Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1898-12-06
FARM FAGOTS.

With the good dairy COW good care
counts as much almost rs good food.
Some foods, like cottonseed meal,
wheat, bran and oatmeal. return their
value in manure nearly equal TO their
cost.
The man who Is q bad milker or who
Ia Indifferent 70 bad milk cannot make a
good dsirymsn.
The man who profits from his mis-
takes will be successful 10 the end. The
one who attributes mistakes TO bad luck
will never get there.
Scientific farming Is merely farming
bv the best methods. To reduce any
thing TO a scientific basis Is only to
formulate rules by which the work can
he best accomplished. This is the only
kind of farming that pays now or will
pay In the future.
Celery culture IL much easier matter
than people used TO think. There Is no
longer any setting OF the plant In
trenches. Start them on level In rich
soil, and bank up as needed, remember
ing that too much soil about them In
warm weather causes rust.
Even on the beat dairy farms there is
more or less variation Ia the cream aud
butter, aud it Il difficult to make the
same grade Of butter at all times. The
influences are manifold, and to certain
extent seem TO be beyond the control OF
the dsiryman.
In many parts OF the country too much
stress we think Is being laid on breeding
alone. III for any reason ones stock
does not do well he st once attributes
the lack Of thrift TO the particular breed
he may happen 10 have on hand ut the
time. 1t Is not always the trouble.
Better feed two lots Of pigs in the year
TO 100 pounds than one lot TO 400. Young
pigs paw better than old ones for the
feed they eat. Better fatten the pigs
than make hogs OF them. Light, lean
pork encourages the use OF pork, and
stimulates one to the growing Of swine.
To grow cheap feed and turn it into
high-priced butter ought to bring the
farmer profit without grest struggle.
Devote the energies TO the fields Ia the
summer and TO the making of butter in
the winter, when prices are the best and
there Is but little other work TO inter-
fere.
While sheep will get more sustenauce
from poor land, and st the same time do
the land more good than any other stock
we may possess, II must not be forgotten
that they will also repay liberal feeding.
Food wisely fed will always come back
to as doubled, IL fed to good animal.
IL PAYS to feed lambs after they are
wesued all the grain they will eat when
on good blue grass or clover pasture with
their dams, and IL pays especially vel
il they are on dry feed. Any certain
amount Of grain will put more sucking
weight on lambs than upon any other
animal.
Ita sheep Il not likely to pay for its
feed 10 mutton or wool, 1t Is better to
get something for its pelt. There are
constantly animals which should be
| weeded out, il kept 10 numbers, to avoid
expense of feeding and TO escape the
worse danger Of perpetuating Its pool
qualities by breeding.
Ifa calf has rstion OF half oats ani
half corn and half feed Of Il or little
more-that IL, little more than bali oi
what it would eat up clean II It had ,
chsnce-and II the place Of the grass Il
taken BY good clover hay. with shelter
from storms and protection from excess
i've cold, with plenty Of salt and pur'
water, the calf will pay for 1t all, even !
corn we're 40 cents 0 bushel. We woult
not feed an all-corn ration. because th'
calf requires muscle forming material
land oats and bran are the cheapest food
of this kind. We would not feed all oat'
Tor bran, especially in severe weather
because corn 10 needed to keep up thl
hsss and roaad out the muscies. wal
lace's Farmer.