Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1904-01-23
USEFUL HINTS To
MODERN FARMERS
Small Items That Will Do
Much Good If Carefully
Followed
SOIL, FRUIT AND LIVESTOCK

SOIL, FRUIT AND LIVESTOCK
The Eastern farmer may be surprised
when he learns Of the Western farmer
burning corn for fuel. but he does the
same when he feeds his corn to stock, the
animal consuming the food 70 keep warm.
II matters not whether the corn IS con-
sumcd In a stove or by the animal as it
serves the same purpose-that OF creating
warmth. The better the shelter the less
corn 70 be used.
Diversified farming means fields Of
grain. meadows and pastures. a kitchen
garden and orchard, lawn. with trees
and flowers; breeding mares and mich
COWS, sheep. swine mad poultry. Live
stock is the groundwork, and viii hold
the soil fertile.
Buttermilk is given but llstie value on
dairy farms. and where there are pigs
they are allowed the whole Of the but
termilk. 1t is a very nourishing drink
in the summer for the farm help. and
Is also excellent a. an addition to the
food Of poultry Of all kinds.
Perches should not be used for chickens
of the heavy breeds. as there Is a ten
dency to deformisy II the chicks roost on
the perches while the breast bone is sun
In an almost cartliaginous state.
To preserve the wagon wheels so that
they need not be taken to the shop. heat
linseed Oh TO the boiling point and pour
IA inso a trough. Have enough oil 10 cover
the felloes and turn the wheel slowly
Through this boiling oil.
Dehorning cattle is no doubt cruel. at
the time Of operation. but those who
favor il maintain that cattle which have
been deprived Of their horns eat ont OF
The same trough without doing injury
TO one another, and greater safety Is IN
sured during shipment to market.
Wen painted implements are generally
accepted signs of thrifty farming. A dol
ars worth of raw linseed oil and color
Twill answer to cover the running part Of
a wagon. Have plenty OF shed room. with
CLOSED front and raise the wheels away
from the damp earth when the wagons
are stored for any great length OF time.
The roof wears out, unless kept painted
faster than VIII any other part of a wood
len building. Ii pays better to keep the
lroof painted than it does the sides, and It
will also need to be painted oftener. When
shingles are used from clear. straight
grain wood they win last a very long time
one OF the advantages OF painting roofs Is
10 keep water from the mails. whose rust
ing soon rots the wood where they are
driven.
Barley VIII grow on any soil that win
produce wheat. IL is a superior food for
stock. In England Il is used for fattenlng
hogs instead of corn, and. while It does
not equal corn In producing fat on the
carcass, yet the hogs weigh fully as much
las those fed on corn, as they contain more
lean meat. For the growing pigs it is far
superior to corn. as It provides more pro-
TEN end mineral matter
The successful swine breeder doe. not
forge. that ashes are essential in building
bone in hogs. Where wood ashes cannot
be obtained corncobs can be burned to a
1900 N~'t- "a ~tr~ ~ "a AAltD ASH alllA Kept
some clean pace TO which the hogs have
access at an times There need then be
no Special work IN feeding It 10 them at
any stated time.
The rule of evaporating the inferior fruit
may save the loss Of fruit. but such fruit
reduces prices. Only choice fruit should
be evaporated if it IS to sell at choice
prices. Evarorating inferior fruit does not
hide its impcrfections.
Stocking Taking Over at Durstein's.