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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, TUESDAY, JULY 22, 18S4.???TWELVE DA&ES. FARMS AND FARMERS. symptoms of the disorder, caused by eating her pigs, and fed ^rain long enough to start I for growing turnips, mid eveir if his attention I from the potash in the ashes and makes it f I them. ??? her thriving, and tlten go to gross or clover . is fcirni i;i growing tlmm on u larger scale for caustic, in which condition it will reduce the < r.?????^TT AT wc I "yofasaor Law hat clearly shown that there for the season, and do without any grain until stock ??edtar, these vuraut nine.* should not * SHC7*i f a FARWER S ON I was scarcely a single poiut in which the symu- November, when sho sfiDuld be led lightly be neglcHeu, but a morechoice variety farm topics. I toms shown by the aflected cattle were exactly with grain again to put her in strength for here for houce use, than is commonly* - I like those of foot and mouth disease; vet it breeding. The pigs are prepared for soaked for cattle. The Mule???When to Cat Grass???Lire stock???Mtleh I ca unot be denied that the general resemblance corn ana slop made of milk feed and oil cake ! There are more that fifty varieties of this Cows in Summer-Weaning Pigs-Dont Baisc I was such as would lead any but an experienc- meal in such quantity as they will eat up i vegetable; yet not more than a half dozen Your Own Seed-When Should a Cow go I ed person to tpe conclusion that the cattle clean within fifteen minutes, and tako it throe I kinds are generally sown. Rutabagas are Dry-To Grow Peaehea-Notes. I were aflected bv foot and mouth disease. He times a day. They should have a grass lot or considered most profitable for stock,'and ??? I recommends that the subject of ergotism clover field to run in. So important is gross ?? The Mule. I should be thoroughly studied in all its rela- as a part of a pig's diet, that if one cannot Tiw. Of Tiinn i?? hwinc ??tt ????,?? Km. I tiona health of humanity nnd of animals have grass lots or clover fields, by ail means ? 1 ??? w\ , generally.. The importance ofsuch an hives- sow c&ver near the pig house, that it may be The robins note sounds from the shadowed I tigation will be better appreciated when it is cut and thrown to tho pigs twico a day. Wo I known that several ailments of man and of do-cannot afford to raise pigs on corn ana meal ???The bluebird???s ecatacy the morning fills, I inestic animals are caused by eating smut or ; alone. First, becauso we cannot keep them in The brown leaves rustle in the woodland I ergot. These appear in the form of a nervous ns robust health without the grass. Second, trail, I disorder, resulting in convulsions, paralysis, : becauso with tfio grass or clover added to tho i ??? i ?????? i.i??? ration, a larger per cent of the grain is di gested, and more pounds of pork can be made from each bushel of grain fed. Aud thy clear voice, glad harbinger of Spring, ? r lethargy; in a gan grenous form, resulting Trills through the laud like some bright, joyous i? dl T ??fthe extremities, as in tho j Kansas and Illinois outbreaks; in an abdomi nal form, resulting in constipation, impaction I know thy song; ah, jocund as the day, Oft have I hoard thee cry aloud for feed And wakened by thy trumpet-sounding bray of the stomach or bowels, with subsequent diarrhea and eruptions on or erosions of the mucous membraues or the skin known as mad HOW hove I cursed ,heo ud thy attend "fc .ffiSAIJ'JSff "M&rfSL"!?!: breed! How have I smiled to see thy restless hoof Lift a man through the vaulted stable roof! Yet thou art Wnd; 1 never knew thee, mule, quite likely that such an investigation recommended would throw much needed light upon the subject that has long troubled owners of cattle in the dairy districts of the older states, where abortion has caused serious los If it should result in suggesting Kiolr .non or Injun whom thou could,, not for .tortion, '.uch u motivation reacn, ... . I would, by that alone, more than repay all rca* And thou hast learned in harsh Experience???s j sonable cost. school, I Professor Law says: ???The conditions that- To practice always better than* yon preach. I favor the production of smut in wheat, corn, E???cu while, with drooping lids, you doze and I barley, nnd oats, and of ergot in hay and rye, sleep, I are the same in the main???the presence of tho Still do your heels their sleepless Vigils keep. spores, a damp soil, a shady locality near trees I and woods, the absenco of free circulation of How is it, with a leg itot five feet long. I air, a moist air, a clouded sky, hot weather, fre Thou kick???st across a seven-acre lot? I quent thunder storms, heavy rainfalls, and ex Thou art a giant on the go, but twice as I tremc changes of temperature are especially strong I noteworthy. Thou art, to hold thy,elf In one .mall spot. ???Newly broken up land, j rieh in decomposing