Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1885-10-02
FARM AND FIRE5IDE.

better food for mich COWS in summer
than good pasture, yet the expert
ence of many of the best dairymen both
in this country and Canada is in favor of
quite liberal feeding with corn meal and
bran, even while the cow is on the best of
pasture and apparently doing as we'll as
could be reasonably expected of her; and
that while grass furnishes the best of
flavors and all Of the food elements re-
CURED, yet the meal adds to the butter
qualities to an astonishing degree, so
much so, indeed, that old dairymen who
have had the nerve to give it fair trial
have stuck to the practice even when but
ter was at its lowest price. In referring
to the matter the American DairymaD"
wisely suggests that some dairymen who
have tried the experiment, made the mis-
take of giving their COWS at once a very
large feed of meal, thereby causing a dis.
arrangement of the stomach and stoppage
in the flow of milk, and therefore came to
the conclusion that 1t was not good to
feed meal to COWS while running On grass
But there is right way and wrong way
of doing almost anything, and this is the
wrong way of feeding meal to cows. They
should be gradually accustomed to it by
increasing the ration from day to day
until the stomach becomes used to it. it
also enables one to find out when the max
imum point of feeding mea alta profit has
been reached. When the Increase of but
ter ceases, the increase of meal should
cease also, and it might be well then to
decrease the quantity Of meal little
gradually until the exact point of profit
is determined. Baltimore Sun.
How MANY EGGS WILL HEN LAY?
We often read of hens that lay 200 eggs
year, but such statements do more harm
than good. by inducing the inexperienced
to believe such to be fact. Any one who
is familiar at all with poultry know that
during the fall all hens undergo the pro-
cess of moulting, or shedding of the feath-
ers. This requires usually about three
months, or 100 days. AS there are only
365 days in year, we have 2e5 days left
after deducting the moulting period. If
hen lays regularly an egg every other day,
she will lay 1873 eggs; but size will prob
ably lose three months in patching out
her broods, and even if she is a non. sitter
she will take resting place. AS moultlng
is heavy drain On the system, but few
hens lay during that process, though there
are exceptions, andel where the number
OF eggs exceed one every two days it will
be found that corresponding reduction
occurs during some period Of the year.
While we admit that certain Individual
hens have been known to lay as many as
$50 or even l75 eggs in year, such cases
are rare; and if one has flock of twenty
hens or more, he should be satisfied if
there is an average of 100 eggs a year for
the whole flock, or rather nine doz9n.
Four dozen out of the nine should realiz
30 cents per dozen, three dozen should
bring about 20 cents per dozen, and two
dozen should realize Is cents per dozen, or
an average Of % cents. OF course this
calculation may be wrong. but it will con
vey an idea of what may be expected
Farm and Garden.
How BEST TO PRODUCE EGGS III WIN
TER.-Fresh-laid eggs in the winter are
worth much more than summer eggs, and
by the requisite care and painstakirg
every poultry raiser may have good crop
of eggs in the winter. A warm place with
a southern exposure should be provided,
and the fowls be we'll supplied with slim
ulating food. A meat diet is necessary
for laying fowls, and the supply of insects
being cut off by cold weather, the loss
should be made up by small ratiors Of
fresh meat three or four times a week.
Parched corn, oats and buckwheat are ex-
cellent food for laying hens. The light
Brahmas and Leghorns are considered
among the best winter layers.
A REMEDY FOR CRIBBING HoRsEs.-
The habit of cribbing is considered by tie
best modern authorities symptom of in
digestion or diseased condition of the
stomach. Horses addicted to this vice
are generally thin in flesh, but this condi- |
tlon is probably the result of the disorder
ed state of the digestive organs rather
than Of the act of grasping and pressing
upon the manger or some other object |
with the teeth. A horse in which this |
habit has long existed can readily be rec |
ognized by the worn and rounded appear
ance of the edges of his front teeth. also |
by tie enlarged appearance of the muscles |
which depress the jaw. The habit can be |
prevented in several ways, but is liable to
return as soon as the preventing condi-
lions are removed. By taking away the |
manger and feeding him from the ground |
the animal will have nothing to rest his {
teeth upon, hence as rule, cannot CRAFTY
his propensity in this direction. except in
some very obstinate cases, when they will
seize one of their knees and use that for
cribbing purposes. By mailing strip of
sheepskln about eight inches in width the
entire length of the crib, selecting skin
covered with long wool, and sp1inkling it
freely with cayenne pepper, renewing it
occasionally, the worst cribber can be per-
suaded to desist from this habit-Fayr1ers'
Magazine.
BROWN BREAD.-Two cups of graham
-four, one cup of corn meal, two-thirds of
a cup of molasses, two and half cups
sweet milk, one teaspoonful of soda
Steam three hours.
CUSTARD PIE,-FOr each nia tako