should have rational treatment,
neither starved drugged, purged
nor bled. They should be dried
: of at least q month or six weeks
before calving. They are generally
thin in flesh at the close OF theiI
milking season, and the object o.
drying them Of is that they may
have time to recover somewhat
from their exhausted condition and
! gain strength tor the future.
Farmers should he as careful I,
secure all the straw grown upoI
: the farm as II it we're the best
: of hay. According to the hes
authority it contain one fourth th'
|. nutriment Of the best meadow hay
: It should all be cut and fed on
except what is needed for bedding
with mill.teet, western corn mea
. aud oil meal added in sufficien
= quantities to make it equal to hay
= !. and an much better as may b
y y found necessary for feeding tarf
= !, teams and mich cows in number
:. equal to the supply OF seraw.
Il 1t is mistaken sense OF kindnes
le to overfeed horses. 1t may max
4 them look sleek and handsome, v,
d Lit impairs their general health al
et makes them more liable to diSea'
a. and ailments. When horses ~
le regularly worked they shonli ha'
il. strong food aud plenty OF II, b.
,u when seldom or irregularly us'
ur the food should be in proportion
-, the amount Of work, else they wi
ou become 0verfar, incapable of usn
ss ~xertion, and cannot be depends
no upon when necessity requires lol
IN drives or hard work Of any kind.
w The winter season ia very Il
portant one in the management
fruit trees. Pruning Is especial
in important. Some believe that
OF the foundation OF a tree be proper
nd laid in youth there will be
'ut necessity to prune an adult trs
NJ This does not accord with I
rs. writer's experience. Aniuteilige
su examination, both with the 81
M, and knife 10 hand, should be ma
ast every winter. Real good larI
Ihr healthy leaves in every part o
the tree Is loi vast Importance, q
Gu these cannot be had when brsncl
mas are close together, snothering
another.
'oli. Because he has worked AZ . h
the er the shoemaker can not set b