Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-11-01

IL pays far better to feed COWS grain the
year round Grass increases the How OF
milk, and grain incs eases the amount of
cream.
open all drain. before the snow comes
The facility with which the water can pass
on will regulate the amount Of slu.h and
mul when the snow mets
No man who understands the dairy business
yer sells his hes COWS at anv price. The
better the dairym the more suspicious the
buyer should h. Of the COW he wants - ~ II.
A small crack in the wall of stable will
10 greater injury than to leave ~indo~ out
More harm results from constant current of
ar coming o. portion Of the body Of an an
imsl thsn when the animal isexpascd entirely
The Rural New-Yorker has been asking a
number Of experts about the uniformity of
that ere Is IA. much difference in samples
OF cream as In the cows aud the milk from
which the Samples come.
IL 10 not sudden grosth and an aecumua
ii IN of Ia that makes the hest PORK The
meat of amin lis suddenly forced to put on
fat by stuitins is soft and blubbery. The
best meat is OF steady growth. without inter
ruption. from pighood to hoghood
Hsrve.ting being done what ls the mast
profitable and satisfactory perm anent i'm
prosement job YOU can undertake? II moth
ing OF this kind presents, IL is n good time
to think Of the winters wood, and To try and
leave the wood lot in good shape while
doing IT,
1t ia not bad plan to now get together al
the ruhhish--desd branches, leaves and
weeds from among the carrant BUSHES
When together. burn; in this way YOU de-
.troy an, pup. or mature insects which may
be .ecreted 10 them This may help to re-
dnce the number of worms next year.
Buying or breeding 6rstcla. dairy
stock is a good deal like buyirg chance in
lottery Esen the oest judgers and breed
ers are often dis-ppoin'ed.' saws the Daily
world We think this is stated too strongly.
Great skin in ju lying and breeding is found
on many farms, and, as = whole, it brings
success
There will be . chance to regain Part
Of last years losses on apples this year
Sort honestly and then put your name
inside the barrel head il to be shipped to
distance. Good ois always sell them
selves. and the next lot provided customers
have reason to think the next lot will be the
same Farmers make nothing by sharp
practices in selling. but often lose their
credit and mortify their friends.
Only the best and well managed sheep pay
Any profit A strictly wool sheep can hardly
be kept. unless pasturing is cheap. II is no
use to go in for large mutton breed unless
they cso do we'll by them. A winter lamb
will not amount To much unless he has either
milk or grain Of some kind in addition to
the mothers milk Skin the very old sheep
aud dispose of underszed lambs unless you
can give hospital" treatment.
Warm quarters are in order nov, and all
winter preparations should be made as soou
as possible. The less wind And cold that
comes into the STABLES the less food required.
Every dollar expended in shelter lessons the
expense of feeding. The animal heat must
be provided by feeding the stock liberal y
but the greater the exposure the greater the
loss of animal heat Shelter Is ind spepssbla
to economical management.
Washing and sAl,ine butter while it re-
mains It. small g-anuies 10 the common sense
way of ing it. II the bu ter is gathered"
before saiting. i, is hsrdl, possible TO salt AS
evenly. by snv amount of working. ~ il
easily can be If the ssl' il applied when tn.
butter is IN n granular eondi ion II the
salt IL all right. and At once uissolyes as IL
should. the butter can be Immediately
pressed into a solid mass AMI prepared for
market.
Peter Coliir of Ne~ York knows Of a
dairy farm in his State which has paid for
the last six years ten per cent on us cost
Ii sss then bought for ell 500, and is 1855
acre farm He SAYS probably no couatry in
the world possesses an agricultural class
equal 10 our own in intelligence, He claims
that their intelligence 10 bringing to the most
intelligent ~ compared With the least intel
lissnt, twice the bushels per acre, twice the
pounds of butter per COW. AMI this by i'm
proved implements and the Intelligent spsli-
cation of the fundamental principles Of
success
II the hens are kept for profit ii is not
economical to feed them the molly grain
Only the best to be hal should be given lay
ing hens In proportion to her weight the
hen prodacss more than the cos, and ia or
der to derive that product she must be treat
ed Literally. IL the hens sre compelled to
hunt their food entirely. and receive bur liz
tie consideration from their owner, they will
be unable to give a satisfactory return for the
space they occupy on the farm A hen can
be made to lay throughout the winter seas IN
by good treatment.