Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-08-31
FARM AND GARDEN,
Diversified Farming Recon.
mended by a Farmer.
EFFECT OF POULTRY MANURE
The Spirit of Thrift and Largenes,
of Enterprise Seen on Every
Hand in IOwa-Ete.


1t pays to be thorough. An Tov.
farmer in Prairie Farmer SAYS: Tbreoa'
fourths of the oats that are thin on tbo
ground are so because they have never
been covered, and the long-continnaJ
cold and wet weather has rotted ali ~
the surface. 1t is difficult to kill tbs
healthy germ of life when it is properv
protected. The same may be said n
timothy sown with the oats. Nv ernS'
rience proves that grass seed needs har.
rowing in as thoroughly as wheat or oats
If there is one thing more mortifyino
than others in farming, it is to have
half stand, especially meadow. 1t il a
waste of land and, what is vet more pre.
cious, waste of time-postponing rnf
next year what we should enioy this
year. Herein lies the secret Of MANY
tedious debts. A full crop will often Tf
the mortgage, which hangs like hog AT
a root, so to speak. Besides the land has
as good right to yield its utmost as
have to expend my strength and time,
And the land in these parts at least will
yield cheerfully if we but cultivate il
properly. There is bonanza in every
quarter section Of Iowa prairie for thu
owner if he but works his mine as he
should. And the same land will Ian.
guish and pine" and manifest it the
whole year round if its tilth, like It's
owner, is half-hearted and slipshod. The
days of 10 and 20-cent corn are past.
never to return. For this we are thank,
iul. l nave hauled oats twelve miles
and sold them for II cents a bushel,
But that will never occur again in Iowa,
Hence the farmer who is wide-awake to
his privileges will "push things on his
farm. His farming will be diversified.
His farming will not be all corn any
more. But he will raise oats and rye
and other cereals and many tubers. The
spirit OF thrift and largeness of enter.
prise is seen on every hand among the
farmers. Fodder of all sorts is in de-
mand at some time in the win.er. Hence
the swales are now with us OF this Sec
tion all moved not only once but twice
during the season-the first time the lat
ter part OF June and later in September.
This is as it should be with diversified
farming; care in saving and looking
after what are called little matters will
soon make the farmers not only the most
prosperous, but the happiest class Of
people in all the world.
EXPERIMENTS IN FEEDING DAIRY COWS.
1t now seems to be generally accepted
TACT that the per cent of butter fat in
milk ls always matter of breeding and
OF individual peculiarities, says writer,
and that it cannot be controlled in any
considerable degree by the feeding or
treatment of the COW. Prof Harrington
OF the Illinois station has made some
experiments recently to test this point,
and the results obtained are interesting.
He finds that the butter fat was the
most changeable constituent of the milk.
The per cent of solids not fat was quite
uniform. Both were higher in the last
part of the period of lactation than in
the first, when the cows were fresh and
the maximum quantity of milk was pro-
duced. This was especially true of the
tat. AS the activity of the milk glands
gradually decline until the flow OF milk
ceases, the formation of the fat seems to
hold out better than the other constitu-
ents of the milk. A gradual increase Of
the grain feed from twelve to twenty.
four pounds per day per head and the
change from stable to pasture feed each
increased the yield OF milk, but had very
little effect on its quality. In some re-
spects the results obtained by Prof. Far
rlngton are contrary to the generally ac-
cepted belief in regard to the production
OF butter fat, and will serve to reopen
question which has never been definitely
settled.
EFFECT OF POULTRY MANURE.
The droppings from a flock of fifty
fowls were saved during last winter, and
last spring were spread thinly over
patch of Strawberries and raspberries,
says an exchange. Some OF the neigh.
bors thought that the droppings would
prove injurious if applied without mix.
ing with anything else, but thew were
not injurious in the least, and both crops
OF berries showed in their thrifty growth
ana tne large crop OF fruit they bore the
Denenclal Ds effect OF the manure applied.
me new canes OF the raspberries are Of
extra size, and OF the strawberries it
might pe said that they have outdone
themselves. Fifty fowls will produce a
Darrel OF droppings every two weeks, or
twehty-six barrels in year; and these,
II used on berries, will add enough to
the crop to buy almost as much feed as
the fowls would require on farm.
MoLAssEs FOR STOCK.
An English exchange SAYS: Molasses
as feed for stock, on account OF the low
price at which it is offered, is receiving
attention. We are able from personal
experience to testify to the value OF mo-
lasses rs an article of food for cattle, as
years ago we used it with excellent re-
suits. The molasses should be thinned
Gown with hot water and then used 10
dampen cut feed, previous to spreading
on the iced the meal and bran intended
10 De led to the stock 1t should not be
given IN too great quantity, as it is
very laxative and also from its sweetness
very satisfying; but, used with discre-
ton, 1t is valuable aid in compounding
a ration, and especially is it useful TO
ieed 10 cows near the time of calying,
When relaxed state OF the bowels is q
great preventive of milk fever and garget.
SOME POINTERS.
Adopt system of rotation which will
SUIT your farm and conditions. 1t need
not be iron Clad" but should be intel
ligent and systematic.
increasing the product Of the farm by
intensive culture and careful manage
nleht shows thrift as much as an in.
crease in the acreage.
1t is said that watermelons will keep
nicely until Christmas if they are cut
from the vine with the stems on and
buried in sand out OF the way of frost.
Manure which is not under shelter is
constantly losing fertilizing elements, and
the sooner it is hauled out to the field the
more VIII be preserved for future crops.
Inc Increase In Cremation.
Inc practice of cremation instead OF