m ?? r ??? "" ,r ?? m CVC ^ mSSSf. Sv'o^h^r^w^???H^VtZr 0 ;?: morn. i t ac jj eg ?? rea t importance to an excess of nitro- I've wen thee balk, and .locp, and smile In gen ous matter ih the soil, and l)r. J. B. Lnwes sc??ra- I to a relative deficiency of mineral matter, both Oh gentlemule-whoa, there! whoa, mule! hold ??. f wl ! ich condition, favor n growth deficient in ??? ,I stamina even if luxuriant.??? ??... . ..., ??? . I Knowing the conditions that favor the de l???ll sing no more if thou dost turn around; I velopment of the injurious growths, it seems There is no beauty in thy after-guard; j that it should be quite practicable, in a meas- I will stand where thine eye???s soft light Is I ure at least, to avoid the effects which feeding found, I ergot and smut are likely to cause. The Here at thy gentle face???whoa! soft, don???t I farmer may guard against the disorder by act the fool??? I closely scanning the grain and grasses in local- I wlU-whoa-hol Ho! Help! Polled Dog-gono I itip! where tho obnoxious growths are likely to I occur, nnd by rejecting the hay and grain in -B. J. Burdette, In Utica Observer. I which tho y ??? re founl1 ??? ii l Mn.cn Cows is Sunnua.???On tho farm tho \\ lies to Cit OttABS???A subject not now to I grcatcst proflt is ,i erivo<l from the cow during the readers of an agricultural paper, but we I the summer, especially in tho dairying regions, cannot refrain from talking so long as thero I The important question with the husbandman arc >o many sidewalk farming colors who try b> derivo tho greatest amount of profit, . . ... ...... , I which really means, how to get tho greatest to instruct ruralists upon this subject by ad- I yj^ 0 f goo j mf^. Fresh, luxuriant grass is vocatlng tho nonsensical theory of cutting I ihe best milk producing feed wo have, and .grass very young, while it is sweet and tender I when that begins to faii.somo other succulent they any; Of course they shed their theorii- m ?? t<!ri ? 1 should wpply its place. Young corn . . . . , : ??? , , I and red clover havo proven valuable, a, any ing ink to no good purpose, for experienced f, r mer who has tested their qualities con farmers will pay no more attention to the fool-1 testify. Youqg corn wcprefer, ami this, aided ish absurdity thon fruit growers would to a >0- 11 tr0 ??? ?????????????>??? will fully tako tho place of theory advocating that winter apples are best wh??? 0 Tnot.own for tho purpose of picked and packed in August. Farmers know I early feeding, nnd but fesv cows aro kopt, in- too well tho superior value of matured hay. I forior parts of the cornfield may be cut off nnd The host evidence of tho practicability of doing w j th ????? r0 P r ?? flt lh ??? will . b ? obtuinedhy .. , .., . i . . . . I allowing it to maturo for winter use. Red any particular thing in farming at a certain clover cut beforo maturity is also a profitable time, and in a certain way, is the universally I feed, as beforo asserted, but with either of adopted sy.tem after thoroughly testing all I these much depends upon how, or rather I when, tho material is feaout. If you give the tho different modes. I cows a treat to sweet, young cornstalks in the Wc do not deny that if grass bo allowed to | morning altar, or even before turning them ???stand until ripe that very much of the soluble I from the milking yard, you destroy their np- and nutritious material is converted into a petite* for the 'dnv, nhd the animals will stand . .. . , i * I around half tho day waiting for more. The . woody matter, and by no mean, advocate tho tim# focd ,, #t ?? ight oft( ? r mi i king . then practice of putting up fully ripened hay; yet I f e od in tho pasture and not at the yard. After many years of experience and experiment I devouring tno fodder the cows will lio down, upon tho farm giving this subject a good deal 2^? the Wintf.d'???Jive.?'.*" ???of attention, has turnished us proof positivo 1 w j ien morning comes, and tho dew has fresh- thnt grass well developed is superior in nutri-f oned the grass, they will be up aud at work ment and hotter relished by cattlo than grass I gathering food. cut before it has reached tho blooming state. I Hut few, apparently, realizo how easily and Oue season we cut a few tons of herd's grass I at how littlo expense this partial soiling can in Juue about the timo it was heading out, I bo carried 011. To show how little land is re- nnd put it into the bam iu good condition; the I quired to keep a cow, ono experienced farmer main crop was but just as the seed had form-1 writes: ???On tho first day or Juno last I corn ed, aud tne stalk received full growth, and a I mcnccd cutting clover for one cow confined in few tons were nut up ripe. Tho first cut ap-I a yard enclosed by a high tight board fence, i tcared very nice, tho color was bright, but the I with a stable attached iir which sho has beon tay was as tough and spongy as tow, and I fed. She has