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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe East Huron Gazette, 1893-02-02, Page 51893 ,call in this lice. OERIES. t, as we THE R. , 'S ;WO . METROD ESSENTIAL 04 THE FARM IF '``. lYYU VI[ [ k buUCC ED. It is C.alenlatedthat Hundreds of Dollars are Lost Annually by a Want of Systs m on the Pateof AAgriculturists-la ort_ aade b! Itee'drds. It is too true that farmers are often without systematic management of their work. • -Too . much is trYested :to eaeEastry. It is, perheps•tratetitai a half and half'system of keeping records .is K. animas Ineiv meati 'I(t 114y Be.tr4..ed to I'� the Daren._ On the inellefe0 of muck and .hewn to useeit, The MMaine Farmer says Aread- er of The Farmer, having a bed;ofmuck on his fair, wadies to know what, if anyth;eg, he can do with it in fertilizing_ hie. land? There is a wide difference in. the value of snuck as found in different Localities. This- difference arises `first from its state of decomposition; it is all vegetable matter. In some cases decom- position has not so far aclya'aced as to have completely broken down. theplants of which it is composed-and:the mass :ii. loose and will fall to -pieces. showing worse than none at all. '‘,',' i be '.� ea gtv. plainly the form of the grass; weeds,rooe, vanced in years or those whose r==inds and rotten wood of which it is made up: are perplexed \1h#i r_ialy cares. i.: remits I11 other cases it is completely broken in confusion, for by h ea t:a- 1e_ down into a. fine, compact mass ;. this let= .e r� e.onievahi =abwrido -. me;ne ter is much. the better article.' Secondl it- orgy- i tV yeKrs - a�- ;n:.-_, f rmnors differs in its contents: Some muck con could trust their me._sory enti;•e't- fl'o n tains as.high as two or three peer cent. of the fact that any sy-,zem of :1.,;.11;;..:,.;,;a, nitrogen, insoluble -it is true, but there all was in little use. The one., s:i e u 1 to, the same, while in others there is scarcely keep accurate recor, s is to have , hook • a trace of fertilizing material of any kind., adapted to the• pooh et iv'sic?i: one can Vegetablematter,humns, is an important keep;1 ith - hiinT constantly, an 1 note constituent of all productive soils: �Itre- every important evert at once. 'The tains moisture and holds the soil in a data! of birth apereeding are of emus- light!, 'friable coaditionfavorable to the nal value on the -stock farm, and t e admission 'of air and heat. Long: con manager whose business is extensive tinned' cultivation, :with cropping, ex-. enough to employ a regular bopl;-keeperhausts the humus in the soil and reduces is able to- -give :purchasers : of steak its • capacity for producing bountiful s .tisfactory assurance as to the ages ` crops. ' This is more plainly seen on the - and pedigrees. A lack of records in re- dight, sandy learns where, unless the gard to the breeding. Stock .-ts -arse the treatment hs been generous,- the crops _ means of much anxiety to file proprietor are much less 'than when last' reduced himself. Without much data his mind. from the forest. Muck, then, has a val- may be worried for $._fortnight Ryer an event which records.;might i!unce to three days of time. Besides the mental strain there is the other danger of taking tisk, ne a ng'attentjgn- too -long, With` ' the'esult that scores" 'and sometimes hundreds of dollars are„ lost .. There is no betterr, drill for a f�eii.than' be-. ing entrmeted with keeping a Iedger of the bvente noted from day to day in the- pocket ri-pocket melpn ` It is,this habit of s sterirnIice- gntiiished in' the youth, that maikea hien later in life methodical in whenever work he may be concerned.. It is not necessary: tlietette, yyouth' be ever -enthusiastic. As the feeling cf:re- sponsibility grows, enthusiasm will usu- ally accom� puny it. Yet thecarefnl pro- prietor will frequently examine the work of the r, and obeer.e that it. i9`i being foo up in a proper man, ser. Some the finest :Wetness mei are - those wheeee. boys :were `worthily trrsted zee ', tine bio thrix arid. ranch of teen corresprnidenc • -pertain- ing to the business of.Ile sto t-dTm .It iii not with tancg 'stock alone that re- cords are van e. In the case of only half blood gr at es wheree a thoroughbred farmin o erationsive have used main sire is used, there is the seize -degree . g p y of importance attached : to ,: ds��, hnndre€k at•1onds with marked In the case of the :ghrier; i .firmer, tage. liplied directly td the sadvanoil in '11 V. -hose aim is to grow .from ,yedr to ;ear, a few coltsesialepe,pigehoitillambs,c the incidental: relation of this work to much other general ,labo Fkes ,,, f. Fowlson file..h'it ia. the im grtinc of?. ecoi;elen : y. as - Orr: farm' fowls do not usually live in - great --las; those,,;. oi..t;he' ppecia '�•stelck summer in their winter quarters• and farm.. "It ie. not tete province of this thus escape many -diseases winch attack article to outline _methods o4 -keeping poultey in close confinement. It is: an records; .as them lit Sir ' i`early every excellent plan to clean the winter -hoose neighborhood some one or more farmers - when tht weather bets warm -and set - whose method is sufficiently worthy of tied. ,Spray. it +> . with carbolized %cQpyimei that those "mol o v ne tesos'e'iie.,einiiisio}vii - Ai.r • it until it is riaat3e-asls et €i `ti i e s a -rug- dry,and keep it closed against gostion that will appear clearer than any tilcool nights make. it a desirable re scheme set forth on this :printed page. It fiige for them. Give it a good coat off is not important that extensive blank. •iimewash before the fowls are admitted. books be bought for this purpose, using care so that every nook and though it is advisable, especially on crevice is touched, and if you have not farms where the number of domestic. already supplied cedar poles for roost$, a rituals exceed fifty head, that the ledger do "so at this ► .ne.' be x book large enough to contain the A few ba!_els.of c=ry road -dust should m€►norande of five years or more of the be put in e'ore in the fall, and muck -bissi-ie<s. The advantage of- this is ap- from the swamp will be found of great anent for where a new book is opened. . use in`winter to sprinkle in the house. every -ear, there is liable to be confus- ion and misplacement • of some of Wein', Ho that in the cases- of horse and cattle i'as ,rein:i: m• whore the ages of m:,,tnrity nese. from her summer rambles which eetr:'i 1 to tnree years grid more, a five keeps her comparatively free from des- years' i.00'.; would eft -en he complete in it- ease, i ,1 c i perwinati-honfe is dry and s life as to the Animal. frons incidents of the. warm, aid,. in the case of old hens, she hfr of each ns:This would be prepared her winter- v.-irdrobe early latah':Early noticeable on thhtebe of a, enough to escape'the c?-ii11 of cool nights 1pr i lis sale, where there might be ruin- when. herfeathers were off on a vacation. riots in c.;t>310 nes as to gat• n b I f, sad -The G'ountry Gentleman: look of esecuti;-e v -: r:; recd ils 'Wool - - avow concin'irel the error. $yS'tena. tic n:N,nor anda sli d e 'ke ho M ev • if Prof..: only on the: ii ,� ',, ,-es pf�aiilily b Farmer.s :review as' stating' some 'strike -i)ran'3 Jack ' i. • ..silP ra.:i„ ing instaces of the diverse influence of HoiC. �nliti c re., i;:"• •giver 9planted £on rich black eso ,tiees ffs. In answer how to bo=ld' up a dairy. enough for a crop (Teo -nein a wet sea - Prof. VV. M. Hays sa,ys in Farm, Stock con, and two were planted on a knoll and Home : Get dairy cows, cows bred, rather thin soil mixed with some to produce butter, preferably f r yota;i'gravel. The two on the rich black soil cohl climate, full blue and grade +uern- -have been dead three :years, while the eeys, or next, Jerseys. Breed only to twn the knoll; are perfect, and are an - bulls which have undoubtedly good con- nually loaded with fruit. The -"Same is stitutions and have female relatives that stated to be true near Ames with the have good butter records. If you will,. English Morello, where on. dark, rich let the escutcheon, the mellow eyes, the prairie the trees are all'` dead, but on thin length of tail, the width between the knolls and ridges they give good setts - horns, and other fancy points to the faction.: The reason for this difference amateur in selecting bulls influ1ce you, is not stated in this report, bet it appears but be erre you have no weak. nbercu-_ ob-eious that the more rank and • suctul- loais lungs, but mighty milk`apd butter _entand- less ripened growth on the rich tendencies, and you will be .'able to rear soil has fitted it', for destruction by . the a herd with a business end to it. What- frost of winter, which is often intense ever dairy breed yon choose be certain in that region. to get stock that are bred partly for beef, bat take to the intensely butter -bre- -• : Nes!tight on Brun. kind. nd. If you must mix beef, Bran is one of the most indigestible of rats' lag and butter producing, trvto do foods and ought never to be .fed alone. It is valuable when mixed, in not too it byPIIS bee! first and then. getting: . - sS mak possible out . of y beef`s-age quantities, with more easily di - sows, or even hunt for and breed of filestecl and less concentrated matte:. The. -those Shorthorn families in which More bran. mash as usually made -is very ir- on less of the original Shorthorndairoax.. ritating to . the linings of :the stomach, and intestines, and Unloosening or cath : ..Banos hexa ' gnot antic efforts .are from this cause. From dud many such • lxut, the inonient:the mash is eaten tine