Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1883-05-16
5arnr ann 5iresiNs.
Hints for Farmers.

Ch2rcoaI SnOulu De Jeu ~ mugs
and poultry.
Straw and fodder are good so far
as they go.
A mature SOW is better for breed
ing than a young thing
In spite OF all the steam machi>
merry in use horse flesh increases in
price.
The profit in pig comes from
getting him to eat as much as he
can digest.
Success in raising young pigs
depends very much on the manner
in which they are cared for.
To sum up the profit Of breeding
the rule is, breed from the best /;
they will pay the best.
A cow can not be expected to
give much in winter is her only
food is straw or cornstalks.
Sheep will endure severe cold il
kept dry ; but exposure TO storms,
either rain or snow, is very hurt
tul.
From one to two pounds of corn
and Two pounds Of clover Lay. for
moderate sized sheep, is days ra-
ton.
Gentleness and care with a flock
Of chickens or turkeys will soon
win their confidence TO a remarkable
extent.
On given amount of food the
sheep produce for the same weight
OF dry iood nearly twice as much
manure as tie pig.
The pig that gets the start while
young keeps the lead, and a differ
ence OF five pounds at six or eight
weeks is made ten iold that year
later.
1t is miserable policy TO ship
calves Of Hundred pounds weight
when they can be converted into
COWS, for the dairy, and into beef
when no longer profitable as milk
ers.
With a little extra care, early
chicks can be as successfully reared
as the late o. e.; and the increase
in size, and the TAFT OF their early
maturity, will more than recon
pcnse you for your trouble.
A good butter Cow ought not to
eat less than from SIX 10 eight |
quarts OF meal per day. but not
clear corn meal. Bran is not worth |
much 10 maze tutier, but mixed
with com meal gives health and
thrift.
l. does lot pay 10 iced very rich
fatiening. lcOd 10 sheep, as the ex
cess Of increase over that ob, aimed |
from lalion adapted 10 growth |
consists Lmcll ally OF tallow which
Is worth Only about halt as much as
flesh
As lori as there is demand tor
choice butter, cheese, cream and
milk, is there great inducement
Tor breeders OF dairy COWS to I'M.
prove their stock for the production
Of these articles, both in quality |
and quantity.
The best is what the farmer
should aim at in dairying because
diary products are largely luxury,
butter and cheese particularly. But
well-to-dO people will have them
and the finer the article the more
they burn TO possess it.
Ii every farmer would keep re-
cord OF the number of eggs laid,
chickens Matched and those sold or
eaten each year, they would form
The basis OF most interesting statis>
tics, and matter OF surprise to
Every one as TO the value represen-
ted by them in money.
In contrast with the common
practice OF letting dairy COWS 60
dry tour months or so every year,
recent writer says that he has
cow that has completed her fourth
iairow year and has averaged DUR
ing the past six months fraction
over five pounds of butter per week
OF first rate quality.
Forty thousand horses are
bought and sold annually by seven
teen OF the dealers of New York
and Chicago, who unanimously
declare thai one half and three
iourihs blood Percheron Normans
have more style, action. best endur-
ance on payemeDts and sell for
more money than any other class
of horses on the market.