The National tribune., 1889-11-07
OUR RURAL TOPICS.
Some Practical Suggestions for Our
Agricultural Readers
UNDUE HASTE IN FArrEN1Na.

orally. Animals that have been summered ON
grass will not bear, proftably, to be pushed on
grain food during the Fall, as haste in this di-
rection disturbs digestion. Under the action
of the laws of nature things are many times,
made to afford rest to follow any undue exer-
ton Of given part. or of tho whole body.
Under this law the appetite is taken away when
overlooking has been practced, that compen-
sation, through rest of the digestive organs,
may occur. Disgust of food always follows
over feeding; yet 1t is theorizing falsely to say
that If the beast gets too much food It will re-
duco tho amount taken voluntarily, when sur
feited, because deranged digestion follows ut
once upon excessive feeding, and then what fol-
lowsP Nothing less than an interruption Of
nutrition. the body shrinking. This shrink
age can only come from disordered action-a
disease in itself. This must be recovered from
before nutrition can be resumed, and during
this time We suffer q double loss, namely,
through the shrinkage in tho first place, and
through delay from deranged digestion In the
second place.
There Is still another reason why damage
may follow indscreet feeding. Fermentation
from indigestion may, to greater extent than
we are aware Of damage the meat of the fatten-
ing boast. This damage may happen to its
keeping qualities as well az to its flavor. Moth
ing can be moro reasonable than that IL should
happen to both. 1t 10 popular aud doubtless
well-founded belief that the flavor OF the
growing animals flesh is modified by tho food
that goes in at tho mouth. We know this TO
follow the feeding of eil-caks TO tho fatteuing
steer. Certain articles of food, notably milk
aud butt t.f,N al he's, foo
tain vegetables, rs well as by being in prox-
unity to decaying or noxious substances of any
kind.
The absence of tests in this direction may
rightfully be termed an oversight, for the per-
lection of meats has not yet been fully accom-
plished-is in fact one of the things least dis
crimnated upon, and receives less attention
than is given to any other kind OF food in use.
Therefore we deduce from the hints given that
the Fall feeding should be- commenced with care
and moderation. the limit always being inside
of the possibilities of the digestive powers of the
fattening beasts Dainty rations nc first, care
fully added to rs the powers Of digestion are
developed by use.--Frdirie Farmer.
PREPAniSG SWINE AND POULTRY FOR MAR
kET.
When cool nights come it Is time to begin 10
force along all fltteniug animals not 20 crowd
them TO their utmost capacity, but TO be liberal
WIN IVOAt 81 ba&h t11y viii suoH
gain. Swine Go faiten we'll need good, dry beds
and not too much sloppy food. Pork usually sells
Mt better price before Thanksgiving than after
ward, and bushel of corn in October will make
moro pork than five peeks will in December.
II will also make more pounds of poultry, ii the
fowls have comfortable quarters in hennery
where they will not be too warm in warm
nights or too cold in cold nights and are not
toFmentcd by vermin. The opinion held by
some poultry men, that II ia of no use 10 try to
fatten poultry untilcold weather begins, Is SIM
ply the result Of thor experience whore fowls
roasted out Of doors or In open sheds until late
In the season, aud wera not kept free from para
sites that robbed them of vitality. Another
reason WHY poultry may not fatten as rapid y
now as later Is owing 10 the constant worrying
of the young cockerelA. They should be sepa-
rated from tho rest. tho henhouses aud roosts
should DO washed with Kerosene and the fowls
taught 10 go in theso. Then with little care
To close or open windowsas the weather changes,
there will be no trouble in fatteuing them in
season for Thanksgiving american Cidsipat0r.
now TO KEEP HONEY
All surplus should DO removed from hives mt
close of honey season I; II left IL will soon be-
come dark aud have q solid appearance. and
bees cannot protect largo surplus SO well, and,
unless the hives are very close, robbers will find
their way 10 tho honey. Comb honey should
hs carefully HlbHtd in ~ NlHSo bhilhiuEf - bEAb
bees cannot find 10; not ia cellars or under
ground repositories Of any kind, but above
ground. aud have plenty OF light and air, and
at the same time prevent bees from entering.
Comb honey can be kept FREQ from ants and
other insects by placing II on tables, tho feet of
which may set la basins Of water aud kerosene.
Ants ars very destructive 10 comb. honey; they
puucture the cappinga and destroy its appear
ance. Extracted honey should not. rs yet, be
kept in alright vessels Ms 10 il still In process
OF ripeuing. aud If tho gas that IL produced
cannot cscapa IL will burst the packages; hence,
they should have small opening mt least EK-
trseted honey may be kept together In any
quantity IL pretty we'll Tipened; II not, il
should be In small quantities. Earthenware
aud tin are probably best for keeping extracted
honey In. although kegs and barrels can be used,
bat should flrat recoiye q coating of beeswax
| Inside This can easily be done by pouring in
melted beeswax and running il over the sur
| face.
UTILIzk THE LEAVES.
This Ia the season when the mir In rural towns
and villages IA heavy with the pungent smoke
! of burning leaves. II nothing better could be
done with them, one might endure with moder-
| ate equanimity tho rank oiiense" Of these
! cremated leaves But II Is not so easy to bear
| when one considers how useful they might be
| made by proper management. The experience
of Dir. l.. q. Fowler. as he relates 1t in the
| Orange County Farmer, shows what excellent
| use may be made OF them. tie says:
Last Fall, when tho leaves fell. we employ
| cd horse, man aud wagon to gather lot for us
| selecting = day after a heavy rain, when the
cutters were filled with them, and they were
| wet enough TO adhere, thus making them easy
to handle. Seven or eight heavy loads were
/ piled in the garden. With these We mixed two
| loads Of stable manure, and then worked them
over once in the Fall and again in the Spring
before planting time. The mass was then
| spadad under in tho garden. When turned uF
this Fall it liz seen to DO thoroughly decomposod
| and 10 has had marvellous effect upon the soil
We shall repeat tho experiment this FALL"
NOTES.
Prepare the ground for grapevlnes I'm tn,
Fall, but do not plant until Spring. Dig doey
and plant shallow.
An excellent moda Of keeping pumpkins
| Is To take them TO the barn aud cover them wei
with hay. 1t will not iniure pumpkin if II
freezes, provided IL IL used before it thaws.
digging postholes, repairs aud hauling
gravel should be done before the ground freezes
IL entails twice the labor To defer such work
until later. Now Is the time TO make all re
pairs.
Evergreen branches make an excellent
Winter protection for many plants, aud they
are often useful to hold down forest leaves ant
prevent the wind from carrying them off
- Bran and SKINNED milk will make NOR,
growth on pigs now than anything else. Corr
Is required only whom the pig is TO be mad,
very fat. ration in which corn is portion
Of the food will give better results than to do
pend entirely on 1t for fatteninG,