Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-12-18


win cost much more to get them into
condition than II would 10 have kept
them SO. Cottonseed Or lInseed meal.
mixed with an equal weight Of bran.
giving about ) quarter Of . pound =
dav to each sheep in addition 70 hay
and straw. Is one Of the best foods %
grow wool. Barley. rye and oats are
also good. Peas and corn together
are also good, but corn alone i too
starchy.
Glover IS biennial aud usually will
not blossom until the second year after
sowing. But under favorable con-
ditions, with early seeding and late.
warm fall, many heads viii often az
pear the FIRST year. and some seed may
ripen. This late growth should be
cut or fed of, as the clover plant dies
Sfter it has perfected its seed. This
accounts for the entire destruction BY
winter killing Of many clover fields
that appeared unusually promising the
fall before.
Now that the time is'coming when
COWS should be stabbed nights to pro-
tect them from cold rain and storms,
the farmer should see to it that the
stable is kept scrupulously clean.
Cows neglected in this respect will
not yield so much milk. and unless the
milk can come through clean teats and
by doors of fresh ex-
crement. it will not be fit for any use.
If corn is husked in q wet time
there is danger in drawing too rapidly
to the crib. There is much moisture
in the cob until after the stalk has
thoroughly dried, and unless this Is
dried out before frost comes the vitality
Of the seed will be injured. Seeds
men who grow the evergreen corn for
seed, which is most difficult to cure Of
any, dry it by placing it in narrow
boxes. made Of Stats and holding two
bushels each. These are piled in single
rows, one above the other, and all COW
cred with boards to exclude rain.
DO not feed'the meadows and NOW
ings down too closely. There is NO
topdressing, no special grass fertilizers
nothing that win take the place of .
mulch. the special muEch nature i'm
tended for grass It costs much less
than any other means known. It savesi
carting, handling. bushing and all the
time worry and expense Of applying
topdressing
It is estimated that nine-tenths OF
the cows in this, country drop their
calves between, the. first Of February
and the first of. May each year.
"A Wisconsin farmer who plants one
D. two fax seeds to every hill Of pota-
Toes says the potato bugs never
'ronble his crop.
Towards the last of the growing
season it becomes evident shat some
heads in a field of cabbage will fail to
attain size sufficient to, make them
A, li6ae stimulating
liquid manare, made by dissolving
gnano in barrel OF water, will set the
plant to growing, SOFAS to give some
value to what wouldiotherwise be good
FOR nothing It is still better, how
over, to set the cabbage early in rich
ground. 50 there WILDE nodOubt about
'ts makinga head.
Every farmer owes it. to- himself to
lest the various linds Of fertilizers.
He can. for farmers purposes. test ac-
curately enough without measuring
the ground or weighing the product.
If fertilizer does not show in the
improved appearance Of the crop, it
win not pay 70 use exten-
sively. One experiment. however. IS.
not enongh, IS the season may be so.
dry that che fertilizer, however good
may give no benefit. Even stable
manure occasionally fails to do good,
but Do farmer would think 0f aban-
doning il use because of such excap-