Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1898-02-04
agricultural.
American Fruits Abroad.


season, in fact much more so than at any
time since the expectation Of fruit on
large scale began. The reasons for this
are that the fruits we're 10 better condi-
ton than heretofore, being more skill
fully packed and the provisions for their
transportation being artanged upon 8
more scientific basis. All this was
brought about through the somewhat ex-
pensive experience obtained by exporters
in previous years. Skillfnl packers and
quick transportation are essential to the
successful shipment of fruits to distant
ports. One great cause Of loss in tran.
sit has been the lack Of ventilation in
the packages. Prof. Robertson, Mon
treal, has experimental along this line,
and he says that fruit placed in cold
storage with temperature Of 38 or 40
degrees remained at the end Of AZ hours
at 60 degrees in the center Of some Of
the cases.
WINTER FEEDING.
10 most winter feeding operations the
cattle have now been brought gradually
to full feed and are receiving all that
they have the capacity to utilize. Ex-
perienced feeders tell us that the feed
ing hours should be very regular and
the troughs always kept clean. That
close attention must be given and when
ever little grain is left 10 the trough
the cause must be investigated Some.
times a little filth with cause a little
bunch If grain to be refused, which
must be cleaned out thoroughly and that
portion Of the trough clcanscd II how
ever, the refusal results from 0verfeed-
Tag, then the allowance must be Ii
minished at once, for stalled animal
gets ''off its feed" and is bound to lose
flesh for time, and these little losses
30 often get away with all the profits.
1t demands the closest attention, coupled
with good judgment to feed an animal
to its full capscity without letting il
have at times more than is good for it
Hundreds of men are doing that very
thing this winter, not with one animal,
but with hundred. while others are
continually getting their fatlings tout
oftune" through carelessness or inatten-
ton to details. Where the self feeder
is used, the chief danger lies 10 getting
the stock foundered before it is thorough.
ly seasoned. An animal turned to the
self-feeder too soon will founder as quick.
ly as though it were turned to the corn
bin and allowed to help itself Another
point at which some feeders miss it, is
in attempting to feed without plenty Of
pure water.
SHELTER AND SUNSHINE
1t we can arrange to have these two |
friends work together part of the time
during the winter season. it will con
tribute materially to the thrift of tn,
farm animals. particularly the younger
ones A close, dark stable is cherries,
and unhealthy, while exposure to bit
ing wind robs the sunshine of all its
benefit. How often have we seen the |
lambs and pigs group themselves where
they would receive few struggling rays
from the winter sun. Even the horse |
in his stall will back around in order to
receive little spot of sunshine on his
body. Out Of wind and into sun, would
be a good winter motto to rememb Der 10
caring for oil kinds Of farm stock
FEEDING THE BLIZZARD
Many times winter dairying fails to
pay. simply because of the lack of proper
facilities for caring for the COWS and the
milk With open sheds, or a cold sta
BILE, there is an undue demand upon the |
food consumed to keep up the animal
heat The COW converts most Of the
food into heat, which passes of into the
cold air, and this waste makes expen.
sive feeding, entirely too expensive, con-
sidering that there is no proper compen-
sation in the way of milk and butter
and the fact that boards and building
paper are cheap and efficient heat savers,
the judicious use of which would de-
volop good surplus to be divided be-
tween the better keep of the animal aud
the milk pail. Those who are sowing
good feed to the winds in this manner
will have only themselves to blame they
come to reap the whirlwind of failure
EXPENSIVE EXPERIMENTS
1t obviously is much more laborious
and expensive to grow great many
varieties of grain or grass or vegetables
on one acre Of ground, keep each apart
from the others from start to finish and
report results accurately, than to grow
several acres of single variety 10 the
usual way. For this reason it would be
foolish in any individual farmer to think
of experimenting gu anything like the
extensive scale followed at the stations
where the expense is literally provided
for by the government Some farmers
experiment too much for their own good,
financially, others not enough 1t re-
quires the best Of judgment to enable
the farmer to enter very far into the ex-
detrimental field and yet make money.
The chances are against him Still,
farmers have found that they can not
rely wholly upon station reports. but
must make many tests in order te prove
or disprove the correctness Of station
results as applied to their own farms.
One thing the Epitomist would like to
see become much more general is the
sending of seeds Of the more promising
sorts tested at State stations into every
county, to be there tested alongside the
best known sorts for the respective To-
calities by intelligent practical farmers,
somewhat after the plan of the sex peri
mental unionsn Of Ontario. Conditions
are 80 varied that lessons drawn from
the most careful and elaborate tests at
the cenua station are often practically
worthless in distant sections Of the
State. -Agricldtural Epitomist.
The goat is used largely in Spain,
that country having over 1880, 900 Of
them. In England goats are nov pc di.
greed. and some them have excellent