The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1893-03-28

work.
Manure should not be allowed to
heat sufficiently to allow the ammonia
to escape.
Don't neglect the wagons and bug
gies. Keep them well oiled, and
sheltered when not in use.
1t pays to get good farm hand
even If he does cost a few dollars more
on the month than some others.
With good judgement and industry
there is less risk of failure on the
farm than in any other business.
Plant variety of crops for home
use so as to secure against total fail
ure; but at the same time have a
special money crop.
The farmer who profits by exper-
fence will not plant in the clods this
time. 1t is nonsense to not pulverize
the ground before planting.
Have you made that roller yet, or
will you depend on borrowing your
neighbor's? A roller is almost indis-
pensible on the farm.
Jute is a native of india, but is
grown in several countries. The
plant is cut about three months after
sowing, while in the flower state the
leaves are stripped, tied in bundles,
stepped several days in water to loosen
the bark and rot the fiber, after which
they are treated very much as fiax or
hemp. 1t is used in making coffee
sacks, carpets and many other kinds
of goods.
Try one acre of corn on the inten-
sive plan this year, and compare its
yield with the other acres cultivated
on the extensive system.-Journal of
Agriculture.
Keep the manure hauled away from
the barn.
A hundred pounds of live hog will
dress from 70 to 7S pounds of dressed
pork
Keep record of the time when
stock are bred so as to know when
to expect the young, ..
The hog should be raised princi-
pally on something else besides corn
till ready to begin to fatten.
An experienced hog raiser advises
keeping the sow's bed and body well
sprinkled with dry wood ashes, to kill
vermin.
This is the time of the year when
difficulty will be experienced in keep
ing pens, sheds, etc, dry. No effort
should be spared to keep the apart
ments especially for the young, dry
and clean.
1t requires as much feed and care
to keep scrubs as tirst-class stock, and
as the improved grade will mature
much earlier and bring better prices
the scrub cannot successfully compete
when profit is the object.
A stockman says that early breed
ing wsakens the maternal forces of
the sow, causing small and weak
litters with insufficient nourishmenl
which will never equal those born o
a strong, vigorous dam in good con
dition.
The Rancher says that the bes
sheep is the one that has short legl
and good body, Of good length anC
properly shaped, square on the shoul
ders, a round rib, good, straight back
well rounded hams, and heavy
brisket.
The Chicago Live Stock Journa
gives the following good advice
Breed and feed better cattle to ge
better prices; the over-supply o
SCRUBS and common cattle enables tht
shippers and packers to make thei
own price, but the scarcity of choice
high grades makes competition, ant
low as the price is, it is double tn
price of the common stock, which,
they cost 2 to 3 cents to produce with
out profit, the high grades cost bu
little more, and give a profit Of Dearl.
as much.
1t is sheer nonsense to plant seed
, in rough cloddy ground. Pulveriz
!, thoroughly, plant good seeds. 1t is
great mistake to put in so man acre
that the crop cannot be properly cul
, tivated.