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lJanger In Pasturing Rape.
As lIH.'I'O are many who have sawn
would 'lIll Ihl.'l1' ' HUon11011 10 the fuel
t hilt I hero need )10 ) some \ care In pas
t urlng till crop , (81)'llIll ) with shoo"
II. III O'UII01'110 lIllIn clover III eaus'
lug hlont In sheep though we hll0
Jj\'OI' ! hUHI'd or any trouble with cattle
III lhir ; . 'I'hoy arc not 8U fond of the
I'OII Imd do not cat It so greedily
When first turned 011 It liS they do
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Until sheep become nccustomull to I
It , It Is not safe to leave them for any
length of time 011 rape " , even after " the
dew hilt ! dried , off , Wholl first turning
I how to gut ; Il good f < 'I'd of somclhlllg
else before tumillg' them 011 the rape ,
then they will not cut liO groollll A
half hour at Il time Is long enough 10
leave them all lit fil'RI A good way
10 pasture II. after they have become
aCcIHltolllel1 10 It Is o hllvo It III COli
nectlon with a good grass pasture
and allow them to run from one to the
other lit w Ill. The rape Is too sac
culellt for the hest results \ as 1111 on ,
tire paHtIJrO plant for sheep It I at t
my tlmo they are IlIclined ( to crop Il t
until It gels a fresh start
It Hhollltl . ho homo In I1Ilnd that no
plant' will produce as much Cecil i !
too closely croppell. The roots beCome ,
Come starved for want of the supper t
normally received trolll lie ( nil'
through the lellves. 1'0 Insure a
maximum amount oC IJasturago from
the I'IIpO It Is well to withhold the
stock front It until It gets twelve
InchoR high. With the roots tllIIS
established the amount of feed It will 1
supply Is enol'lIIous.-li'armors Voice
Deterioration Qf Corn Fodder.
As our readers all know from o x .
perlonce , corn fodder deteriorates VCl'y
, rapidly during the winter season It I
left standing : III the shock , ospeclall y '
If the shocks are slIIall and not prol I
crty built 01' tied tlIIIS exposing n
large amount or the fodder to the Call
and winter mlns. The reason why the
cow does not take as kindly to corn
fodder In the spring ) as III the full Is I
because it has deteriorated , often "or J '
rapidly , In qualltr.
Where our readers ! shred their foe 1 .
tier , the quicker It Is done the betto
'rhey (10 not need to wait until the
fodder Is perfectly ( II' ) ' . Just as soon
as the corn Is lit to crib the fodder
should bo shredded find stored awn ) : ' .
Two tons or fodder shredded as soon
liS the corn Is safe to crib Is worth
three tons at least of fodder shredded
In February , provided , or course , It Is
shredded when free frolll dew ai' sal a .
It Is not the remaining sap that d Ile .
terlorates fodder , because It docs not
have In It the bacteria lint ( cause fe r .
mont and deca ) ' . It Is the bacteria 1
that come In from rain that do the
dalllago either In clover hay or corn
. toddel'
One or the great advantages of
shredded fodder Is that It enables us ,
when done in time , to prevent this
rapid tlclcl'itl'utlull ur com fodder
which always takes place In the shock
and for which there L I no other ret n'
1 edr.- \Ynllace's Farmer.
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Farm Notes
An animal must. be kept in good
flesh and thriving to make It devolol )
and prove profitable.
There Is Ito use keeping a cow on
the farm unless she Is a milker ntul
butter ' maker. 1
In applying manure \ the fal'mm'
must use his own jUdgment Uli to how ,
when and where ho applies It ,
Lack of fibrous roots Is } one can se
oC the failure of so many of our for.
cst trees , dug up In the woods and
transplanted.
As lime Is money It will bo founll
profitable to arrange ! the stables s O
as to lessen time amount or time In c a1 .
Ins for them. .
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The Farm and Poultry Plant.
The fainter " tint dol's not have II
w11 ' cquippcd ponlLry Illan t. ( loses the
OllJlOltllnlt of adlllnj.(11' ' ' '
: ; very materially
to his Ineollle ling ho also misses tint
very iuipurtunL elHI-lho Jll'o\'hling of
his fllmlly with several ! ! IdllllH of IlIxu ,
l'los , Jloultry tiles ( , laid eggs.y e
night ( sns ' that he misses seeing ! : ! his
finally enjoy broilers In this late
spring , old hen { 111111 ) roosters III lho
summer , sprint chlclwlIs III the full
and fat cockerels and capons III the
winter , as well as the uggs. One 01
the I contponsnlfons for living III the
cOlllltrr Is to have all of these things
fresh and at will wlthollt HUlllllng
many miles for thom . \IOJ'CO\I' , Iho
family of the Canner need not stint
Itself In those things as tits fat11I1) '
of the citizen must do out of reason
of economy This shollld ho thc first
object with the fainter In the keep
lag of 1)Qllltl'y Now and then t wo
nllll a fal'mt'I' who sells all his hl.'st
prodttets ( and peeps the pool'OI. fo n'
hlH famll ) ' . That Is It poor way of
( doing Thp family shollld have at
least as good liS goes off the farm.
