Sharp County record., 1888-02-09
FACTS FOR FARMERS.

ing to the Government statlstlcai Du'
reau report, A, 612, SS6 head of hogs,
breeding animals and young pigs
There is nothing that tells so eff
fectually in farm work as sleadiness.
The greatest tasks are performed by
keeping constantly at work.
No horse should be allowed to take
large draught of water for an hour
after eating, in fact he will not do SO
if he be allowed to drink what he
wants before eating.
There is no necessity for having
the colt in a fat condition. Keep it
growing and aim to get the largest
frame possible before it be comes three
years old.
Kill a good fat sheep now and
hang it up in some cool place, and
you can have fresh mutton to lastly
for a month; and besides it has the
virtue of being as good meat as is
raised on the farm, and at the same
time the cheapest. ~ Y. Witness.
An experiment in feeding eight.
cen head Of store cattle with u
pounds of hay, 35 pounds of turnip5
and pounds ofwhoat bran per head
daily, and also the same amount
of hay and roots, but with different
kinds of grains, resulted in the lowest
cost of production on the bran ration.
--Lqdia@apo5tS Journal.
-Itis stated that it has been deter
mined by actual trial, at The Practical
School of Agriculture of the Pas de
Calais, in France, that wheat i'm
merscd six hours in q solution of the
salt of lead before sowing will gcrmi-
nate moro quickly and grow more
vigorously than wheat not thus treat
ed, or that has been subjected to any
other fcrtiIizing process. ~ y Ledg-
GE
Wheat is found to contain ten
parts of tl3sh-forming material, viii lie
it is stated to contain seventy per
cent. of starchy material. Upon this
latter the ability to stand cold largely
depends; hence the value of wheat
olTaL especially he richer portions of
it, should be estimated at q high lg-
urG.
There may be some old building
standing about your premises or a
corner in your barn or some outhouse,
which could be fixed up without much
trouble or expense to answer the pur-
pose of an icc-house, if you have not
sch Il convenience already upon your
farm. Those who have tried it only
know what u comfort and convenience
a good supply Of ice is during the hot
months of summer Ct1cag3 Herayd
Any domestic animal understands
and appreciates kind treatment 1t is
no use to say they are "only dumb
brules." 1t is true, they can not talk,
bu., like dumb or blind men, their in
tcIligcucc in other respects is doubled.
You can make friends Of all your ami
mails if you take the trouble to do 50,
and if you should ever feel loncly you
can Danish this feeling by going
among your s,-1roy Times.
The wastes of the garden will
highly be enjoyed By the porkers.
C}bbago leaves and stalks, with the
small sweet potatoes and other things
not valuable Cor family use, and can
not be stored for the pigs in the cold
DAYS, had better be fed to them now
than allowed to decay. Ordinarily
these things are not considered of
much value, Int when vegetation is
scarce, as it is 1ow, it is well to make
use of what we often look upon as
trines. Indianapolis Sentinel
Tho old-fn,hioned bars formerly
seen on farms as the opening to fields
and lots are row seldom used. They
have given way TO gates, which if
kept in order are every way superior.
The gate may cost little more to
make, though 1t uses little more lum.
Der than a pair of bars. The extra
expense is for hinges, and is far more
than repaid by saving of time. Many
of the od-fa3hioned farm methods
were fearfulIy wastcful of the farmers
time and strength. 1t seemed to be
thought it made little difference how
hard or long he worked, provided a
money-saving was thereby effected. -
S. PaW Pioneer Press.