Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-12-14
FARM AND GARDEN.
The Demand for Good Mutton
Surely Increasing.
STEWART RATION FOR BUTTER.
Treat the Farm Hand Humanely-
White Corn More Fattening
Than the Yellow.

Remember damp and drafts are both
roup producers.
Frost is not the purifier that fire is
keep the henhouses clean.
Be sure and put all tools carefully un-
der shelter before they are rusted or
otherwise damaged.
Sweet potatoes which are to be kept
through the winter must be handled
with the greatest care.
When feeding corn to cattle be sure
that you let the hogs follow them and
thus utilize the waste food.
In building corn cribs raise the floors
from the ground high enough to prevent
rats harboring under them.
Continue tile draining until you are
done or the weather stops further work.
Underdrains, well put in, always pay.
Provide enough bedding for your ami
mails so they will be comfortable in cold
weather. Leaves, straw, etc., are good.
Attend the literary society if there is
one in your neighborhood; take part,
and thus benefit others as well as your
self.
A plow OF poor shape or mistake in
| fixing the line OF draught makes poor
work and hard work for both man and
team.
There are some lands upon which fall
blowing means decided saving of time
and labor in the spring. Have you that
kind?
Treat the farm hand humanely, but
impress upon him that his work must
be done regularly, honestly and thor
ougly.
At the present prices for good farm
land one can hardly afford to pay rent.
Better invest the money in little place
of your own.
Keep supply of buckles, rivets, ETC.,
on hand to repair harness. By making
repairs in time much time and money
may be saved.
Have box in the back part OF the
corn wagon and into it throw the best
formed ears. Dry these and put into
secure place for seed next season.
There is surely growing demand for
. good mutton. Farmers are slowly learn
ing that it is always the most profitable
thing to raise high grade of sheep.
1t is not so many years since beef
had to be at least four years old before it
was fit for the market. Now the best
beef is sold at little over two years.
The quantity of hay imported into
! Great Britain in 1892 was 1000 tons.
1t came from ten countries of Europe
f; principally from Russia and Holland.
The tlinty, glazed-surface corn has ex-
e cess OF starch and the large, shriveled,
dull-colored seed has excess of sugar.
I; White corn is more fattening than the
! yellow.
: A million acres OF oats were grown
this year in Scotland, and only 2SO,O0O
, acres were devoted to all the other grains
together. The value of the oat crop is
, fixed at $35, ,000,00O
!, The Stewart ration for butter is fifteen
pounds cut Japanese clover, six pounds
e boiled cotton seed, two pounds cornmeal,
II six pounds wheat bran, to be given in
three feeds daily, the smallest at noon.
! To keep horse in condition it should
= be kept at work. Tread powers are ex-
), cellent for that purpose, as the grain
VI mills, feed cutters and fan mills can be
i. operated by horse power during the win
a ter.
= THE SEED END OF POTATOES.
a The question whether the seed end of
+. potatoes should be removed before the
- saad ;s rloptad bos lo,o, -, ,,.-.l i
a 20 pt pan.eu mas lols peeh Ilooteu
hnnn HS Sod;JI PI.ato !, stoMers. Most OF them
|. ~ ha roo'o,oS ue.,' ..'"v Ine seeu emu shouiu
t. should bo ~ VI o,,. ia.,,ei 'nat the potato
a 30 Vu thraa o' d 81 dut as W give each set one
s. notatoes are nianted n,om', ,,ar;at;ao
j. having a mnltitnds a. saaS o''a. a,iev,Gi ,,;,I
q send out far too manv shoots ThoDa mna
s. will crowd each otber lie So no nv ,raaJs
s, and great amonnt of very sr,ail 80
er toes will he tha ras,,t W. V.r;at;an ns, Poea
d, tatoes that have bnt few onaN teV,ea and y. po
i ciallv those tbot ara ,er,, om go, anu espe-
}; will he bettar w;th 49, oieos sIo"Tis, Ti
0. crowding in this coso ;nn.a mno,o seeh, e. me
s, her Of notatoas and thau m;II .ae hulii ni,
s grow IN remarta hIa s;ys Wis rs tn uealis al
a a less number of Sboot. ti,o y, 'iey e iaee
will he fewer orJ r,ro,, % .lI Pota'oes P
8, and unwieldv in s;ze orS sh.p W.
il notice that Tho W;Scons;,, "Hu staPe stP W., we
s, been exneriman+;rO, iin ,,;.l ssa.Ioh i!as
0. resnlts that 40 WIN t poIatoes VIII WIN
the conclns;or ~ NV agree WIN
FARMERS II fnds Vi H. p.ac'icai eastern
n, with tbe saed anJ int, inaV .lie "nole potato
ct largar r,;eIS ~ - t~.t on saVe not only
H. hnt a 1aroer r;old .I.n .aole Potatoes,
notato Ala ubara al ha'ogelner thah the
al moved Tho Ell, .re seeu eEu was re-
ei notatoas waro ,ha r.9se anu oho"naSe
u -, ,iiV MINUS CHOSEN lOr tne