Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-10-25
Agricultural.

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81 time in hunting tor an article J. .aush
more than the time spared them in putting
them in proper place EverJ thing should
be where it can be found easily when want
ed, aud every animal in the stables should
have it, appropriate stall
Stoekman who have made observ ations
IN feeding swine are claiming that some ~
the breeds have lost vieor by long con
tinued feeding of corn g. an exclusive fool
Corn j. deficient in mineral matter 81
pecialIy Of lime, and the use of corn lead
to degeneracy Only by varied diet can
the yigor be maintained Injudicioas feed
ing lead Ia disease and los
Root crops should be well dried before
being stored Mounds outside shOnil ~
made water tight, but a wisp II straw
should be inserted to permit Of ventilation.
Roots are seldom injured BY cold ifpratsSt-
ed, but too much warmth viii immediate
Is damage them when a mound IL frozen
on the surface there j. then hut little dan
ger Of injury if the root are well covered
CUEE foE kIcKG1 Cows.--Tir the
COW by the head. using "A stout hslter with
a ring under the chin. Get SqHarely be-
hind her--she cannot kick You then and
fasten stout cord 30 the pastern Of eaeh
hind foot Run these cords forward through
the halter ring, and bacE. eoRvenien, L.
your hand when milking When the cow
lifts loot TO kick, pull the cord. thus
drawing the foot towards her jaw. and
throw her of her feet When she jump
up and attempts to kick agsin, repeat the
pullirg Treat her kindly. but whenever
she lifts a foot to kick, Jerk the cord with
all your might. Stout, Wild heifers that
had never been fed before. or had mans
hand on Them, except when they were
branded. were ia this way broken in an
hour. aud never attempted to klek after
wards - American -fgy,eHlfHgisf
SWINE IL TnE oReHARD.-An old friend,
farmer, whose orchard has always been
above the average in condition and produc
ton. recently told ms that he thought
much of his success in orcharding was due
TO his f.ttening his swine, in the fall and
early winter. in the orchard. our own ex-
perience has shown us very plainly that
the close association of swine aud orchard
trees Is mutually beneficial. II the swine
are given salt and ashes regularly, and
variety OF food, they will not peel the trees
and the falling fruit makes d good share Of
the needed variety. The early windfalls,
at least, almost without exception contain
larva, the presence of these being re
spOnsible for the falling Of the fruit. The
hogs eat the fruit aud larye also, and thus
prevent their entrance into the earth or
lodgment elsewhere and az result there
is not a swarm of their descendants to
blight the frnit of the next year. The an
finals, being much under the trees 10 get
the shade, deposit their manure where u
will do the most good la exchange the
trees give the animals shade, when high
feeding makes shade grateful and whole
some; and vegetable food, when strong
feeding Of dry grains makes il necessity
to the health and thrift of the animals IL
il is desired to evaporate or canthe best OF
the windfalls, the hogs may be shut out
during the night and admitted alter those
windfall8 desired have been gathered up
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SOME PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS ON CLAY
RoADs.-Clay roads can only be III ade sat
isfactory BY means OF effective drainage.
So cOntrived that the least possible water
will remain in the material which feels the
effect of the tread Of the draught animal or
the down-wearing thrust of tue wheel
Deep side bitches are absolutely necessary
for such roads, and the narrower the road
way the more effective will be this drain
age work IL is great mistake in sneh
roads to have any more width than Is i'm
peratively necessary tor the uses Of the
structures. II the bitches extend to depth
which would maintain the crown Of the
road two feet above the water level, and
the roadway is Of the least possible width.
the problem of protection against mud >
most easily solved.
To effect any satisfactory solution OF the
difliculties which beset such roads il IS
necessary, however. either 10 construct an
artificial surface of timber or Of stone. which
WINCH II Iyways v masteT orgrexx vSuv--v'r
to mingle some binding materials with the
clay. If gravelly materials, or, what Is
better, shingly waste such as ~ often pro
duced by frost action Oh slaty stones can
be commingled in the proportion Of one
half with the clay, frm road bed can
commonly be secured, provided the road y
well ditched This cOmmingled gravel OF
other solid substance must extend at least
for foot below the surface in order to
Withstand amy heavy carriages. In many
cases an equally good result can be accom-
plished by covering the surface with re
peated eoatings of any shrnbby vegetable
matter. In northern Minnesota l have
seen the material known rs excelsior,
t. e., strip like shayings, cut by machinery
from blocks Of wood, serve admirably 10
prevent the motion of the clay, and ! am
of the opinion that il would, in clay eonn-
tries, where stone cannot readily be obtain
cd, but where timber is plenty, be an ad-
mirable device TO have q machine ior max
ine excelsior 10 be used as a road material
on the surface such woody matter rapidly
decays, but when worked by the wheels in
10 the clay IL may last for several seasons.
At no great cost the material might he
saturated with creoaote, and TINS rendered
much more resisting 10 decay. The finest
branches Of trees, the leaves cf pines. even
rushes, may serve the need, if they can be
chesply applied.-PTof-ssor y. shaler in
october Scribnsy
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