The National tribune., 1883-01-25
but the crop results in a large number Ofsmall
FATTESING CATTLE.

potatoes.
FATTESING CATTLE.
Prof Brown, OF the Canadian Model Farm,
says that most animals eat in proportion TO
their weight, under average conditions of age,
temperature, and fairness GIVE tattenlng cat
tie as much as they viii est. and otton-iive
times a day. A good guide for a safe quantity
of grain per day to maturing cattle IS one
pound to every hundred of their weight. Early
stall feeding in the fall VIII make the winters
progress more certain by thirty per cent. GIVE
rs much water and salt al all times rs they Will
take. In using roots it is a good guide to give
Just as much, IN association with other things,
that the animal viii not take any wafer IN
buildings, have warmth with complete vcntlla-
ton, without currents, never under 20 nor over
20 degrees Fab. 4 cold damp, airy tempera-
ture causes animals to consume more food with
out corresponding results in bone, muscle, flesh
or fat, much being used as fuel to keep up
warmth. Stall feeding is better for tat-makiug
than boxes or in yards. The growing animal
intended for beef requires a little exercise
daily. Currying daily IS equal 10 seven per
cent. of the increase. Straw cut and slightly
fermentCd is one-tOurth more valuable Tor fat
tening. Green Oat straw and pea straw to-
gcther are about equal in value to hay Thirty
five pounds SWcdc tumIps, SIX pounds clover
hay, and two and half pounds Oii-cake Will
produce one pound Of beef One ton of fer
mented cut straw and 200 pounds oi-calIe Is
equal 10 one Ton Of hay. SIX pounds Of hay,
one pound of bran, twenty pounds turnips, and
five pounds C0rn-meal viii add one pound TO the
weight of good two-ycar-oId steer. All ami
mails tattcn cheaper on prepared raw food, as
against whole or uncut roots or hay.
REMEDY FOR THE PEACH BORER.
The late NJ B. Bateman, so long and so favor
ably known as the secretary of the Ohio HOr
ticultural Society, strongly recommended the
following wash as preventive OF the peach
borer:
For an orchard Of 500 bearing trees, we take
a pint of crude Carbolic acid and one gallon of
good soft soap which Is thinned with gallon
OF hot water, stirring in the acid and letting it
stand for tweuty-four hours; then add eight
gallons of cold soft water, and stir. This wash
should be thoroughly applied with a swab or
brush around the base of each tree, taking
pains to have 1t enter all crevIccs.
The parent moths seldom appear before the
hot weather at or about the last of june and
have never seen one dCpoSiting Its eggs, III this
climate, before the 1st Of July. Hence we lind
this the best time 10 apply the wash, as it
drives off the moths by its odor, and instantly
kills any eggs that may have been deposited.
For the apple boTer l apply the wash about the
1st of June. 1t is equally effective for both,
and when made about half the strength named,
Is a good wash for the prevention of mildew on
grape vines and fruit trees, and no doubt mas
some tendency to prevent blight.
SLED CATALOGUE.
We have received a copy of Hiram Sibley &
Co.'S seed catalogue for 1883, from Rochester,
New York. Both in establishment and utility,
this catalogue is fully equal to the best OF this
class of literature. The old style Of dyy-qS-dust
lists of seeds and plants is here replaced by the
best productions of the artist and the essayist.
Numerous engravings, some Of them colorcd,
give interest to those who may not be familiar
with the characters and habits of plants, and the
descriptive matter runs into valuable cultural
directions, which can be readily understood,
and which can be applied by the mercst novice
in the management of seeds and culture of
plants. One noticeable feature is a priced list
of tree Seeds with detailed instructions in re-
gard to rearing and planting Of forests. The
lists Of vegetable and farm seeds embrace u
number OF new articles especially offered by
this now-becomiug- famed seed-house.