The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-15

that where they are not required to do
service, as in winter. an allowance OF thirty
pounds Of ensilage per day will keep horses
in good condition.
Frequent chuyning is better than retain
ing the cream from separate milkings, rs
mixture Of cream after different ages is
usually the Cause OF poor butter The best
butter is madelby churning the cream as
soon as IL is ready.
Experiments by the New York Dairy
Commission show that oleomargarine will
not dissolve and digest in the human
stomach in its natural and ordinary tenn
derature, and il Is. therefore, an unproft-
able substance as food.
A good appetite indicates good health. 1t
is no disadvantage TO have an animal that
is heavy feeder. Such animals usually
produce propQrtionately to the quantity
consumed. The food is simply the mate
rial 10 be converted into products.
A Canadian exchange says OF manure
from the dairy; A wel-bred COW OF full
size will pass about bushel OF excrement
daily, weighing 80 TO 40 pounds. If mixed
with due proportion OF straw, to handle
readily, this will make a good wagon load
for every month in the year.
Make frames OF some kind for the to-
mato plants. One OF the difficulties with
them Is that the branches fall 10 the
ground when loaded with fruit. II sup
ports arc given. the air and sunlight will
enter, the fruit ripen better and cultiva-
ton can DO given more easily.
Before sending new potatoes 10 market
~ will fau IN rarQfttIlts auCnrt than n IL
not the large potatoes that always bring
the highest prices, but those OF uniform
size. When large and small potatoes are
mixed the small ones lessen the value OF
the larger, and affect the price OF the
whole.
After observations among hundreds Of
silos, and hearing the testimony OF the
owners, John Gould concludes that there
Is no necessity OF ever husking corn to be
fed on the farm, when the silo, with its
later ideas Of filling, preserves the grain
so perfectly and gives such satisfactory re-
suits.
Whenever a crust forms on the surface
OF the ground break up the ground with a
cultivator. A hard crust prevents abb
sorption OF moisture and allows the rain
from quick showers to flow of TO some
extent. 1t also prevents a complete mp.
preparation Of the plant food nearer the
surface.
II will pay TO again put heaping show
olful Of fine manure around each hill Of
lima beans, II is just when the beans
are filling out the pod that the heaviest
drain is mode on the soil for plant food
and the manure given now will be in
proper condition when the harvesting
season arrives.
Cut the hay just as the seed heads begin
10 form. II the seed Is allowed 10 mature
and become dry the plant will be robbed
OF lis nuiritive matter by the seeds By
cuttirg the grass before the heads form the
material intended for the formation Of
seeds is arrested in the stalks and tho hay
will be more valuable.
A subscriber OF the Philadelphia Record
asks where he can see flock OF chickens
to the number OF 5000. There is no flock
OF adult fowls so large In the United States;
but there are large number Of broiler
farms, with capacity Of from 200 TO 5000,
at Hammonton, n. J. Matching is now
over until November. Incubators aud
breeders are used entirely.