whole you had better f ;%-c:onisie than to Mix beef end breeds.' in -which" . aseimulativesosiemice in getting ales you would be Ire _ ilia ted rid Of instead of di g it Now:gander with the second than with the first Bross. ft is loosening. Make laail-.th tssh of anicorm meal and linseeddmeal Theway w oaelibe.p. i t�� there. win be see Ri afecm Iron its Wi¢,en--yse•• pee -Keep :more -The Ohio Farmer cattle. and use sheep for live purposes. To FattenRowiacUapidl Keep hep -not wool -bearing animals only -and use them as manure manu- -facturers, wool -gnawers, and mutton- •producera beep or sell the bones for fertilizers and the pelts for ladies' and children's boots, shoes and -gloves -ns the English and French ;-Ohio Farmer. ne for the purpose of mingling its veg- etable mater with an exhausted soil; it: also -that is; some-- muck a has the ad- ditional value of the nitrogen contained. Althou this nitrogen is hot available when n t e muck is first removed from its bed, yet it becomes so by ex- :posure to the air, by cornpostIng -frith other . manures and • by use in various ways as an absorbent of liquids.,, silence any muck,may be used" to ad- vantage on any farm where it is avail- able. The best course is to nee it in a: dry or partially dry condition as an absorbent of the material about the- barn hebarn and -yards whish would otherwise go to waste, and as an admixture of barn manures for the purpose of ab - Sorbing the liquid parts that -would: leach out and be'lost, In this :way it gdas Mimes to the soft, the nitrogen it - may contain -is snide available and at the same• iine-it'absorbs material that, moonlit r6therwise be lost. '+hus all pos. sible'advantages from its use are secur- ed tfsed after this Manner, it may be` made to'add materially to the -fertility of the farm and will pay well for the vest attending its use. In our own raw state from the been, we have never know=n a case where any immediate* effect was realized. The farm hen needs as Tench care in whi- ter as her town cousin., except that she hal Laid up a store of health and hardi E#2ecc 4.) 5 L. Budd is reporto: by the Your Horses' Feet. Farmers, do -notore- lect to have the hdsif you r%tts atorses.tri+ .rialiu: . t'in r sone r t sod- cowStalin. Single stalls are best for cows. as the` tr 8 ore money for theses - - danger of one stepping on another's teats. of f alllo harass e� ::b or wholly destroying oti€i�i shave, earl- if allowed to go- on a-tid - -miming,. long ®Hough; nothing. can . be .done to . them, ie avoided.:.. The cows. =are kept remedy thein;: neatly they aloe c1eanl r when; in - single stalls. The is greatly dap 1 usual width of the stall is four feet. One' - . inch slope in the floor=frrom the head of ,¢,Funny Experiment- the stall to the gutter is sufficient. The At the Iowa station a COW was fed -r length .€M.f:the stall depends on- the size new arniikIor a time, then skim iiailk. -o the cow_ he quickest .wad to fatten liens:`foi market is to put them m a•small Pard, not averten,in.. a ritakearld.feed them all the coir. and._wheat. they will eat. Qn } day, atQ: viii, give them a mix- tier f' egnad pa 'cornmeal, bran and ground- te, scalded- with potatoes or cook d.tui tips. If you have skim milk use it with the ground grain. Ten days should be long enough .to- Make the hens fat. and` nothing but - grass. and. with result: that-while:an grass alone she• 9 nada mom Inn k a day than sknnnned an ' Farm Fagots The pig is an iniporrtant adjunct of to cow • breedinghrendinganlmals"shei 'orae.fe._.-- ins ItPRiilt .MST, ithe e 2 22 o you want an .1 rayer Ee'kaa o; If so 'Meek Choose from at all prices. in the line SOUS antoo range JlandoHT now is a good time ,gtOakaWATT. Piginsapned tihyeobslnrcaliAmg putlfite,you can get it at Aw i Down micas. DAILY. e.i M 400 •tao NLEss yon attend to. that hack- ing cough of Veers it may end is Commeigtion: Try - a battle of - CHEnoinin Gowns Sugar, only 15 cents a bottle and a splendid medium - $T ..our :Subscription renewed �!,• far the Karn CiLosa, Ea7z rsz . or Axa n Par= Punster. we will gap them for 7� and erepea the postage, TJi'I9Nn7RY of almost' evirry ticsd, an if anyk. Special b-weettd that we o not keep ab moa moi f gladly procure it for you. _ Last, but not least: We issue Mirriage Licenses. - N. McLAUGHLIN, Druggist & Stationer, Gerrie, Ont. J H TAMAN, T.PLILC> Has Removed To the• Sharpin Building, opposite -Albion Hotel, Gorrie, where he will b' pleased to meet his friends and custb mere. - Gorrie Tin 77.077-=S •s•0 0 For the Htnlien. For the'Dining Hoon. Fier tie .Hail_, . For the Parlor. For the Sick ltoom. For the Ride. For the Poor PRICES DOWN TO . BED -ROCK. • GOOdSt Store. Don't burn your fingers making' toast. Get a Toaster, for only 15c. At SIMILES. 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