The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1885-11-06
The Farm.
FARM MISCELLANY.
Clippings from Our Exchanges.


and pasture was getting short, so l be-
gan feeding bran, commencing on 4
quarts per COW. l kept increasing the
amount until l fed l. quartsper COW, at
which time was getting 35 quarts of
milk per day. I then changed to ;lear
corn meal fed 1 quarts per day per
COW, and in less than one week the same
COWS had increased from 35 to so quarts
of milk.
There is some difference ofopinion in
regard to the value of cob-meal for feed.
ing to stock. Is there any value in
feed that does not digest in the animal?
Take the manure from hogs fed on cob
meal, put it in pail Of water, stir
around and turn off the water, and you
will find the cob in the bottom of the
pail, Just as it came from the mill, |
think there is no value in feed that does
not digest. The cost of grinding is
more than it is worth I feed cornmeal
in connection with shorts or ground oats.
Some farmers are satisfied that apples
are worth more to feed COWS than they
are for making cider. One who has ted
some years as high as 800 or 400 BUSH
els to his COWS without any of them get
ting choked draws them to the field in
a wagon and scatters them with shovel
at the rate of ten bushels to 20 COWS
and the COWS relish the feed and appar-
emily derive more benefit from it than
from anything else at'the same cost.
The above will do to clip out and
paste up for next years practice.
1t will always pay to use stock in a
friendly manner. have found it quite
beneficial to keep currycomb and brush
in the COW stable and clean them off at
least once day. also to give them a
good supply of straw or leaves to lie on
at night. have also found that a ca
ress has often done much more good
than a kick. [ don't think, as some
people do, that it is a disgace to let
cow or sheep or even pig eat from my
hand, but quite the opposite. l was the
owner at one time of sheep that was
so much attached to me that [ could
scarcely keep away from it, and it was
the most profitable sheep I ever had,
owing, I think, very largely to the fact
that it was my friend, and cared for
it with "friendly care"
The horse with the bones of three
year-old when only two years old, is not
a better horse than one with limbs cor
responding to his age, and yet in nine
cases out Of ten judges would place the
former before the latter A horse that
is early matured is horse that is early
dead. This is becoming better under
stood than it was. and many Of the best
and most favorite judges are equality"
men. They like heavy bones, but they
like quality of bone first. The question
they ask is not, elbow heavy is his
bone?' but. "What kind of bone has
he?" The short legged, finty boned
horses are by far the harder and more
roftable.--English Live Stock Jour
nal.
The plan of only one service to each
SOW is recommended by many experience
ed and successful swine breeders.
There is no crop that pays for thor
ough cultivation like the potato. l be-
lieve that the cultivator, run both ways
through the field when the crop is in
full blossom, or even after, is better
than 800 lbs of the best fertilizer in the
market, provided you have kept your
field we'll cultivated previously and free
from weeds and planted good seed. Bet
ter take your small potatoes and dump
them into some GOOD friends hoop if