The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1888-03-17
Farm and Garden Eotss.

-"Water all animals before feeding meal
and not after" recommends one authori-
ty.
Corn is the only crop that can all be
fed back on the farm, says u South Caro-
ina farmer.
Many farmer pays large sums fer fer
Oilizer, while he allows his own barnYard to
run to waste.
Growing animals need more food in
proportion to their weight than those that
are full-grown.
An experienced poultry man says he
seldom boils corn for poultry, but pre-
fers to give it raw as the evening meal.
According to Pof. Riley, the best OF
all remedies for the apple-root louise is
TO drench the roots with boiling water.
Colonel joan H. Stevens reminds i'm
provident farmers that it is rust more
.nan wear which ruins agricultural imple
nents.
--Iu much of the ensilage fed to cattl,
here is enough development of alcoho
,eget appetite for that kind Of food.
You will save your horse the pain Of a
sore mouth if you will always dip the BIZ,
in bucket of cold wafer before putting it
in his mouth, This takes the frost oul"
of the bit.
-CeSspools, hog wallows and duck ponds
n close proximity to wells are liable 10 dc
lie the water, and are numbered by physi
lans and observing people among prolfi'
auses of sickness in rural districts.
MANY Swine breeders regard a soliu
arth floor the best for u pig pen. 1t mus
,e high enough to be readily drained, so a;
be dry ut all times. II is also custonar,
With some breeders TO remove from six /,
light inches of these earth floors ever!
pring, draining the manure-soaked eartl
IN the fields, and renewing the floors with
.resh earth.
The udder of COW is very compli,
C tied affair. OutwsIdly it consists of q
cries Of muscular bands crossing eaci
jther and attached to abdominal muscl. S
or the support at the mass of the organ
,he teat is not q simple tube, as has beci,
imposed, but consists of a large number
i ducts, which run into four, five, o.
uore channels or tubes. each of which
discharges separately in the oriiee of the
eat.
Ono who processes to know practical
whereof he speaks tells US that poultry
or the table, to be set at its best, should
DO fattened quickly. One Of the best fat.
ening properties, he adds, will be found in
milk in almost any stage from sweet tc
clabber. II should be fed in connection
With plenty of grain. Chickens should b,
led plentifuly before going upon the roost
Ilso saith our experienced adviser.
A horse should not be allowed to drill
freely immediately after eating. Hon
John M. Russell, ex-Secretary of thu
Massachusetts Board of Agriculture. tell
1f seeing some horses in France fed Oh
coarse beans then watered all they woul,
rink and immediately killed and dissected
He observed that considerable quantit
If besns had been washed out Of tn
'tomach. and some Of them we're found il
the intestinss.
Professor Sanborn, of the Missouri Ag
gicultursl College, declares that ''corI
fodder has practical feeding value ottwo
birds to three quarters that of coed hay
'ure, and more ander favorable conditions
The fodder corn and hay wasted in tn,
Vest is sufficient to double the stock nov
kept, at least that kept west on the Missis
'ippi, and east of the ranches" The suR
.estion Is worth needing in all sections Of
he country. Most farmers are prone te
dnderrate the value Of corn fodder.
"A. l.. Rsot, the well-known bee-keeper
has tried all known remedies for .Tou
olood,' and thinks 1t would have beer
cheaper for him il he had burned up ali h /,
colonies In the first place and commences
anew.
TO conine animals that have pastur,
and green food in summer and fall ant
Iced them during the winter on dry food il
lot conductive to tho best results. II en-
'llage, turnips or some succuient food b,
provided the stock will prove more profit
'ble and keep in better health than wher
ed on dry iood exclusively.
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