The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-08-05

ton of hay made can be easily made
or lost by the difference in the time of
cutting and the manner of curing.
This may seem a small amount to the
individual farmer, but in the aggre-
gate it makes difference of S1S, 000,-
900 for or against the farmers. The
value of the hay crop being exceeded
only by that Of corn and wheat.
A MERINo WOOL.
4 A merino sheep-breeder is of the
opinion that the wool of a pure bred
merino should not average over three
inches in length. 1t should be of
clear, white color, and weigh about
seven or eight pounds 10 the fleece.
We often read of feeces that weigh
from twenty to forty pounds, but such
heeces will, in securing, diminish all
of so per cent.
sCALD YOUR MILK.
Scalding the milk before feeding
will usually remedy scours in calves if
taken in time. Checking toe dis
charge too suddenly is a common mis-
take, as the drugs usually given for
this purpose permanently injure the
indigestion, which is all important for
the animal, either for beef or milk.
CUCUMBERs FOR PICKLES.
Cucumbers intended for picking
purposes need not be planted till July. |
The land for them should be such as
has been we'll cultivated the year pre-
WOES, and the manure should he fine |
and well rotted. In order to guard |
against the attacks of birds and insects
an excess of seed should be used, thin
ming out the extra plants after they |
are up.
SALT YOUR HAY STACKS.
To prevent haystacks firing, scatter
a few handfuls Of common salt be-
tween each layer. The salt. by alb
sorbing the humidity of the hay, not
only prevents its fermentation and
consequent heating, but it also adds a
salty taste to this forage, which all
cattle like; besides it stimulates the
appetite and assists their digestion,
and so preserves them from many dis
eases.
THE NEVADA CREAMERY.
The Nevada, Mo-, creamery is ship
ping over thousand pounds of butter
in a refrigerator car to New York
every week. Already this is being
done in even greater quantities from
Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska, and
the east will presently discover that
west is neither desert nor forest.
MILK VS.. MEAT.
A correspondent of the Michigan
Farmer makes this very suggestive
statement in support of the non-beef
quality of a coed COW: "When," he
says, "a Jersey cow gives me $50
pounds of butter and 500 calf
year, and does this until she is fifteen
years old, l have not the heart to send
her to the butcher" This isn't "busi-
ness" but we do not say that such a
sentiment would not pay.
FEED FOR CARRIAGE HORSES.
Oats, peas and barley mixed with
some corn should constitute the grain
feed for farm or carriage horses, es-
pecially in warm weather. Every
one familiar with the tough, spirited
French horses" of Canada, knows
their grain feed is chiefly oats and
peas. Hence they are strong and en-
during, and are generally preferred
above all others by city street railway
companies.
TURNING OUT COWS.
Don't turn the ,.,ws out Il lring the
night too ear, in tie :.<on. The
instinct of a we'l-breG COW IS pretty ,
safe guide, and so we allow her to 90 l
in the stable nights as she wishes to
do so. 1t is singular but suggestive
fact that great many cows know
vastly more than their owners, and
would prove much more profitable if
they could have an even chance.
MINOR MENTION.
A general feeling prevails among /
cattle men of the west against barbed l
wire fencing. And western men,
perhaps western cattle men. particu-
larly, are apt to have positive feel
ings.
Black hogs seem to have waxed fat
and numerous, and attained the top
most round of popularity. That they
will ever be displaced by their white
former competitors is scarcely pos
sible.
As bird on the farm the balance ]
of evidence stands against the crow. q
Put fat worm and a fat kernel of 9