Evening journal., 1901-11-16
AGRICULTURAL HINTS AND HfLPS
What the Farmers Are Doing and How They
Are Doing IL

made no money; in fact, it went be-
hind. The second year he did a little
better; the Third year he cleared $500. |
and the fourth-the best OF his expert |
ence-he cleared 81 900.
After twenty years, a careful sum
ming up gave an annual profit of 5000. |
This in addition TO raising and educat- |
ing a family Of six.
Counting the cost of this latter item
at the very conservative estimate Of ST.
900 per annum, it gives the farm a
credit of $1,000 per year, or 1914 per
cent. ON the investment for a contnu.
Gus period Of twenty years.
Save for the first few years when
feeding steers, the farm has NANNY
been devoted to dairying. Mr. Pusey
has now retired and is succeeded by his
son.
Com husklng about Hockessin ISL
pr,tty well under way, but there is
still plenty to husk north.
No animal is profitable if it is notmak-
ing gain in flesh or producing some-
thing. The horse performs labor. the
cow yields milk, and the young stock
should be kept in rapid growth; but
THE steers, wethers and barrOws will
entail loss If they do not show some
gain, as they are heavy food consumers.
Every pound Of weight lost entails the
task of making two pounds in order to
regain the lost weight and compensate
for the time. No farmer should be
satisfied to have his stock at stand
stil.
1t is generally considered THAT poul-
try like a variety of food and do bet
ter when the rations are frequently
changed than where one or two THINGS
are fed continuously An Iowa poul-
try keeper, who has been very success
fuA in securing winter eggs, varies the
ration from day to day and feeds as
fellows: Monday morning, sheaf oats:
night, warm mash; Tuesday morning
vegetables; noon, cut green bone.
night, cracked corn scattered in litter.
Wednesday morning, sheaf wheat,
evening, warm mash; THURSDAY morn
ing, vegetables; noon, whole wheat in
litter; night, whole corn and crushed
oats; Friday mOring, vegetables; noon.
green cut bone; night. cracked corn in
litter; Saturday morning. sheaf wheat:
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vegetables, noon, whole wheat in litter:
n5ght, whole and cracked corn and
wheat in litter.
The sheaf wheat or oats fed i'm the
morning keep the fowls busy all day.
so that no more feed is required. The
mash consists Of cooked potatoes or
Vegetables, cut clover and beef scraps
all mixed in a clumbly mass with some
u DTarnl cInrrtfs fah. ..sa
meal and salt. and sometimes a little
powdered charcoal Clean. fresh water
/ IS given them twice a day and oyster
shells and grit are kept before them at
all times. The houses are dry and
warm and the fowls are fed only as
much as they will eat up clean.
To keep cranber1ies in marketable
condition has been the pivot uDon
which profit turned Large growers
have specially constructed houses. dif-
tering in minor details, but witt the
common idea Of surrounding the ber-
ries with pure, cool dry air and exclud-
ing the light The care begins at pick
ing tine in gathering them IN dry
weather and after the dew is off and
in discarding all that are bruised or
soft The storing is in trays open AZ
: the top. pied one on another. so the
: air viii circulate freely. Have the ber-
ries cool and dry when put away and
keep them so.
In many sections the farmhouses
are some distance from the county
] roads and surrounded by trees hedges
/ and shrubbery. In other localities the
houses are close TO the roads. where
7 dust from every passing team is car
ried 10 The house 1t may be more
convenient to be close to the road. but
b with 50 much land as a large farm to
r build upon. il should be more comfort
7 able TO set the houses back SO as &c
ornament with lawns and make the
farm more attractive in appearance
3 which will add to its value