The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-31

A good kitchen garden should be
found on every farm
1t is rust more than wear which ruins
agricultural implements,
''Water all animals before feeding
meal, and not after" recommends one
authority.
Corn is the only crop that can all be
fed back on the farm, says South Caro-
lima farmer.
Growing animals need more food in
proportion to their weight than those
that are full grown.
An experienced poultry man says he
seldom bois corn for poultry, but pre-
fers to give it raw as the evening meal.
You will save your horse the pain OF
sore mouth if you will always dip the
bit in bucket of cold water before put
ting it in his mouth. This 'takes the
frost OUT of the bit.
In much of the ensilage fed to cattle
there is enough development of alcohol
to stimulate circulation, and, possibly,
to beget appetite for that kind OF food.
Some one says: "a good mess of
cooked turnips, fed warm, will be of
more benefit to the pigs on cold days
than any quantity Of corn" 1t would
be still better to warm them and feed
| them raw.
Cesspools, hog wallows and duck
ponds in close proximity to wells are
liable to dcfle the water, and are num-
bered by physicians and Observing peo-
pie among prolific causes of sickness in
rural districts
A practical farmer in Connecticut says:
81 have learned that by the proper use of
commercial fertilizers I can obtain, at
a fair profit, finer potatoes, free from
disease and blemish, than by any other
means known to me-"
Irregularity in the amount of food
given the COW will cause her sometimes
ing or excitement of any kind. An ami
NAL giving milk is very sensitive to bad
treatment or surrounding influences.
If the land requires drainage it means
an outlay of SO to $50 per acre before
the farm can be made really tillable
and productive. To test this matter
the soil should be dug into with
spade three feet deep, and if water
rises in the hole at any time of the
year the land needs thorough drai1ing.
Many swine breeders regard a solid
earth floor the best thing for pig pen.
1t must be high enough to be readily
drained, so as to be dry at all times. 1t
is also customary with some breeders to
remove from six to eight in ches of these
earth floors every spring, draining the
manure-soaked earth on the fields,
and renewing the floors with fresh
earth.
Oil, says the American Agriculturist
is fatal to every insect it touches, and
sulphur is very offensive to them. A
mixture of four ounces of lard and one
of sulphur, we'll rubbed together, aud
with the addition of one ounce of kero-
sene oil and one drachm of creosote,
Will be found an excellent remedy
against all sorts of insect vermin, while
the liberal use Of kerosene oil on poul-
try roots will free tho fowls of their
tormentors.
When the Danes want a butter that
will possess a high flavor when it is
fresh, or one that will suit either the
home or the English market, the cream
is allowed to stand twenty four hours
and to become slightly sour. Thus it
is that the development of flavor is
controlled by controlling the changes
in the milk and cream before churning.
This is because of the fact that the de-
velopme MT or change is very rapid in
the milk or cream, and comparatively
slow in the butter; the rapidity of
change in both cases being affected by
the care of the milk and the method of
manufacturing the butter.