Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-07-19
improve it it might pro6tably be cut down.
Don't keep it for what it has been, at any

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rate.
| Do not neglect to lay in good supply
of clover hay for your poultry in winter
To feed the dried clover hay, chop il
fine, in pieces less than an inch long
then steam it, add little salt, and mil
it with bran or other soft food and feed
warm.
Improvement goes on in all branches
Even the bee-keepers now know how to
cross and to improve their stock. There
are almost as many varieties of bees as
breeds of fowls are now bred to standard
of points.
Some farmers are afraid to use large
amounts of manure for fear that the ma
nure will "burn" the crop. 1t is doubtful
if any kind Of crop is injured in that man
ner, unless during very unfavorable sea-
son, but many crops fail because not
enough manure is used.
If you wish to preserve eggs for next
fall or winter remove all males from the
yards The hens will lay well without
| the presence of males, and the eggs will
keep three times as long as those that are
from hens in company with males. This
is an important point in preserving eggs.
If you wish to grow crop of fodder
corn do not betempted to plant too thickIy.
One stalk in place, one foot apart in the
row, is better for cultivation and permits
of more air and sunlight to the plants
Cut the corn as soon as the ears begin to
glaze, cure well and stack under shelter,
which will keep it bright and clean.
Somebody estimates that an acre of
clover will make 600. pounds of pork
Whether this will pay or not depends on
how the clover is fed, the management of
the hogs and the value of the land and
crop. Clover will probably pay better if
fed to cows, but even in that case the value
will depend on the manure as much as on
the milk.
Mixed grasses are better for stock than
single variety. No matter how valuable
any particular grass crop may be, or how
large the yield, the stock will thrive bet
ter when fed on variety The individual
preferences of cattle differ, and any will al
all times accept a change of food, which
promotes appetite and thrift.
Always endeavor to secure the healthy
growth of plants. By producinga thrifty,
well matured crop you secure that which
is nutritious and adapted for the purposes
required, but when the crop is weak and
immature you will secure only woody fiber
and water. A matured crop not only gives
| larger quantity of wood for stock, but
also that which will give good results in
proportion.
A prominent stock-breeder says: fIn
raising colts teach them to eat and have
them on full feed of bran and oats before
they are weaned and l can wean them
at four months without any loss of flesh.
l feed no corn until past two years old, but
feed literally with bran, carrots and oats,
and all the cornfodder or clover hay that
| they will eat, and maintain a steady
growth all winter"
A subscriber asks what is meant by
thumb and finger" pruning. 1t is simply
to remove all new shoots that appear on
the trunks by picking them off. This ap-
plies also to any shoots left on trees or
vines which are to be shortened by pinch
ing off the ends, which prevents growth,
| except in the latelals therefrom. By
pinchiug the ends of some plants they be-
come more stocky.-Philadelphia Record.
With one cow that persistently started,
stepped and kicked, says Mr.. Crandall in
the New York Tribune, it was at last dis
covered that she only did it when the teat
was grasped high up when beginning to
milk. The pressure of milk there at the
time caused pain. By milking at first
with but two or three fingers on the end of
the teat and drawing downward SO as to
elongate it and relieve the pressure above,
the COW was got to stand perfectly quiet.
This plan may mollify number of "kick-
| ers"
Inventors have greatly lessened the
labor of the farmer, compared with the
mode of working of farm twenty years
ago. 1t is doubtful If farm work is as
hard as that required in some other occu-
pations. At the present day the farmer
rides when he plows, when he harrows
and when he cultivates the land, and he
does more work in a day than formerly
Where dozen men were required to
cradle the wheat the farmer now sits on a
| seat and cuts, rakes and binds his wheat in
one operation, and can work large field
| alone.