Sharp County record., 1890-01-16
HERE AND THERE.

"A gOOd-fOr-nOthlng COW IN the ner0
is a swindler, and man who can be
swindled by COW would stand mighty
poor show with a lightning-rod man.
The paunch of COW, Prof. Arnold
says, is a silo in miniature. That is to
say, we suppose that the changes which
take place in the silo and in the paunch
are the same.
Comfortable shelter for the stock,
comfortable house, things handy about
the premises and plenty of good reading,
and we ought to be able to get through
the winter very comfortably.
You can overfeed as we'll as under
feed colt do neither; feed just right.
Give good nourishing food from the
start, but do not force them; they are
neither hogs nor steers, and the early
maturity business may be overdone If
you try to force them.
Push the business of raising sheep
and growing wool, but observe reason
able limits. If every body goes to stock
ing up heavily with sheep, down go the
profits. Keep reasonable-sized flock
on the farm and there will be money in
the business,
"A warm mash" on cold day, early
in the morning, is an excellent invigor-
ator for an animal that does not have an
appetite For brood-mares that are
sucking colts it is excellent.
We speak of a million bushels OF
wheat as if it were small thing, and it
is when compared with the hundreds of
millions of grain annually produced. But
train loaded with five hundred bushels
in a car would have to be about fifteen
miles long to carry one million bushels.
Pure water on the farm may be eff
fected by the water from the surface.
'he well, being deep, also becomes a
urain hole for the water below the sur
face. No slop or filthy water should be
thrown near a well. and the surround
ings should be well graded with clay
and gravel.
Lime is said to make heavy soils
lighter and light soils heavier. AS it
can do no damage when judiciously ap-
piled, and is cheap when compared with
! the benefits it cOnfers, it should be used
on every farm. Land that is frequently
supplied with lime produces the best
grass.
If the hoofs Of sheep are pared so as
to keep the growth from being excess
i've there will be less liability of foot
rot. The hoof grows faster on soft
ground than on stony locations, and the
foot-rot appears sooner when the sheep
are kept on damp fields, much of it be-
ing due to failure in keeping the hoofS
| pared.
Young stock of all kinds are easily
and quickly affected by sudden changes
of the weather. If affected by severe
cold they are liable to be stunted, and
will grow but little before the spring.
Exposures to cold and dampness is one
of the principal causes of scourS and
cold on the bowels of young stock.
Wherever sheep feed, new, sweet
grasses flourish and weeds are destroyed,
says the Kansas Farmer. For this rea-
son farmers should raise more of them,
if for no other. But there are several
other and equally good reasons why
every farm should have its own flock Of
these useful animals.
If we expect the dairy to be sue
cess with us we must keep up the past
ureS. and to do that properly often ne
cessitates fuller knowledge of the sub
iect than we possess. Winter is a good
time to study up on pastures. Winter
is good time to study up on all prac-
! tical farm matters.
The manure heap is the savings
bank of the farm. If any articles are
unsalable or can not be put to some use
on the farm, they should be added 20
the manure heap in order that they may
| be returned to the land, and thereby
made to contribute to the production
of something better the next season.
Nothing is lost that goes into the ma
nure heap, especially if the manure is
managed with a view to having it as
valuable as pfgsible before APPLYING it
! to the soil.