News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-12-12
Farm Notes.

Farm Notes.
In selecting for small flock, lambs,
mutton and wool should all be consid-
cred.
Better stack the straw out doors than
leave the carriages and implements
unhoused.
Water is as much needed by fowls
as by animals and to serve its proper
purpose it must be pure.
Good horses are always high, and
that is more than can he said of any
thing else the farmer raises.
No other animal about the farm suf-
fers SO quickly from wet feet as sheep.
Give dry pen well ventilated.
All animals need supply of salt in
winter as much as in summer. Give
it often so they will not eat too much.
An open shed, tight on three sides,
is warmer than q barn with open
cracks all around for the wind to draw
through,
Some general rules are well enough
for the poultry business, but the bust
More observation is absolutely neces-
sary.
When young stock comes to the barn,
remember the difference in value be-
tween good animal and poor one,
and give every one chance to do its
best.
Some rules will not apply to all
breeds nor to all seasons, and many
special cases demand special treatment
and the man who depends on general
principle is soon lost.
A sheep over two years old which
has become unusually fat should be
marketed, as they seldom get in that
condition again. This applies to sheep
i'll large fiocks.
If you are going to have horse fork
put i'll for next season, have it done
now while agents are not busy, and
the hay in the barn will make it much
more easy to climb
A fine cross for general purposes
can be obtained by mating Buff Cochin
pullets with brown Leghorn cock:
They make beautiful birds, good lay
ers and nice dressing fowl.
Now is good time to make selec-
tons of pullets for layers. For breed
ing stock they should be procured early
enough to be sure that they have not
been mated with other breeds.
Many people have failed In keeping
To ha l,ot
them more like fish than fowl. Pekin
ducks need no more water than hens
and hens often need more than they
get.
1t is about time for another boom in
the sheep business, and there are some
signs of it, and the wise farmer will
reduce his flock when prices are high.
Such excitements do not last long, and
sheep increase very fast when people
are holding on to all they have.
The Western Rural truly says "there
is nobody who is doing business for
the fun of the thing, or giving away
valuable goods to strangers just to i'll
troduce them. If you get circular
that says otherwise, just smile smole
or wink knowing wink, hold on to
your pocketbook with one hand and
with the other put the circular into the
fire."
If man can make 20 hens do well
in confinement he should be able to
make 100 do as well with the same
care and proportionate food and room;
but this will not be the case with fowls
that run at large as the supply of insect
food and other things which they pick
up is limited,
When the flock comes TO winter
quarters much care is needed to prop
erly prepare for the season which is to
come. Late lambs which are hearty
and smart will winter well, but those
which are weak and thin better be
skinned unless constant extra care can
be given them.
Poultry houses are going up very
thickly in some parts of the country,
and whether this indicates that more
fowls are TO be kept or that those which
are kept are to have a better chance,
there is little danger of the business
being overdone there are SO few who
have the proper tact for the business.
Old ways and methods are being
superseded by new ones. This fact