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Provide Plenty of Nests.
\\'hat. sort of nest boxes : do you miss ?
Too many poultry raisers attach too
IItt.lo l Importance to this mattei' 'rho ) '
seem to think that If a hen has a tl e-
sire to lay she will do so , even If she
has to droll the eggs wound : 111\0 n
thlcle This may all ho so , and she
may 110 It a time ot' two , hut very soon
yon will notice n wonderful failing off
In I the egg sllp"I ) ' , unless you have
already midis provision for plenty of
nests for your flocl. One nest to fOllr
01' six hens will ho all right t : but , If
pOSSible , do even better than that
lions do not hike to statlll ar01ll1l1 on
one Coot , waiting for their turn , an y
more than a busy mltn likes to seen d
his into wailing on his slow neigh
bot' If you wish to encourage earl ) '
laying among 'otlr' hens , provide pIon.
ty of nests The ) ' cost hut little , and It
Is money well spelt-I ( 'arlti-Poultry.
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Frozen Eggs.
This Poultry World says : In tbo I
winter season quantities of eggs are
frozen , and It Is generally consider
tllllt. such eggs are worth hut little , or ,
to say the least , are much Injured for
cooling . This however Is
; purposos. , 0001' ,
not strictly true , for If properly tie nt-
cd they arc but little Injured. Instead
oC ( as was the custom ) putting them
Into cold water to take out the frost
111)(1 waiting several hours for the
thawing to site place and then fin d .
Ing' the yolks In such a solid state
that they can ho used with \ no sntisf a c .
lion In cooling , try the following
method : Place them In , hailing water
and leave them there from live to
twenty minutes according to the
amount of frost In them , when , upon
their being opened , time yolks will \ bo
found soft and In such a state that
they can he used for almost any cull ,
nary 1'lIrpm ,
Fancy Fowl Fad.
'rhero are signs of a craze In I ho
breeding or fancy poultry . says the
Field , Farm and Flroslde The Ante ri .
can Farmer recently recorded the sale
or four chickens at Hope Ind . for
$ UOO , and the fact that the seller had
a rooster for which ho was ash ( tug
$2,500 Now conies a story that a
breeder at Ilacovlllo. N. y" , has sold
sixteen chlelwns-thlrt'on hens and
three J'oost'rs-fOl' $3,100 : . to ho ship ,
e1'peg to Bel'lIn , This Is heralded as the
record price oC the } worlll for this sin no
number of fowls hut to a common
layman It loolts merely af a case of
"gold brit ] on this part of this GOJ'man
huyol" OC course , no poultry , fat Icy
or otherwise are worth tills nmount
oC money . and It is time a halt \\'US
culled lest WI run Into a fancy , paul.
try craze ns f.atal as I1011lmds exp eri .
once with tuhl'S
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News' to Grape Growers.
GI'IIJ1e growers : In the United States
mil h ) ' derive Il useful : hint from Il III'OC'
eBS fiS yet IInlwown on this side of the
water , by which w hme . growers .In
France are enabled tu market fresh
outdoor gralwH ( all through the winter
s ays the American I1l\'onlOl' The
method , which IH ' '
a risen Invention
Is both cartons and Interestln
Bunches of the finest grapes , when
ripe In autnmn , are cut In such a way
that to each hunch II : piece of the vine
fi\'o ( II' six Inches long remain attach.
011. From this ! ! piece the stern of the
hunch han s-an arrangement which ,
liS will presently ' ! he seen , If essential
10 the success of the operntlon A
large lIumhm' of wldnncclwd hOlllos ,
tiled ( with water , are ranged In hOl'I
zontnl rows on racks In a cellar , and
In the open end of each of these 1'0'
COlltahles Is placed II hunch of grapes
-that Is 10 say . the piece of vine . stem
Is Insertell Into the mouth of time gist'
tic , and the grapes hang olltsldo The
grapes do not touch the bottle hut
are supplied with molst.uro through
ho I \'Ino-Itolll : , which Is Immerscd In
the water In this mannoI' blacl ilanl
burgs and other choice table grape
are Kept fresh and perfect through an .
ontlro winter.
Eastern Trees on Western Farms
Farmers In the west that want to
plant trees either for fruit 01' ol'na'
mont should secure thom of w ester ( m
growers and malio sure also that the
Western growers have not purchases 1
them in the East. A tree grown In
this eastern 01' middle states is not
adapted to this West as a common
thing and this has caused much this
couragement In the planting of trees ,
The I tree pedcilet' will need to bo
watched lIe bus the roputatlon or
hIring himself to a western ' '
utu ser 5'
b'and then on the sly , sending order
for eastern trees , from which ho can
sometimes matte a better profit than
from trees grown In the \Vost. 'rhe
buyer or trees If ho have not con
, , plote confidence In the tree pcddlel ' ,
. will And It 10 his advantage to ins
1I0ntallyTlto to this western isms
cry front which his trees are repute
to como and tell ( them that ho has ] a
let ! of trees from thom 110 can give
them this Information ( 1Ir asl\lng ; [ sisal
unlml10rtant Question } , as "how d lee ] )
should this trees front vent ' nursol'Y
bo planted ? " 1I0 can do this without
offending the tree agent 01' letting him
fmow that ho Is getting a "checl\ on
his movomonts.
