Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-09-18
AMONG THE FARMERS.
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o:rresee.siess~ on practical Agricultural topic
sohsitct. Address an osmmunicaii aiioas In
ssdei tor uis dstsrtment " assat u. HAN
osn. sfrs'atarsi ksiiior osfosd pemserss
CONTINUOUS es2Mls rHt Law OF
To the thoughtful the extenslv,
drouth viii teach or rather impress thor
oaghly upon The mind other than IN.
lesson % economy In the use Of gralt
and fodder Tor livestock. Corn, potA
toes aud other growing grains aud root,
have been checked In growth or kllle,
outrtght-stsrvci for the want of nutri
ment. The latter, 90 course, are bsyond
all help BY any rainfall that may occul
nov, as much a. an animal that has beer
starved to dsath is past being helped by
the most nutritious food that might b.
offered 10 bat how Il II with grain and
roots whose life l. not yet extlngul.hed
only suspended until the precipitation
% water does occur. will they then pro.
cecd to make growth and mstur. ss good
crops as though q check In growth had
not cccurrcds No one IL so simple as o.
expect any such q thing. A cheek In
the gro~th % these does an irreparsbls
Injury. They can never be what they
would have been II they had been con
| tinucusly furnished with what their
natures rcQulred-plant food, which
they can only appropriate la . soluble
state. Moisture Il dried out Of the soil.
hence plants are starving.
4 due object lesson IL presented 10 one
Who passes through corn and potato
fields and notices the difference In vigor
of crops. where the soll I. crusted over
ara the poorest crops. II IL dried deep
est, l. hard, and would turn up In Jumps
n plowcd nov. Where soll IL free of
crust and Il line. the crops are best.
.ee fields n. corn and potatoes dried out
past al curc. and others still green and
vigorous, and all on the same soll. This
difference Il owing entirely 10 the proper
cultivation 90 the latter and the want of
Il In the former. Water IL curious
commodity. Nature Il lavish with IL,
and plants cannot grow without ".
Water falls down from the clouds and II
rises up from beneath the surface-only
give Il q chance. Man should an culti-
yate his land that when precipitation Y.
not sufficient he can draw on supplies
from below. Water viii not rise through
Jumps and Clcis ~ earth. IL !. partica-
lar about having good roads" To travel
especially When the roads are an up
grade. Tho earth must b nne, and
that means tillagc, aud tillsgc means
whai the Bible speaks about when II
save: Thou shalt earn thy bread, etc
when the .oll I. iine moisture vill as
cend from the suhsoll by capillary at
traction a. lively n a boy would run az
ladder. Everybody seems To- know
this, but few appreciate it, full force
el.s they would practic. II more. \
wise farmer gave his son an object les
sou In capillary attraction that made HIN
one ot the hest farmer. In the county In
subsequent years. lie PLACED pail of
water hcside the house and nailed q
piece Of old white muslin cloth above u
In such q manner that one side of u hung
tio~n Ia the water. "a the sou ssw the
water gradually ascend aud net the
cloth above the pail, be .aw a TACT that
he ever remembered, and says nov that
the illustration made him the good farm
er he is.
Coutinuou. growth apple. With equal
fore, to farm animals, and l. s little
apprrci.tsi a. the constant growth of
vegetable products. Colts turned out
10 straw stacks In winter pick a living
or. kept on a diet of second ar third rate
hay. usually come GA; "sprlng poor
and we'll charged With yermin. The
system ~ such an animal receives a
check from which u never rcco'ers.
Subssauent rational treatment can never
make the horse % him he might have
he,n. II i both wise and economical "a
feed and car, for a colt from weaving
10 maturity, so that II ~ili b. kept In
vigorous ana healthful condition con,in-
uoa.Iy. hi. mean. little grain feed
ing from weaning until the next spring
pasturagv, together With good hay
and any roughAge all winter, not neI.
lecting proper shelter and the use o'
rurryromb. Subsequent winters hl'
daily light ration % grain should con-
tinue. Thus managed the horse VIII
po..ss. al the qua lities IL !. la the power
Of hI. hr.edlng o. make. just a. much
can hs aid of gro~ing cattle. Hall oil
IN. calye. are stunted before they are
two YEAR ~ age. Look at the ''pot-
lellIsd things~ all over the country To-
d.y. Thete i no ezccllency without
srort. and no good cows without wl's
car, of calves. Little need be .aid ol
/ .b.ep. for they have the happy faculty
az making money for their owners II
thew do receive the shAbblest treatment
of any animals on the farm. IL they
could tall they would probably ssy
"Ouly give me enough OF anything 7"
eat aud | ~ll de- you good.
/ Doubles. persistent Wise feeding teii'
b.st In pigs. for they src grown entirel,
for food. 10 push them from star, e
finl.h should be the practice, and th'
hni.h should not BE- too remote. They
should have = sufilciency % the righ'
Kind ~ fe.d every DAY 20 their live.
until they reach the hand. ~ the butch
er. After they ct used Ia the grain
the Younger they are the more the grair
p,ys that l. fcd them. Two ptgs, weigh
Ing 80 pounds each when slaughtered
will nav about - per cent more iol
grain they consume than one pig tha
weighs JOO. II l. not advisable to lee.
plgs beyond a weight of 80 pounds. \
mature hog will not put on much bu
fat. aud feeding such merely for IA, y
the most tNiFu-N' hlhs " i'NN'
b.cause most of the other ingredients .
the feed 90 To waste. six 10 eigh
month. Ia long enough Ia feed pig fo'
pork. II the Lessons naturally sugge-t
"a by the drOugh are carefully studied
and then practiccd, the extensive de
.truction wroughi will prove blessing
; The American people have been crimi
nally wasisiul 81 the products of the soil
the drouih .hOuld teach them econom!
In this respect. They have been care
le.. In breeding farm animals, wiser am
better feeding will inclie to wiser am
bstter breeding, and better methods zen
srally. Ia the drouth-stricken disiric
the wasteful practice Of f"hogging down
, corn will not prevail this season, nor u
/ twin Nastsful, hlthy practice OF hog
: following fattening cattle TO CLEAN an
: dlycsied corn from their ordure. Ma
! this lesson b. permanent. But the great
Z est good to the eutire country should
the lssson learned, az so plainly present
I III, % the desirabillty and value of IN
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