The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-11-15
NOVEMBER FARM NOTES.

Now is the time to get, the turkeys fat
for the Thanksgiving sales. They may be
fed plenty of corn, but should have va
riety of other food as we'll.
Pigs will eat clover hay if it is cut up,
and it is excellent for them. The best
mode of feeding it is to scald it and then
spinkle with bran and corn meal.
Very cold water or stops will chill the
pigs if the weather is cold, hence kettle
of boiling water poured into the slops will
be of advantage.
Il is claimed that quack grass, which is
very persistent, can be eradicated by cult.
waiting a crop of sorghum on the land.
Fine manure may be spread on the
pasture now ia order to promote the
growth of grass next spring. 1t will also
serve as a protection to the roots and
enable the plants to start off early.
The large breeds of horses are not as
,serViceable on soft lands or for driving
as a cross of such breeds on our native
mares, which will produce horse well
adapted for all kinds of work.
The sooner the corn-fodder is put under
shelter the brighter it will remain during
the winter. To leave it in the fields only
Induces loss of quality as well as waste Of
material.
As long as the season permits aud there
Is land to be plOwed in the spring the
pillow should be kept going now, in order
to save labor when the busy time comes.
Dry dirt is better than sand on the floor
pf FOL ia phEnrhpDt
finer the dust the better. Sand, however,
is more easily removeds and does no
cause dust. An excellent method of
keeping the stalls clean is to apply
layer of dry dirt and then sprinkle with
plaster.
Another remedy for grape rot has been
suggested by Swinging the vines with
solution composed of one ounce of car
bolic acid (crude) in twelve quarts Of
water. 1t is more expensive than the
lime and cOpperas solutions that have
been recommended.
Do not suppose the COW Is drying off
because the milk flow is lesssned at this
season, as the cause may be change
from green to dry food. Feed Literally
and give cooked roots for a while, and
she will soon come back to her usual
quantity.
Land that has been kept in timothy and
clover for several years should be plowed
under late in the fall, and crop of corn
grown on the land in the spring in order
that cultivated crop may destroy all
weeds or foreign plants that sooner or
later make their appearance where land
has not been plowed for long time.
A writer who has given attention to the
matter of feeding sheep, states that the
best ration he ever knew was composed of
equal parts, by weight, of corn, oats, peas
and millet, to every fifteen bushels OF
which one bushel of haxseed should be
added, and the whole ground together. 1t
fattens sheep very rapidly
1t is not the freezing OF root crops that
causes them to decay, but the sudden
thawing. A long period of cold weather
will not damage the stored crops as soon
as alternate spells of cool and warm
weather. For this reason all crops, such
as turn fps, beets, carrots and psrsnipsr
should be stored where the temperature is
as uniform as possible IN order to avOio
chances of variation.
Bone dust may be converted into an eI-
cellent soluble fertilizer by mixing it with
unleached wood ashes. Put the mixture
In a barrel and keep it somewhat moist
occasionally adding small quantity OF
liquid manure to the mass TO invite de-
com position. The result will be the for
nation of phosphate of potash, which IS
more valuable than the commercial super
phosphate generally used.
The first signs of disease in flock
should prompt the herdsmen to at once
remove all animals not affeoted to new,
clean location. 1t is better to XII ah
animal that is suspected of having con-
tagious disease than TO attempt a cure
Delay is dangerous. Precaution in the
beginning is better than any work thaE
can be done in attempting to effect a cure
after the disease secures hold.
To measure bin for wheat, corn
potatoes, ETC., multiply together the
length, breadth and height to get the
cublc feet. Divide the product by hfty-
six, and multiply the quotient by forty
five. The result shows the contents III
bushels, struck measure. There are abous
four-fifths as many bushels as cubic 1ee'
Ill Ile COll-Ul- Vi d Ulu, uShSS ~ w."
sufficiently accur ate to divide the producE
by five and multiply the quotient oy TOUT
By this rule the contents can be kpo"o !"
few minutes.
When clover does not thrive where
has borne good crops it indicates that 1ne
land is "clover SICK That is, 1t Is III
fertile condition, rich in nitrogen, puS
lacking in some elements demanded .!
the clover. The remedy is to change tn0
clover for some other crop. Corn Is a.
excellent crop for the purpose snu
potatoes may follow corn. By arPlyiGs
lime and potash the land can be Pu' -
clover again. Rotation of crops Is d"
advantage on all farms.
A quart of milk is generally accepted %
weighing about two pounds, but the GU
rect weight is two and one-ffth poun,;u.s,
Though something depends on the guam!
it is conceded, as a rule, that from Two "
three gallons of milk make one pounu u
butter. one gallon of milk makes pounu
of cheese. four gallons of milk YIELD ono
Gallon of cream, and one inch of cream -
n can twelve inches in diameter will man
a mound Of butter. The above est'nHs q,
however, will vary according to coHO-
tions.