The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-02-13
Facts Of Interest.

The hogs Of Maine, Rhode Island and Con
nccticut bring the highest price per head o.
those of any Of the states.
The year 1890 has added more than thous
and new trotters to the $50 list In America
Two tons Of silage is equal to one ton Of
hay can raise and PUT IN sil0 for u cents
ton.-(Mr. Converse of Woodsville. N. Y.
Eastern farmers should think how 1t would
seem to 60 out among their herds some morn.
their best and latest cattle have been killed
or stolen during the night. This IL what the
redskins have been at In some localities.
A movement Is now on foot to cross the
American trotting horse with English hack.
neys. 1t Is expected that from this cross an
animal will result which will possess the speed
of the trOtter and the strength and siZe OF the
hackney. 1t Is hoped to produce superior
carriage horse from the cross.
In order to do her best under the most ap-
proved circumstances the COW must have ac-
| cess to the water at least twice within the
| twenty. four hours. no matter whether she IL
standing In warm stable or running In a
hot pasture. Put this fact In your head and
| see that your cows next summer do not have
to 20 too far for water, for the COW Is nat
urally lazy animal and hates to walk far In
the sun.
The direction In which the foot meets the
ground Is matter Of great Importance In the
selection of horse. II the foot Is thrown
well forward ard the heel comes first TO the
ground, he Will not be likely to stumble, and
Is never unsafe. The forward, well-pIaced foot
gives you answerable proof that the muscles
above cannot be far wrong.
This fact stands out In the midst of the dis.
astrous experience of numerous sheep raisers
In the past half dozen years: The price of
wool has been like the Indians description of
the white man, "mignty onsarten,' but more
and more mutton has been consumed every
year. The inhabitants of the United States
are becoming sheep eating people, and you
can depend on that. When wool does not
pay, therefore, you can be sure that good fat |
mutton always will.
J. P. FELTON,, the Greenfield butcher, gave |
some of his experiments In beef and pork |
fatting before the Franklin Harvest club at
Chicopee. Mass, Saturday. He found 1t did |
not pay to stuff second class hogs, and also
that greater gains were secured In feeding
the first six months than afte-ward. He was
satisfied pork could be raised prohtably. Re-
garding beef, he did not favor Jersey cattle
for there is prejudice against their meat,
which has yellow appearance. OF four lots
OF steers that he had fed for go days, the lot
on hay alone gained 81 pounds; on hay and
potatoes, SO pounds hay and corn meal, 1872
pounds; hay and linseed oil meal, 143 pounds.
Corn Is king and Vermont can raise It and
should but we must economic In the man.
husk and shell It; should put 1t In the siio
we can get as much feeding value in silo as
any way and save the work. A hill of corn
cut from the ground and cured under cover
under the most favorable circumstances will
shrink In Its feeding elements about % per
cent. and II nut In the silo the saccharfne
natter turns into vinegar and the loss is just
bout the same. TheeensiIage can be utilized
~ the COW to y greater degree and the relish
t gives to the animal makes 1t one OF the
most valuable folders Ensilage fed to
,heep proves an excellent element In their
'ations. Two ears ago the hay was got In
Door condition by reason of the extreme wet
weather, and many flocks lost large. per
cent. of their number and nearly all the
ambs In the spring. But flocks fed on ensi-
age produced large per cent. of lambs and
,ame through the winter strong.-lMr. Vial
It the State Board meeting at Fair Haven.