Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-05-19
FACTS FOR FARMERS.


be fed back on the farm, says n South
Carolina farmer
The successful farmer is the
thorough farmer who understands
farming prin ciples and practically APP
plies them.
1t would be better to kill a few of
the young pigs at birth than to COM
pei the sow to suckle too many, rs
lack of milk and cold will cause the
weaker ones TO die. Large filters are
at no time desirable, and especially in
winter.
Ducks usually begin to lay in Feb.
ruary. and until that time they may
be kept at but little expense Cooked
turnips with a small amount of corn
meal make good feed for them. After
they begin to lay they should have a
proportion Of animal food.
Testing the store of field and gar
den seeds is good winter work, and
can be done by the kitchen stove.
Place one hundred seeds on flannel
or blotting paper laid on sand in o
SANGER. and cover with blotting paper;
then moisten the VIII ole and keep them
moist and warm The number GER
minating will show the percentage OF
good seed.
The water given horse should
be pure. Do not have we'll in the
barry ard, for the wash will soak into
1t. and pollute the water II rum
ming brook of clean water be conven-
lent, lead the horse to drink from 1t.
A good cistern can be made of large
hog shead sunk half way into the
ground, and the water from the barn
roofs led into 1t will be preferable for
the horses than very cold well-water.
"A good many feeders advocate
grinding the cob with the corn. Prof
Stewart, who is an excellent authority,
says that when the cob is finely
ground. it is evenly mixed with the
cornmeal; tn at taken thus into the
stomach of the animal, it separates
the concentrated food Of the cornmeal.
is made more porous and all is far
better digested. and thus keeps the
animal in better lie alth than when fed
on pure cornmeal.
Fall pigs are claimed TO entail less
labor than spring pigs, as they can be
fed and cared for in the winter. This
is true to certain extent but much
depends upon the age Of the pig on
the approach OF cold weather. If ex-
pected 10 pass through the winter they
should be from early litters. or they
will lie stunted in growth, should the
season be severe. September narrowed
pigs will be old enough to keep over
to the second year.
Trimming an apple tee does not
mean that one must go into the orchard
and hack away with an AK, and saw
simply 10 cut away certain proper
ton of wood. but the tree should be
evenly trimmed, and no limbs removed
except such as may benefit the tree by
being cut of. Where limb has COM
menced to decay it should be removed.
however. rs it may be caused by dis
ease. Especially is this necessary
with pear trees, which are subj ct to
blight
"A forehanded husbandman of
Western New York. whose Ian / is level
or only slightly rolling. draws manure
in winter as fast rs made and broad
casts 1t upon bare ground or not more
than six inches of snow in fields in
tended for hoed crops next season. He
has persisted in this practice for years.
and makes the remarkable statement
in Farm Life that zone load su applied
is equal in effect 10 three. at least,
spread in spring" Moreover. he gets
just so much work out OF the way
during comparatively slack time.