Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-01-02


branches easily go hand in hand to-
Farmer.
Cost of Pork.
An eXperimenter says that one
bushel Of prime corn will make over
101s pounds of pork, live weight, ana
from this deduction. with corn at 20
cents per bushel, pork Will cost the
producer 21s cents per pound. When
corn is worth "a cents per bushel, pork
will cost the producer 4 cents per
pound; so cent corn, pork cents per
pound. He further says that pig NJ
Its birth should weigh about pounds.
and increase In weight month after
month rs follows: 10. 80. 4S, 70. 1O3. 135.
40. 21O. 225 and on the tenth month
should weigh 300 pounds. Also that the
cost Of pound Of pork Is 90 per cent
greater II made in the tenth month than
in the fifth month. In food consumed.
-Ex.
Barn Cisterns-One Of the advan-
tages Of the basement barn Is that II
makes easy the construction OF cis.
tern to take the water from its TOOL
and place It convenient for stock sta-
bled In 1t. 1t is never best to trust 70
wells for watering stock. well near
n stable or barnyard soon becomes toui
by filtration OF water through soil sat
urated with manure. A barn iaBe
enough to hold hay and other proven
der for n large stock will furnish water
from the rain that falls on Its roof LOT
all the stock that can be fed from IL.
There should always be n filter In the
faucet to the cistern. Some precau-
tions must also be taken to prevent tho
cistern from becoming dirty. When-
ever threshing is done the barn roof
and the cave troughs are apt to be niied
with dust. The cave troughs should Dc
cleaned at such times. and the water
from the first rain after threshinB Al
lowed to run to the ground before oeihs
diverted to the cistern. With such pre-
cautions the barn cistern Will Keep
pure water for long time without
noed ef being cleaned. II the basement
is a deep one, the water In the cistern
will never freeze over In winter, but
Will help to keep frost out OF the base
nent. It is great convenience In very
sold weather to water cows In the base
meut without exposing them to the cold
air outside.-Am. Cultivator.
Fitting Chickens for Market-In ht-
ting chickens for market the aim should
be to save rs much time ms possible.
Ordinarily the process should not take
more than two weeks, and usually sev-
eral days less. They will take on flesh
more readily when shut up in house
or small yard than when given range.
But they should not be overfed at first.
II is a common mistake to suppose that
chickens are always ready to eat, as q
little experience will prove. When run
ming at large they will rarely get more
than their crops will hold, but when
confined for fattening the inexperienced
feeder is apt to give them more than
they can eat at once. thinking that what
Ia left will do for another timc. When
oyerfed in this way they will lose ap-
petite, and two or three days may be
wasted in getting them to eat readily
again. BY a little attention to this
matter they can soon be brought 10
will increase in weight rapidly. After
n time they will again cease eating,
when they may be disposed Of, as there
IA likely to be more loss than gain in
keeping them.-Michigan Farmer.
wel,-Packed Butter-There are
great many butter makers who never
cause dealers any trouble. Their but
ter is fine, and It is beautifully packed.
It's appearance is always a guarantee
of its excellence, and a dealer takes
pride in showing 1t to his customers.
II one maker Of fancy butter can have
his butter always perfectly packed. an
other maker of fancy butter can do the
same thing, SO there seems to be no ex-
cuse for the accidents" Some Of these
makers of fancy goods have so estab-
iished themselves that consumers know
the shipping days. They know when
the butter will reach the Chicago mar
ket. and have 1t ordered in advance;
or. II they happen to be busy, order
nv telephone. 1t is not necessary for
them to test the butter; they know 1t Is
good and are never disappointed.-Chi-
cago Produce.
Incubator Turkeys-One Of the incest
docks of turkeys we know Of. and one
that 1, likely to bring IL owner tAs
most money. was hatched by an incu-
bator and brooded by sheet-iron moth
er. The eggs. some Of them. were
brought from long distances, yet nne
percentage of them hatched and lived.
and the whole lot is remarkably even
as TO size, and will make an attractive
annearauce when put upon the market
nicely dressed and packed. Looking
over that lot Of fowls was calculated 70
make the observer think more than
over of the ilcubator.-Ex.
The estimated apple crop Of the coun-
try this year is 66.256, 900 barrels. an IN.