Evening journal., 1903-08-20
CARE or STOCK DURING
THE SUMMER MONTHS
Vegetables Should Be Sorted
Before They Are Sent to
the Market

All breeds OF cattle or other stock
have been kept close to certain points
and characteristics in order TO render
hereditary the merits and peculiarities
sought; and each breed has been bred
subject TO certain conditions that are
essential To success. II an abundance
of food Is required for animals OF any
particular breed il must be supplied, as
they have been bred In that line: but
they compensate therefor. because any
animal that is bred TO demand heavy
rations has also been bred as producer
TO correspond with its consumption OF
food.
Though no correct estimate OF the
value OF manure can be made yet the
following is an estimate that is as cor
rect, ON the average, as can be arrived
at: The value OF manure from cotton
seed meal is about S2S per ton; linseed
meal, 500: beans SIC; clover hay. $40;
cornmeal. s.: straw, SO. and turnips. 81.
The value Of manure depends not only
upon the food, but also upon the con-
dition Of the animal that makes It.
Many farmers who got rid Of their
sheep because wool did not pay have
found that they made a mistake in so
doing, as the ewes could have been
made the foundation for something bet
ter. Sheep are not as easily procured
now as several years ago. and fewer
complaints are made regarding the
profits from them. oxford sheep. which
produced heavy carcasses last year. on
one farm. averaged eight pounds Of
wool per sheep also thus proving that
mutton breeds also pay as wool produce
ers.
While the use OF the best COWS is
very important matter, yet the manage
ment of the farm and the cattle have
something to do with the production OF
milk. There are cows that will give
more milk on some farms than on 9TH
ers due TO better varieties of grass.
more grain food and more comfortable
quarters. An Indifferent farmer may
have good cows from which no profit
is derived because Of poor management.
During long periods Of drought the pas
ture may provide but fraction OF the
grass compared with its capacity early
more difficult for the animals to supply
themselves. This deficiency the farm
er should observe and supply.
The crab apple is one of the hardest
Of trees. and as there is nearly always
a demand for crab apples in market
they are found profitable by some. Tn,
blossoms are beautiful IN spring an,
the trees are more ornamental than
some which are used for shade and or
nament The large and growing de-
mand FOR pure jeliies and preserves
should create a larger market IN th'
future for crab apples
Potatoes should never be marketed
unless assorted. Uniformity OF size an,
appearance will benefit both the buyc
and the seller. II Is the small Dotatoe
that injure sales and return low prices
Potatoes are ready for digging al
: soon as the tops fall down. 1t is bes
to dig them early I'm the day and ALLOW
them to remain on the ground for
few hours, when they should be takei
to the farm and stored i'm n cool, dark
dry place. but il is not advisable 4
place too many i'm a single heap Al
diseased or injured potatoes should b'
removed from the lot, or they win have
more or less effect upon the whole. az
they win be the first to decay. Pota
toes may be stored in mounds during
the winter. but are not easily utilize,
in that condition.
To ufu ur "a Z
be cold and uncomfortable IN winter
which is an objection, but floors should
always be kept well covered with Gu
straw. leaves or litter Of some kind
There is no floor that serves better "a
q protection against rats, and cemen
enables the farmer Go construct hi
floors I'm a manner to collect the liquid
and thus enrich his manure heap.
Those who place high value on i'm
proved stock should keep I'm view tn
fact that the use OF inferior stock o
any breed win not give satisfaction. Il
order to improve. the animal must b
vigorous. of good FORM and up to IN
standard OF purity. Breeders wronl
their customers. and injure their repu
tation in allowing any but good stool
to go from their stock farms.
Cooling milk by forcing air through
il (aeration) is an excellent method, "a
the oxygen of the air assists IN purify
ing il, but the aeration must be don
in some place where the air is pure a
possible and free from dust. To fore
air that is laden with dust and odor
into milk is as injurious as to expos
the milk TO such influences. hence IN
greatest care should be exercised .
aerating.
The consumption of mutton in IN
United States is increasing at about IN
rate of Is per cent per year. 1t no'
takes from 100000 to 14,0O0.OOO shee
and lambs a year to supply the Amerl
can demand with the foreign deman
Increasing. Il Will be seen that a con
stantly increasing number of sheep an
lambs must be provided.
Half the ills that man Is heir to con
from indigo stion Burdock Blood Bite
strengthens and tones the stOmacl
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