The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1891-09-15
THE ADVOCATE.
THE FARM AND THE FARMER.


IL your cellar closed to keep in I'll
foul air and germs from decayin
vegetables!
1t is wise TO have in place of safe
keeping an inventory of tools and a
moving property on the farm.
A harness that is luminous in tn
dark has been invented. 1t is in
tended to prevent collisions between
vehicles at night.
Even with young chickens there ar
few materials that are better than
good corn meal for fattening; even ,
few days feeding Of it will be of ben
eft.
Have scratching place for your
fowls. Do not throw the grain the
hardest piece of ground, but among
leaves or fine straw and make the
hens scratch.
Some people persist in making both
butter and cheese out of the same
milk, when if they made it into hon
est cheese they would get more money
for ii at less cost.
Don't try to make a fortune out OF
an all-purpose sheep. Breed either
for wool or mutton, and if for both
use mutton sheep for carcass and
wool sheep for fleece.
Plan the work ahead so that as fast
as the crops are ready to harvest they
can be taken care Of Harvesting in
good season is an important item in
securing the best quality of product.
In Wales it is proposed to inaugu-
rate travelling dairy school to go
through the dairy districts and give
two days demonstrations in butter
making at each centre, under compe-
tent direction.
A farmer near Amite, La, owns a
horse that will not drink from the
watering-trough if any of the mules
drink first, He does not seem to OBJ
ject to drinking after other horses,
but draws the line at mules.
Fruit thickly clustered on a branch
looks very nice, but it is beneficial
neither to the tree nor to the owner.
Thin the young fruit where tits grow
ing thickly. a crowded growth
means a dwarf growth. RemembeF
that 100 pounds of large fruit is more
profitable than the like weight of
small fruit. .
Hoard's Dairyman advocates the
butter-fat test as the measure of the
value of milk for whatever purpose
used, and is strenuous in the advocacy
of the claim. Yet almost in the same
breath it says that the "super-rich-
ness" of Jersey milk, when made into
cheese, "will take the whole cheese to
the rancid and the bad" Justice,
thou art jewel! but it is hard for
down Easter to see how the applica-
tion can be made in both cases. After
all, is it not as we'll not to know so
much, "as to know so much that isn't
so ?"- Maine Farmer.
A practice which is found very
helpful and recommended to all farm
ers and gardeners is that of walking
over at least a portion of the farm
(other than that in which we are at
work. every day and carefully exam
inc the condition of the growing crops.
Too many farmers when busy in one
place neglect to keep proper watch
of the other fields. "The footsteps of
the farmer in his own fields is the
best cultivation a farm can have"
Time is money. BY this means the
work can be more carefully planned
and kept well in hand; close watch
kept on insect pests, and any unex-
pected trouble promptly remedied.
Often few days delay causes much
needless trouble and expense. Try it;
take an early morning or evening
walk. You will find it time well
spent and genuine pleasure as
well.-[ Practical Farmer. I
Pure water is as essential for perfect
health and high degree of thrift in
hogs as any part of their daily food.
Milk and slops in many instances be- {
ing liberal portion of the rations, it
is presumed that water is unimpor-
tant; but this is a mistake-neither |
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