The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-09-11
THE FARMING WORLD.
Pertinent Hints for the Husbandman and
the Housewife.
feeding on the Farm for Proft-Deepsr
Planting Advised-stook, Dairy and Fou,-
try roints-Hints for Eusy Rousskeepers-
Leets fer Milk Cows.
How Often Shall Feede

one important Item In feeding all
Kinds Of stock is regularity, and stock
will make better growth if care is
taken to feed at regular hours with
less feed than il no care is taken in
this respect This brings up the
question of how often it will pay the
best to feed either growing or fatten-
ing stock.
tatlening poultry ought to be fed at
least five times a day. giving the first
Iced very early in The morning and
the last one just before they 20 to
roOst at night, and the otner three
times at intervals during the day. If
hogs are we'll fed generally ON the
Iarm twice a day will be sufficient
On the average farm there are so
many contingencies that IN y arise to
prevent regutar leeding at staleI hours
that care must be la6en TO feed "a
res ular hours and to give them all
that they will eat up clean at each
meal. The dinner feed is good meal
If it can be supplied regularly, but if
not the better plan will be to
only feed twice a day My plan OF
feeding hogs. says Wisconsin CORE
spOndent, is TO give swill feed, STOP,
first, made either with bran or snip
stuf, or both, and allowed to stand
twelve hours. give all OF this kind
OF slop they will drink first and then
feed the grain. My experience is that
in majority of cases it will pay to
purchase mill feed in tbs way. The
less grain required TO fdtten will make
it profitable. never like to feed Stops
alter feeding grain, there is much
larger per cent Of the food that will
remain undigested and pass through
the animal without benefit.
The same holds good with cattle as
with hogs. Feeding three times day
will be found the best, provided it can
be done regularly, but if this is not
readily possible it will be better to feed
twice, taking care to see that they are
given all that they cln eat. With cat
tic, however, | have always found it au
advantage in fattening to give corn
fodder with hay to eat during the day.
Give them all tie grain necessary
morning and evening, with supply OF
roughness in addition. Make it a
point, however, to feed at regular
hours and not Oblige the stock to wait
for their meals. If the work on the
farm is such that three meals can he
given regularly it will be better TO feed
the tree times, dividing this equnlly,
as better gain on the 5 me amount OF
feed can be secured than when only
two meals are supplied.
Deeper Planting of Potatoes.
If the coming season could only be
foreknown it would be much easier to
make exact rules for the best ways OF
CONDUCTING farm operations. lti gen
orally agreed tn - in times of drought,
or on land subje' "toes planted
four, five ore -.4os uet
be4er and g. han those pIaute /
at shatfQWer ,~r,..o. Nine times out
OF fen the only evil that ever befel The
potatoes came from drought. Even
the very early potatoes May often SUI
fer from too shallow planting. while
We never knew, except in one or two
cases. on heavy, undrained grou I'd,
potatoes to be injured by too deep
planting. Of course, deep planting
0A~aO 40 INV 0OIA1NICub w q CIOps
but it is a powerful aid to good cultivt-
tion. If the fo;ato be set in the ground
deeply the harrow may be used freely
to destroy the weeds be ore the top ap-
pears above the surface. Besides,
with deep planting there is not the
need Of piling earth around the hills,
or as it is usually Cal ed chilling up
to keep the potatoes from "burning. ;"
The tubers will not always set as deep
ly a. the seed is planted. but they Will
not grow out of the ground and turn
green in the sun, as they usually do
when planted shallow aud hilled up.
Mineral Manures for Peaches.
One of the reasons why peaches do
not succeed on land long cultivated is
lack OF mineral plant food. The
peach is usually planted on light or
sandy land. that has at best but very
little mineral. The seed cannot form
without potash, and lacking this the
peaches fall off soon ;fter setting. 1t
Ia believed by some that lack o.
potash is the predispoSing cause to
The disease known as peach yellows.
When taken early enough this disease
has been cured by heavy applications
Of German potash salt