The morning news., 1889-02-18
Farm and stock Notes.

| chance Dy giving ner JusI as RoOu quar-
ters and just as good care as your tavorlte
! horse.
Dairy butter is superior in quality to that
made few years ago, due to the competi-
tion with creameries. The quality has
raised prices, and has been of advantage to
the dairymen.
Corn fodder should be cut in some kind Of
cutter that crusheS the pieces while cutting
them. This breaks the hard lining and
renders the food more acceptable to stock.
Bran is now considered the best of all
dairy foods. 1t has not been many years
since the large Touring mills dumped
their bran into the river
A Texas lady produced 5000 pounds of
honey last year with 40 colonies of bees, at
tending to them and doing all the work
herself.
1t may require several years to derive
the largest profit from farm. Farming is
slow business, and although the work Is
supposed to extend over one entire year,
yet a whole years work may be but begin
ming. A colt or a calf requires several
years to mature, and pastures do not pay
| for several years from seeding.
1t is not profitable to abandon piece of
| land because it is not fertile. Raise sheep
on it, and endeavor to bring it back to a
condition TO admit of the growth of some
kind of crop which may be plowed under
Sheep and the turning under OF green ma
nurial crops will restore any piece of land
to fertility.
Keep as few pigs through the winter as
possible. There is far more profit i'll having
pigs come early enough to make good pork
In the fall than there is in keeping lot of
young shoats through the winter for too
much of the food consumed goes to keep up
/ the necessary animal heat
Tbaya is rlVch III of Iata UaarS about
the inefficiency. of lightning rods. Many
| hold that they are worse than useless. The
| opinion of the most scientific body of cleo
| tricians in the world is that there is no
| authentic case on record where a properly
constructed conductor failed to do its duty.
When large amounts of food stand before
| cattle they proceed at once to select that
which they like best, and unless the food be-
| fore them is in unlimited amount, when the
| better part is eaten the balance becomes less
palatable and is rejected, and rejected before
| the animals appetite is Satiated, for palata-
bleness is very much measure of the food
| likely to be consumed.
In feeding swine a great deal depends
upon the way they are fed as well as upon
the food. Hogs are gluttons and use no
moderation in taking food, particularly at
| first. Indigestion is a common trouble
| among hogs and an expensive one to the
owner. Feed at first slops and light food,
| such as apples, and the heavier feeds, like
| meal corn. soaked corn, ETC., after the first
| has been consumed and the appetite par
| TALLY satisfied. More time will be taken,
more chewing done and better results pro
| duced.
The brood sows usually preferred are
| those that are young. This is a mistake.
| The old sows give more milk and are better
| mothers. A safe rule to follow is to retain
all sows that have successfully raised their
| lltters. A sow that has been tried, and
known to be good mother, should be re-
tanned as long as she can be made servicea-
| le. 1t is unwise to depend on untried
young sows.
A farmer must compound and use the
| feed that he has at hand or is most easily
| produced. A compound may be made of
| bran, oats and rye, or bran and cornmeal,
and these compounds can often be made in
such a way as to cheaper the cost of feed
when all has to be bought on the market.
| On the majority of farms oats are grown
only for the horses and colts. The pigs
! should always be thought of as sharers in
this important muscle forming food.
! The health of the animals should be care
! fully looked after 1t is noJ only trouble
sone 10 doctor a sick animal but there is a
| loss of time, while the animal itself will
lose that which it has gained in flesh, caus-
ing all the work of restoring it to its
| former weight to be done over again. Every
pound of flesh lost is a loss not only of the
pound but of the time and expense neces-
sary to restore it, bench the matter of keep
ing the stock comfortable and healthy is inn
| portant.
1t does not pay to borrow money in order
to purchase more land 1t is an old truth
that IAN acre of land has no limit to It's
productive capacity The true farmer
prefers small farm well titled. The man
ure that is spread on two acres will give
better results if applied to one acre, while
the cost of tillage will be less. No farmer
can afford to buy more land until ne has
| brought up that already in his possession to
the highest degree Of fertility.
When all the milk from dairy herd is
put in the same can any odor from weeds
eaten by any one of the cows will be COM
municatsd to tho entire contents of the
can. 1t may happen that one particular
COW may be fond Of some weed Tor find a
small quantity of it, that other cows would
not touch, and she will thus influence the
odor of the milk from the other cows.
Some cows will not eat garlic If they can
get good clover, while other cows prefer the
garlic. The individual characteristics Of
the COW should be studied by the dairyman,
and ho should know every animal in the
herd.
adapted to the soil. In America about one
dozen varieties are made speclalties, while
in England o farmers select from over a
hundred. A firm sod of native grass should
never be turned under to make room for
some other kind until the new grass has
been tested on the farm. Soils vary, and
grass that may thrive on one farm may fail
on another.
According to Prof John Wilson Of the
University Of Edinburgh, than whom there
is no higher authority, the Shropshires
originated in the mixture Of the blood of
the Morfe Common sheep, the Southdowns,
Leicesters and Cotswolds. Each OF these
had some special excellence 10 contribute
The Morfe Commons had good constitu-
tions, the Southdowns quality Of flesh, the
Leicesters symmetry Of form, and the Cots
wolds size.
The better the preparation Of the soil the
less seed will be required. Many failures
In the seed are not due so much TO lack OF vi
tality in the seed as to;the unfavorable con
ditto of the ground. IL is always a mat
tel Of chance germination when seed is
broadcasted and left to be covered by the
washing of the rain, and the harder and
firmer the seed bed the greater the difficulty
in securing a crop from the seed Pulverize
the soil, harrow it down as fine as possible
and then brush the seed in.
Household.