Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-01-04
Farm Items.

The outer and coarSer leaves Of cab
bages are good winter food for pou'
try.
The great value of sweet corn as
forage plant is universally ackuowl
edged.
The Cincinnati Commercials is author
itv for the statement that q good Goa
of unleached wood ashes will increas,
the wheat crop from twenty-five tt
thirty Per cent.
The Southern Lire Stock Journa
says that Holsteins are finding many
warm friends in Mississippi. Many
fine animals of that breed have beer
taken to the south of late.
An Englishman says that single
grain Of wheat has produced thirty-nint
ears, containing in all $500 grains, and
that three of the largest of the ears
had respectively lO4. 103. and lOl
grains.
Sugar is fed to the cows on a large
dairy farm near London, England, with
good results. 1t induces the cattle to
eat every mouthful of food in the man
ger. instead of leaving part, as cattle
usually do. The sugar also improves
the flavor of the milk
The statistical account of the pro-
duction of wool throughout the civil
lied world shows that in the yenr 1880
it was 32O,0O0,O00 pounds, in 1871 it
was nearly 1000 900, 900, while in 1888
in the United States alone the produc-
ton of wool was 320. 900, 900, or as much
as was produced in the whole world in
1880.
Disease among fowls is almost al
ways the result of mismanagement,
remarks a poultry breeder, no matter
how much science may be mixed in as
preventative or cures. Cleanliness is
of the first Importance; next, an abun-
dance of good food always accessible
and in variety; also fresh, clear water.
summer and winter. where the fowls
can get it when desired.
The Ohio Farmer is of the opinion
that there is no great bonanza in
feeding 60-cent corn to fattening cat
tie. but it could be made to paw well in
combination with other foods" A
question of great interest to farmers is.
will it pay to feed 60-cent corn to cat
tie? With fat cattle selling at seven
cents per pound. Mr.. Stewart found
that. feeding four pounds of corn and
fodder together, cut fine, with two
pounds of linseed meal to each steer.
the corn alone brought him about 20
cents per bushel.
The American farmer, says the
p,-rr yaS'y h.,
remedy for hard times, of which all
can, to some extent, avail themselves
in giving more attention to live stock,
and especially to economy in its pro-
duction, under which head may be in
cluded alike the selection of improved
varieties of stock best adapted to the
farm management, and capable of
yielding the best returns, and the de-
votion of very large portion of the
farm products to its maintenance. This
is a certain cure for hard times. and it
has been found even more efficacious
as preventative. 1t is invariably a
fact that those who have made live
stock production the chief feature of
their farm operations have suffered
the least, and many scarcely at all
from the agricultural depression.
The following plan for controlling
"breachy" cattle is recommended BY
the Breeders Journal: Procure com
mon head-halter without leading
strap; in place of the strap tie to the
ring half-inch rope eleven feet long,
about three feet back, more or less.
according to the size of the animal; tie
a small ring firmly to the rope; pas
the rope back between the forelegs.
which will bring the ring directly un-
der the waist or girt of the animal:
pass the loose end up over the back
and down to the ring, and tie. This
makes harness that will keep the ami
NAL from getting its head high enough |
20 jump fence, while it does not in |
lure or annoy unreasonably. Only a
little practice will be required for find.
NC the proper length for each of tha
JartS.