The Advocate and news., 1898-01-19
Cream Of Our Farm Exchanges,


Farmers are too apt to keep their
horses tied up too much In winter. It
Is a bad practice.
Natural resources are but raw mate
rial, and in their capacity TO employ
labor lie all their advantages.
The tools are worth taking care Of,
even il they have not been paid for.
Care of tools is one sign of the efficient
farmer.
Where eggs are wanted during the
winter, do not allow the hens their lib
erty out of doors, except on the milder
sunshiny days.
Uniformity in the egg yield is really
Of greater Importance than large egg
yield, because 1t means better average
price, quicker sales, and greater profits.
Scientists tell us that every element
necessary to the support Of man is con-
tained with in the limits Of an egg shell,
in the best proportion and in the most
palatable form.
The windows of root cellars should be
open in fair weather until there Is dan
ger of freezing, to admit air, but they
should also be screened in such way
as to shut out light.
Prosperity is abroad in the land when
the middle class income prevails, when
no citizen is so rich that he can buy
others, and no one so poor that he may
be compelled to sell himself.
The raiser Of mutton sheep as a rule
makes less complaint of depression in
,,vioas tbor npv Ofha,s unroOn an oo Uad
in general farming or stock raising
Prices have been low and disCouraging.
1t Is the nature of the horse to want
to be on the move. If given the choice
Of a comfortable shed or a stalk field
in winter the horse will spend the
greater part Of his time In the field and
profit by it too.
From this time forward farmers will
be inclined to keep smaller holdings of
lands, looking more closely to the meth
ods by which an income that will leave
something over for rainy day when
the expense bills have all been paid.
There Is no more valuable insect de-
stroyer than the woodpecker The work
he does is almost always ON dead wood,
and he only pecks holes in that to find
the insect that has deadened the wood
and If allowed to live would ultimately
destroy the tree.
AS a stock feed chemical analysis
show bald barley to be richer in protein
than either corn, oats or wheat, and
much richer than common barley. 1t is
also richer in fats than any of those
FaaJs a,yoark onrn oud oo4e Tee diuncft
bility is also very high.
For each 100 pounds of live weight Of
a sheep three pounds of dry fodder will
be full feeding. If this is Of the best
well-made clover hay 1t will sustain the
animal in good condition, providing
nothing else is demanded than the mere
sustenance of the animal.
When people are buying their mistle-
toe for Christmas decorations 1t may
interest them to know that transla-
ton from the French in Meehan's
Monthly speaks of this plant as valu-
able fodder for sheep, and food Of
which. cows are very fond.
1t is announced that the next agri-
cultural appropriation bill will provide
for the establishment of sixteen new
weather bureau stations in the West,
Southwest and along the great lakes.
1t will also make provision for the in
spection of export pork in all the pack
ing houses; not only in those now hav-
ing inspection, but in all that may want
it during the next year.
The incalculable effect upon interna-
tional conditions Of the opening OF the
American West by transcontinental rail-
way systems bids fair to be duplicated
shortly by the railway building in ST.
IBERIA. No two events have had such
prodigious consequences in this half
century as the opening Of the West and
the building of the Suez canal. They
have virtually transformed the worlds
commerce and affected every producer
on the civilized globe.
AS good a cistern as can be made is by