The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1888-09-01
Farm Notes.

Farm Notes.
There are about 100000 pure bred
cattle in the United States, against 49, $780,
900, Scrubs"
New places for cooping the hens should
be selected every year. The stock always
do better on new ground, being less liable
to diseases.
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 buy the same class of articles
before the next crop is raised.
"A stem Of farming which does not
provide in an economical way for return,
in an available form, of the soil constituents
carried off by the crop raised, can not other.
wise but prove ultimately financial fail
ure.
Corn endures drouth as well as any
crop grown, but only when the field is kept
clean. A thorough cultivation of the field
after shower is better than coating of
manure, is at protects the roots and affords
a great supply of moisture. The work is
easily done under the check-row system.
In transplanting trees all the roots
which may haye become bruised or broken
in the process of lifting should be cut clean
away behind the broken part, as they then
more readily strike out new roots from the
cut parts. In all such cases the cut should
be a clean, sloping one, and made in IN
upward direction.
"A very large part of the crops grown
upon the farm in the shape of grain should
be turned into meats and butter and
cheese before it is sold. In this way the
land is kept in fertility and the product is
very much more valuable and concentrated
The farmer who raises crops through the
summer and feeds them through the win
ter has double profits.
One who claims to know whereof he
affirms, states that when skim milk and
butter milk are fed to pigs they are worth
one-fourth as much as corn meal. Fed to
calves they are worth on an average twenty
FIVE cents per 100. For feeding, warm to
9S deg, feed three times 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.
The experience of the closest students
in dairying is that less corn meal and more
comfort in In the way of clean, warm
al a hlns IN nronofa animal haat and ,,,o,o
bran, oats, etc., are the cheapest and best
COW rations. Ii we expect the COW TO play
the double part Of COW and steer stuff the
| com-meal into her, the more the better,
and get her to the block as quick as possible,
in order to sell the butter and beef at the
same time; but If she is expected to be a
dairy COW treat her like the COW and
mother; feed like a mother, and on the
foods that mothers require, not bullock's
ration, and we may in time become dairy
men and get dairymen's profits.
"A lack of pasturage must be supplied
in the form of some other kind of food.
If the number of cattle be few and the
pasture field large, with abundant growth,
but little grain will be required for growing
stock, though milch cows should be fed all
they will eat. Where the cattle are com
pelled to forage over the pasture mess OF
grain will be required at night in order 10
keep them in proper condition and increase
their growth.
The practice of giving final cultiva-
tion to corn and then allowing the crops to
remain until matured, whether the field be
covered with grass or not, has injured
many promising crops. A field of corn
| should be cultivated as often as may be
necessary without regard to its stage OF
growth. 1t should be kept clean and the
soil always in loose condition, and the
crop will thereby be larger and the plants
better enabled to endure drought
The experiment of DR.. Voelcker, OF
the Royal Society of England, prove. that
manure gradually depreciates by keeping,
even under the very best management. 1t
gains in water and loses Invaluable organic
/ matter which is spent in the fermentation.
1t stands to reason, II this be true, that
the old fashioned method of turning and
working oyer manure for six months be-
fore using is wasteful and to be avoided.
"A great many more men can succeed
on small than on large farms. In this
latter case it may be almost said there is
no real success, the money apparently
made being generally less than fair inter
est on the capital invested. This is proved
by the fact that those who try to farm OH
large scale on borrowed capital are nearly
sure to fail. Men who try 20 farm moder-
ately are equally sure of a moderate though
substantial success.
This Is the season for Matching out
bantams, as late Matching assists in dwarf
ing them. The most valuable 5antams
are those that are very small. They are
profitable, as they lay large eggs in proper
tion to their size, occupy but little space,
and give as good results In comparison with
cost as the larger kinds.
Tho cellar windows should be large,
SO as to permit of ventilation. There
should be two windows, If possible. The
cellar for the storage of root crops should
be cool and dry, avoiding dampness.
Is Consumption lneurable9
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