The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1889-08-22

Take q few exampleS By counting
his loads Of hay when drawing In from
the meadow. he may have q fair estk
mate Of how much he has secured.
But n he can not do this, he may
measure the amount in his barn. CON.
puss the cubic feet and divide by SOC
for compact or pressed timothy, or by
700 II the hay IL clover, for the mum.
beP Of tons he has on hand. Then
weigh the hay he feeds 10 his animals
each day for . few days, and he viii
easily know how fast they are consum-
Ing his supply. Or. II he does moi
want 70 take this trouble. and cares
less for strict accuracy. he may ascer-
tain or estimate the aggregate Of his
animals, and allow about three pounds
Of hay daily for each hundred pounds
q animals. This. By Q little practice.
will enable him 70 make supply and
demand meet, more accurately than
many actually accomplish II grain 10
largely fed. IL will somewhat modify
Ne result The supply Of other kinds
0i food may be determined In q sinilas
mseasr. TurHlps. carrots. or other
roots may be estimated without din
Guilty. This will DO better and easier
that the attempt to secure feed for
starving horses and cattle BY being
thrown out Of food in n scarce. stormy.
or difficult time In winter.
The grain supply 10 easily and readily
measured in graduated bins. where the
eye sees NJ q glance by the large and
distinct numbers on the compartments
Of the Rranary Just how much they con-
tain at any time. II care 10 taken for
Wniisrm and regular feeding, the owner
may know at oHce from the two meas
Urements how long his grain or meal
will last Corn-cribs may be measured.
and the number Of cubic feet they con-
tain ascertained; and then BY multiply.
ing the cubic feet By 0 and dividing the
product by 5. We learn the number Of
hsaPed bushels. Marking the bushels
at different heights VIII enable any
oae 10 ZEE at Q glance how much there
happens 10 be on hand.
But computations Of this character
should not stop here. There should be
. correspondence between the amount
Of feed raised on the farm, aAl the
amount needed for the animals TO carry
them through. Rigid accuracy Is mora
aimeult here in making estimates In
G6vasoe, because the amount 10 30
much controlled by weather. Farms,
heWsVsr. In q high state OF cultivation,
are less affected In their crops by vet
seasons or drOughts. Il may be we'll.
therefore. after the crops are secured
In autumn, 20 make q second examine
ton. In the manner We have described,
and 10 act accordingly. sither by SELL
lag food, purchasing animAls. or the
reverse, In order not TO have TOO great
Q surplus Of one or the other for the
beat profits. This will be better than
70 do As some farmers. By selling grain
or fssd early. and then being compelled
70 buy again before the spriaE has
passed. As a nearly universal rule, 10
IL bsttsr 10 have n surplus Of food than
tso many animals, because q needless
amount Of hay or grain will dc no
harm. or may be easily disposed OF In
future; but q surplus Of animals, 70
curing the owner 10 place them %
short allowance. L. q most unfOrtuasas
policy. Gentleman.
. Talk with . Man whs HaaI the Fortune
of Knowing Washington.
Look yere." said an old negro.
"what's all dis ycre marchIn' an blow
In an sky-lnrkin' gwine or CTbOut?"
''Its the centennial celebration Of
George Washington's inauguration a.
President Of the United States"
How? What you mean'"
why. Il has been one hundred year1 |
since Washington took his seat ~
President"
elias it been dat bng3"
YES"
as you SHOP"
YES. sure"
IVY didn't know 1t had BEEN DAT
long. Amt seemed dat long 20 me,
sab"
DO you remember it?"
Huh. I reckon ! does when I made
ten dollars dat day drivin' er hack"