The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1886-07-15
A mess of feed given to a COW while

A mess of feed given TO q cow while
she is being MIXED draws her attention,
and she will not hold up the milk as cows
are apt to do when the calf is taken from
them. The milking can be done more
thoroughly, as well as quicker, when the
COW is quietly eating. And If fed tur-
nips or cabbage at this time the odor will
not affect the milk.
Wherever COWS are kept in large herds
losses from abortion are common. If one
COW aborts, as is very possible among
many, the trouble seems to become an
epidemic and goes through the herd.
Among those farmers remote from dairies
who keep only one or two COWS abortion
is not much moro common than it used
to be. Thus in farming, more than in
any ether business, there are drawbacks
which prevent doing anything On a very
large scale, though this, wherever posi-
BILE, would doubtless save much needless
labor.
Turkeys don't cat much the first days
after they are Matched. never feed with
raw dough, says one wins knows; baked
bread, made of unsifted cornmcal,
crumbled fine and moistened with clab-
Der or buttermilk, is the best food you
can give. Cut up cabbage leaves very
fine and drop to the little ones: don't cut
many at time until they learn to cat
them. They like everything fresh; feed
often and Just little until they learn to
eat, then three times day as much bread
and greens as they will cat. 1t is aston
ishing 10 see the quantities Of greens they
Will consume.
For two years past series of expert
ments has been conducted at Chiswick,
in England, on several methods of plant
ing and cultivating the potato. The result
is that "hilling" or earthing up produced
the best quality of tubers, but deep, level
culture gave the larger yield. The ex-
pertinent of planting whole or cut tu-
bers, gives q decided testimony in favor
of the former. Thinning the plants to
four or five diminishes the amount of
small tubers and increases the weight of
the aggregate crop. Potatoes hilled or
earthed up are less liable to rot than
those produced by level culture.
The rule in using gypsum should be, a
little at time and often. 1t is best ap-
piled on the leaves and before a rain;
but in midsummer or after it will increase
the size of ears of corn when second
application is made, as compared with
that only plastcred early in the season.
Its extraordinary effect on vegetation
under some circumstances suggests the
idea that it has often some power to de-
compose air and make its nitrogen avail
able as plant food. If this theory is cor
rect, one can we'll afford toapply gypsum
frequently in the hope of occasionally
hitting the right time and condition for
receiving the most benefit.
If calves are to be reared by hand, it
is well to remember that skinned milk is
better for them than new milk after they
are two weeks old, but it should be care
fully brought to the same temperature as
the new milk would be when first drawn,
and it should be perfectly sweet. These
conditions should be observed until the
calf is two months old; after that the
milk may be given cold, and even slightly
sour, but it is better to make these
changes gradually: At q month old add
a little oatmeal porridge to the milk, stir
ring it we'll in. About the same time it
should be staked out in the grass q part
of- of-o~et-pleasaut day, and it will soon be-,
gin to PICK up a 1hrtic- food there. II
there are signs of securing, scald the
milk and substitute wheat flour for the
oatmeal in the porridge. If this fails,
give spoonful of pulverized charcoal,
beaten up IN an egg, before feeding the
milk. These simple remedies taken in
good season will nearly always effect a
cure. Cultiuator.