Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-03-28
AGRICULTURE.

AGRICULTURE.
New NAY WITH SILo.-Me had al
ways raised more or less Indian corn, US
ing the stalks for wintering our limited
number of cattle. After increasing our
herd we planted fodder corn to help out
our stock OF corn stalks. However, the
hard labor attending the cutting, binding,
shocking and curing the fodder made us
willing investigators Of the new and highly
recommended system Of ensilage feeding.
From all who had constructed silos and
tested ensilage We heard uniformly favor
able reports. We could not learn OF fai-
lure, hence we determined to test ensilage
for ourselves, onIy hesiiating on account
o. the probable labor and expense attend
ing the erection and weighing of stone
sllo.
Learning that wooden sllOs found favor
with some farmers who pronounced them
equally as good, so long as they lasted, as
the more costly stone affairs, we determln-
ed upon constructing our silo of wood. Our
barn Is two story building, measuring 40
xs0 feet. 1t contains several large bays,
the dimensions of which are 20x24 feet.
We sealed up one of these bays with ! !
inch matched spruce boards covered with
tarred paper. We cemented the bottom
| of the silo, also the walls udder the sills OF
the barn. We coated the inside OF the silo
with coal oil to prevent the effects Of mols-
ture upon the boards
We stored about 125 tons of cornfodder
in the silo treadiDg it down by men in
stead Of horses, b Y reason of the small size
of the sIlo. We were about three weeks
storing the whole of our fodder on account
of lack of help. For covering the silo we
used hemlock boards and tarred paper, no
other weighing being applied until some
| three or four weeks later, when We stored
quantity of dry cornstalks upol the top
of the silo- Upon opening the sllo we
found the fodder in a perfect state of pre-
servatIon, the ensilage showing no mold
except little on the top Just under the
cover. In preparing the fodder we en-
ployed two horse power engine TO Trn
our cutter, the latter being provided with a
carrier for delivering the fodder In the silo.
MANY farmers, and others whose busi-
ness requires the use Of horses, are very
careless about the important matter of
lameness- Very often valuable animal
becomes slightly lame from cause which
could be easily removed If attended to al
once; but it is allowed, through neglect, to
go on until the suffering brute Is nearly If
not wholly ruined. Then the matter is
investigated and veterinarian Is called,
| Just in time to incur an expense from
which there can be no return, and too late
| to remedy the evil Such a course is no.
only silly but 1t smacks strongly on the in
human. A man who gives his horses no
care whatever deserves to lose them.
The fattenIng of horses for market has
grown to be quite business in some pla-
ces IN the United States, and notably 80 in
a few counties of Western Pennsylvania.
Horses are prepared for sale with as much
care as the finest beeves, the horse grower
making il point to have his produce in
the best possible condition for the buyer
This has proved to be an excellent bust
NESS, and the ''fee6lng of" has no little to
do with its success. See that your horses
have first class form and conGitlon, as
well as good blooi, and when the sale re-
turns are received you will find yourself
well repaid for your pains.
A CORRESPONDENT claims that the best
time 10 prune fruit trees is just before the
sap begins to fow-from February to
April, according to the latitude. The
wounds will then heal over rapidly without
leaving dead wood or scaIs. The next
best tim .,irom the middle to the last OF
June, Enen the sap flows afresh and the
trees commence second growth, but hea-
w pruning SHOULD never be practiced ID
June. Much pruning may be saved by
Dinching and rubbing eff superfuous
sprouts during the growing season.
EVERY old COW on the place or young
one either, that Is not either an extra bree-
der or mixer should be dried Up as soon as
possible and fatted. There will be more
or less soft corn in every oornfield: this
will be just the thing for old cows A
regular and systematic system of wedding
out old and Improbable COWS should be
practIced annually. Tie dairymen un-
derstand this. they know from actual test
the milking value OF every COW. All far
.Ders should also know this, and keep no
COW on the farm after or years old,
unless very ch hoice mixer or breeder.
A WRITER IN the Farmers ReUleU
notes as singular fact" that all the per-
sons injured or xii led by dangerous bulls
in Illinois during the past five years were
attacked between the months OF Angus,
and January.
WITH careful management and attention.
10 the health of the ewes, coupled with
personal attention at lambing time, one
hundred lambs can be raised to the one
hundred ewes. The eve flock should be
kept in good heart. and fed enough.
| ID. X. SHAUKR. in a letter, says that a
simple, sure and easily applied cure for
lice on animals is to give few slices Of
onions IN their feed. They eat them rea-
Oily, and one or two feeds does the busi.
ness effectually.
ALBION RIoKER. of Turner, Me-, sold
last season from one-fourth of an acre OF
strawberries 1874 worth. besides having al
that family of eight or ten persons wan
ted to eat every day.
The Goldsb5ro IN. G. Messenger say!
that j. II. Cald well left at that office TWEEN
ty SIX potatoes which measured one bushel
He made 367 bushels OF potatoes to on,
acre of ground.
WITH slow growing sorts like celery, car
rot. sage, asparagus, end even parsnIp ant
onion, mix one eighth of quick CROWN.
sorts, like turnip, and radish, 10 mark tn,
rows for an early wedding.
A VERY curious species OF insects L
, doing scme damage to willow trees il
Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, by strippln.
them of their leaves.
The Department of Agriculture report
an average yield of potatoes Of eighty ont
bushels per acre, and an acreage of abou
2, 900, 900 acres.
S. L. GODDARD, of Hanover, raised a
the rate of 450 bushels of potatoes pa
acre, and Is bushels ears of corn on IL!