Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-02-08
short Earn Noten.

Feeding apples in snail quantities
stimulates tho appetite Of most cows.
Now that the weather Is cold put plen
ty of straw OH the floor and add a little
meal to the cows rations.
1t is best to have cows go dry moi
over five or six weeks. About ten
months Of the year ought TO represent
the time n COW can be MIXED.
Corn kernels having flinty. glazed
surface contains All excessive amount Of
starch while the dull-colored, sfriveled
grains have an excess of sugar.
One million acres of oats were sowI
In Scotland last spring and the value OF
the crop Is estimated at $4,000, 600.
Only 2SO, GOO acres were devoted to the
production Of other cereals.
Practicing rotation in the production
of crops Is not only n most excellent
course for preventing soil exhaustion,
but the best means for preventing the
multiplication Of weeds and insects.
Keep the cows indoors during the Win
ter If you are aiming for butter and
milk only. Except that a short time
out of doors ought to be the cows
right when the weather Is warm.
When ballng hay. don't employ a
nan with a poor old press; get a good
machine. 1t don't cost any more to
send your hay to market in an attrac-
tive manner.
The average price of Irish butter in
the home market has advanced during
the past three years, and may be part
ly attributed to the Introduction Of Sc
parators and the creamery system OF
butter making.
1t is estimated that under the most
unfavorable circumstances an acre OF
properly cultivated willows during the
first three years will produce from D.
COO to 5000 peeled willows, ready for
market.
The recent Introduction OF so-called
self bleaching varieties OF celery has
also very much reduced the work and
cost OF bleaching, high banking with
the spade and shovel now being un-
necessary with these varieties.
An easy and 1t is claimed success
full way to oil harness Is to use crude
petroleum Add little lamp black
aud apply without washing the leather
The oil will not only take off the dirt
but will soak into the leather, softening
1t and making 1t waterproof.
Ii the cattle are sanctioned nl1 day
do not neglect to give them brushing
or carding When loose they can at
| tend to it themselves, either with thelI
tongue or by rubbing or by both. When
you change their surroundings do not
deprive them Of this hcnlth-givins
| privilege.
Ice can be kept In the simplest kind
Of structure. The essential conditions
are that 1t shall be packed in a mass
that there shall be no air spaces at tht
bottom, that 1t shall be surrounded b.
non-conducting material, and that !,
shall have ventilation and be secure
from wet.
The rhubarb and asparagus bed.
should be well manured now, SO that
the fertility Gun he sinking down to thl
roots as the SHOWS of winter melt init
the soil. The more generous yon nrt
| with the manure the more profitable
will you find these items Of your gar
den.
Fertility tends to make fertility. Good
crops grown from the land, fed TO good
stock upon the land. and the by-prod
ucts returned 10 the land with due care
will make better land, bigger crops
and enable the feeding Of more stock
Then you have more manure again
end the same round goes on and grow
more money as 1t does so.
1t is foolish business to plant seed.
| without teSupg I'll PIT gerlnlnalns l'OW
er. 1t is SO easily done that there is M
excuse for omitting 1t. Place them be-
tween two cloths and keep them dan.i
and in a warm room for few days
Probably more will gerininate thus thar
in the earth. but if 80 per cent prov'
good you may safely plant them.
Decaying matter Of any sort, ever
piles of rotten wood about the premises
Is IL constant mcnace to health and ;
breeding place for insects that will d.
damage to your crops. Do not thini
that because the snow covers them III
that it prevents them from doing horn
Get all such things cleared up befor
you consider yourself ready for winter
There is one thing that must b
avoided in buying Il rundown farm
That is, the effort to make 1t yiel,
good crops at once. and TO improve Il
condition while doing it. Such cour;
will only make the land poorer. BE con
tent 10 do one thing Al Il time. ana L.
the Ersi b. the hui;hiai- up Of the sci
Then tie ;eacl crpus viii cJiso IN t-i;
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