The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1894-11-10

the better.
Early lambs require more attention than !
any other young animals, and the business
had best not be undertaken unless they |
can be given good care.
1t is estimated that every individual in
the land eats so pounds Of pork annually; |
in any event, that much Is raised This,
at least, shows the Importance of the swine
industry.
IF you want fruit trees do not wait for
some unknown agent to come along and
coax you, but select some reliable one your
self and send in your order for the varieties
you prefer.
Cottonseed meal is not only an excellent
addition to the ration, but it is a fertilizer
as we'll 1t is better to use a proportion
, of linseed meal with the cottonseed meal,
as the two combined are better than cotton
seed meal alone.
An excellent way to keep cabbages is to
put them in row close together, roots in
the ground deep, and then turn a furrow
of earth over them. They will keep better
this way than when the heads are down
and the roots up.
Crimson clover provides green food during
portions of the winter. 1t may be cut late
in the fall and fed to the animals and also
may be used early in the spring. A small
quantity given the animals once day will
be highly relished.
When an animal is not gaining in weight
it is being kept at a loss because it consumes
food without returning an equivalent there
for. If a cow is made TO increase in yield
Of milk with no increased cost for food the
extra milk costs nothing and adds to the
profit
Horses are now being shipped from this
country to Europe and our exports of horses
exceed, in value, those imported For
merly we bought great many horses from
Europe for purposes of improvement, but
Europe is now drawing on us for horses
for the same purpose.
Lime encourages the growth of clover
and prevents growth of sorrel; it makes
sandy soil more compact and clay soil more
friable; it unlocks potash and encourages
formation of nitrate of potash; it binders
growth of some kinds of fungi, and kills
the larvae of many insects.
Every pound of food given should have
its definite aim and purpose sustaining an
increase of weight in our working horses;
increase in weight of stock fed for the
market; increase of the product of milk,
butter or wool we hope to get. There must
be first knowledge and then system.
1t is possible to raise thousand pounds
of pork from an acre of clover In no other
way could clover field produce like value,
but even better results will follow if a small
ration of corn is fed, however flush the
clover pasture The corn is needed to sus-
tain and solidify the flesh of the animal.
A live stock writer says that it is begin
ming to dawn upon those who eat beef, for
the purpose of sustaining bodily vigor and
health rather than for the pleasures of the
palate, that our beef is made too fat. There
is more nutriment in given weight of
grass-fatted beef than that fed largely on
corn.
Feed the corn fodder now and save the
hay Fodder is in better condition now
than it will be be later on (unless it has
been properly cured and stored) and the
cattle will relish it better before it is too dry.
fit is left out in the fields it will be wasted,
and if it cannot be saved in any other man
ner let it be fed as early as possible.
Walnuts are paying crop. 1t may re-
quire over quarter of century to secure
the timber, but land planted with walnut
trees will be an investment which will be
more valuable every year, with a small
fortune awaiting him who can afford to wait
for it. The walnuts will also give profit
yearly after the trees begin to bear.
There is not enough nutrition in the
pieces of partly -decayed potatoes to make
them worth feeding to any stock. If given
to COWS they injure milk and butter flavor,
and hogs will not eat them unless starved
to it, which does not pay The danger
from feeding or trying to feed them Is that
part of the rotten potato will get into the
manure heap and injure the potato crop in
following years
When gathered from the field, squashes
should be placed in a COOL dry room and
kept there until freezing weather approach
es. Then remove them to what might be
termed warm and dry room. 1t is diff
cult to keep them during the entire winter
without more or less trouble from rot; yet
such varieties as the Hubbard and Turban
may be preserved for quite long period
after harvesting.
If the strawberry rows have made good
growth and are heavily matted they should
produce large crops next spring. Apply
wood ashes and bone meal this fall after the
leaves drop, andthen apply superphosphate
and nitrate of soda in the spring. Mulch
the plants if necessary. If plenty of ferti-
lizer is given there should be extra large
Strawberries at bearing time, if the variety
has been selected for that purpose.
The average farmer thinks bushel
of his corn is making ten pounds of pork,
but his average bushel is making less than
eight pounds. He thinks his methods
are as good as any, but they are not.
Weigh the hogs in the beginning; weigh
all the corn which is given them; weigh
each hog now and then; weigh all when
through In this way only can one be
convinced whether he is right or wrong,
There is no saving in the use of bedding
more than once. II "a straw or litter
used for bedding md fine by cutting
the straw, the liquid manure will be more
eompletely>ahsorbed and the stalls kept dry
and clean, The manure viii be more easily
handled when. the litter is fine. The feet
Of the animals are injured by wet stalls,
and the use of ammoniated bedding Every
night each animal should have fresh,
clean bed.
Power on the farm, whether by the use
of an engine or from horses, enables the