Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-02-15

FARM BREvITlES.

THE adoption of a moro skillful tillage and
an extended order of cropping will return
the cultivator q sure increase and reward
HORSES digest concentrated food, such as
grain, when that forms part of the ration,
better than coarse fodder, when that forms
the whole ration.
OATS are more desirable food for colts
than corn meal, which is more concentrated
and heating, besides being deficient in mus
cle-forming elements.
In using corn meal as feed for cattle it
will be found, upon trial, that the fine, bolt
ed, yellow meal will give better results
than any other form in which corn can be
fed.
INDIAN corn is the great food crop for
animals in this country, and is produced in
nearly every county of every State, and
probably more cases of horse collie arise from
feeding corn meal than from all other foods
combined
TURNIPs are too watery to feed alone, but,
with good clover hay, they make very good
ration for cattle or sheep, when they are
| only to be kept in good condition; when rap
id fattening is desired, grain mustbe added,
in small quantity.
WHEN young colts natural supply of
sustenance is inadequate, it should be in
creased by food of as nearly the same COM
! position as possible 1t will be found that
cows milk will serve this purpose. A little
practice will soon teach the colt to take it
with a relish.
He who would have his animals thrive and
make satisfactory gain in flesh, must study
| not only to make them comfortable, but also
to have their food such as they relish. Ami
mails. like people, tire of one kind of food
fed constantly, and need variety to keep up
| their appetite.
THE farmer who, by concentrating his
energies and capital, can take as much
| produce from one acre as he formerly could
from two acres with his energies and capi-
tai more divided, will save the rent of one
acre of land; or, in other words, will pay in
proportion to his profits only half the rent
he formerly was paying.
GIVEN in moderation, all artificial farm
crops are, as rule, healthy and nourish-
ing food for stock, but they can not always
be given in moderation. The fattening of
animals nowadays to be profitable must be
done rapidly, and to this end the food must
be supplied in large quantities and in the
most palatable condition possible.
The training of the colts as they grow up
and developing in the good work horse or
the all-purpose horse all Of the points de-
sirable in a well-broken and safe horse, is
| an accomplishment worthy Of any mind,
and the hand that does it, does not only a
creditable deed, but accomplishes work of
value in money, and a value that is price
less.
AS AN argument in favor of fall plowing
it is said that it destroys many noxious in
sects and weeds. By reversing the roots of
weeds, and exposing these and insects to
the frosts, they are destroyed to a large ex-
tent Besides, the work is done at a season
of comparative leisure, making it less ex-
pensive. But one of the most important
considerations is that the crop can be put
in two or three weeks earlier than on spring
plowing.
If the farmer would hold his own in this
worlds race, he must advance with the
times, and seize on every lawful advantage
that can enable him to farm with greater
profit. The most scientific mode of con-
Quoting his business is a matter of the
clearest necessity with him. In his system
of cropping, in manuring the ground, in the
use Of machinery, in the direction and en-
ployment of labor, in the breeding and feed
ing of stock, and in the general conduct of
farming affairs, a wide field for improve
ment hes open TO him.