The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-01-30
FARM IT

All young stock should be well grown
this season, compared with previous
years, owing to the mil, winter.
There has been a great saving Of feed
this winter, 'as the stock required less
food for warmth.
Fatten all sows that arc not Just what
you know you ought to keep for breeders
and let the butchers have them.
The preparations for the care of the
early lambs should be made, as 1t will
be but a short time till the ewes come
in.
Wait until very cold weather before
cutting back the vines and limbs, es-
pecially If the buds appear to have swol-
len.
Begin to ave up manure for the hot
bed. Hot beds will be needed before
spring. There is plenty of time for cold
weather.
Buy your breeding stock now while
you have time to make a careful selection
aud test them before you need to use
them.
Bear in mind that 1t Is not a good plan
to have the stock out of doors during the
rains which are sc prevalent in some
sections of the country this winter.
Don't forget to bed the sheep and let
all live stock receive the application of
the Golden Rulc-do by them AS vol,
would be done by were you IN their
places.
II there is a hole or weak place in the
stable floor, see that it is fixed at once.
it Will cost no more to do it now than
next week, and it may save a broken
leg.
Too much of the winter care of stock
Is trusted to a chore boy. who has no in
terest for his employers property, and
who does not possess the judgment of a
man,
Look out that the cattle do not get
lousy. A little lard and sulphur. thor
oughly mixed, rubbed along the back
b ne from horns to tail oncc a week for
a few weeks is good.
1t is often profitable to grind grain for
the pigs where the farmer has a mill of
his own and can do it at odd times. But
to haul it to mill and back and pay toll
takes most of the profit out.
1t is the testimony Of those who have
given it q thorough trial that pomace ia
of enough value as a feed for cows, hor-
ses and hogs to pay a good profit for the
labor in taking care of it.
Tile stables should not only be we'll
cleaned and purified by plenty of fresh
litter and plaster, which naturalizes the
odor of a stable. but also by ample VEN
t~ilation with abundant space for each
COW.
Evergtecns add much to the adorn-
Nient of the front yard. They are cheap,
thrive in nearly all soils, need but little
oare, are hardy and can be put out by
anyone. They make a beautiful and
lasting hedge.
Every farm should have an expert
mental plot or garden. There is no
surcr or more certain mode OF learning
the requirements of the land aud the
kind Of crops to grow than to expert
ment in a small way with seeds and fer
t~ilizers.
Collie dogs will not drive sheep or
cattle until trained to do so. When such
dogs are to be used they should be placed
in the hands of Il trainer and made to
work with dogs that have been taught to
not only drive the stock but to obey
promptly.
The question being raised as to whether
it was better to have COWS ''come in"
every year o" to have them breed once in
two years, the Rural New Yorker made
inquiries of Il number of dairymen, and
their testimony is in favor of the former
plan.
a pedigree will not render the animal
superior. Pedigree simply shows to
which family it belongs. individuals in
all families differ in some respects. 1t
is safer, however, to rely on an animal
with a pedigree than to expect merit In
an animal of unknown breeding.
l do not want a kicking COW, says
John Could, but l do want to see one
with nerve enough to, when abused kick
her abuser into the furthcst corner of the
barn, and so severely that when he ar
rives there he will understand that the
COW has the better developed braip.
The proportion of butter from certain
quantities of milk varies so widely as to
render it impossible to accept any figure
as indicating the average. A pound Of
butter has been made from six quarts Of
y milk, but as much as twenty-five quart!
of milk has been required to make q
pound of butter.
Every time n piece OF land is cleare,
e of its timber n large amount of potash |
o carried away in the timber removed. I
is is a serious loss of that substance, an
the land should tie well dressed wit
, ashes, or some other Kind of potas
compound, Land can be exhausted Q
Its mineral matter by the production @
ut trees for cord wood and lumber as b
other crops.