Evening journal., 1902-01-18

and hay in many sections is a ready
cash crop In face of these facts what
shall farmers do? In the first place,
rely on the corn plant Il Is the farm
er's best ali round friend. From ex-
Deriments il has been found that for
winter feeding when horses are not on
heavy work, corn stover run through
the fodder cutter proved quite equal TO
timothy hay. Sell the hay. then, ana
feed corn stover. The latter costs less
than a third of timothy.
II the horses are not doing much
work. let them eat all the stover they
will. and don't feed any hay A few
pounds Of grain will complete the ra-
tion. For cheap grain ration, when
the horse is given all the stover he
will eat. use the following mixture
daily: One pound cottonseed meal. two
pounds linseed meal and two pounds
wheat bran. Corn is too expensive,
unless work is required; then give
from two to four pounds daily, depend
ing on the work done.
f
Some one who has given the matter
his attention finds after carefully col
lecting the castings Of worms daily for
season. over a given area, that they
measured over a quart to the square
foot. or enough to raise the surface of
the land half an inch An acre OF land
may contain six tons Of worms.
Clover leaves and heads break off in
handling clover hay. These should be
saved and fed to the hens. They may
be fed dry or placed in a pail and
steamed by pouring on boiling water
and covering tightly
Foreign potatoes continue to make
their impression ON the markets, es.
pecially in the Middle and Eastern
lStates Receipts from abroad are no
Of a character to appreciably affec
Western stock. yet unquestonably dis.
turb prices for homegrown In th'
trade centres Of the Middle and East
ern States. Foreign potatoes are com
ling from England, Scotland, and from
the continent. including a good man!
from German and Belgian ports. II
fact. they have been arriving so freel!
as to considerably exceed trade re
duirements.
Ocean freight rates on potatoes ar
low therefore favorable to free impor
tations, providing prices on this sid
hold up. Freight on potatoes iron
Antwerp to New York, according to
leading freight broker, are, roundly
speaking. liz to IA cents per 10
pounds, Hull IA. Glasgow IA to n
Liverpool 11M to IA cents. Accordin
to the Warren steamship line. the raj
on potatoes per 100 pounds from Liv
erpool and Antwerp to Boston Is ap
proximately 1884 cents and from Glae
gov 172l cents.
Good seed potatoes are necessary
large crop is expected. Never AZ
tempt to economic on seed. Get tn
. best. as any mistake made will las
into the harvest. Use whole seed an
give more room in the rows. Will
2 the sprouts from single eyes ar
. breaking the ground the tops Of Who'll
!. potatoes will be large enough to plov
Many farmers have lost money b
cutting the seed potatoes into sma
I pieces in order to reduce the cost, br
:. from every dollar saved they lost froi
4 five to ten in the crop.
y
Nearly all poultry owners are ans
: ious TO increase the egg yield durln
the season when eggs are highest
lprice. With that end in view, man
e spare neither time nor expense fc
: houses. proper food, care etc. Even the
: some fail Old hens are not the kin
n to keep for winter laying. The thiI
n of paramount importance is to ha'
1 early hatched pullets of laying bres
that have been we'll cared for durin
n the growing season. Such stock give
comfortable quarters. with variety
grains. warm mashes. ground bon
y grit. etc. viii begin laying early in Il
y fall and continue. through winte
They seldom fail to give a haloson
profit for the time, money and lab
expended.