had no food but freshly cut when put before cattle or horses, was nosed | clover from tho first of Juno to the fifteenth of Don???t Raisf. Your Own Srkd.???J. L. M advises farmers to raise their own garden seeds. Experience 1ms taught me otherwise. I formerly raised my own garden seeds, and was the loser every time. Whero I raised let tuce, onions, turnips and parsnips, I always hod the worst bed of weeas to aontend with tho next spring of any spot on the farm, and, as a general thing, the worst weeds to eradi cate. By raising our own seeds year by year, thev are sure to deteriorate, and by the third or fourth year they become worthless. Pars nips, iu particular, when once produced from self-grown seeds, become poisonous, aud many seeds will remain in the ground and produce its kind year after year. They must be pulled or spaded out. Raising your own seeds is too much like keeping in the old rut Exchanging farm seeds, such on wheat, corn, oats and barley has been found by tho farmers of Wisconsin to improve their crops, where exchanges can be made from black prairie soils to the clay soils of tho openings, or from sandy soils to either of the above named soils. If practiced, it no doubt would bo beneficial to have seed farms for tho purpose of intro ducing new varieties of form seeds of all sorts. If the commissioner of agriculture would en courage it, nnd send larger quantities of wheat, ryo, oats and barley to such farms, iu place of sending small quantities to so many different ones, it would benefit agriculture much moro than under tho present system. Informers (that is, all not slovens) knew where they could get clean seed, free from mixture, free from sorrel, kale and mustard, they would be not only willing but glad to avail themselves of tho opportuni ty of paying tho farmers who Is at the trouble and expense of raising pure and clean seeds, and thus encourage him to coutinuo in the business. In riding through tho country wo often sco fields of barley mixed with oats, winter wheat sprinkled all through with rye, and spring wheat with kalo and mustard. Where is the former wishing to buy clover oi timothy soed who docs mot make diligent in* ouiry ns to where it was grown, and whether there is any sorrel, quack or foul seed of any sort growiug on tho farms in that vicinity? And when it is purchased, it is scrutinized verv closely to ascertain whether it is pure or foul. All this may bo avoided by having re liable seed farms. Farmers raising their gar den seeds would soon have inferior vegetables, on account of tho deterioration of the seed raised from tho samo stock year after year. Seed growers take pride in having pure and reliable seeds. They propagate, experiment nnd bring out new and superior varieties.??? Country Gentleman. When Should a Cow oo Dry????There is such a thing ns burning a candle at both ends. One may easily do this in tho dairy, and while the 'good, easy man??? thinks he is making a good deal of light at the samo cost, suddenly his .candle may go out. This kind.of thing may iar ns our taste is concerned there is ho turnip for table use bettor than tho Russian; it is sweet, crisp, a prolific grower, and will keep its iluvor and freshnea longer than any other variety wo have over cultivated. Don???t wait for the ???twenty-fourth of July, wet or dry,??? to put in the seed, but sow or transplant whon the earth is moist, any time from now until the first of August, but wo prefer earlier to later than the twentieth of this month. When tho seta are transplatcd put them fifteen inches apart each way; water tno roots when setting out, and afterwards keep tho soil loose and the weeds down. Transplanting is always best done after a light shower and at nightfall. Thk OncruKD.???An Ohio grape grower keops tho birds from his frujt by a cat made of Cau- ton flannel the color of a Maltese cat and stuffed with curled hair. He says a cat of this kind set upon tho grape trellises, whero they may be secure and in full sight of birds, will effectually protect tho grapes from tho birds for twenty feet on all sides. Tho Farm and Garden describes the method of June grafting, which can be practiced where early set scions have failed. It is to split the oark on one side of the stump and sharpen the scion, all on ono side, and run it under the bark where it is split flat side next to tho limb. Leave a trifle of tho sloping cut abovo tbo stub, for then it will heal over far soouer. Take a piece of old muslin, wax it, and tie around the stub to keep tho bark pressed against the graft. Cover tho top of tho stub well with wax and also the. muslin bandage. When the graft is fairly started cut through ^he muslin on tho side opposite the graft, and that will allow it to grow. Thomas Gregg, in a paper read beforo the central Illinois Horticultural society, Hamil ton, says: ???Sixty years ago or moro, Coxe, an extensive planter of apples in the eastern states, wrote