Evening journal., 1902-12-19

Grown IL becomes ~ duty 10 restore II.
Cobs can be used as fuel without loss,
but the ashes should be carefully saved.
A large amount of waste is often per-
mitted such as allowing cOrnccbs to be
scattered here and there over the fields
wherever the hogs are fed when rum
ming at large is true the cobs rot.
and do service in the course of TINA.
but careful farmers should gather them
| in order TO place them at their dis
lposal. it does not pay to let straw be
trampled and wasted by cattle nor is
lit good policy to leave cornstallSs
standing in the fields. There are other
iduties to which such material may be
applied previous to commencing decay,
and even the rank weeds can be made
Iserviceable II moved and turned to
ashes. Every weed that Crews robs
the soil. and it will not do to plow
them under after they are matufed as
they will surely reseed the land, but they
should be gathered and burned. At
this late period in the season the seeds
Of weeds have been before new we'll
distributed, and their riddanca depends
on future cultivation. but that Is no
reason for leaving them In the fields.
There is really nothing on the farm 20
waste, il in good hands; but there is.
however. a waste on many farms that
can be avoided.
News and Views About Farm
The age of sheep is very easily shown
by an examination Of the teeth. A
lamb has the first pair OF permanent
front teeth when about ten months Old.
the second pair appears at about eigh-
teen months, the third pair al twenty
eight months, and the fourth at about
thirty-three or forty months. When
the whole of the permanent front teeth
have appeared the sheep is I'M its fourth
year. The MerinO natures its teeth
later than the other breeds: the Cots
void and Southdowns and other high
lly improved mutton sheep are some
months ahead of q Merino. but at four
years every sheep has its full mouth
of teeth. Later, the age is known by
the appearance OF the teeth which
! lgradually lose their sharp edges and
become worn down smooth. "a healthy
sheep will keep its teeth good until ten
or twelve years old, If the pasture Is
not unusually bare, and the soil sandy
so as to wear the teeth excessively.
There are two most important things
to be kept in mind by the fruit raiser
pruning and mulchlng. II those two
lduties are well performed success is
NEARLY always certain. If well mulcher
the fertiliziug material is thus sup
lplied by filtration from the mulchint
down to the feeding roots, which is th'
very best self-regulating method o
fertilizins by allowing this mulchin.
to remain in winter and early sprinl
the roots are kept moist and vegetation
! prevented from springing lp aroan'
bushes, or a heavy sod from forming
Liberal feeding OF stock means lanl
Improvement. Some lands are consid
! erably improved by the application o
! lime, either in the limestone marls, on
b 1.-THE burned limestone, slaked. Glove
is a great aid in restoring OF retainini
> fertility. Undertaking is often tn
first step to be taken in renovating
field. When ona is undecided as &
b whether a field needs undertaking o
not it is always safe TO give the tiel'
the benefit Of the doubt, and undar
drain it.
All animals of the same variety am
not alike, and scarcely any two will d
lequally well on the same feed Eacl
animals wants should be supplied
r possible. Cattle of different age
b should be separated for feeding, as tn
weak ones viii not do well with tn
lstrong. Cows are weak and shy;it take
them longer TO eat their meals, ant
they should. therefore, be put wher
they cannot be domineered by thei
lsuperiors in strength.