Middletown transcript., 1894-03-31
FARM NOTES.

There is no necessity for keeping
animals in very fat condition unless
they are to be sold Immediately. The
thriftiest animals are those that are
compelled to take some exercise, and
which are in moderate condition.
Very fat animals are subject to dl-
sease, and also suffer severely from
the heat in summer. 1t has long been
known that COWS, sows aud mares
have failed to breed when too fat,
and the value of mares is lessened
when they are over fed and made
fat.
Brushing the hide Of the COW
should be the rule, but the filth that
gets on her side is due to not keeping
the stalls clean with fresh bedding
and plenty Of it. When the bedding
is put to dry. in order that it may be
used the next night, it is economy
that does not add to the health OF
the animals or the comfort of the
stalls.
Grass will grow anywhere that
good crop of weeds will thrive, and If
land is liable to overrun with weeds,
crop of Hungarian grass will crowd
out the weeds and destroy them.
wornout land requires at least two
or three years for restoration, and 1T
will cost something to bring it back
to fertility. When land has been
cropped for years, until it is no lon
ger capable of producing a crop, the
plant food cannot be replaced in a
single season.
Many an innocent farmer has seeded
down small crop of weeds when
sowing clover seed. Buying cheap
seeds not economical. 1t requires
labor to keep the clover field clear of
weeds and to clean the seed. No one
can put clean clover seed on the mar
ket and sell it cheap, as the cost OF
the labor must be secured. Farmers
should examine seed carefully before
using.
Pools of water in the pasture do
not supply the cows with cool, fresh,
clean water If no stream runs
through the pasture, put up wind
mill and have water supplied to
to troughs with pipes.
The weights of the corn and cobs
and that of the fodder grown at the
same time differ but little. A crop of
so bushels of shelled corn with the
cobs) will weigh about $500 pounds,
and the weight of the fodder will be
about the same.
Parsnips are easily grown, and ale
acceptable to cattle. They are hardy
and seem to endure all kinds of
weather, as well as escaping the at
tacks of insects compared with other
crops. The seed should be put in
early, so as to give them agood start |
in the spring, and to get head of the |
weeds. Improved hand implements
enable farmers to drill in the seed |
quickly, and after the first hoeing the |
crop may be cultivated with the
horse hoe.
Analysis of soil proves nothing, as
no two square feet of ground will |
give the same result. A shovelful of |
manure, placed on spot five years
ago may cause that portion of the field |
to give different results than por-
ton but few feet away. The best
way to test land is by observation of
the effects of manures or fertilizers
on different crops.
Habit has much to with success on
the farm. Some farmers are Bour
bons who learn nothing, but adhere
to old methods, forgetting that the
world has progressed, and agriculture
revolutionized, while they have fol-
lowed the same couse marked out for
them by their fathers in the decades
gone by.
Iowa has passed a law compelling
her farmers to eradicate the Russian
Laws for the deatructiion of
all kinds Of weeds would aid the far
mers. The farmer who allows weeds
to grow and manure seed is menace
TO the community, and entails ex-
pense on all who adjoin him.
The kerosene Emulsion will be
'ound to be the best friend of the
'armer when insects appear. Do not
De afraid to use it literally. 1t is
cheap, and is quickly and easily ap-
1lied.
Sugar was once supposed to be a
'rop which could only be grown in
he South, but Kansas produced
nearly /, 100000 pounds last year,
he area is being extended. Beet
ugar can be produced in this section
Is we'll as elsewhere, and the time
will come when it will be a special