on this subjoct, claiming that tho best locations for orchards were on elevated, rolling and well drained soils. His writings were among the earliest of my readings in horticulture. He has been followed by Cole, Barry, Thomas, tho Downing*, Elliott, War- dor and a long line of otherUistinguisbed and practieal men, all agreeing mainly on the one mint, namely, that the elevated positions aro o bo chosen, and that fiat and level sites are to bo avoided. This has been the teaching of the fathers in horticulture for moro than half a century. Besidos being in accordance with tho actual experience aud observation of thousands of practical tnen, for a long series of years, it looks to bo eminently sound doc trine. In that light it has been followed from Maine tp Georgia, and from the Atlantic to tho Mississippi, whenover and wherever practicable, by the best and most skillful fianters. But now comes a new philosophy. It has lately been discovered that these old fellows were all wrong; that a rolling prairie is not as good a site for an orchard as a level nnd flat prairie; that a low location is to bo preferred to an elevated ono. Is this so-called discovery a discovery at ail? Is it in accord ance with sound reason? I cannot accept it as such. I may never plant any more orchards, but I certainly would adviso all those who in- tond planting, and who feol disposed to adopt the new philosophy, to go slow.??? Ground Oats for Horskn.???Oats as a food for horses have greater favor than any other grain because they give good heart to tho ani mal and are not so heating to tho blood as corn, but they aro almost universally fed in Special llusinezs Notices. bone to a soluble condition very soon. The I CAlUy???To ail who arc suffering from error mixturo should then bo shoveled over anti j Rn ??? 1 indiscretions of youth, nervous weakness, mixed with a fourth of its weight of plaster, 1 early decay, loss of manhood, *etc., I will send a which will prevent the escape of ammonia .reclpo that will euro you, FREE 07 CHARGE, that will be produced. If the bone is raw,, This great remedy was discovered by a missionary such a mixture will contain about four pounds | n South America. Send self-addressed envelope of nitrogen, fifty pounds of phosphate of l.me, to Rkv. Joseph T. Inman, Station D??? New York and ten pounds of potash, worth at market mftr lfi ??????... ?? ??? ??? * e ' f xor,t * price about$4.50 per 100 pounds, not counting nt lt llfixt1 iho lime and plaster, which will bo additional. Grouud bone can be bought for $25 to $30 a ton.???New York Times. Notes. aside quickly, if a lock of oven the ripe hay I October, and all taken from one fourth of an could be got hold of. Wo tried similar expert-I acre of ground. Sho has averaged eighteen ments with other grass, nnd always found hay I quarts of strained milk per day, from which cut just as tho stalks wero fully developed and I my wife has made eight pounds of butter per the iced forming, tho best. I week during tho lour am! a half months. The Farmers almost universally agree that grass I cow is five years old, and a cross of tho Ayr- flhould be cut while in n succulent state, and I shire and Durham. Sho has given more milk, their practice shows that they also know that I more butter, and of a better quality, than she tho latter it is secured in that state, tho greater I has ever done on pasture. On another fourth weight of hay obtained, and the better the I of an acre, by mowing four times, I have se xuality of tho same. Reason also teaches tho | cured two tons of good hay. On one-eighth of fallacy of cutting grass while in a premature I an aero I have raised one hundred and fifty condition, for during its growth it is taking in I bushels of sugar beets and carrots, which, gum, sugar, mucilage, albumen and other I with tho two tons of hay, will keep her components of a soluble nature, and in theso I handsomely through the balance of the year, lies the nutriment, and tbese soluble com-1 Tho labor of cutting clover for the cow is lest pounds do not change until the beginning of.l than that of driving her three-fourths of a the formation of the seed and continue to in-1 mile to posture; betides, tho manure saved is crease up to that time. And further, gross I quite an itetn. cut young requires very much moro labor to I ???In the dairy districts tho usual estimate is prepare it for the mow than that cut later. I four acrei to tho cow, on the hay and pasture Some who cut very early allow it to stand in I system; whereas, by soiling and raising roots, the cock and sweat, and cure itself by accu-1 five-eighths of an aero is sufficient. I will mulated heat, but this is not wise or profita-1 state further what I believe from nearly thirty bie, for during the fermentation carbonic acid I years??? experience in farming, that thero is no is formed and an alcoholic property given to I crop so valuable for soiling as clover; no