The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1888-08-23
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There are about 200, 900 pure bred
cattle in the United States, against 49,.
10000 scrubs"
The reason that there are so many
mortgages on farms is because so MANY
farmers sell corn, oats and hay early.
and then have TO tuy the same class Of
articles before the next crop is raised.
"A system OF farming which does
not provide in an economical way for
a return, in an available form, Of the
soil constituents carried off by the
crop raised. can not otherwise hut
prove ultimately a financial failure.
The agricultural papers are agt.
tating the question Of selling eggs by
vctght instead Of by the dozen. \
correspondent OF the Western P0wmah
sees no equity in selling by the dozen
% long a. hens refuse to lay eggs OF t
uniform size.
In transpianting trees all the roots
which may have become bruised Of
broken in the process OF lifting should
be cut clean away behind the broker
part. as they then more readily strike
n new roots from the u parts. II
all such cases the cut should be a clean
sIoping one. and made in an upward
and outward direction.
A very large part of the cropi
grown upon the farm in the shape o!
grain should De- turned into meats ant
butter and cheese before il is sold. Il
this way the land is kept Ia fertility
and the produc! Is very much nor
valuable and concentrated, The farm
er who raises crops through the sum
mer and feeds them through the win
ter has double profts.-Pralrie Farm
CT.
The best way to clean the farm Of
w~oodchucks, IS 10 first i'll up all the
holes that can be found on the farm.
then in five days 20 over the field. and
to every hole hat has been dug out
put in a piece Of red-hot iron as large
ones hand. and on the iron drop 8
piece Of roll birthstone az large as Q
small egg. cover the hole at once with
/ sod and cover the sod with fine dirt
lnd .eaye il. \ small portable furnace
nay BIZ used 70 heat the iron.
-Oae who claims to know whereof
le atirns. states that when skim milk
and butter mix are fed 10 pigs they
are worth one-tourth as much as corn
neal. Fed TO calves they are worth
IN an average twenty-five cents pei
,gl For feeding. warm to SO deg.
'eed three times a day. and feed sweet.
As the calf grows add oatmeal Cruel,
and finally clear oatmeal. The skim
milk Of one good cow and two dollars
worth OF oatmeal will raise two calves
through the season-spring to fall.
Rabbit driving Is a new sport"
hat is becoming popular in Kern
Cal. Jack rabbits are so nu.
nervous there that ranchmen organize
nd hold weekly rabbit drives. Long,
triangular corrals of brush are made.
everal hundred men drive the rabbits
lto the corral and then knock them
Il the head with clubs. About halt
drives have been held and H.
% rabbits been killed. The large
landowners give barbecues to the men ,
fter the drive. ,
Prudent farmers find it well to
hoose their seed grain early in sum-
Ter, by selecting a-portion of the field !
nat appears the best; going through
lis and pulling up weak stools and 0
all tall weeds. This por- !
on is to be kept and threshed sepa- :
ate from the rest. Hoed crops suffer a
ON neglect. the earlier 4 weed is out y
the way the better for the crop. n
'ecd by horse implements where ever r
racticable. Stop hoeing the corn aft
: the ground is shaded. Pastures ,
not be fed too close. II there I
a rainy spell, apply any good fertil-
err. under which are included plaster .
i'd ashes. :