Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-04-20


out which the celebrated breeders wou
be little distinguished, is feeding. lis
food and management that makes beau
tlful specimen Of any strain of blood.
Professor Arnold saws the running ex-
pense IN labor and fuel for evaporating
apples is ten to twelve cents a bushe!
for raspberries, half cent quart; for
peaches, twenty-five to thirty-five cents
bushel
Professor Arnold states that it costs
more to make milk from old COWS than
1t does from young ones having the same
milk capacity. He says as a rule the best
effects do not last beyond the eighth
year Of the cows age.
The CutiU0tOr says: "The main thing
IN treating a balky horse is to distract
bis attention. a handful of earth in his
mouth will sometimes do it, or a string
tied tightly round one of his ears. Whip
plngls hardly ever advisable"
Professor Henry says that when a
farmer feeds his hogs 100 pounds of corn,
he gives them eight pounds of muscle
making food and seventy-siX pounds of
heat making food. Muscle is strength
Fat Is not strength, it is stored heat.
Irregularity in the amount of food
to dTyup. So will worrying, fast driv-
ing or excitement of any kind. An an
imal giving milk is very sensitive to bad
treatment or surrounding influences.
Farmers generally 60 not yet appreciate
the value of bran as feeding substance.
1t contains less oil than cornmeal, but
One-fourth more flesh forming. bone
building material. 1t can usually be
Il, fo1 g.. -, ID
less than IN the winter.
Mr. Josiah Hopes urged readers, years
ago, to make a map Of the new orchard.
Labels get lost, or their lettering be-
comes illegible. But if the location of
each tree in the row be plainly indicated
On a sheet of paper for careful preserva-
zion, the record of varieties is rendered
trustworthy and permanent.
President George T. Angel, of the
New York Society for Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals, says that in Russia
binders are never used, and a shying
horse is unknown in that country. He
adds: Carriage horses do not require
binders any more than saddle horses, or
cavalry horses, or artillery horses. The
tight check-rein is another evil; so is the
PRESENT. fashion of docking horses tails.
Mr.. A W. Cheever makes in the Mao
England Farmer the suggestion that in
purchasing a windmill for pumping
water, saving wood, or similar kind, of
farm work, 1t is not good plan to Sc
iect one of small size. A small mill may
do what is wanted of it in high wind,
but with light breeze it would be use
less, while larger size would do the de-
sired work Small windmills, small
churns and small stoves are often the
dearest, though costing less money than
large sizes.
Feed all the egg shells with the other
table and kitchen scraps, and when the
hens exhibit more desire for them than
for the other scraps accept this as GER
tain evidence that the shell food is de-
ticient either in quantity or quality. The
theory that feeding the shells is injurious
or leads to vicious habit is false. They
are the best quality of shell food so far
as they 90, but it requires a great many
of them to supply the necessities of the
flock, and they should be supplemented
with something else till all craving for
that special kind of food is satisfied
In butter, says the Pl0ughmun, there
is one great essential thing to be consid-
cred always, and that is, perfect cleanli-
ness. The COWS must be clean, their
home wholesome and the hands of the
mixers perfectly clean, and from the
it leaves the COW untilit is con-
sumed as butter, it should be carefully
kept apart from anything that could con-
taminate it, including the smoke from
the ''goodman's pipe" If the cow gives
anything like good milk, if this is care
fully observed, the butter will sell well,
and there viii be demand in excess of |
the supply. The churning should be |
performed regularly, and at perfectly |
even temperature. The butter should J
not be worked with the hands, and in no !
wav iect to contamination.