The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1888-08-30
OUR RURAL TOPICS.
Sons Practical Suggestions for Our
Agricultural Readers
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is rot givan them till it is well metured. 1
will briefly ststs The plan I ana pursuing with
my hogs this season, which I consider shout
right il tho main. Ny pigs were Fed up to
May is, when they we're turned on clover
pasture. Upon this they thrive very ni0ely.
/ moved my clover early and by The 10th Of
July the second crop was headed cut nicely
and the hogs ars now ia thst, and it ia high
enough TO quite hide them. One Of my neigh
bors demonstrated with me- thus for slaughtor-
ing and wasting my second crop Of clover whom
il could have been valuable for ased or tsy for
Che cattle. I figured on it considerably, but
came to the conclusion that the hogs could
take it most proftsbIy and it would bs better
for tbe ground to hog it oR. During the last
week Of July / had ga acre Of early sweet
corn, toe hard fOT resisting esrg, which I have
bssn feeding my swine cnca 3 day, snd By tho
time this ia exhausted I will have tygo acres
Of gtowal's evergreen 20 ran upon sill the
main crop Of corr viii do TO begin or. ] fiRd
that green sweet corn ig szeellant hog feed
and they relish il, dayeuring stalk end 81, ex-
cepting blades. ] don't think that I shall ever
be without an acre or tgo Of sweet corn,
planted early 81 enc gesEoR win admit, to
start Iay bOgg on. AS Is usual thing pastures
get very short about the frat of August Gnd
from that time till corn is ready TO feed eur
hogs 20 back instead Of gaining sll tha while
es they should be doing. The farmer that has
plenty Of old corn left over might use il in
stead Of growing small crop Of aWsst corn 20
start biz hogs, but ordinarily / think IL is best
TO start hog on green corn, and It Ia cheapest.
Farmers don't begin. feeding hogs 80 early as
they Ehould, as q RHls. The Fall months are
F,,rk - H.. e.
is il the best condition, More pounds of meat
60 the bushol, with less lsbor, can be made in
the Fall better than Is any other season. Tbs
farmer does not get the very bsgt Of pork who
puts of feeding until cora natures and then
feeds On all dry corn diet. Green food
should be provided Oh lAta In the season as
possible. 4 late planting Of evergreen c9ra
comes in end lssts up till cold weather g8Ss in.
For later green food reaort mnsG be had TO
roots.-1s!dtGssG Feraser.
Do YOUR OWN EEPAIRGRa
We think that almost Gny farmer will sgres
with Us that every farm should have its own
workshop, and every cuisiy&bor Of she land
should uEdaratas0 how 10 uRa Is. lie z1ay not
do 90 when he fret enters upoR farming on
coming Of age, but sfter year or two Of what
We shOuld csH apprenticeship, WbeE he Ands
thst to "knoE now TO dc things 70 absolutely
Indispensable he Will rapidly Learn 10 attend
implements and machines upon bis premises
instead Of mourning delay, expense and Hnoor-
taiaty By depending upon Professionals aG
distance. Rather than to be without & WoEE.
| chop aDd the necessary tools, one should be
erected expressly Fog the purpose In e eonyen-
lent spot and daily warmed in Winter &C as TO
| be ready at all times foE 1se La which many
| odd Jobs can be done, although not Immediately
/ connected with the faFBa.
AL ordinary wooden repsiring OughS 30 be
done By the farmer and his hands during rainy
| Days and ia Winter, when there }g plenty Of
| time on hand for that purpose Every part
| OF wheelbsrroW, except the wheel, oaght to
| Do made On tho premises; new forks and han
dies Of iron Takes, repairing even aoms portions
Of tho farm machinery building Of garden and
ysTd fences, repairing Too3s, binding of corn
eriha, hogPens, wagoa and cart shelvings, max
Ing Of the frames Of kotks1s, end al the many
Joba constantly requiring 70 be done shout a
Wsil-conducted plaee too anner0Es 50 nzentiOn.
| a person becomes vary handy ia shs uss Ct
good tools after shor5 experiences, an6 asves
many dollar without consuming say time
necessary for the usual demands of the farm.
saving AND USING PUKPKIEs
the farmers Of Kew England understand
betteT than VIC do the most successful methods
Of saving pumpkins, Tor "Rquashes" az they
generally call them sheTs,) and, no may add, in
making the most Of them In the culinary de-
partIaenb. We have saved ours by simply
placing them on q zoa1fold in dry cellar where
thsy Woald not freoze. They Ike an eysn
temperature, and IL down TO 80 degrees, one
degree above ireszing, so much the better.
| They ah0Rld, however, be laid aingiy and net
Ia piles, and If they sEe kept in q cool, dry
! ehed until cold weather est8 in and then "a
moved to 4 cellar Of some E0rt where froas San
not reach them, they viii remain sound net
| only all Winter, but with Us on one or two o.
casions until August Pumpkins ars not used
IN as many weys among tho people Of PennsyI-
Yania as their Whol0somensss would seem TO
| suggest. PuddingE saucsg, etc, Ia addition to
merely pies made from them, are excellent.
But then, referring TO pies, what ia mora tompt-
| ing than . 6rHt-yate Yankee pumpkin pic - Z
| Eirst-Eete, we repeat; for Ia any ether sense
| they ere scarcely Gt to eat.
good housekeepsr should neysT be wishcus
her scatold Of Winter pumpEinA-the rsal yell
| low and crocked-nGek New England sqUash,
| the flesh Of which ia As yellow as gold; and
prepared In the several forms for She table
which the Yankee girls know SO well heW to
manipulate, it is really delicious, and a&yex
comes sIniea -gagTsGn!stra 2slegrsp1
NOTES.
- Bsriey Sc tbs timothy Of California. TIE
| crop 10 cut when the grain Is in she milk, and,
| when cured either Kicked or packed in bales
and stored in barns. Horses keep fat upon it.
- L single weed permitted 10 Tipen its seed
may produce 100000 weeds another season. Ii
does not require much foresight 30 zee that tho
| labor Of destroying ons weed in Aoguet Il but
8 trite to that required TO destroy 1000, o., Ia
| fact, IG0e 600 the following Spring.
These who desire remedy ion Destroying
shade trees quickly and chesply, are notified
/ that building a mortar bed near or abUut them
| viii do tina business. The lime aoaks down and
| kills the reots. Common Eals will destroy
svery kind Of land vegetation, weeds, trees,
| both fruit and forest and even grSss Bat the
| mortsr-bsd process ia like killing two birds
| with one stone. Trees worth $500 spieoe, re-
| curing thrss years to grew, Tnay be killed
| within fortnight.
| - In setting fsase post, II Che hole Be- dll8d
| 70 within six inches Of the surrounding ground,
| with tbs eEcavatcd earth we'll rammed in
/ around the post, and lo3se stones then used in
filing up the balance, it viii cause the post to
| last at leAst dOubly Gs long-tho philosophy Of
| the thing bsing that it presents the weather
! from acting on the post at the very point Ut
which it Is most likely to rot of (the surface Of
| the ground}--so our experience teaches us.
| - Prof. Robert Wallace Professor OF Agrl-
| culture and Rural Economy In Edinburg Unit
veFsity, Scotland, after fenr months investiga-
| tiOn Of India tbs past GUNNER, givea q as bis
| opinion that the fear Of competition from that
source has Osen largely exaggerated. He says
| IL iz mistake to think that the India area in
| wheat will increase 10 the next 10 years in the
| game ratio as it has in the past FIVE years II