The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1891-02-10
LAND. STOCK AND CROP:

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1t Is poor business policy TO be stingy
with the cows. They viii make re-
turns proportionate with the liberality
with which they are treated. II this
maxim was better observed less COM
plants would be heard about the cows
not paying.
Those farmers, says the Massachu-
sets Ploughman, who allow animal
bones to lie about the premises are
neither tidy nor wise. If they can
not be broken mp they should be buried
near grape vines or fruit trees, the
roots of which will gradually Rppro-
priate them for food. Grape roots
viii after . little, penetrate into bones
aud pulverise them, The best way,
however, is to break them into small
ipiecea with an axe or sledge hammer
and then bury them; or ALLOW fouls
to eat the fper portions Of which they
are very fond. Fresh bones are espe-
cially pslstsble for fowls.
| Comfortable shelter for stock should
no longer be neglected. Feed 10 high
and 1t may be greatly saved by keep
ing the stock warmly stabbed at night
and stormy days Aside from the
humane interests It pays in dollar
and cents In the continuous growth
and development ofyoung stock. Ali
admit the value and Importance Of
good shelter and its vsiue 10 6odbtly
important now. There is time yet 10
provide moro and better shelter for
all the farm stock IL we act promptly
lupoa this reminder.
As regards the period Of time that
the milch COW should 90 dry before
calving, that depends upon the animal
itself, and the care taken Of her. II
she 10 from Q limo of ancestors that
have beer bred for milk and fed for
milk, and she has been so kept as TO
stimulate the secretion of milk to the
highest point, it may be better that
she should not 60 dry at all. n she IL
bred from q line Of scanty mixers,
she viii naturally 20 dry. or nearly
dry, for some months before cslVing,
and it will be almost q waste Of grain
to try to change her from this tend
ency. But with the ordinary good
GOV, the time that she will remAin In
milk may be heightened by judicious
feeding and care, and il this
IL. Ne =wSiis Young, Il will not only
:, q, ~,a.I4x1 q. saIitslA her, but she
will transmit it in . stronger degree
to her Offspring. With the present
opportunities for selling milk in our
manufacturing villages, and the
cresmeries for making butter, which
enable one to do pearly rs well in
winter as in Spring or fall, it will pay
TO keep the cows In milk Is long as
the nilk is sufficient to pay for the
grain given. For this purpose feeds
OF wheat, bras or middlings are better
than richer grsins.-vl American Guilt
VstOv.
A breeder Of aogs gives his opinion
on thiS subject In the Breeders Guide
~ beloN:
have been fsrning aud raising
hogs for market the past eleven years,
and wish to gre 10Y experience end
observations With reference to the So
called disease, "hog cholera" For
three years during MY operations here
1 have, like may Of my peighborS,
lost SoRae hogs FROM the disease, but
think ] have RoW discovered . cause
% we'll % the preventive. 1t will be
observed that the disease makes It's
appearance in the early fall, when hogs
ere being fed Oh ney corn, and runs
its course in from two to three months.
! hNYG 10 doubt but that the new corn
Ia the true cause Of the disease. IT
comes at . time when the farmer has
about fed up the old corn, and he COM
uenceS to fatteR fds market on the
new. Now, the past season ! rsised a
large lot Of pumpkins and fed two IA.
lions of new corn and one ofpumpkins,
Of the latter all they would eat, and
while number OF my neighbors, far
ndnesr. lost the bulk Of their stock I
lost none. Again. another farmer tells
me that the disease broke out In his
herd, some died, the others sick he
then changed their food to that of oats
and pumpkins and every sick one
recovered. Some experts may differ
with me about the cause OF the disease
and the cure or preventive I used,
claiming, that az an epidemic, 1t must
either run its course or recourse must
DO had to medicine, diSinfectants, etc. i
that extreme cleanliness and removing