Democratic messenger., 1894-06-16
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little things aud in fine products than
in the larger staples, hut it requires
Il different system of management.
There is often considerable loss
of value in barnyard manure. caused
by teaching. The best place for
manure to leach is on the ground
where the crops are TO grow.
All lines of business have their
ups and downs. and il is only those
who stick to what they have under
taken. and follow it intelligenily. who
are successful
Ii YOU are not getting the top
prices for stock look around for the
cause. There is no good reason why
one man should not raise as good
stock as another.
AT the Wisconsin Experiment
Station careful feeding trials showed
that whey was worth Z to s cents Il
hundred im mixing with cornmeal
and shorts for pigs when hogs bring
the prices they now command.
Beans as staple crop vii; find
favor with farmers this season who are
reducing acreage in wheat. Prices
are not liable To fall much for several
years. In Michigan. where great
attention is given this crop, they
seldom net as low rs 81 per bushel.
An exchange says that if cow
gets choked with an apple or potato,
holding up his head and breaking an
egg in its mouth is sure cure. The
same remedy is recommended for
horses under similar circumstances
The butter fat that is lost by
careless setting of milk in private
dairies Is enormous. Paying 10 per
cent. interest ON borrowed capital is
nothing to it. This is one of the leaks
in dairying that cuts down the net
profits.
Hogs will eat the sl~iled corn,
wheat, oats or potatoes. Nothing else
will. Herein is the hog the hest OF
farm animals. When feeding inferior
grain or vegetables be sure to feed
plenty and some sound food at the
same time.
Most farmers have learned the
value of persistent labor; many NOR,
have yet TO grasp the Importance OF
systematic work. These latter often
wonder why the city man, who take,
to farming. frequently makes fnan.
cial success, hacked by no practical
experience. Usually il is because hi.
school, college or business training ha.
taught him discipline of mind.
| An Ohio farmer says: "Lasl
September | had IL fine shoats which
had been Oh clover all summer and
were in fine condition. weighing 1890
pounds when put in the pen. fed
those hogs 30 bushels OF wheat. soaked
II hours before feeling. ! sold those
hogs at $3.50 per hundred and they
weighed 5000 pounds \ gain oI
1900 pounds at $3.50 per hundred
would give me s67.20 for 80 bu,hel:
of wheat, which ! would have sold al
52 cents per pushel. s26. Now can
any farmer say it doesn't pay to feed
wheat?"
-G0ml butter can be spoiled with
poor salt. Us well as by poor handling
There are plenty of good grades ol
dairy salt, and it is Il great mistake to
use poor salt because it is cheap.
Many creamery men have fonnd thi.
out to their sorrow. A medium grain
is more desirable than salt in which
the grain is very fine.
A writer recommends the follow
ing as good lawn grass mixture
Forty pounds To the acre of timothy,
orchard, blue grass. red top, perennial
rye grass and red clover. Timothy
does well ON well-drained land; red
top on moist land; orchard grass is u
good all-around sort blue grass Oh
limestone, and it is good pasturage
and lawn grass.
Quitting field work enough earlier
50 as to get the milking done by the
usual time for quitting work on q
farm is the best and about the only
way, says a writer to keep good hell
ON a dairy farm. Hired help cannot
be blamed for not wanting to put in
a full days work in the field. and
then put in an hour or more after
dark milking and doing chores.
IT YOU have fat hens cut down
their feed. Keep them on oats, and
do not feed corn or wheat. The hest
remedy for this trouble is exercise
The more active the fowl is the les:
likelihood there is Of its becoming to,
fat. For this reason the Minoreas
and other fowls Of the Mediterranean
class. are usually exempt from this
trouble
1t will be unfortunate ii the low
price of wool shall oblige farmers gen
orally to give up keeping sheep. There
is no farm animal which can he 81
easily and quickly dressed when fresh
meat is wanted. A whole sheep will
furnish palalable variety in food for
three or four farmers families while
it keeps fresh. and il there are several
in the neighborhood who keep sheep
the interchange Of fresh mutton