The National tribune., 1892-06-09
OUR RURAL TOPICS.
Some Practical Suggestions for Our
Agricultural Readers
FOOD For YOUNG CALVES.

| any farmer VINO mas MS fui quOCa OF cOHi'
mon sense can safely judge the time when his
pregnant COW will drop her calf He should
not remain asleep in his bed and allow the
| young animal TO lie in the water and filth OF
| the stable until morning. This is inhuman
| The farmer can judge with reasonable accuracy
the time when the calf will appear, and he
should be on hand to render assistance and
make the new arrival comfortable.
Until the calf is three weeks old it should
be fed on milk if possible, it will not hurt to
feed it on milk for longer period. Then give
it whey and ground oats until it has gotten a
| good growth. There are some farmers, how
ever, who are of tho opinion that milk is too
expensive food to feed the calf upon. If oil
meal can he fed from the start it will lesson
| the amount of milk used. Give small pinch
at first and gradually increase the quantity.
When the milk is taken away, and the calf is
put on whey, it, being used to the oil-mea, will
| not miss the milk so much. The oil-meal
| should not be cooked, and the calf should not
| be turned out until there is good fresh after
| feed. If it be turned out too carly it will not
| Go nearly as we'll
CLOVER.
The true value of some farms is becoming
less and less, and there is no better way to
know the value of farm than to know the
value Of the crops that come of it. The state
ment can be safely made that no one has ever
followed farming as business, with rotation
Of crops, who has kept up the fertility of the
soil without the aid of fertilizer. CONNER
cial fertilizers, while they are excellent, cost a
49,, &c IF ha hnct
OF natures fertilizers. 1t is necessary that the
fertility Of the soil be kept up while crops are
taken off, and clover is one of the cheapest and
best ways of retaining this fertility. If We
want good hay to feed to all kinds of stock,
clover hay is preferable to any other kind. 1t
has been found by practical experience that
clover is far preferable to timothy in winter
ing colts, calves brood mares and COWS. In
sowing clover two results are obtained: A
crop of hay is secured, and large amount of
fertility is left in the ground, good part of
which comes from the air. There is very lit
tie fertility in the roots of timothy, and 1t is
more profitable for farmers to seed with clover
at S. bushel than with timothy at $175. all
results taken into consideration.
TRAINING TOMATO VINES.
Prof. W. T, Massey says that be has found it
best 10 let tomatoes lie on the ground and not
to train them. In a garden it might be we'll to
train them up, because they may be over
loaded but in open field culture the training
is not worth the trouble. 1t will not take long
to find that IL those in an open field are trained
fewer tomatoes viii be obtained than when
they grow on the ground. The Professor has
tried many ways of training the vine, and ne
has abandoned every attempt to train the to-
matoes away from the ground.
PREPARE FOR TIE srLo.
The planting of fodder for tie silo should be
attended TO. Do not wait until the last moment
and then plant the fodder, which probably will
have TO be cut when not fully enough matured,
for fear of the cold weather. This fodder crop
can be attended to in tho intervals OF cultivat-
ing the main crop. Do not plant too thckly,
but give enough space to allow each plant to
mature. This precantion is especially app.ica-
BILE to corn when planted for silase purposes.
Splendid ensilage is made from corn planted
in such manner. When the plant is crowded
there is good deal which is immature and full
of water, and silage made from it viii cure
badly, its nutrilive value being considerably
diminished.
CARE OF THE ANIMALS.
Now that the warm weather Is here the ami
mails on the farm will suffer more or less from
it. When the horses come in from work sponge
them or let them run in the pasture. If they
are kept in stable SEQ that there is plenty of
ventilation. A horse dislikes a warm, close,
and ill-ventilated stable as much as q person
likes to sleep in room with all the windows
closed. The cows will feel the effect Of the
weather, and sure indication of cow
troubled with hot weather is the decrease in
the amount OF milk. Give them shade in their
pasture, and let them have free access to water
Both the horses and cows viii be more or less
troubled by the fies musketos and other in
sects. A good remedy is to tie rag saturated
with kerosene oil around their neck. Try this
remedy. The poultry will also feel the effects
of the weather, and if screen door can 10 SUBJ
stituted for the wooden one, it will relieve them
considerably. The warm weather Is favorable
for the multiplication OF lice, but If kerosene
oil he used it will check them. All the ami
mails will be affected by the heat, and it Is to
the farmers advantage to make them AS COM
Portable as possible.
A REPORT FROM OHIO
We are having it very wet; tho most rain
ever known in this part of the country Coz this
time of the year. None of the farmers are done
planting corn, and some have not planted any
as yet. There will no. be as much tobacco set
out this year in this neghborhood as usual, on
account Of the feas destroying the young plants.
There is great deal of tobacco raised in this
neighborhood each year.-SYLyEsTER RY-
NEARsoN, Co. c, 18th Iowa, Arcanum, o.
GOOD LOCATIONS.
MORE ABOUT FLORIDA.
My short article published in THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE Of May 10 has brought forth nu-
merous letters of inquiry, all Of which have
been answered with pleasure by the return
mail. Many of the letters requested that more
information of tho country be published in
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE, and would like to
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