The Hartford herald., 1885-09-16

your time and help and begin on job
that you have a reasonable prospect of
way across field, or a lot of stumps
dug around and partly pulled out, or
large rocks blasted and rolled out and
not hauled Off are no ornament to any
farm. Look the farm over and see il
you need all those old division fences.
See how much ground they occupy,
including the stripon each side where
you cannot plow. This il a good time
to move old walls aud stump fences and
to arrange for wire fence where fence
is needed, and clear up the ground for
cultivation where IL il not. IL you
have any repairs to make or any roofs
To sbingle, do it now before the cold
winds come along.
Do not let the apples lie in the or
chard and rot, or sell them for ten
cents "A bushel for cider. They are
worth mere than that for any kind of
stock and should he picked up and fed
out regularly. Do not give them to
the whole stock promiscuously, when
you happen to think Of il, As that will
cause irregularity in digestion which
il the origin of the i,iea that apples are
worthless; but see how many you have
and feed them regularly to some animal
and note the result.
As soon as the corn is fairly glaz. 4
over, cut and shock it and the fodder
will be more valuable than by any
other way of harvesting.
DO not let the mice and rats get
into your corn cribs while wire cloth is
as cheap ~ it is now.
Dig potatoes on wet soil as soon as
they a,e ripe. Ifyou have dry cellar
with a sandy bottom, little dirt in
the pile will do no harm; but if the eel
lar is damp the potatoes should be
made as clean as they can be without
washing. Make spout by using
boards for the sides, narrow enough to
go into the cellar window at the proper
pitch, and nail on laths or other mar
row STRIPS half an inch apart crosswise
for a bottom, and roll the potatoes down
this and the dirt will drop through.
a stronger one of the same style will
take large amount of dirt from beets
and turnips. The dirt thus saved is
good for starting plants in the spring,
and barrel of il should be put in the
cellar
Go to the fairs; not only your own
local fair where you know just how
everything will look and where every
mans team will be hitched and where
his big squash will lie, but hire a boy
to do your chores and take your family
Oft to some other fair and see what
Others are doing and how they do it.
What if the calves do get into the gar
den while you are gone? You have had
the best of ii, and what are you living
for, anyway, if you cannot have day
off occasionally?
When you find man showing a fine
81 .nple of anything, make him tell
how he produced it. Haye a note took
and put down all you learn; then you
can compare notes and methods. Ask
all the questions you can think Of
Make the fair an educational institu-
ton, instead of being a dummy show
or sleight rof- hand performance with
the methods and causes kept in the
dark.
Sell Off something or raise the money
some way to buy good ram to put
with your sheep. This is the year to
do it and it will pay even iE small
flock. For general purposes South
down buck will improve any flock he
is put with.
Rush the pigs along now. The pig
and the old swill tub have so long been
associated in the minds Of farmers that
many people think they cannot fatten
their pork till they get things all ready
to boil and stew lot of apples and
pumpkins and a few small potatoes and
mix in little meal. This is the old
method and 1t is time it was laid away.
The fact that hogs have been fattened
on such stuff should be placed to the
credit of the hog and not to the system.
Such stuff is neither food nor drink; IL
is simply and emphatically s,ciu.
Pumpkins and apples are spoiled by
cooking so there is no natural taste to
either, and the meal that is mixed with
such a mass is served the same way.
Ripe fruit is a natural, heslthful food
and is easily digested and aids digestion;
and meal fed with it to any animal will
be properly and profitably disposed of.
Thrash your beans as soon as they are
dry enough. Perhaps you call ii
waste of Tim to Use pleasant fall wealth.
er for work that can be done in the
barn in the winter; but saving the
should be done promptly. There is too
much waste and discomforts in packing
unthrashed beans away in the barn for
three or four months, thrashing them
with the cattle In the barn exposed to
the dust, and winnowing them with the
mercury at zero. You will find enough
to do in the winter that is more appro-
pirate than this; and beside, IL ypur
beans are all ready you can go to mar
ket when they will sell well or when
you please.
Break up the habit of leaving work
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