Mohave County miner. [volume] (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918, 1890-09-06

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Ono important item In feeding al
kinds OF stock is regularity, and stock
will mako a better growth II care II
taken TO feed at regular hours with
less feed than II no caro- Is taken In
this respect This brings up the
question Of how often 1t will pay the
best TO feed either growing or fatten-
ing stock. !.
Fattening poultry ought 10 b., fed al
leastf five times a day. giving the FIRST
feed very early In the morning and
the last one just before they go To
roost at night, and the other three
times at intervals during the day. II
hogs arc well fed generally on the
farm twice q day will be sufficient
On tbs average farm there ar. so
many contingencies that may arise 10
prevent regular feeding al stated hours
that care must be taken 10 feed a.
regular hours and tn give them all
that they will eat up clean III each
meal. Tho dinner feed IL a coed meal
IL IL can be supplied regularly, but II
not the better plan Will DO 70
only feed twice a day My plan Of
feeding hogs. says Wisconsin, corre-
spondent, 10 TO give swill feed, slop,
first, made either with bran or ship
stuff. or both, and allowed 10 stand
twelve hours. 1 give all OF this kind
OF slop they will drink first and then
feed the grain. Ny experiences IL that
in a majority Of cases u will pay TO
purchase mill feed in. this way. The
less grain required to fatten will make
1t profitable. never like To fe,,,d Stops
after feeding grain, there Is q much
larger per cert Of the food that will
remain undigested and psss through
the animal without benefit.
The Same holds good with cattle as
with hogs Feeding three times a day
will be found the best, provided IL can
be done regularly, but II this IL not
readily possible II will be- better TO feed
twice, taking care TO SEQ that they are
given all that they Gan eat. With eat
tic, however, have always found IL an
advantages in fattening TO give corn
fodder with hay 10 cat during the day.
Give them all tire grain necessary
morning and evening, with supply Of
roughness in addition. Make it q
point, however, to feed ut regular
hours and not obllgs the stock 4 wait
for their meals. II the work o. the
farm Is such that three meats can be
given regularly IL will b. better 70 feed
the tree'times, dividing this equally,
as better gain on the same amount OF
feed can be secured than when only
two meals are supplied.
Deeper Planting Of Potatoes.
II the coming season could only be
foreknown IL would be much easier to
make exact rules for the BEST ways OF
conducting farm operations It's gem
orally agreed that In times OF drought,
or on land subject TO II. potatoes planted
four, five ofeyen six inches deep thrive
berger and suffer less than those planted
at shallower depths. Nine times out
OF ten 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 ground.
potatoes 10 be injured by too dsep
planting. OF course, deep planting
alone Is not sufficient to insure q crop,
but 1t is powerful aid to good cultiya-
tion. II the potato be set In the ground
deeply the harrow may be used freely
to destroy the weeds before the, top mp
pears above the surface. Besides,
with deep planting there 10 not the
need OF pillng earth around the hills,
or as 1t Is usually called chilling up
to keep the potatoes from "burnine."
The tnbers will not always set rs deep.
ly as the seed Is planted. but they viii
not grow out OF the ground and turn
green In the sun. as they usually do
when planted shallow and hillcd up.
MInerni Manurcs 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, aud lacking this the
peaches fall OF, soon after setting. II
IL believed by some that lack OF
potash Is the predisposing cause 10