Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1896-10-15
40 Around The Farm.

treated iampy-jawed cattle with To-
dide Of potassium given as q drench
IN water.
With feed SO cheap it seems that
the proportion Of well-fatted cattle
that go to market should not be so
small.
To churn easily and make good
butter, milk should not be over
thirty-six hours old. Keeping milk
too long and failing to salt the
cows makes butter slow to come.
The man who makes stock rails
ing profitable during q period of
low prices, says q writer, has the
key to success, and will surely lead
the procession in time Of prosperi-
ty.
Grain grown continuously on the
same land will recover only about
one third of the fertilizer applied ;
but if crops are grown in rotation,
including grain, roots and clover,
all Of the fertilizer will be recover
ed.
Remember that the condition of
the fleece will show unmistakably
every mistake or failure in the feed
ing of the flock, when the shearing
time comes. That is the final test
of every shephard's work.
When the calf is three or four
weeks old commence to feed it a
little hay, for it will develop its
first stomach F.; clover hay is the
best. Then force the calves rapid
ly all summer by giving good pas
turage, and they will be in condit-
ion to be kept through the winter
without loss.
II you can only buy two hogs,
says an exchange, buy a pair, the
very best you can get, and your
thoroughbreds will gradually in
crease, while the rest of your herd
will be graded up by degrees till
your pleasure and your profit will
surprise you.
Honey need not be left to ripen
in the combs, but it will ripen it
self if left exposed to the air in al
most any kind Of vessel. All that
is necessary is to put it into an
| open vessel coAered with wire cloth
or mosquito netting to keep out
flies and insects and let it ripen.
Any farmer can afford to think
twice, says a herdsman, before he
buys bull. Let him not think
$50 monstrous price to pay for a
young bull which he is quite sure
is to be a good one, and then turn
about and pay about thre-fourths
as much for the veriest scrub.
Why are SO many blind or so
thoughtless.
To build and gil an ice house fol-
home dairy use is cheap and sim
pie task. Keep in mind a few
facts, says American Farmer. Ice
laid on edge will keep better than
when packed on it's side. Use but
little sawdust or other packing,
but pack close, as q circulation OF
air between the cakes of ice ia more
destructive than heat.
When one buys a rundawn farm
at low price he must expect to ex-
pend quite sum before the farm
will begin to pay. In the hands OF
an intelligent farmer such a farm
may be made first-class in a few
years, but the farmer who aims to
make poor farm pay by taking
crops from it without any expen-
dinture for plant food will only
make himself and the land poorer.
There is less demand every year
for the extra large overwhelmed
hogs that have taken two years to
reach maturity. What is wanted
for profitable feeding is a thrifty
pig that in six or seven or eight
months growth will average a pound
of pork per day. This can usually
be made at a profit. The heavier
hog cost mooe to keep, and its pork
is neither so good nor will it now
sell so we'll as pork that weighs 200
pounds or less per carcass.
The correct plan for general
farming, says an agriculturist, is
to raise feed, and the animals to
eat it. After this raise anything
which q careful study of the mar
kets indicate can be sold at a profit.
In this latter department good,
sound judgment and all the infor-