crop, the solublo matter making hay musty, un- I so manv pounds of which, and of eoual value palatable, less nutritious and probably un* | for milk aud butter, can be produced from an healthy. I aero of grouud. Sweet corn is n good crop for Red clover ripening earlier in tho season I late feeding where clover will not grow, but than hcrdsgrnss requires tho first attention of I not profitable for winter feeding." the farmer and should bo cut as soon as it is I ?????? . . mature in growth. The quicker this crop is | Vi ranino Pios.???The litter that has been cured the Better. By any "mode of proceedure I brought up to weaning time on the generous ??? ??? * -y growth fit for the I diet before rec it is difficult to cure a heavy gr< barn iu any reasonable length of tiuii plan that we adopted, and one that we oeli to be as good as any, was to draw thec????voi after having two days???sun, and oue turn: and mix with it alternate layers of straw dry hay. The dry material will absorb the succulent substance, and whife preserving the new, greatly improve the old. If the dry material is not at hanb and the weather proves unfavorable the clover may be put into cocks. The beating process will soon begin, but do not let it go far enough to hurt the hay. By ventilating the heat will paas off in vapor, leaving the cock sweet, and cured in the course of a day or two, according to the weather. If the weather is dry, open the cocks and after letting them lic??an houror two, haul to the barn. If rain sets in after the cocks are made up, let the cocks stand until fair weather comes. Then, os soon as the outer cocks are well dried oft,opeu them for a few hours, and fourthwith put them'into the barn.???New York Tribune and Farm. Live 8tock.???The United States treasury de partment has just published in full Professor Uff???i exhaustive report upou the outbreaks of dry gangrene, or ergotism, which caused so much excitement in this country in the early part of the current year. In describing the cases the professor gives the facts, agreeing essentially with those reported by the Tribune at the time the outbreak first attracted public attention, and before any investigation had been made by the authorities. The report in question gives in detail the facts which show that the malady was not the justly feared foot and mouth disease, or aphthous fever; des cribes the experiments made to ascertain whether or not the disorder could be trans mitted from one animal to another; refutes in detail the several theories advanced at the time to account for the appearance of the mal ady, ahd shows clearly the reasons for de claring that ergot In the forage was the only came for the appearance of the disease. A description of the ergot of rye, of red top, the smut of corn, and of wheat are given, with il lustrations, together with a description of the recommended will be in condition to nssimilatcenough food, without the mother???s milk, to prevent the universal ???chcck in growth that comes to tbe calf and colt and average pig after weaning. If the sow is to raise two inters a year, the litter may profitably suck eight weeks; but it she is to have but one lit ter a year, then she can be at no better busi ness than furnishing milk and comfort to her young a month longer. 8he should be gen erously fed, that her strength and milk supply be kept up, as far ss possible. Many good ???ucklers become thin and weak after a strong litter has drained them for* two months. We have often found that if a quart of milk be added to tbe slop of the brdftd sow she would eat with greater relish; and the addition of the milk not only makes a more palatable ra tion, but a more digestible diet. Here is one of the secrets in economical use of milk. It so completes a ration of corn, oats and mill feed as to make a larger per cent of the feed digest. Heuce the feeding value of milk is greater than its analysis would indicate. As a general rule it pays better to feed the milk to the pigs than to sow, but in case flagging appetite or strength of the sow, a share of it cau be put to no better use than to keep her up in digestion and appetite. At such times conditiments and tonics and condition pow ders are usually recommended, but they are of doubtful value, and are easily used to the injury of tho stomach. The watchful feeder notices the condition of his stock, and gauges the amount and variety of feed to suit their condition*. When we are feeding young pigs to secure the greatest growth by ten or twelve months, or the calf and steer to be a ripe beef by two years, far more intelligence and care wilt be needed than in tbe old style of slow growth. The pigs that are to be weaned at eight weeks or twelve weeks must hare been fed so as to have strength of stomach to ena ble them to keep growing without the stimu lus of the mothers milk. For her safety she should be put on dry feed a week before sepa ration from the litter, and