The record-union., 1893-03-16

Yard.
1t is fair to say that cow must pay for
the feed she eats, and return living to
the owner; but after all it is more profit
able for the owner to raise the feed, and
make yet another profit between the
aDtual cost of the COW feed, as raised on
the farm, and what the same feed would
cost if another man raised it, and his liv
ing and profits came from its sale. Oats,
at 10 cents per bushel, are too expensive
feed, when the results are compared
with good bran, or, what is yet better,
with seconds, the grade of bran that has
quite showing of flour in it, and is yet
in most markets cheaper than the bran.
Corn meal, at 90 cents for fifty-six pounds,
is good food in part, for butter dairy,
and especially so if it is to be fed with
clover hay, which is largely albuminous,
ana needs the starchy foods, like corn
meal, to balance it rather than more albu-
mlnous matter, which is SO largely repre-
scented in bran.
When / can get clover hay in abund-
ance, L feed largely OF that, for, from
every $40 worth OF the hay there is made
- worth of fertility. 10 balance the
clover hay l would get corn in the ear,
and have it ground fine and feed with the
clover hay, rather than buy more albu-
mlnOus matter. Ear corn should be
ground on the cob, and not shelled. For
milk, the fourteen pounds of cob in
hundredweight of meal are worth more
as a promoter of digestion than would be
the fourteen pounds of pure meal in its
place. 4 cow in good flow of milk will
need from twenty-five to thirty pounds
oil haN Wit n Dir 10
of the meal. In my dairy l reverse this
by feeding fifty pounds of silage, made
from fairly well-eared corn and five to
six pounds of seconds daily, and what
clover hay the cows will consume-some
five pounds daily to each COW. In the
same way cows, to do their best, seem to
need bulky food, largely on the carbo-
hydrate side of the ration, mixed
nay, well-cured corn fodder, and the like.
The albuminous matter should come in
smaller amounts, though clover hay is
an exception, as it is loose, bulky,
stomach-distending food, and the corn
meal balances 1t IN starch to some extent.
Cows eat as they were born to do, some
more, some less, and to produce milk the
same rule holds good.
The amount OF tood a COW viii consume
is no indication of what she will produce
in milk solids, so that the good dairyman
has to feed as circumstances Indicate
straw is not good promoter of milk
yields, nor an economical factor in the
feed line Wheat straw is far better I'M
der mich COW than in her stomach. A
COW needs TO eat so much straw to obtain
a minimum amount of nutriment that
the stomach is OvertaXed, and there is a
shrinllage of the milk. If the straw is
cut fine, and moistened with small
amount OF water, and then fine middlingS
mixed through the mass, the straw VIII
be improved and made more digestible.
Cut straw and linseed meal are useful for
young stockholm Gould of Ohio, in
American Agriculturist.
REQUISITES IN TRANsPLANTING.
The requisites for successful transplant
ing are not always understood. This is
proved by the fact that portion of most
newly-set orchards die. There is no
reason why a part should perish, and
that every one in thousand should not
live and grow freely il the work were al
ways equally well done. AS the season
is approaching when preparation is to be
made for setting out young trees, the fol-
lowing rules may be of use to young or
chardiSts:
l. First prepare the ground-drain if
too wet, enrich il too poor.
,. Let the soil be deeply and thor
oughly mellowed.
3. Take up the tree with plenty of roots
ACAi5 OASOBA W hOlNA II G1tCL HlluOIJ
stalking.
4. If the roots are bruised, pare off the
bruised portions.
3. Shorten in the head enough to CORE
spond with the loss in cutting the ROOTS
always do this before the buds swell.
d. Spread the roots equally on all sides
and ill in finely pulverized soil, leaving
no crevices or cavities.
Z. Plant no deeper than before taking
up, but raise the earth an inch or two to
allow for settling.
8. Mulch when danger of midsummer
drouth is feared.
AS necessary supplement to these
rules, as well as for years afterwards.
keep the ground clean and mellow
for several feet at least around each tree.
a few additional rules for subsequent
management should not be neglected:
9. Manures should never be placed in
contact with the roots, but may be placed
on the surface.
10. Allow for the length of the roots as
great as the hight of the tree and cultivate
10 corresponding distance
IL Never set young trees in q grass
field, but always where the ground can
be cultivated and made mellow.
i. If the roots chance to be frozen
when out OF the ground they may be re-
stored without injury if compactly buried
in mellow soil before thawing.
Is. Shrlveled trees may be made plumn
by compactly burylng III mellow soil for
several days. If thawed when exposed.
they will perish.
II. Watering tree in dry weather only
vets and crusts the surface. If a few
inches OF the top surface is removed ha
fore watering, 1t will last longer: but the
best way OF all is to keep the soil and ton
surface constantly mellow.
10. Where the soil cannot be cultivated
mulch the surface 1or several feet ahont
the tree with rotten straw, coarse mannre
or other substance, to keep the ground
constantly moist.
10. Mice may be prevented from pnav-
ing the bark in winter by making a
small, conlcal, smooth mound around
each tree before the ground freezes.
l.. As soon as new orchard is set ont
and before any names are lost. register
them permanently in an account hook
This Will prevent wrong names in subse-
quent years.-Country Gentleman.
MULE RAISING IN THE SOUTH.
a number of mules are annually DIaced
on the Southern markets. Many of The
mules are OF an inferior quality. and do
not meet the requirements OF the intend
ing purchasers. There always has been.
and always Will be, Il lair demand for.
GOOD mules in the Gulf States. A muIe
of the best quality usually brings n good
price on the market, and there is al WAYS n
demand tor such stock. The mule Gen-
orally used i'll the South is the cotton
mule, and will measure fourteen and one
half to fifteen and one-half hands high
is well proportioned, blocky and square
built, having good shoulders. and is tat
enough to look sleek. a narrow-runne
mule, with long legs and slim shoulders
generally meets with poor sale. A mare
that produces good mule every wear is a
valuable addition 10 the farm. and is one
OF the best investments that the farmer
can make. \ pair of cotton mules at