Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-06-01
Balm xennebr 3Ournai.

Farm and Live Stock Notes.
Grind the hoes.
Feed salt from box.
A pea patch suits the pigs.
Honestly work out the road tax.
Keep young chicks out of wet grass.
A mulch sometimes counts more than
manure.
Get at drying earth for bedding the
coming year.
Sheep will grow fat on pasture that
would starve COW.
One ton of dry muck contains more
nitrogen than seven tons of straw.
Find pleasure in your occupation by
using good tools, kept in good order.
No better place for the coops of late
Matched chickens can be found than under
wide branching apple tree.
A small corner of the clover field fenced
off for the pigs to feed upon, will boost
along the pork prospects amazingly for
next fall.
You can now soon see where the ad-
vantages OF subsoiling come in. During
the dry spells crops on land thus improved
will be fresh and vigorous, when in othor
places they will be suffering.
Sunflowers in the Hen Yard--A portion
of the yard, if unshaded, may be sown
with sunfowers to advantage. Spade up
one corner or end, put in the seed, and
outline the spot with laths set upright in
the soil as guards. Soon the plants will
be up so that no harm will come from
taking away the guards. The hens will
derive comfort and much benefit from the
shade OF the large leaves, while they can
also scratch and dust themselves to their
hearts content When the stalks get up
five feet high. nip out the top to cause
branching. The seed produced will be a
large item in favor OF this course.
Cruelty to the Animals.-No common
offense about the farm is more intolerable
than the needless teasing and abusing of
the animals. Some youngsters. and even
grown up men, cannot get near horse
but to pinch or prick him, while COW or
dog is apt to receive the rougher treatment
of kick or blow. For such offences
we discharge the doer very quickly. Be-
sides the direct cruelty, animals BY such
abuse may be led into unsafe habits, that
will greatly impair their value. Such per-
sons will be very kind to one class of an
inals. and then very abusive to others
Every living thing has certain rights
which we are bound to respect; but doub-
ly so those faithful animals which serve
us, for no other recompense than the care
they receive at our hands. Be kind to all
animals
The Hay Field.-When the clover heads
have fully blossomed and are turning
brown, it is time to cut the crop. Timothy
should be cut when the seed is in milk
state, although some prefer cutting earlier
when in full bloom. Orchard grass is
more tender and greatly preferred by ami
mails if cut when it is in flavor The time
of cutting as here indicated is really inn
portant, and the difference of few
days may prove detrimental to
the value of the crop. Commence to
work in good season, and cut only as
much daily as can be well cared for.
Frequent stirring of the grass. by the use
Of that great haying implement. the tedder
or by hand If there is nothing better, to
give access of air, without scorching any
portion OF the grass. is essential to the
making of the best quality of hay Usual
ly by starting in after the dew is off. the
grass that is cut in the forenoon, will, if
stirred, be ready to 60 into cocks, and ev-
en- to the NOW before night. Sweating in
the cocks from lying in this shape over
night is no detriment to the value of the
hay. but tends to make it more relished
by the live stock. On every farm there
should be good number of hay caps
made of heavy yard wide brown factory,
cut into yard long lengths. for protecting
hay cocks. One of these secured to q
large cock by four wooden pins at the
corners, will afford almost complete pro-
lection from rain or heavy dews.