gradually dried off go on when ono milks the cows up to the timo I an unground state. The reason of this is of caving or near it, and even encourages it by I probably owing to tho fact that but little feeding if for that end. But then it may not. I trouble Is required to feed them so, and yet Ahd it is the dairyman's business to know all I every horseman knows that the grain is less about it and tako any general rule for his I nutneious in that condition ns the wholo of guido. There Is no rule without a multitudo I the food is not masticated nrnl digested. The of exceptions, and theso are os numerous as I unmasticatcd, of course, does no good to the times, places nnd circumstances; and as clr- I animal, but is an absoluto harm, absorbing in- cumstsnces niter cases, so tho reply to tho I stead of yielding nutriment. It may safely question wc havo put abovo depends upon cir- j bo calculated, especially with old horses, that cumstances. Thero are cows tnat will not go I at loast one-third less in woiglit of grain will dry, but will milk from calf to calf. Is tno I keep an animal in good condition when fed dairyman to worry himself and the cow in I ground than whole. useless defiance of her natural habit? By I It is n woll known fact that tho mixing of no moans. He must suit his case to the cir- | saliva with food is of tho utmost importance cumstances, and reduce tho milk yields os I in effecting easy digestion. When unmasti- much os possible by milking onco a day per- I catod it is not affected by the secretion of tho hsps, ami compensate tho cow for . her extra I glands, and tho secretion is mudo at tho OX' burden by giving her more feed up to n safe I pease of tho animal???s condition, limit. What this limit may bo depends wholly I If a working horse gets but twelve quarts of upon the ability of tho cow to kculthfully di- I oats per day, it would consumo oue hundred 8 est aud disposo of the food. And no ono but I and thirty-seven bushels in a year; estimated io intelligent owner can say what this limit I at one-third less when ground, tho saving may be, for it will vary as cows vary, nnd no I would be about forty-six bushels of groin, two cows aro precisely alike. As long as tho I Oyn 8taokr. cows is In thriving condition, not losing flesh I or making fat, tho limit is not reached. I To Grow Peaches???The peach is a peculiarly But ns a rule, to bo contracted and expended I sensitive tree. It is liable to be frozen out by judiciously and safely, it might be said that a I bard winters, or it may gradually yield to the cow should be'driedoif six weeks before she is I ravages of insects, or some peculiar atmos- duo to calve. That up to that time she should I phone Influence. On farms where tho peach bo liberally fed in the usual manner; that I prospered and bore abundantly thirty years thenceforth her food should be curtailed or I ago, they can scarcely be made to produce at even changed to dry hay; and if her con-I all now, with the best of care. There are cer- dition is reduced somewhat, so much the bet- I tain regions along the lakes that are peculiar- ter. It will make it snfer for her and tbe calf. I ly adapted to peach growing, and others In tho The milking may bo dono onco a day, or not I new states, and in some of the territories. The wholly completed, leaving a little iu the ud-1 Farmers??? Friend suggests that potash is ncc- der.* We have even taken a little milk several I estery for productiveness. It says that the times a day from a cow in this condition, with I b??it yielding orchards are certainly thoso the effect of rapidly drying the udder. But it I where the trees receive an annual dressing of is a dangerous thing and one to be avoided, to I good rotted manure and a liberal supply of lesve any considerable quantity of milk in a I potnsh in some form. Year after year, or- cow???s udder at this time.???Tho Dairy. I chards here so treated havo borne splendid I crops of fruit, while others belonging to neigh fioMK Ferdino Rf.8Ui.th.???There is no better I bora who had not tbe time-???or inclination???ti manner of understanding the value of feeding I attend to their trees had ???bad luck.??? . We the different kinds of material than by practi-1 have tried po a h on clay soil without any cal experiments. Any animal on the farm ( noticeable effect. A good mulching of loam may bo selected for such purpose, and the In- I and protection from winter winds proved formation gained by so doing is often worth I more availing. A peach tree close to the south hundreds of dollars. Professor Sanborn, in a I or eastern side of a dwelling will bo very recent report on swine feeding at the Missouri I likely to thrive (providing the soil is gowl) agricultural college farm, gives facts that I and be productive; but there is a limit to fruit should be carefully studied by all farmers. I culture in that manner. He shows that the cost of maintenance alone I n ??? (simply running the machine) is from two to I A Cheap Paint.???Tho Florida Dispatch three and one-half? j??er cent, the latter while I if you want to make a cheap yet g< ??? the pigs are roughing it in tho cold and storms I paint for buildings, fences and tho like, sli of winter. Of two lot* of pigs, equal in num- I a bushel of good fresh lime and strain it free here and weight and fed equal quantities of I lumps through a fine mason???s seive; add groin, the lot confined in pens, with no green I water to make about forty gallons; thon add food, gained seventy-eight pounds, while lot I twenty pounds Spanish white, seventeen number two, having the run of a blue grass I pound* of coarse salt and twelve pounds brown pasture, gained 174 pound*. The same lot* I "Ugar; mix thoroizaflilyr. Two or three coats during another period, fed alike and both on [ should be given. It is better to put on threo grass, showed a gain of twenty-four pounds in I coats thin thsn ono coat thick, as the wood favor of lot one, showing there was no defic-1 will absorb the thin wash, where the thick is ieney as to health or thrift. During another I *pt to scale off. It is good for brick, stone or period, lot one, fed grain and running to grass, I wood. Three pounds of yellow oehre will gained 103 pounds; while lot two, to grass I make a cream color; four pounds of umber, alone, gained twenty-pounds. The ex peri- I ??ne pound of Indian red, and a pound of ment* snow that pigs fell grain alone hardly I lampblack makes a light-brown stone color, make a profitable gain; that fed the same I Another good and durable wash may be made grain and running to pasture, they make the I ????? follows: A peck of lime, dry slaked, and most gain, and that in pasture alone they gain I the same quantity of fine sifted coal ashes or too slowly to be profitable; that while run- I send, and twice as much wood ashes are well ning in good pasture aud fed grain, the grass I mixed with enough linseed oj) to make it furnishes the nutriment for maintaining exis- I spread freely. It Is a light drab color and tence, and the grain is all used to increase the | msy be made darker ny adding color as growth, thus giving the greatest measure of I above, profit. He further shows that in crowding I pig* forward from the time of their birth so I Bone* roa GtAraviER*.--If bones are really they will be fattened ready for slaughter when I os valuable as they are claimed to be by some seven months old, there is twice as much I for grapevines, every one has the means at profit as in wintering and feeding two sum- I hand for stimulating bis vines to a wonderful inert. What hog raisers need everywhere it a I *lg??r. It is said that if a bone is placed in the quick growing, early maturing bog that need I earth near the root of the grape, the rine will not be kept over winter. There is really no / *end mit a leading root directly to the bone. In profit in tnose large hogs that cannot well be | it* passage it will throw out no fibers, but marketed before two years old. I when it reaches the bone, the root will entire- I ly cover it with tbe most delicate fibers, like Tcaxir Growing.???Like buckwheat, the tur-1 lace, each one seeking a pore of the bone. On nip comes in very bandily'and profitably as a I this bone the vine will continue to feed as long filling-in crop. Not only farmers but villagers I os nutriment remains to be extracted, who have gardens, may raise family supplies I _ ?????? from spots where early potatoes, peas, etc., I Bo***, Ashes, Etc.???Three hundred pounds have been removed. 8eea may be sown in I of unleacbed ashes mixed with 100 pounds of open ground any time this month, or plants I ground bones in a heap and kept moist would Lambs may be weaned when from four to five months old. Tliev and their mothers should be separated nua placed in lots out of sight of each other, and along with the young things should bo put three or four wethers or dry ewes to keep thorn tame. They should have good pastures and a littlo grain daily, whereas the owes should be temporarily stint ed for tho purpose of drying up their milk. Shearing time will, however, have arrived ero this, when the flock should first be passed in review and dirty locks of wool bo cut off; thon the sheep should be washed, and in four or five days, or as soon as tho wool is dry, they may be sheared. The trouble with most persons who keep horses, says n western farther, no matter whether on the farm for farm work or lor driv ing purposes, is they feed too much hay; and to this causo 9 can be attributed the general slug- gisuness often manifested by the horse until they have beon working a couple of hours, while tbo wind is also much impaired. Night is the only time whon hay should be fed especially to animals used for quick work, Even tho slow plow team should have but tie hay at the morning and noon feeds, give them a generous supply at tho evening