The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-07-29
CABBAGE WORN.

CABBAGE WORN.
A Virginia correspondent Of the american
Garden has come to the conclusion that the true
method for disposing Of the green worm 90 de-
structivo to the CABBAGE crop in all sections Of
the country is to catch the parent butterflies
while they are flying over the fields seeking
places to deposit their eggs. The butterflies
are not very rapid in their flight, and may be
easily caught in nets in the hands Of active,
faithful boys and girls We. came to the same
conclusion last summer after watching and
studying the habits Of this European visitor to
singly upon the leaves Of the cabbage, but
may place half dozen or more upon one plant
in the course of few days. After the worms
hatch they arc too nearly the color Of the
leaves to be easily eeen, and after . few days
they hide themselves among the leaves beyond
them il touched by 1t.
II the effort were made general throughout
a district, we have little doubt that this would
be comparatively easy pest to overcome
There are two broods in . season. and the first
being destroyed, there would be no second to
are all organized in oranges or clubs,a combined
effort OF this kind would not be difficult to
N anage. Taken ut the right time. boy with
ten-cent net could earn as much a. a man
wohid be able to earn later in the season at
any kind OF farm or garden work. The rule
to at:act the weakest points. The weak point
in the life Of the cabbage worm is in the
butterfly stage.
MlLkLEss cows.
A milkless COW, says Prof. Sheldon, il an an
omaly when she has the faculty Of maternity,
and she is an absurdity in domestication
when she only gives small quantity of milk
which is poor. Such COW is fraud and
humbug, and the farmer is feeble who keeps her.
Milk Is the chief end and aim Of cows exis-
tance, and beef at the last. What we want of a
COW is that she will give us calf and six hun
bred gallons of good milk in year; commencing
when che is three years old and going on till
she lie eight or nine and then good carcass Of
beef Tor the butcher.
MODERN ENGLISH DAlRy-FEEDING
The following from one of the most careful
dairymen Of England in relation to the feeding
and care OF mich COWS corresponds nearly to
the practice Of the best and most successful
dairymcn in the United States. 1t will be
noted that in England As in the United States
the craze for cooked food is not participated
in by practical men. The writer declares;
know Of no food for summer equal to grass
grown on sound newly-limed or well boned land,
W b an allowance Of meal made from home
grown corn and maize. Oats, beans, peas,
wheat, barley, and wheat-bran, are all good,
and are better mix together in such proportions
as the state Of the pastures and the condition
Of the COW indicate. The extra food in the
form of corn, meal, and bran, should consist
chiefly of crushed oats and bran.
For winter keep have found good hay, sound
swedes grown on good land-and without being
h,,a n;o1 ,,oiv
homegrown corn and bran to answer we'll.
Good oats straw is far better than poorly secur-
cd hay. Crushed oats, carrots, and sweet up
land hay produce frst-class butter in winter.
1prefcr carrots for. dairy COWS in cold weather
| to any other root. When the land ie too strong
for roots, sweet ensilagc may. with advantage,
be used Is \ substitute. think it better not to
give breeding cattle, except for few weeks AZ
ter calvipg, cooked food. believe that the d.
gestive powes of a COW largely fed on cooked
food become impaired, and though she may yield
more milk in the winter she will not thrive so
we'll in summer. In-calf COWS and heifcrs
should always be pasturcd separately from those
which are not in cvlf
The cow-houee should be lofty and we'll VEN
tilated in the ROOT, aud should have southern
aspect, and should be on rising ground.
The stalls for pair of ,25O-lbs COWS should
be fully eight feet wide. otherwise, when in calf,
they might not get sufficient rest. The floor
should slope little, 30 that the water may read
lily get away, but the cows should stand on graz
ted wooden platforms raised in front about three
inches, and behind about four inches from the
ground. BY this arrangement the cows stand
| on level surface, and less straw is required for
| bedding. Cows shonld be groomed daily when
housed, and should be turned out for water and
exercise In winter twice daily.
In relation to the grooming of cattle it should
| be remembered that it is not necessary when
cattle and horses are kept In yards ana sheds.
Animals exposed to the weather are provided
| with a scurf which collects outside the skin,
forming blanket, as 1t were, to protect them
| from the changes OF weather. In the case OF
| animals kept in stables, however, which do not
get exercise, the careful cleaning Of the skin by
the brush is most important, especially 10 milch
cows.
| CURING CLOVER HAY.
1t is we'll known to practical men that fodder
may be put into a tight barn far greener than
In stack, but in sweating the moisture rises tc
the top and there remains, destroying foot Of
more OF the surface, according to the depth Of
hay. To prevent such loss, farmers advocating
this plan of curing cover the tops with foo
or eighteen inches Of dry straw or other like
materials. State Dairy Commissioner ". G
| Rice Of Minnesota cures clover as follows
| He cuts the clover in the afternoon, usually
| the dew is of. the tedder ie started. II
one hour the raking is done, and before nigh
all is in the barn. wilted only, not dried. II
moving to every 5000 pounds Of hay mixtur,
Of four quarts Of thoroughly air-slacked lime,
| two quarts Of salt, and one pint sulphur is used
Put the hay In the NOV sbont one foot thick
then scatter the mixture, and so continue unit
the NOW is full. No grass is used with thu
clover. The top Of the NOW should be covered
| with about one foot Of straw. After goinl
through the heating process the hay will he
sweet, green, and nutritious, and hogs eat it a
greedily, and thrive on it as we'll as cattle ant
horses.