The Princeton union., 1892-10-06

Dfeedlng mlnu CnaC the quicker an
animal is ready for the shambles the
greater is the economy in raising it.
The four-year-old steer, when he
Gomez to be fed upon rations that
cost something, is found to be very
expensive sort of beast, and the ef-
fort now is to get an animal that can
be fattened and turned over to the
butchers at less than two years of
age. In the case OF such animals, as
Field and Farm happily put it, the
turnover is much more rapid, and
two blades OF grass grow for one,
relatively speaking. The economy of
the farm is vastly enhanced, the pro-
ducer getting more beef and of very
much better quality, and the consum-
er is benefited by the absence of
tough sinew and the more delicate
| flavor of the meat.
Such a change in method as this is
one that goes to the very foundation.
The reform must begin at the begin
ming. When the more than half-wild
cattle ranged the plains in search
| of food, it made little difference
| whether they were two years or four
in putting on the maximum of flesh,
or. whether they lost or gained, ac-
cording as the pasturage WAS flush or
bare. But to make profitable beef on
high-priced land and boughten, there
must be no step backward. The beast;
must grow from the very beginning, a.
steady progression from start to fin
ish. And, as already remarked, the
quicker it arrives at salable condition,
the greater economy it will be for the
farmer.
This quickness of maturity in beef
animals is a. matter that demands
careful study. 1t won't do to follow
old-fashioned methods. The products
of the farm to be used for feeding pur-
poses must be those best adopted to
beef making in the shortest time and
at the lowest cost. The Western beef
maker is going to encounter sharp
competition, and he will haveto 'look
sharp" in order to hold his own under
the new order of things He can do il
it he is not, like Ephraim, "joined to
! his idols"
Wheat Sowing.
| From experiments in wheat sowing
that have been carried on for several
years at the Ohio Agricultural Expert
ment Station, we learn that average
results favor sowing at the rate of
five to seven pecks per acre of thor
oughly cleaned seed, and sowing this
not to exceed two inches deep.
In favorable seasons broadcast
seeding has produced about as large
a crop as drilling; but if the seeding
season be hot and dry, drilling is like
ly to give the best results.
No advantage has yet been discov-
| cred in the mixing of different variet-
ies
There has been slight increase of
crop where the wheat was cross. drill
| ed, the same quantity of seed being:
used in each case. This increase may
be partly due to the more thorough
pulverization of the soil accomplished
| by the double drilling. The roller
press-a wheel following each hoe of
sufficiently to warrant it's use.
Poultry Feeding In France.
In France and some other parts Of
the old country, says the Americans
| Poultry Journal, those who raise,
| poultry on large scale have afeeding:
apartment for all surplus stock that
is intended for the market, and each
one OF the fowls is put in a little coop
fixture just large enough for the body
with the head outside. They are then,
placed in a. revolving fixture in large
numbers, but each one in separate
apartment by himself. There are
rows of fowls thus fixed one above the.
other, and the man with the food goes.
up on an elevator feeding one row
after another until he gets to the top.
He has an instrument with q tube.
attached, the end of which is placed ini
the fowls mouth, and by one turn of:
g. little crank on the machine the
fowls crop is filled.
In this way they have no exercise
whatever, and will fatten very rapid
ly, and the breeder who adopts this
method always gets the highest
market price paid for his fowls when
ready to be sold.
! Farm Topics.
Field bean culture requires high
manuring, good soil and frequent
and thorough cultivation. Thus;
treated, the bean will yield hand
some profit.
An exchange says that cotton seed
meal and pea meal are among the
best things to combine with ensilare,
if you are feeding with an eye to the
| manure pile, as you should be.
The best stock fetch the top price
There are so vast g. multitude of
farmers and stockmen who raise in
ferior animals that the enterprising
man who goes in for producing the
best has a pretty clear field. .,...
The fact that sheep will clear an
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