meal. By doing this your horse will keep * better spirits and condition, nnd freo from n tendency to ???pot belly,??? which horsemen much disliko to see. If too much corn is fed.to a horse be will come hot, fat and slow. Corn fed in great abuii' dance is likely to produce indigestion. Where horses aro at work nnd cannot bo allowed to in pasture, and where, as in sonic parts of country, much corn is fed, laxativo fowl should ho supplied to counteract tho binding effects of concentrated food. Do not feed your horse n heavy amount of hay early in the day and then expect him to work hard or drive well, Nothing conduces to good action of the stom ach more than much grooming- with n brush in that direction. Bran should always bo sup plied to bound horses, although a use of cut gras* is likely to effect tho desired result. That sheep will improve tho fertilitvof your soil may bo very cosily demonstrated by yard ing them a few nights in spring or summer oi the thin nnd poorer spots, or on knolls that may bo found in most of your pastures, thoso places where tho grass grows wenklv nnd whero sorrel grows. Sow clover, timothy or blue grass soed thickly, and then by a light portable fence confino your flock of sheep for a row nights on those places, and you will soon realize that by a little attention nnd not very much labor, your soil will Improve iu fertility, and theft your sheep, with a liberal use ' clover and grass seed nnd plaster, made tho best nnd tho cheapest agents you can employ, particularly on fields most romoto from pour barns.???Cultivator. ???I begin,??? says a Vermont farmer, ???to feod pigs when small on uncooked fowl of all ids, i mra COLLEGE OF LETTERS, MJWIC AND AJzLS&P September 24th. For catalogues demonstrating tho unsurpawod ad van Lures at lowest charges, address juiyIO???d&wkyi m kinds, such as apples, potatoes, green grass and weeds, corn fodder, etc., with a little woter and sour milk to drink. 8our milk is bettor for them than sweot, for it gives them an ap petite and keops them healthy, so that they will grow fastor. When I am ready to bogin fattening the animals I feod dry feed or corn, and a littlo while after they eat it I give then a littlo sour milk, If I have it, nnd ii not, a lit tle clear, cold water. This method of feeding saves labor nnd food, nnd consequently saves expense. Tho drv meal will stay on tho stom ach until It is entirely digested, whilo sloppy fowl will pass through tho animals moro quick ly. and before it has nad time,to do half aervice. 1 havo tried a good many oxperiineuts in pig feeding, and havo finally settled down upon till* as tho best. You must begin tho use of uncooked food when they are young.??? Dr-Worthincton's Ttt but rtauSy tor Cliolem, Oftmpa, DUrrhnra, DfatnUrr, SummerCoiMpInlnl, l??;ipf|i??li,anl(Mfr afttUontt/iht ilomaeh and boutli. Introduced la Ibo Arm*. mi. b/ hunr..n (lrn??r??l C. H. A. RnwM(M bJ On. Warm. j Hu. KhmO K??.n??r. Bullcltor U. a. Tm#mry. M4 #U*r??, me*. Botf br Pru??rl*<* ???iniilm, O'llr |M,??in??|f ocr Mown In bMtto. S??l?? T/Auiinjbf^ii started in boxes to bo transplanted as patches I soon reduce the bone to a nearly soluble con- of ground are made bare. The earth should I dition for a fertilizer. But as a caustic potash be made very mellow, and if not sufficiently I i?? ??? much more quickly active decomposing rieb, loam and ashes added, or well rotted I agent than the mild potash or carbonate, it manure made fine and thoroughly incorpor-1 would be better to adda bushel of fresh*bun??ed ated with the soil. The farmer can always ???lime to the heap. When this slakes by the brought to tbe new diet and the sow dried off, so she and they are prepared for tbe change. .... . ghe should be put out of sight and bearing of find a vacant spot in the corn or potato field addition of water, it takes the carbonate a -id ronpiD BOWELS, OISORDERED liver, , ,*SjC MALAfllA. tiiFSOJjSS priso three-fourths o) <ue Ulstoses of tho human reco. l'liosr ryrnpu-m*Indicate tboiroxn.tei.co??Losaol 4pt????UU. JloweJe costive, Mick , eating, aversion to of body or mind, JADelation of .Si od * of temper, y,<m spirit*, a feeling of having neglected some unty, D!*ili??i,n f JFIntr??rl??K at the Heart, l>ots belors the eyes, highly col* ored -Urine, tOMmiOfif and do inane tho use o/*retm*iythat nctart??? octly <??? n r [beLiver. A??al.lv.r medicine TOTTI 1 eoual Their action on th* i??Hueys and 8kIn Is also pmnin???; removing all impurities through tueac thico ??* scav* ??? tigers of the system,** pnxluclng appo tim.acmnd dlgettfon, regular stools, a ou st ???kit* and a vigorous body. TUTT*?? PILM 2RV& or griping nor Interfere with dully work and aro a perfect ANTIDOTE TO MALARIA. tTB VKF.T.H T.IHE A NI.W KAft. I Jare tail Dy.nrp.!., with Connlp. Ii.vn trim ten Ulircnim kind, of plIU, ??n.| TfjTT-fl ue tbo flnt ttat bare dons mo any goo.!. They bey. 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