Year: 1870

perienced owners of horses and
feeders OF neat stock find that it
pays well to chop, crush, or grind
provender for them, and the most
extensive feeders of swine find that
a very great economy of grain msy
be effected by grinding and cook
ing. Large Quantities of provender
of various kinds are demanded ev
cry year by exposure to rain or
damp. and much is wasted by care
lessness in the handling.


SWINE IN DECEMBER.


The importance of keeping swine
in good condition in Summer, hav-
ing them ready for fattening early
and finishing them off before cold
weather commences, is becoming
more evident every year. Nothing
is gained by feeding hogs in cold
weather, for the food that should
go to form flesh, etc., is used for
making heat. Some improvement
in the breeding and management of
swine should be made every year.
A good breed should be selected
and kept pure; there is very little
gained by crossing and mixing up
breeds. The best and only the best
stock should be kept for breeding
purposes and suitable pens and
yards should be provided. Breed
ing sows should pc kept in suitable
condition. not too fat lest they
smother their young pigs, nor cos
tive from the use of dry food, lest
they devour them. Many litters of
valuable pigs have been saved from
destruction by keeping but little lit
ter in the pen, and having horizon
tai railing around it through which
little pigs could escape whenever IN
.langer Of being over lain by the
SOW.


MACHINES AND IMPLEMENTS


1t is said that more thar S5,OOO,-
600 are lost every year by the farm
ers of the United States by damage
done to machines, implements, and
tools, from exposure to the wealth
er at times when they ought TO be
carefully housed. The farmer who
complains of the high price of ma
chimes should make them last as
long as possible by protecting them
from the rays of the sun in summer,
and from rain, frost, and snow, a,
at other seasons. 1t has been prov
ed that even a grindstone becomes
damaged by exposure to the wealth.
er; it is not to be wondered at. then,
machines and implements made OF
wood and iron should be easily dam
aged by rain, ect A thrifty farmer
understands that dollar saved is
just as good as a dollar earned OF
gained in any way, and he takes
good case of his threshing machine,
reaper and mower, seed drill, wag-
ons, plows, harrows, cultivators,
ect. Machinery, Get should not be
kept in the grain or hay barn, but
in a separate house or shed. There
should he place for everything and
everything in its place, and all the
farm buildings andI their contents
should be insured in some reliable
company. aE


Every farmer should Icy up a
stock of ice for use in his cellar and
dairy in Summer. 1t costs but lit
tie to construct an ice-house large
enough to contain supply for a
farmers family, even if a large dairy
is to be taken into account. If good
wa-er for ice cannot be obtained
near the homestead, it will pay to
construct pond for this purpose il
sufficient pure water to fill it can be
made available. BY sinking a vel
and erecting a wind mill for raising
the water, an abundant supply can
be obtained. A house 10xl0 and
eight feet high constructed with the
walls and roof doble, the spaces fill
ed in with sawdust, will hold lc,
enough, if sufficient drainage is pro
vided. The larger the body of ic,
is the longer will it keep. A hous'
12x12 or one I5x15 will preserve ic'
for period in proportion to the di-
mensions. The first ice of the sea
son, provided it is thick enough, il
considered the best, BY experienced