The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1891-05-12

ing will quickly produce a race of
scrubs out of the best stock that can
be procured.
The TexasLi Stock Journal says:
against the practice Of breeding
from immature animals, it may be
said that the offspring of very young
animals, with system imperfectly de-
veloped, will inherit condition of the
system that predisposes to attacks of
disease from slight exciting causes.
The effects may not be observed in all
cases in single generation, but if the
practice of breeding from such imper-
feet organizations is continued for sew
eral successive generations, the most
unfavorable results may be produced"
1t is mistake to dig an under
drain into barnyard for the purpose
of removing surplus water. 1t is true
that for tire, if the drain is dug
d., lGG,aiigg6, That MANURE water SOAK
ing downwards viii part with its fer
tilizing properties. But it is only a
question of few years when the soil
will become thoroughly saturated with
manure, and the water entering the
drain will be full of nitrates, and
speedily breed fungus growth that
will wholly choke the drain. If this
once gets into drain the whole tile
may as well be taken up, as it, will be
carried down to the outlet if not
checked Am. Cultivator.
When farmers begin TO follow plans
of market gardeners they should, as
far as possible, follow also the meth
1s1s that gardeners have found effec-
tive. The failure of most hotbeds is
that in them plants are kept at very
uneven temperature, and generally
altogether too hot. Seeds and cuttings
thus grown are drawn up too much,
and cannot make satisfactory stocks
for transplanting. Particular care
must also be observed in preventing
cold draughts of wind from falling on
plants thus distorted, as they will as.
suredly kill them. 1t is almost i'm
possible to regulate heat by depend
ing on manure pile below the plants,
and for this reason it is better to build
bothouses and manage them just as
gardeners do, or else buy the early
plants from those who make growing
them speciality. Cabbage and even
tomatoes for late crop can be grown
in open air seed beds after all danger
of frost has passed, and yet be in time.
i Am. Cultiyator.
Taking everything into considera-
.tion believe cows and pigs are the
most profitable animals farmer can
keep. The cows, however, should be
tested to know thatthey areprofitable,
for cow that gives poor thin milk
is not worth keeping. With a few
good butter COWS quite nice yearly
revenue can be depended on, now that
there is constant demand and usu-
ally a good price for the best quality
of butter. But to realize the most
from the COWS the butter itself must
be of The best, so as to command the
best customers and the highest price.
Right here all the profit can be lost
through poor methods of management
with the milk and the churning. 1t
is remarkable what difference will
be found in the butter made by differ
ent families under what seems TO be
much the same circumstances. One
has learned how to make butter al
ways golden in color and with that
delightful butter flavor that anyone
can recognize, and the other has not.
A farmer who allows his cows to
drink stagnant water, cat bitter weeds
and milk them in filthy stable can
not make butter of the best quality.
AS for pigs, there should always be
enough to consume the skim milk and