The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-07-25
OUR RURAL TOPICS,
Some Practical Suggestions for Our
Agricultural Readers
rnE EcoNoMy or srLoEs.

most thriving, who nave more barn-room tnan
they require for the storage of their fodder and
other crops. As consequence they are COM
PEELED to stack much of their cOrnstalks out
doors It Is exposed to storms, and becomes
more or less water-soaked and moldy. Build
ings for shelter, where IL could be protected
from rains and prevented from spelling by fer
mentation, would greatly improve its quality
and value; in many cases its value would be
doubled by this protection. But large build
ings would be needed for sheltering the entire
corn crop, and their expense would be large
bill Of cost. In the silo, they occupy only one
fifth of the bulk of commonly stored corn
stalks. Farmers who are hesitating at tho
present time in building slices, would do we'll
to figure on the comparative cost of erecting
them, or building barns Mt five times their d.
mansions, or to allow their stalks to rot or spoil
exposed to the weather. the loss of which in
few years would be more than the expense of
the buildings for protection. Although the
contents of the slices are heavier than dry
stalks the compact space which they occupy
and the nearness with which they may be
placed on the same level with the cattle to
which they are fed, make IL less labor to feed
them out than bulky dry stalks in barns or In
stacks. Another advantage in working cut
stalks into onsilage is tho comparative case
with which they may be cut half an inch long
while soft and green, requiring only half the
motive power for cutting dry stalks. Whether
green or dry. stalks should always pass through
a cutter, reducing them to a condition In which
nearly all are eaten, instead of wasting much
OF them in hard uneaten stalks Country Gen
tenaH.
CARE OF YOUNG CHICK EMS.
Cool nights are hard on young chicks. IL
makes things disastrous increasing tho NOR
tally at an alarming extent. A steady
cold is not near 80 hard on chicks as a sudden
change of tho atmosphere. All persons having
young chicks should sec that they are COM
fortably fixed every night before the coops are
closed. Break n raw egg occasionally, say twice
n week, in their soft feed. IL will correct any
disturbance of the bowels that chilling may
have caused Black pepper busted over the feed
is also good. Boiled rico fed cold is excellent
for diarrhea. Sometimes chick that has been
chilled expands It's skin until IL is nearly double
Its natural size. You can SEQ the skin pufIed
up all around the body. Take q sharp knife
aud cut hole in it, so that the wind can escape,
and IL kept properly warmed the chick can be
saved.
MARES FOR FARM WORK.
ket suggests the necessity of using our grass
aud grain III some other way than maxi ing beef
to compete with dressed meat menopolies, and
l would suggest that we might keep mares only
for farm work, and substitute horses for cattle
in measure. Mares eau DO used right up 10
foaling.sf gently handled and moderately
worked. Colts should always bO accustomed
10 eating grain from. ths mangor with the dam,
so that when weAned they will not have this
IN baV has al
under five months old. aud If confined in "a
stable, rs remote from the mare as possible for
10 days, and fed on cats and bran, the weaving
will be complete aud tho shrinkRge hardly
peyceptlblo. After tuThiug To grass a moderate
ration Of grain should DO continued. They
should have the very best provision of food
aud shelter till fully grown. The first year Of
a colts life may be said TO be the cornerstone
upon which rests his future usefulness. II
allowed 10 get thin, aud the development of
bone aud muscle is arrested, he never RECEIVERS
from il. and will never BIO the perfect picture
he should have been had no received the gen
orons treatment at the critical period of his
lie.
HEAVY FEEDING.
In my experience rs a maker. and having
the daily inspection aud comparison OF the
yield and quality Of 10 different dairies I sec
IL clearly demonstrated constantly that every
cent you invest in extra milk producing food
for cows IL returned TO your hand with splen-
did litterest, some OF tho patrons at the fac
tory where ] nm making are roaping dollar
on every 80 cents put into ground feed, iudici-
ouAly propOrtioned out TO their animals aud
others ara maintaining thoir diaries at an
actual loss--all having cattle Of the same breed
strains. l toll y0u gentlemen, that after all
IL Is ia heroic feeding than an ythin ing else.
locomotive pulling freight train at "A snails
pace has got the capacity, IL tie fuel aud steam
arc put on, 70 skim over the rails at ths rate
of "a mile n minute. Thus with half or two
thirds Of the mich animals In this country,
their capacity IN not developed. They have
IL, but the steam and fuel of hesvy feeding are
not administered, beeasae men are penny wise
aud pound foolish; aud so they go on. drawing
tbTee.iourths OF pail Of milk at a time from
animals Of splendid physique that could give
down pailiul aud n halL--Dairv World.
floTRs.
Give the chickens plenty of green food, or
better still lot them have tho run OF the orchard
Preserve the eggs till cold weather, now
that they are cheap and plentiful. The differ
cnce in price will more than pay for the trou-
bic.
--Bloat in cows Is indigestion. In bad cases
punctarc the pauneh with pocket. knife. ii
you have nothing better and keep the wound
open for the escape OF the gas by inserting a
quill.
The breeders of dairy stock contributary
to the New Northwest have never had any rea-
son to complain yet. They sell most of their
stock In the new sections and there Is demand
for all they have.
In answer TO a correspondent who inquiries
If goats milk Is better than cows milk NO would
say that we hardly know how to answer the
question. IL Is rieher ~ q rule. But 10 would
not be better for our use.
1t viii pay TO again put heaping shovel
iul OF line manure around each hill of lima beans.
III 10 just when tho beans are filling out the
pods that the heaviest drain Is made on the
soil for plant food and the manure given now
viii be in proper condition when the harvest
ing season arrives.
Cut the hay just as the seed heads begin TO
form. If the seed il allowed To mature and be-
comes dry the plant will be robbed Of It's nutri-
tive matter by the seeds. By cutting the grass
before tho heads form the material intended for
the formation of the seed is arrested in the
stalks, and the hay will be more valuable.
- when working horses come in from work
III warm weather the first thing TO DO attended
To ID the washing of their shoulders with cold
water, also washing the sweat from the collar
before 1t Is put away; a little care given in sea-
son Will often save athorse from the misery of q
CALLED shoulder and tho owner the loss of the
horses services when he can III afford TO lose
them.
Now that the large and troublesome insect
promiscuously known as ox-ay and horse-ay
Will be worrying the flesh and drawing tho
blood from the stock nj pasture, and during the
hot days OF this month. when they arc most
troublesome IL will f9 anact of mercy and save
money TO keep stock especially cows, in the
barn days aud let them feed njkhta