Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-10-17

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The best place to save stable manure is il
the soil, with just enough Of covering to pu
it out of sight.
Variety is said to be the spice of life; il
cattle feeding it is more-it il an importan
element Of success.
No good mich COW ever eats too much
provided that her food is judiciously supplied
and in suitable variety.
Better keep the buildings insured life
time without fire than let them go unn
sured and feel constant risk.
Ashes make splendid fertilizer for young
grass that is just springing up. and enables
it to root well before cold weather comes.
man who cannot be on friendly term
with his horses is not fit to own, handle or il
any manner manage the faithful creatures.
A fast boy and a fast horse make bat
combination for the farm, costly, demoraiz
ing and destructive to the farmer so afflicted
Teach the boys to take apart and put to-
getber farm machinery. They will better
understand hox to run it when they sre old
enough
Farm work is never all Gone until every
improvement is made, weeds subdued, soil
increased to highest capacity.
Fall poughing is good practice, or bad
as the conditions of land are favorable OF
unfavorabie-that is to say, for some lands
il is good and for others bad.
The plough is a civilizer when used to bury
weeds in the earth where their proper func-
tons may result in greater fertility of soil
and so change a curse to a blessing.
Happy is the farmer more happy his
good wife-who has fire wood well prepared,
seasoned and stored for use a year ahead
always ready, convenient and accessible.
Few men in other callings work 30 faith
fully so many hours or with such exactons
upon muscle as farmers, and farmers take,
too, more risks quite beyond their power to
escape.
Good milk can hardly be made ont of tur-
nips, but it is not unreasonable TO say thai
turnips, judiciousy supplied with other
food, may increase and even improve the
product.
Apples are used as food a; the Experiment
Stations in making tests, and the results dem
onstrate that if they cannot be protitably
shipped to market they may he fed TO stock
with advantage.
one of the highest evidences of civilization
but this evidence Is not found in such abun
dance as to become tiresome to iweliers or
the western continent.
Feed spring cattle we'll in autumn so long
as they are permitted to Craze and they will
require less in win,er-and by way of add
eudum, the remark applies as well to the
| feeding of cows and other cattle.
The folly of drawing fresh earth into this
highway in late autumn with the idea of i'm
provement is repeated every year, although
men who pursue The p actice know very vel
that it is road polling roaf-makng
When storing cabbage for winter, place
them in a trench. with the heads down snt
stalks up. II the trench cannot be made or
nigh ground place the heads on the grount
and bank up we'll so as to shed the water OF
Don't burn the leaves as they fall Gather
them from streets or other places where
their presence is not desired and use them a.
bedding in the stable for cattle or horses, as
mulch, as covering in winter for tender
plants and sfterwsrd as manure.
/ 1t is hard fate that keeps mar o woman
so closely employed in earning living tina
time is not permitted for any other use thar
eating and sleeping but such fate does mo-
come to many persons of full mental re-
sources. except as it is invited.
| No farmer can keep up with the times
even in his business. if he will not real
nor will he be likely to find full profits if he
neglects agricultural papers that contain re
ports of practical experience b, farmer'
who stand at the front in every improve
ment.
/ A few fruit trees planted every autumn
and every spring, from early manhood Il
/ ripe old age. are better Than any monumental
pile for a farmer who would leave legsc,
/ of good deeds rather than pile of money
I but the trees will not reduce the legacy OF
money.
! Improved farming requires improved tools
and improved tools call for land free from
stones or stumps There are few jobs tina
give more real satisfaction for the result
accomplished than clearing field of stone
/ AMI there is no better time to go at this worn
/ than before the pillow is started. This refer
especially to large bowlders that have bee
/ occupying and encroschng on land tina
would each year yield bundle or two o
grain.