The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-02-10
Farm Breyities.

The ado 0tioD of more skillful TIL
lage and an extended order OF cropping
will return the cultivator sure in-
crease 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 a more. desirable food for
colts than corn meal, which is more
concentrated and heating, besides be-
| ing deficient in muscle forming eie
| ments.
IL using corn meal as feed for cattle
it will be found, upon trial, that the
fine, bolted, yellow meal will give bet
| ter results than any other form in which
coru 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,
aid 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 a
very good ration for cattle OF sheep,
when they are only TO be kept in good
condition when rapid fattening is de-
sired, grain must be added, in small
quantity.
When a young colts natural supply
of sustenance is inadequate, it should
be Increased by food of as nearly the
same composition 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 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. Animals,
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 form
erly could from two acres with his en-
ergies and capital more divided, will
save the rent of one acre o: land for, il
other words, will pay in proportion t,
his profits only half the rent he former
ly was paying.
Given in moderation, all artificia
farm crops are, as a rule, healthy AM
nourishing food for stock, but they cal
not always be given in moderation
The fatteniug of animals nowadays [
be profitable must be done rapidly. ant
to this end the food must be supplied il
large quantities and in the most Pals
table condition possible.
The training of the colts as the
grow up and developing in the goo
work horse or the all-purpose horse all q
the points desirable in a well broke
and safe horse, is an accomplishment
worthy of any mind. and the hand tha
does it, does not only creditable deed
but accomplishes a work of value i
money, and value that is priceless.
AS an argument in favor of fall plow
ing it is said that 1t destroys many nOx
iOus insects and weeds. By reversing
= the roots of weeds, and exposing thes
and insects to the frosts, they are de.
stroYed to large extent. Besides, TIL
work is done al a season of comparstiv,
leisure, making it less expensive. Blu
one of the most important considera
tions is that the crop can be put in twt
or three weeks earlier than on spin!
plowing.
If the farmer would hold his own II
this worlds race. he must advance will
the times, and seize on every Lawful
advantage that can enable him TO farm
with greater profit. The most scientif
mode ot conducting his business is
matter of the clearest necessity Will
him. In his system of cropping, il
manuring the ground, in the use of ma
chinery, i'll the direction and employ
ment of labor, in the breeding and feed
ing of stock, and in the general conduc
of farming affairs, a wide field for i'm
provement lies open 10 him.