Evening journal., 1901-12-28
AGRICULTURAL
Hints and Helps for Farmers Of
This State

i INV AAhA' III nNMAnnt NAt MOAh VI oil
occasional hour or two being scarcely
Sufficient for the ordinary mending A
farmers wife who had the care of al
large family. and who worked with her
head as well as with her hands. found
SHE could accomplish twice as much
sewing In four consecutive hours as
she could in four hours snatched occa-
sionally from the household cares. Fol
lowing up this idea she Planned tol
concentrate her spare time into two or
three afternoons each week. IL often
happens that sickness, unexpected COM
pany or other Unforeseen events pre-
vent her from adhering strictly to this
plan. but by making an effort each
week she found THAT much could be ac-
complished. One Of her ideas which
found favor with the men of the family
was to have dinner promptly at 11.30I
q. m. This gave her an opportunity to-
finish her kitchen work by 1 O'Clock
or before thus affording a long after
noon for sewing.
II your horse has a good hoof bel
careful who you get to shoe him. Ex-
cept at the heel the outward margin OF
the sfloe SHOULD Just correspond with
the shape of the hoof Do not raspI
under the nail clinches or over them.
The shoe should be as large as the
hoof, 80 the latter will not require any
cutting down TO make Il nc the shoe.
IL is a great fault with most shoers
that THEY cut and pare with the idea
of improving the shape of the foot,
when their aim should be mainly to
let nature have her course as far as
i possible or, in other words to init
mate the natural condition of the foot
and pare away only such portions as
have become useless.
lt is better to keep the birds Shut
within the houses when the cod, drv-
ing rains come; or even a drizzilng
rain. A few hours spent outdoors at
! sudh a time chills the birds TO the
marrow. and not only checks laying.
but starts colds and rOup.
} Never feed dusty hay
The best COWS are always the heavy
feeders.
Give them all they will eat up clean
with a keen relish and note results
Don't feed every animal ON the farm.
no matter what age. the same ration.
Study the wants Of each and feed ac-
cordingly
The ,amb will make FIVE times the
gain on a given amount of food Than
viii the mature sheep; hence much the
most economical flesh producer DO
r lot be afraid to feed the lambs.
e IL requires much blood to keep a nor
A, NAL warmth in a large udder; more
: than gets into and Through IL IA
thp fc faa1a nd I.rt.
3 on the damp ground Keep the cow
stabbed when the nights get cold
q People talk about the benefits OF q
r change in these days, and II is a good
idea. II Is a good idea to give the ami.
4 mals change. They want a new diet
d 10 will work wonders sometimes. II
a you have an animal, that IS not doing
4 we'll, try a change.
4 In riding along the country roads
I yesterday in several places the squeai
d of the porkers was heard, the weather
q now being just right for butchering
4 Many years ago butchering was q
e great event at many farm houses, and
d neighbors gathered to assist and helI
q drink hard cider. eat big dinners and
incidentally TO scrape the hogs. But
}. the event nowadays is quiet one, ex-
ceDt in so far as the hogs uhemselve,
! are concerned. Modern appliances
/ make hog butchering an easier task
9 while II is now done in instalmenti
y and not all piled up in one day. Porl
I, is quite high this year, as good hoa
are said TO be scarce
It is probable that farmers who owl
lice-houses will be busy next week har
II vesting ice. The present cold weathe
n bids fair to continue for some time
= and as the ice now is three and a hal
y inches thick. il should be Of a goo,
l. quality by the first of THE week.
y Much poultry is arriving in the loca
n markets, and the demand continue
n good. Turkeys are selling for twent
r; cents a pound and ready customer
llr may be found at this price
q Inquiry among farmers Of New Cas-
ha- tie county reveals the fact that bu
ne little corn is yet being sold. Farmer
are still holding of for 81 a bushe
,,e and contend that They will not sell I'M
s til they get it.
. Reports from the lower part of tn
y" State are to the effect that wheat
- looking fine, and prospects are good fo
big crop next season.
81 Farmers have about finished KILN
lIes their porkers, and some big ones hav
been slaughtered in New Cast
county.
There are few better farming region
tn than the upper counties Of this Penir
u sula. and there are there few tract
~. Of what would be called low price
r. land. Coming southwark on the PEI
IS; insula the land varies greatly in qua
9t ity. improvement and price, and as
No most other sections there are goo
he lands and poor lands, cheap lands an
to high priced ones, and no one shoul
,is ever think Of investing in real estai
gh anywhere without careful personal il
nd spectiOn. For easy and profitable farm