The record-union., 1894-02-01

rots and cabbage are two items that
should have larger place in our list of
feeding stuffs. The first are excellent for
colts, horses, milch cows and all young
stock. The second are valuable for
pretty nearly all kinds of stock, and we
have yet to find any that will not eat
them greedily.
Common stock can be vastly i'm
proved by good feed and care. But the
same end, says a writer, can be accom-
plished more quickly, more surely and
with better final outcome by The intro
duction of new and better blood. The
best result comes from a com bination of
all these results.
When the value of peas as fodder crop
becomes better known we shall see it
made a great addition to our present list
OF cattle foods. Owing to their high per-
centage OF protein they serve well to iced
III connection with corn. Either to use
as green fodder or as cured hay they are
crop worth growing.
Grass culture lies right at the founda-
ton OF successful stock farming. Some
men do not seem TO understand that there
is just as much need of care and thorough
methods OF growing grass as IN growing
grain or other crops. If they will pay
more attention to this matter they will
succeed better with stock.
In careful corn-growing experiments
two facts seem TO have been made clear
One is that the largest total product will
come from planting the largest variety of
corn that will mature. The other is that
the thickest planting which is consistent
with a Well-developed ear to each stalk
will give the largest total yield.
If the work can be done during the
winter clean out the currant, strawberry.
raspberry and black berry rows of the
rubbish and burn it. If mulch has been
used, however, it is not safe to remove it
sects are destroyed by consigning rub
bish to the flames While the weather is
cold.
Did you ever figure how much more it
cost to keep stable or pen clean than it
does to let it be SO filthy as to make the
animal uncomfortable and liable to DIS
ease all winter, and then clean the quar-
ters out in the spring? If you have not,
oul advice is to do the cleaning out every
day until you have worked out the
sum-"
a man should not condemn a thing
until he has at least given it a trial. We
have observed that those who sneer at in
tenslye cultivation, extra heavy lnanur-
ing. etc., are the men who have never at
tempted to practice them. A trial of these
methods is very apt to give one some re-
spect 1or them. Suppose you make a
little experiment in this direction next
season.
An orchard in Howell County, Mo-. has
200,0 900 trees, and is said to be the largest
III the West Great care is taken of the
trees, and in consequence great crops are
raised. Thirty mon are engaged in look
ing after the welfare of the trees AL
though the orchard is only ten years old,
the crop of 1892 was sold to a Memphis
man at s. a barrel, and there proved to be
5000 barrels, so that the young trees
brought the snug sum Of $1,000.
The pigs should be taught to eat as
early as possible, and this may be before
they are tour weeks old. Partition Off
side Of the pen, and arrange it so that the
pigs can go in by themselves, and get
them to eating milk and little corn, and
from that day until they are sold keep
them on full feed. 1t will pay to feed
them five times day for a few weeks,
after that three times. Never give them
more than they will eat up clean. Do not
allow the slop to get sour.
Instead of taking eggs to the nearest
grocery store try the, experiment of sell
ing them at some private residence. You
Will have no difficulty in securing more
than the regular price if you can satisfy
the customer that the eggs are from your
own hens. The reason is that it is diff
CulI W SECURE StrlCtly IreSn eggs III winter,
and there is always more or less suspic-
ion existing toward those offered in the
regular market buyers preferring to offer
an advance in preference to buying those
that may contain stale egg among the
lot.
The turkey hen seldom begins to lay
until spring is well opened, and she will
then hatch her brood and give her atten-
ton solely to the chicks. In selecting
The turkey hens for the new year give the
old hens the preference, and use those
that have been successful the past year.
The gobbler should in no manner be re-
lated TO the hens, and should be an early
Matched male of one years growth He
should be large and strong, full of life
and free from all indications of disease,
as roup attacks turkeys, and the bird
may be affected without strongly indicat-
ing the disease.
In Wisconsin experiments the effect of
the hardwood ashes and bone meal fed to
pigs with corn was to save about Is per
cent. of the corn in producing 100 pounds
of grain, live weight. By feeding the
bone meal the strength Of the thigh bone
was doubled; ashes nearly doubled the
strength Of the bones. These expert
mentS point TO the great value of hard
wood ashes for hog feeding, and show
that they should be regularly fed. Bone
meal is even better than ashes, but the
latter are sufficient, and do not usually
cost anything.
FEBRUARY WEATHER