The sun., 1889-10-17
FOR THE FARMER.
Some Valuable Hints and Suggestions.

much butter as others OF the same
bulk.
Now is a good time to kill off land
eat) the mongrel fowls that have ac-
and start anew with
pure stock of which ever variety
may be preferred.
From it's start to it's maturity the
hog makes the quickest turn of any
of our domestic animals. There need
be no more than ninety days from
the birth to the barrel.
A man that loves a horse, cares for
him and treats him with kindness
and consideration as a rule, such a
man is genial, warm-hearted, mild
and generous.-Horse World.
If frames are needed early in the
Spring for starting plants, it is sug-
gested that they be filed with Au-
tumn leaves and covered with board
shutters. This will keep the soil with
IN from freezing.
There are 81, women in America
interested in the cultivation of fruit,
and among them are some of the
most successful orchardists in Cali
tOrnia. Last year one woman made
a profit of 81, 600 by raspberry cul-
ture.
Smaller farms and better cultiva-
ton are in the line of boiling down.
Smaller herds and better animals
mean boiling down. Better muscle
and less fat, greater utility and less
foolish fashion in breeding are boil.
ing dOwn.-We estern Rural
More farmers should possess the
art of nicely slaughtering a lamb.
calf or pig, so that it will make an
enticing article oftradewhen he takes
it to his nearest town for sale. And
more farmers should have such ami
mails to slaughter.
Ensilage and the silo are not be-
yond the ability of the small farm
crs. The supposition that ensilage
can only be used on large farms is
erroneous. 1t costs very little to
construct a siIo, while ensilage is
more easily grown and prepared than
corn fodder.
1t is cheaper to profit by the mis-
takes that others have made and
paid for out Of their own pockets,
than tits to make the mistakes your
self, and have the expenses to pay
out of your own resources, and have
to board and clothe yourself while
making the blunders.
l think Prot. Cookies statement is
correct, that ava general principle,
"the per cent. q tat in the skinned
milk is the resuk Of the system used
for obtaining the cream. The per
cent: of fat in the butermilk, is a
measure of the skill of the butter
maker.-N. E. Farmer.
Succulent roots, as turnips, beets,
carrots and parsnips, require two es-
sentials for keeping through winter
"a cool temperature and q sufficient
ly moist surrounding to prevent
whitening or dryingup Warmth and
moisture acting together produce
rot; warmth and a dry air cause
speedy shrivelling.
Poultry-houses should be white
washed, inside and out, two or three
times q year. Into the whitewash
for the inside of the house put a lit
tie glue or a teacupful of soft-boiled
rice to a pail of whitewash, and also
add ten or twelve drops of crude
carbolic acid, as q safeguard against
vermin. American Poultry Yard.
A prolific source of bowel complaint
in all kinds of fowls is, as the Farm
Journal believes, alack of gritty sub
stance in their runs. Yards that have
been occupied for years by large
focks become almost destitute of
suitable grinding material. Hence
the need of supplying artifcially,
broken mortar, crockery, shells and
gravel.
Beet sugar is almost the only sugar
used in Europe, where the manufact-
ure of it is carefully encouraged by
the various government. 1t is not a
cheap sugar, for while the price per
pound is nearly the same as refined
cane sugar in this country, it's sweet
ming power is, roughly speaking,
only about half as great.
Sheep probably require more care
shelter and good feeding in Winter
than any other farm animals. They
cannot shirk for themselves in snow
storms, digging down through the
snow as cattle and horses will when
pinched by hunger. 1t is these
characteristics ofthe sheep that have
caused many Western farmers on the
plains to fail with them. Sheep are
therefore, not adapted to ranching,
but belong rather to the class OF
farmers who till the soil.
If there is much rag-weed among
the clover after the grain crop is
gathered, says an exchange, and
especially if it towers above the clov-
er, it should be cut down. After the
grain is off clover takes q fresh start
to grow and often smother the rag.
weed if the latter is put back SO that
both can start even. 1t is better TO
do this than to leave both to grow
together. The cut weeds and clover
must be raked off or they will smoth-
er clover where they lie.
White oats are popular in this
country, and bring from two to four
cents q bushel more than the black.
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