Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-02-14
FACTS FOR FARMERS.

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Rats and mice will not gnaw har-
ness or machine belts II they are
rubbed lightly with castor oil.
English farmers are beginning 20
cultivate sweet corn, for use as en-
silage, as more likely than field corn
10 do well in that cool. damp climate.
The words dehorning and dishorn.
ing having been lately referred TO the
editors OF Webster's dictionary. they
have decided that dishorning is the
better English.
-Wyandottes and Plymouth Rock
pullets Matched by the middle OF Au-
gust will. il comfortably housed. aud
kept growing right along through tho
winter, commence laying by LIST Of
March; sometimes little earlier.
Trying experiments in order TO de-
termine how TO reduce tho manure TO
fine condition will always pay. The
value OF manure depends largely on its
condition All work necessary to have
the manure ready should be done in
winter.
Ewes may be fed all the clover hay
they can eat, and they will produce
strong. vigorous lambs. while the cases
of whichever when lambing will be re-
duced. Too much grain is not bene-
fetal, but with a small allowance OF
oats at night, clover hay with sliced
roots will be cheap mode Of feeding
and produce better results.
Glover in green state is always
of importance in feeding swine.
Squash, pumpkin, rutabagas and man
gels aid growth al minimum cost.
10 develop bone and muscle, give
equal parts OF bran, ground oats and
middlings, steamed and fed warm. II
buttermilk is fed largely, add one
pound OF oil meal TO every one hun
dred pounds OF the milk. Place salt
where they can have free access TO II.
lit is very noticeable in pasture
whore horses are alone. that they eat
over the land very unequally. Some
of the "sweeter'' spots are nibbled into
the very root, while other spots are
not touched. but left rough. Cattle.
on the other hand, have not only a
large muzzle, but also the absence OF
upper teeth, so that, OF necessity, they
can not bite fine or close. and, there
fore, we find with them that their
grass is rougher, and less bare in parts
than with the others.
Ea,. farro ,,,ao,,re az, akoo, a. go,
passed only by the hen, and rivaled
only by the hog. IL Is much easier 10
save manure from the sheep, less OF
the liquid being lost. Owing to the
dryness OF the soil, most OF the liquid
is soaked up and saved, while that
from cattle is lost, or saved only in ex-
pensive tonks or cemented cellars
Sheep, while on grass. scatter their
manure much more evenly, and it is,
therefore. ofmuch greater value. Thus
wherever sheep are kept the land Is
found TO increase in fertility,
One great source OF loss in winter
is allowing the shocks Of corn TO re-
main in the fields TO be injured by tho
weather, as well as affording harboring
places for mice and vermin, instead OF
hauling the same to the barn, there TO
remove the ears of corn and husk them
under shelter, by which means the
fodder will be brighter and better.
while every portion of the stalk may
be conveniently made OF some value.
The straw stacks should also be car
ried to the barn, there, along with the
cornstalks, TO be passed through tho
fodder cutter and reduced into very
short lengths aud either fed 70 stock OF
used as bedding ----~~~