Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1888-03-04
RURAL RGAPINGS.

FRrTT growers can utilize their hot-bed
sash for drying surplus fruit in the sun.
KEsP the hen-house floor covered with
woods mold through the warm summer
months. This viii hold the escaping gases.
A POOR horse eats as much as good one;
scrub cattle as much AZ grades or thorough
orecs; 1ongrel poultry as much as grades
or pure breeds. Then why keep inferior
stock
BIT cutting, the feed can all be mixed well
together, made more palatable, and is moro
easily and thoroughly digested, and the
stock viii eat it up clean, avoiding unneces-
ssry waste
1T has been remarked that tho farmers
who best succeed IN this country are those
who devote their chief attention to some one
product which IS favored by their special
soil and CLIMATE.
II you sow your garden seed during mild,
genial weather and IA well prepared soil,
not too deep, keeping the surface moist by
sprinklng IL over "a often as necessary and
shcltering II IN the event OF frost or from
scorching sun, very few seeds will fail to
germinate-
TIE more important the feeding Of stock
upon the farm becomes, the greater the ne
eessity Of saving ieed- Cutting feed is one
way Of economizing, IS well as increasing in
value, by combining one and another sort,
50 the whole shall constitute as near q per-
feet food as possible.
DON'T break, but train the colt Begin tho
lessons with the halter early, and let the e.
Ucation continue until you have q perfectly
trained horse. Do not wesn the colt too
soon Feed tho dam snd colt freely but with
care Corn should DC used sparingiy, as 1T
il fst~producing. The colt Will early learn
70 eat oats with the dam.
II sprouts appear on new set trees you
can now easily pinch them of with your
thumb and finger, and throw the growth
where il il wanted. But do not cut OF al
the growth II you dwarf the top OF young
new set tree that's lnaldng a rapid growth,
you are dwarTinx the roofs. II you allow
too much top on feeble tree you will Kill
Tho tree
As CORN can rot properly be given IN very
large proportion ia the milk ration. It would
be profitable to exchange . ton Of corn for
a ton Of roller bran. If corn is 70 DO fed to
sheep, separately from the fodder, as sheep
masticate mere perfectly than cattle. Il
would be better % feed shelled corn with
bran. But Tor horses AID cattle. corn should
Be ground and mixed with the coarse fod-
der
Cow fodder can b con siderzblv III
creased Ia value bv being cut and mixed
with ether materials. and the stock thus De
t5.s - derive = much larger benefit than
Il fed whole The size II tie cutter should
be determined 6y The number q stock kept
II l. can be arranged 80 that a supply can
Be CO. ahead, especially during a busy
season. it VII interfere less with the more
pressing sarn worE
Inf quantity q ar bresthed BY cattle.
sltho'!rh varying macA with Their slze. IL
pTooablv ao0nt FIVE tines IS great A. that
breathed hy aduls persons, who breathe a
cubic feet y about three and half minutes
Al adult person breathes about as cnosc
feet IN "A hours Fut for healthy rceuira-
ton lie should have from > 70 81 times as
much ar 50 with cattle. one - which
errsthes slscat 2ogo cubic feet IL "A hours,
wiiick shonid he increased rany t-rres fer
contInued pure. healtaT air in tae stable.
although cattle ara less affected bT ncur-
~ than man.