Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-12-07
Dairy, Poultry and Farm Notes

Time was when the potato was the last
crop planted and ost. the last one sowed
Now the practice is to put them in first.
The COW which averages one pound of but
tur day for 800 days is good one. She
may do nothing big on squirt, but she will
do 10 pin to.
II is suggested that farmers chill lren ought
10 be good students OF botanv All they need
is some one to direct their minds in o the
right channel
No other grain foot appears to produce
such vigorous and eniuring muscle ~ oats.
Look at tn. horse well-ted IN oats. and note
his capabilities
Deep. setting of milk NAV economic room
in one dirs ction; but gallon of milk will
continue To occupy the same number of cubic
inches all the same.
Prof Henry of the Wisconsin Experiment
S alton and others think it does not pay to
grind corn for stock. 1, does not get prop
erly saiivated in eating.
You 10 not need in your apple orchard all
the varieties that grow. Be content with the
leading varieties, and q few early ones to
give you the range of the season.
Every farmer ought to grow all the feed
for his stock, the grain included. He there
fore saves transportation and middemen's
profits, and knows precisely what he 10 feed
ing.
Because people hear Of an occasional in
stance Of prosperity among merchants, ma
chinists. mechanics or manufacturers it 10
assumed that nearly all succeed, but this is
not 50.
la all your getting of improved inventions
for farm use, do not forget to get something
to help your wife out as well as yourself
The inside of home is just as important a.
the outside,
The best private diaries stand at the head
in dairyrg. and always will. There 10 no
rubbing this fact out. The best th<t the
creamery can do is to bring up the rear. and
equal the best private dairy, if it can.
There 10 a good deal Of complaint thst
farming decent pay. But what other industry
Is thriving any better than agriculture ?
Among what class are there fewer failures?
Which of these classes Is more independent:
The difference in price between q live
fowl sni one that is dry picked and dressed
is Ave cents per pound, which Is equivalent
to twenty five cents for a fve-pound fowl
Will it not pay the farmer TO dress a fowl
for twenty-five cents?
The following sign is said to have been
stuck up by farmer who does not believe
in book farming or agricultural colleges ..If
aay mans or woman's cows or oxeas gits in
these here oats his or Der tail will be cut Cd
as the cas-, may BE- "
There has been ard can be nothlny done
in 4 creamery or butter factory that has not
or cannot BE- just as we'll if not better done
in the private dairy. The creamery or fac
tory is an advantage only ~h.D il adopts the
best work of the best private dairies and ap-
plies il 10 the Accommodations of diaries not so
well run.
BY sitting the coal ashes the coarse portions
msy assist to serve as grit. while the finer
portions can be used for the dust bath Coal
a'hes and shells should not be relief upon ex-
c'u,ivslv. however. as they are sometimes too
s,ft. If the ashes are sifted and thrown in
tie yards the hens will find some portions
very servicesble. especially if charcoal from
wood js mixed with the ashes.
1t pays to well cultivate pastures where il
is possible, making the soil clean and free
from weeds when seeded good catch and
q thick turf are great aids in keeping out
weeds. These spring up and flourish best
where there 10 the least grass. Ii is better to
seed with . variety of grasses, Is it is easier
to get . good turf with avariety and the feed
is much more nutritious and valuable.
A mess of warm food. early in the morn
ing, will be highly relished BY the hens. es-
pecially when the weather 10 cold. A good
mess is to chop mp large piece Of liver. boil
it to pieces. and thicken the broth With corn
meal bran snd ground oats. Leave it unit !
the nett morning. warm it over and feed in
trouahs 1t will do a. much for the hens -
any food that can be given, and will greatly
Aid in promoting the production Of eggs.