Root Rot of Apple Trees
In some of the Western states root
rot Is lIecOllllllg 11. great source of an ,
no'anco to the OI'chat'llists It , Is found
quite generally In orchards over Jlvo (
years of age and even In some younger
ones The disease Is , however , of mot
frequent occurrence In new land than
In old , 'rho ] disease Is most to bo mot
with nn poorly drained land I , though
It Is found more or less on any I\lnd
of land The disease Is not 11. product
of the alllllo orchards but exists In I
our native fot'l'sts Thence Il spl'oalls }
to the apple OI'Chlll'lIs This Is a vet y
Importl\nt reason I'ot' not Fetthtg apple
orchards on recently cleared land ,
'l'htH this disease Is highly contagious
Is shown by this fact that It will attaclt
an apple tree and spread from It In
all directions , 1lI1lng'CI'Y tree Il
touches The hest remedy 1s } to 1'0'
move and burn infected trees , not 11IIt.
ting other trees where this old ones
have boen. It takes at least ] three
years for the disease germs to d lo
out.
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Money in 'Happy ' Cows.
Plenty to cat fl'esh'atel' a - pleat y ,
Ising kind carp make the cow happ ) s ;
and It } Is the happy cow that fills the
mlll pall und the porlwtbool\
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Sheep and ( tttle Compared.
An Iowa Carnrcr has mnaie a coin'
1III"Ison " between the profits of sheep , , (1\
anti ; cattle raising , which shows l1P I .
sheep ! , Iteeping In a good light. 110 .
says In the American Cultivator :
' " 1 think If we take n serIes oC ten
years \ together It will commonly ho
found that there Is not much difference ,
between the market price of fat sheep .
and fat cite , If wo compare all i I
lasses , ethers , Cat owes , yearlings 'i
and iambs , with steers , fat cows , teif- }
ers and I'alves The fat cattle are
now about $1 per hundred less than . 1 ,
a year ago , still choice fat steers are I '
now consldo'ahl , higher than fat , E
WOUlOt'S and yearlings , hut fat cows
are sign ( the saute as fat owes I
"It has been proved by our expert-
ml.'nt stations that , as a general role ,
It requires ahout the same amount
and quality or feed to grow and fat-
ton a given number of pounds or .
sheep OJ' mutton as of cattle or boef.
According .to this rule , ten sheep at
two 01' two anti a half years old
weighing' 130 pounds each have eaten
the same amount of feed as It steer or
heifer of the same ago and weight ,
1.300 pounl1s
"Whllo time general rule holds that
It i sites ( about the same amount or
feed to produce a thousand pounds be
beef as a : thousand pounds oC mutton , ,
It I often happens ) ) that sheep can' be
lopt on cheaper foed. Sheep eat a \
hU'j.el' l variety of plants or weeds than
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cattle , and rapidly convert even noxi- J
ous weeds Into wool and mutton
"Shoop can bo well fattened In less 1
line ( than cattle. The one hundred 'j
day fed steer Is not finished , hut sheep
In very moderate condition can bc
well fattened In one hundred da's
.Anothol' element of profit with
sheep Is' the Increased fertility which
they give to the soli No other stock
equals thorn 111 this respect. Increus >
ctl fertility means better crops. "
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Charcoal for Hogs. , : ,
In the press of gathering corn and
getting ready for winter , our renders
should not forget to seep ] ) ) their hogs
well : supplied ) with charcoal. This
Isource of this charcoal will differ In
different localillos In the timber sec'
bens wood charcoal Is easil '
easily available 4 '
and Is perhaps ) the best. In the larger .
portion ) of our territory , however , our (
readers must depend on charcoal Cram f
the corn cobs 'I'hls Is very easily i
obtained and is about the best use to i
which you can put this annoying litter
on the stable floor ( or In the pens and .
other places where hogs are fed r
The hest method Is to dig a circular
hole , say two feet w'icle and as
many deep Build a fire of chips and
corn cobs anti when well started fin ,
n ) ) the entire hole with corn cobs still
when they are sUfficiently burned
cover lightly anti tints smother them
out before the entire contents are I'e'
duced to ashos. 'fhon add salt and
any wood ashes you may have and
pill ) In It place where the hogs can
eat It at will It Is no cure for chol-
era , nor Is It a preventive , but It Is
a preventive of Indigestion , which Is
somellmos taken for cholel'a.
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When Roots Are Fed.
JUdgment Is needed In the feeding
of roots to hogs They like the roots
and will sometimes eat more than Is
profitable for them to cat. That is . .
they fill np on roots and the worle or
time stomach goes to digest It lot oC
material that has in It very little
nutl'lment.Vhen water Is given In
addition to this roots time result Is even
mOl'e In the direction we have ilmdi-
cated If the hogs have a good quantity '
tltr or roots they should not lIe given
water : for the roots are almost nine
tenths wnter. But It Is better to give
this swine somo'ater ; and reduce the
amount of roots they are to receive
Roots are a great adjunct to the grain
ration 'P
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