The Delaware ledger., 1883-09-22

will enable man to get perfect control |
over the most shy, provided that the stick
or, still worse, the boot, has not already !
caused lifelong dread of all mankind.
Live Stock Journal.
CORN FODDER When the farmer
has stored up the ears Of corn in his
bins he has laid by only two-thirds of
the feeding value of his crop. The
stalks that bore his corn hold another
third. Yes, the stalks or corn fodder,
as it is called, is worth nearly or quite
one-half the grain for feeding stock,
Governor Boutwell, estimates the value
of his fodder at one-half the value of
his hay that is, if hay sold at $40 fod-
der was worth $40, and for every ton of
fodder used he sold one ton of hay. DIR.
Sturtevant estimates his fodder at six
tenths the value of his hay; that is,
when he sold his hay at S22 his corn
fodder brought him in cash 1920
ton. Yet so many farmers ignorant of
its true value regard it only as neces-
sary evil, and waste it or even urn it.
1t should be cared for when husking
time comes with as much eerta nty as
the grain, The few who have large barns
and only moderate fields of corn can
stow it away loosely in their barns, but
this method is not generally feasible.
To handle it easily bind it near the
middle into small, compact bundles,
tying with rye straw or tarred twine.
After a dozen or so are tied set them up
carefully in shocks AS soon as possi-
bic after husking carry them under
sheds or into barns, or have them ricked
or stacked convenient to the barn OF
ca tle-yards. The great essential is to
keep them from being washed and
bleached by the rains. By exposure.
the carbo hydrates, the nutritious parts
are changed to fibre. DR.. Lawes is au-
thority for the statement that dried
fodder loses nothing but the water in
the drying. Therefore, its value is
equal 10 that of green fodder, and il
can be restored to its original condition
by soaking in water,
THRIFTY PIGs.-Pure air helps tC
make pure blood, which, in the course
Of nature, builds up healthful bodies
Out-of-door pigs would not show SO
, well at the fairs, and would probably
! be passed over by the judges and people
/ ] who have been taught to admire onl!
fat and helpless things. which get tht
= prizes. Such pigs are well adapted Il
, fill lard kegs, whereas the standard Of
! perfection should be a pig which will
make the most ham with the leas
: waste of fat, the longest and deepes
| sides, with the most lean meat.
. should have bone enough to stand NJ
and help itself to food, and carry will
D it the evidences Of health and natura
} development in all of its parts. Pig
P which run ON range of pasture hav
e good appetites-the fresh air and ex
ercise gives them this-hence they will
. eat great variety of food, and mucl
|, coarser than when confined in pens
!. Nothing need go to waste on farm TO
need of market. They will consum
!, Ill the refuse fruit, roots, pumpkin
. and all kinds of vegetables, which wi
a make them grow. By extending tn
root patch and planting the fodder cor
~ thinner, 50 that nubbns will form o
;, it, by putting in sweet variety, tn
% number of pigs may be increased
h proportion. The pig pasture will
- ready the next year for any crop, an
10 ten times the advantages accrue to tn
, farmer than if the pigs are confined
+ close pens, for, as pigs are usual
u managed on farm, but little manu-
"a is ever made from them,-S,cine Breet
N erS' Journal.
= VINES ON HOUsEs.-It is general
supposed that vines make houses dam
ly for which reason there are not nearly
or many cottages and houses beautifit
r, with vines as there should be. 1t is on
of when the climbers are allowed to COW
T, the caves and Obstruct the cutters,
a find their way under the shingles, tn
lg they become Objectionable, and the
yh conditions should of course, be careful
es guarded againt. The Gardeners Mont
le Ly'S remarks in this respect are We
ce taken "Vines should always be ke
e. cut down below the roof. 1t is lit
or trouble to do this once year, but '
n, can not get even our shoes blacken,
of without some Ouble. Those who knC
el- how beautiful and how cosey looks
yine-covered cottage will not object
the few hours labor it requires to ke
,,o m vines from stopping up the quite
Vines really make a wall dry. II
millions of rootlets by which til
adhere to the wall absorb watt
- and an examination will prove
~ vine-coyered wall to be as "dry as
49, old bone" One great advantage of
,s viRe-coyered cottage, not often thoug
~ of, is that it is cooler in summer a
warmer in winter than when there
e. but a mere naked wall. .'-Americ
Gardener.