News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-03-08
AGRICULTURAL.

! this way, good help may De SecuIeOl lOI
long term of years, and will also
lead to profitable planning Of the
labor for the whole year. The amount
of work done during the winter can
be largely increased, greatly to the
relief of the workmen in the busy
months of spring. The necessary
wood for the household should be pro-
vided in winter, with q sufficient stock
on hand, so that only weIl-seasoned
| fuel need be used. 1t is q slip-shOd
and improbable method that provides
the wood fresh from the log on the
the day it IS burned, besides being a
| fruitful source of bad breakfasts and
worse tempers. There are scores of
other jobs that may be done in winter,
turning both man and team to good
account.
Tools.-Eyery implement needed
on the farm should be overhauled be-
fore the time for using them arrives.
Sharpen all edged tools, and oil the
various parts of the farm machinery.
Look we'll to the bolts, that none may
be missing when the day for using the
implements ia at hand. The little
things of the farm are very important,
and no one can hope to succeed with
out paying strict attention to them.
Horses should come Though the
winter in good flesh, and be in fine
trim for the hard work of spring.
Horses feet need special care at this
time of slush and mud, When the
horses are brought in from work, they
should be rubbed down, and the feet
and legs thoroughly dried. If left
covered with mud, the skin may soon
become diseased, and cracked heels
or foot fever may result. Look well
| to the horses feet.
Cows.~Any COW that is out of con-
dltion will need the best of care now.
Warm bran slop, with little ginger
is excellent, If the animal is poor
and weak, there is danger of feeding
largely of rich food. Calves infested
with yermin are known by their rough
! coats. A mixture of lard and sulphur
rubbed along the back, with dose of
q teaspoonful of sulphur and molasSes
once or twice week, is effective.
Sheep.-Ewes should have dry and
clean pens and yards, with a plenty
of good, wholesome food. lfthe 6ool
is falling, a few ounce doses of equal
parts of sulphur and cream of tartar
will relieve the irritation of the skin.
Early lambs may be pushed forward
with fresh cows milk, given warm,
quarter of pint to a meal. DO not
run any risks in Over-feedlng.
Swine.-Breeding s0ws should be
separated from other pigs, and pro-
!, yided with warm, dry pens, bedded
with leaves OF straw. A rail fastened
to the wall, eight INCHES from the
floor, will prevent the young pigs
from being crushed. 1t is well to tee'
the SOW some raw linseed oil o few
DAYS before the pigs are born.
Raising Plants, to have them ready
TO set out as soon as the weather !:
= suitable, is an important matter
These are started in hot-beds, in COLI
> frames, and in boxes in the window
f of the dwelling house. The coz
frame is simply a hot-bed frame ant
+ sash, placed over a spot Of good SOIL
o 1t receives it's heat from the sun b.
day, and this is prevented from es
+ Gaping at night, by covering the gIas
9 with shutters, straw mats, or even
Y piece of old carpeting. The soil G
the cold frame should be about tire
inches higher than the general SUI
! face, and the frame should be wher
q it will be sheltered from cold wind
d and will receive the full warmth c
n the sun. This, having no heatin:
Il material, will not force so rapid
n growth, but will be found very usefu
o. to start some kinds of plants, and t
70 receive those that have been starte
If in hot-bed.-American 1gricuItur
uliSt.
" In selecting seeds for spring plant
IN ing, do not neglect to get seed of tn
\ mangel beet, for these beets make th
i very best green food for fowls in win
4 ter. If the water in the dishes
# thrown out each night, trouble an
70 time will be saved in the morning
&c Give warm water to fowls il possible
d A writer in the Country Gentleman
is who evidently speaks from person;
10 knowledge, says: IAN eXpelienc
re of rs years has convinced me tina
W cutting the long forage is more i'm
" portant and pays better than almos
k any other preparation in well man
m aged dairy. AS to scalding, boilin
S. or steaming, an experience Of fiv
,e years with steamed food for dair
le of from 80 to so cows led me to til
in conviction that if compelled to TAX
/ my choice and pay for it, would pa
A. more for the exemption, than tn
IN adoption"
Mr.. William Crozier in the sam
I paper says: My experience in steam
,e ing is, that it produced more milk, il
/ fact it strained the cows too much
+ and the calves when dropped wer
n not 50 strong as on the feed nov
AZ given. L know we get more butte
a now than | did while steaming." Th
d feeding of warm mashes of any kin,
,e is not, as rule, commended. No
t. is change from wet to dry, and the
N dry to wet, considered advisable.
:. Aside from long fodder, dairyme
lie differ much in their manner of feeding
n Bran, middlings, ground corn andacob
1t ground oats, corn meal, linseed meal
), and cotton seed meal, mixed in variou
: proportions, seldom used alone, ar
:. given in ratiOns Of from two to lively
e quarts each day. The feed Of the ia
If nous COW, Bomba, for which $1,000
f was refused, during 2 weeks test O
e her butter production was two quart
: of middIings and one quart of corr
e twice each day. This was changed tn
s last three days to two quarts middlings
4 and one pint corn meal, and one pin