News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-03-01

INFERIOR HAY FOR CATTLE. Last
winter l kept a pair of two-year-old
steers that did not have a mouthful of
upland hay for more than half the
w Ste Wss- az and d, the msadsw haE that they e
them three pints per day of corn meal
and wheat middlings mixed, and no
other provender. These steers gained
two inches in girth during the winter
and were worked some, too. There is
no trouble in keeping cattle in a thriv-
ing condition with inferior hay and a
small quantity of p~rovender. -Eastefn
Farmer.
How DEHoRNED ANIMALS ACTED
On the 25th of last April l dehorned nv
bull, two vicious cows-the terror of the
herd-three y%earlings and four calves.
They showed signs of very little pain,
and when let loose went to eating and
directly to chewing their cud. The
cows were fresh in milk and did not
shrink at all in their quantity that I
could see, but their spirits were broken,
and they were quiet and ~inoffensive. The
bull had the conceit all taken out of him;
he was no longer a man-killer, and is
driven by the cows not yet dehorned,
but which DON will BED Vermont
Farmer.
WINTERING BEES IN A CELLAR.-My
bees are in the cellar on a platform
raised about three feet from the cellar
bottom, with the entrances wide open,
and with a cover and blanket on. the
same as when on the summer stands.
They have natural stores, mostly gath
cred from fall flowers and buckwheat.
| keep the temperature about thirty-fOur
degrees Fair. as near as | can. | have a
Yentiiator connected with the chimney,
and when it is too warm I open that,
and when it is cool | close it; if too
warm, | put a piece of ice in the cellar.
My bees are quiet, and there are but few
dead ones. They do not seem to be dis
turbed by any one entering the cellar for
vegetables unless they are jarred.-4. G.
Waldr0n, Minnesota.
Corn FODDER CURED I THE Cock
About fifteen years ago a small quantity
of corn fodder was cooked up, and
through neglect four cocks were left in
the field until December, and it was then
found to be in excellent condition, ex-
cept a little weather-beaten on the out
side. From that time we have usually
provided corn fodder for the months of
September and October, and sometimes
for November and December. Gradually
it was cooked nearer the time of cutting,
and for ten years had been put up green.
In that time the corr on about fifty
acres of my own land had been cooked
directly after cutting, and not a dollar
IN value has been lost through rot, mould
or sourness. If sweet corn is planted
thin, and is heavily cared up, perhaps it
may not be safe to cure it by this method,
but for years l raised sweet corn with a
fair show of ears and put it up green,
and it cured just as we'll as that without
ears.-COr Country G~entleman.
ENsILAGE o DAIRY Cows.-I find
that when | depend upon hav for dairy
ratlons the balance is against me. Can
raise to exceed an average of one
ton to the acre on my farm, and as it
takes the product of two acres at least to
keepa COW through seven months of win
ter, 1t makes the cost of feed SIG. Adj
ding ten CEN per day for grain, it
makes the actual cost $37 for keeping
a COW seven months. The past season
my ensllage, to take the place of hay, has
cost me 81 {, including interest on land.
The cost of grain added to that makes
inc Of wintering a cow seven months
$25.7O. A dairy of fresh COWS fed on
these ratIons should produce t~hree-fourtts
OF a pound of butter per day, or 100
pounds for the winter, making the cost
OF butter, with hay and grain, %. ~
cents and with ensilage 49,. 06 cents. The
IN favor of ensilage is 100, or a
difference of $11.29 per cow II. H.
GWeyt, RichIdnF, ". Y.