Daily Republican., 1884-02-25
|AGRIC ULT u r AL
MY EIGHT-ACRE FARMING.

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|, MY EIGHT-ACREF FARMING.
al Eight acres Of sandy loan, light, fin
/ and level, all in one piece near til
house and barn no stone, no fences, D.
waste, every foot tillable, no time los
lgo.ng to and from work house, wa
gons, harness and tools last indefinitely y
having the least wear and tear posi-
BILE. Having q good market near By
for vegetables and a good one for mill
at the door, l raise both, and so on'
thing helps another on land and IL
: market. Having the land ant
market. and the crops to be rail- ed de
cided upon, the course is open TO sue
Cess, II the land Is worked right. A
small farm IL no disgrace 1t takes
q large one and get living from it.
NV father said to his son more than a
score Of years ago :" You have too little
land mo man yet ever got rich from his
own labor do not spend your time
trading around in half-bushel measure
sell out /; get more land and do a bust
neBs that amounts to something" Very
good advice to man with money 10
pay for big farm. But all can not
have big farms place In this world ID
left and must be filled by the small
land holder who can only buy a small
tract but who has the sagacity to ses
that it will answer his purpose in the
line of agriculture. Land there is, and
plenty OF 1t, for all but 1t Is only the
right use Of 1t which brings success.
| A neighbOr of mine thrives on his
farm of twenty acres, makes money
and lends it to his neighbors who have
more land than they own. He was
warned he would starve on his barren
land by those who are now borrowing
his money. Another naighbor finds
sixteen acres of the best of land too
little to furnish three persons living.
have received letters asking how 1t Is
that raise 80 much, on SO small sur
face. Toall inquiries say: Come
and see." We are In operation sum
mer and winter, and always busy. Just
now we have three cows sell milk at
four cents per quart at the door mar
ket ten dollars worth of vegetables a
week; run . small hot house, and q
month later shall have hot beds In opera
ton. Not much cost for help either /; !
have In the fanny boy fifteen years
old he and / do all the work this win.
ter and have time to play.
DO raise all feed the cows ? No.
Why should l. With the best sweet
corn fodder six dollars per ton, deliver.
ed bran, twenty dollars per ton, and
cotton-seed and corn meal cheap at re.
tail !; 1 can buy feed cheaper than I
can raise 1t. house for winter use from
eight to ten tons of hay, ETC., from my
four acres in grass tut that is not
enough. have manure, all OF which
goes back to the garden and the crops
are good, as you can we'll believe. There
10 no time OF leisure. Every month of
the year Is full of work which pays,
and yet we have time to rest. We rise
at sunrise and stop work at sunset all
the yea: round no haste but just
enough pressure of work to keep alert,
active and moving steadily on.
HOW TO GET CLEAR OF vRisMIN.
A writer in the Scientific American
says
We clean our premises Of the detes-
Ia ble vermin, rats, by making white
wash yellow with copperas, and cov-
ering the stone and rafters with 1t. In
every crevice in which a cat may 60 we
put the cry stalls of rhe copperas, and
scatter In the corner of the floor. The
result was perfect stampede of rats
and mice. Since that time not foot
fall Of either rats or mice has beeR
heard around the house. Every spring
a coat of yellow wash is given The eel.
lar as a purifier, as rat exterminatOr,
and no typhoid, dysentery or fever at
lacks the family. Many persons delfb-
erately attract xl the rats in the
neighborhOod by leaving the fruit and
vegetables uncovered in the cellar, and
even the soap is left open for
their regalement. Cover up everythingI
eatable in the cellar and pantry. and
you will soon sta7ve them out. These
joined to the service OF a
good cat, will prove as good a rat ex-
as the chemist can provide.
We never allow rats to be poisoned in
,ur dwelling. They are so apt 70 die
bet ween the walls and produce much
SCAI DING FEED.
An old farmer, who has carefullyl,
;ested the matter, thinks that he can
secure better results from sCalding the
iced for his cattle than by steaming or
my oCher method of cooking. He puts
the cut feed in his trough, pours in hot
water and then puts on meal, then fol-
Ows up with more hot water and closes
he tank. This operation is done in the|
and by evening the food thus
prepared will he soft and palatable.
He always prepares in the morning the
iced that will be used in the evening,
md vice versa. Stock fed in this man
ner will come out at the end of the
winter in fine condition, and with
,mooth and glossy hair, indicating per-
fect health.
SHEEP. Ii
When lambs are dropped next month
almost constant care will be required 9
'or few days, especially ifthe wealth.
,r IL very cold. 1t is often best to {
wrap q chilled lamb in a woolen blank
1t and even to remove it to the house Q
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