The Grenada gazette., 1888-06-30
FACTS F0n FARMERS.

The quicker v0got6Ul0D Sr0 8TOWO
the more tender and delicious they
ore.
AN animal Is never at standstill
Il is either increasing or decreasing.
The rule should be to never allow an
animal to fall of A pound gained
and then lost is simply doubling the
work and food to reproduce II, which
not only increases the cost but lessons
tho profit.
In multiplying very scarce and
dear varieties Of potatoes gardeners
plant tho eyes IN hotbeds early. plac-
Ing in rich soil. and from esch eye
will get several plants These may
be set ont in tho open ground. and
cultivated the same as potatoes plant
cd in the usual way.
Sometimes farmers lose sight Of
the fact that those in other pursuits Of
life are using up nearly all of their
income in living. Ninsty-five per
cent. Of the mechanics use up all they
make in the year, while seventy.fve
per cent of the renting farmers arc
laying away small sums yearly.
"A Western farmer bought hogs
and fed out 100 bushels Of wheat, and
Il returned him 81. 6S per bushcl for
the wheat. Others report that they
thus secure 81 rs per bushcl for their
wheat when fed to hogs with pork at
Is per 100 pounds. The wheat should
be ground and moistened. and not fed
whole.
The staggers are the result OF con.
gestion of the brain. due to overf,ed-
ing. Pigs nre more often overfed than
any other animals. and it Is the source
of nearly all the diseases to which they
are subject. 1t affects the nerve
centcrs in the brain and spinal cord.
Give the pigs no feed at all. for forty.
eight hours. but only water; then be-
gin feeding very lightly. and give the
feed in a shallow trough. so that 1t can
be taken up only slowly.
Tho old-fashioned open ditch is an
expensive nuisance. Every spring it
is partly filled with sediment. leaves
of trees and soil washed down from its,
banks. There is. beside. a waste Of
time in blowing. cultivating and every
other teamwork in field thus divided.
The sooner the open ditch is made
into an underdrain the better it will
be for the farmers purse. 1t may
cost at first. but it will pay every way.
"A farmer in Western NV York.
whose land is level or only slightly
rolling. draws manure in winter as
fast as made. and broadcasts 1t upon
bare ground, or not more than six
inches Of snow. in fl Ids intended for
hocd crops next season. H. has per.
sisted in this practice for years, and
makes tho remarkable statement in
Farm, Life that zone load so spread
Is equal in eff ,ct to three. at leas.
spread in tho spring" Moreover. he
gels jlst so much work out Of the way
during comparatively slack time.
Sheep are close feeders and can
get bite earlier than any other do
nestle animal. But ewes sucking
lamb will need grain early TO keep
shem in flesh, while the succulent
grass stimulates milk production.
I.,ler in the season the lamb demands
nore milk just as the failing pasture
makes less, 1t is then that an arm
7al of cut clover in bloom TO each
eight Or ten siIvup makus valuable
addition to the pasture teed. 1t may
~ varied with occasional cuttings OF
green oats. which. jost before they
head out are very rich and succulent
feed.
The average age for fruit trees
and plants in the best condition for
transplanting is about as follows:
Apple, three ycsrs from bud; peach.
one year fre-I b.s: plum. two years
from bud; cherry, two years from
bud; ounce. three years from cutting
or root graft; grape one year NJ. l.
or two years No. 2 from cuttings or
layers; currant, two years from cut
tings; goosebcrries. two years from
cuttings; raspberrics and blackberries
one year from suckers or root cuttings;
Strawberries only new runners Of
last seasons growth shonld be used.
the old plants having black roots.
with the feeding surfaces 50 far from
the crown that when they are dug
nearly all of them are destroyed.