Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-09-12

"Does the value OF the hay and grair
! fed to the cows exceed the value OF the
milk, butter and cheese soldp
"Do the sheep pay for their keep
ingp
"How much money has been made
| or lost on the poultryp
Ibid the potato crop pay for the
manure, labor and seed expended upon
it?
Can corn DO grown cheaper than II
can be bought, il u fair allowance Is
made for the value of the fodder, or is
it more profitable to grow corn in drills,
either TO euro for winter fodder or pack
in the silo, and then TO purchase the
grain transported from the west.
'What has been the income from the
orchards for "a series Of yearsp Are
hey paying the interest of 81 900 per
acre, or would it be better to dig them
up and put the land in grass or culti-
waited crops?
"How many farmers can answer
these questions or many more that they
might be asked? Yet these are ques-
tions which would be answered by a
properly kept memorandum book and
an account kept with each department
And each farmer ought to be able to
answer them to his own satisfaction, If
not to that Of all inquirers. If cows
are not paying for their keeping it is
not desirable to increase the herd until
u change has been made, either in
breed Of animals kept, method of feed
ing or mode Of disposing of their
products.
Farm Notes.
Ono reason why we do not export
more butter is because we use more
ourselves than any other people in the
world, generally insisting on the best
quality for our own use. But we are
growing in population faster than
most other nations, and so long as we
keep up our habits in butter eating,
are likely to prove our own best GUS
toners.
Tobacco is q very exhaustive plant.
IL requires great deal Of manure, and
much of the plant food it contains re-
mains in the stems, which the manu-
facturers do not use, and which are
often sold at less than their manurial
value. They heat rapidly in the soil.
are rich in nitrogen, and as change
from other manures are often worth
more than anything else that can be
had.
So long as the skin slips readily, pota-
toes are poor property to handle, es-
pecially in hot weather. If put in
piles they heat as rapidly as any other
green stuff would do when exposed to
air. II to be sold at once it should
only be in small quantities in a place.
Put the potatoes in small heaps two or
three days. and cover with straw in
the field. This will make the skin
dry, so that it will no longer slip, and
the potatoes may be handled without
injury after this.
The same food given to an animal
when young makes more growth than
il will at any other period of its life.
Not only this, but to stunt calves and
other young animals, as many do, in
jures the animals digestion as long us
it lives. Keep the digestive organs
active by plentiful, regular feeding, and
years hence the animal thus trained
will pay all tho better for the food con-
sumed. 1t will eat more and digest q
larger proportion of what it eats for
being well fed now.
The old idea of naked fallow is
wasteful of fertility. thing should
be growing on all land during the
growing season. In winter even the
land is better covered with a growth oil
rye than to remain naked. The rye
will not keep the frost from penetrating
the ground, but it will prevent rains
from compacting and hardening the
surface. Rye should be sown at the
time of last cultivation of corn and po-
tatoe5. 1t is far better for the land
than the weeds whose place it will
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