The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1894-08-04
fInI2S Of the Farm.

Daring this season Tic Geathai has |
beeu too dry for the lawns, aud unless |
facilities for applying water to the grass
arc within reach the lawn will DO dr'ea |
NJ. Rake it over, 80 aa to remove al
dead material, aud when there IS n
plentIiul supply nj ram Apply 20 pounds
Ut nitrate nt soda to one fourth oi an
acre. Dissolve the nitrate III water OF
sufficient quantity to give every portion
Of the ground sprinkling.
Lack OF knowledge OF the character
istics of the breeds has caused many
failures. The country is full OF farmers
who have used the Jersey breed to
improve the herds with the view OF
increasing the flow of milk, aud this
mistake has occurred with those who
make a speciality of shipping milk to
the cities AS the Jersey Is not noted
for large yields of milk many Of those
who made the experiments became dis
satisfied and refused to further improve.
Before using breed the farmer should
determine for what purpose be intends
to use it, and should therefore aim to
secure the breed most suitable for his
object.
The rule that certain proportion OF
food produces given quantity OF milk,
butter aud meat is only true when
all the necessary conditions are compiied
with. II an animal is exposed to severe
weather tho food viii be taxed 10
repair the loss 81 warmth or waste Ut
the body. The food aud the breed are
more important than all, but every
condition for success must be complied
with.
No two fields on farm are alike, Tor
| though the land may apparently be tn"
same, yet the plant FOOD remaining IN
the soil is largely influenced by that
which has been removed by the crops,
and as the requirements of crops vary
the plant food removed from each field
varies also. In applying CONNER GiA'
fertilizers to any field the farmer should
be governed to certain extent by The
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one which il to occupy the field.
This is the season when the large t
amount of matter for the manure heap
can DE obtained. Substances that cannot
be put to use in some manner should be
added to the heap. Ii they arc not valu
able they will serve as absorbeuts. and
assist III retaining the more soluble
materials, which are subject to loss in
many ways.
The Importance of the mutton breeds
may be noticed by going into the large
markets where sheep are sold. The
large majority OF sheep which axe sent
to market are deficient IN quality as NUT
ton.
1t is predicted that the price of corn
will, in q few years, average higher than
that of wheat, and that as corn is gradu
ally coming into use in Europe, the
demand will be very large
Farmers cannot make valuable manure
out of substances that are of inferior
quality as food for stock The value Of
manure depends entirely upon the sub
stances from which it is derived, and the
bulk signifies nothing. Oae ton OF
manure from animals that are fed on
bran, middlings and cotton seed will
contain many times as much plant food
as will manure that may be made from
straw or less nutritious articles.
No animal Will thrive if overfed. 1t
will seem to gain rapidly for while,
but. sooner or later, the digestive organs
become impaired aud disease results.
The young steers are the ones that pay
They should be we'll bred, 50 as to grow
rapidly. There is no necessity for keep
ing steer longer than when it is three
years old. The greatest gain in weight
is when they are young.
Brewery grains meet with great favor
as food for cattle. II some one will
invent a method for drying and baling
them without causing less of nutrition,
they will find sale i'll all sections. All
refuse is valuable for some purpose.
Phosphate Of lime is now a product OF
iron The phosphoric acid is set free
from tlc iron ard combined with lime,
being in a fine powder when shipped for
use on the farm
Some soils are more suitable Tor certain
crops than others. Adapt the crop to
the soil, and not the soil to the crop.
All soils will grow something, and may
therefore be improved by green mauur.
ing.