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C\vi Yd EL MDI1NAPOLIS, INDIANA, DECEMBER 26, 1874 No. 51. Live Stock* Cooked Food. We make th« following extract from a prize essay by E. W. Stewart, of New York, on the subject. of cooked food, which, giving results aa it does, is interesting : ! When fattening alot of twenty steers (all of the same weight, 1,100 pounds), I tried the effect of cooking on corn meal. Commenced feeding each ten, three bushels of uncooked meal per day, with steamed hay and straw. This was readily eaten. Then a bushel and a half of meal was made into a thin pudding, and while briskly boiling, six bushels of short cut hay were stirred in, and all well boiled together. This was fed each day to ten of the steers, while the other ten were still fed upon three bushels of uncooked meal. This bushel and a half of cooked meal appeared to satisfy the ten steers as well as the three bushels^ of uncooked. Each ten were thus fed till disposed of to the butcher, nearly four months, and the butcher pronounced the ten fed upon cooked meal the best. This would appear to prove that meal is doubled in value by oooking, - S S> S . , Exercise for Animals. An experienced farmer says that in all schemes for feeding animals in yards and stables, instead of allowing them to get their own food in woods or pastures, there is one thing lost sight of, namely, the necessity of physical exercise^ in order to have the best of health. As regards soiling of horned cattle, much has been gaid about the cost of labor in feeding them, as against the saving when they graze; but it is no doubt true that the general health is not as good, and that also should weigh somewhat against the balance, when the profit and loss are added up. We know how it is with men and women who do not take exercise enough, and it is as true of animals. They need something to do as well as something to eatj and the wise man is he who finds his animate as well as food, One of the best chicken "culturists" that we know acts always on this principle. They are usually so situated that the birds cannot have full range, but have tobe kept confined in a rather small yard. They generally look pitiful when penned up in this way, but here they look as cheerful as if they were in the open air, because something is found for them to do. In the fall of the year leaves are thrown in about the yard, and the grain on which they are fed is thrown in about them, so that it takes considerable scratching about before they can find it. At other times, they are treated to a load of sand or earth thrown in the yard, in which they scratch and amuse themselves, and sometimes thr.ough tbe season the hired man forks up the ground. These and similar thoughtful plans for finding work for the feathered flock are practiced, and our friend believes with much profit to the birds. FATTENING CATTLE- FOODS. -SWEET In fattening animals time is often a matter of importance to the feeder. Sometimes a month gained is equal to 20 per cent, greater weight at a later period. Cooking food renders its constituents more soluble and digestible, therefore more rapidly entering on flesh and fat. As a condiment and appetizer for fattening animals,_ molasses has no equal. A small quantity of sweet, used upon hay, will cause a larger quantity to be eaten with a relish. We have often tried molasses upon poor animals with great satisfaction. Apoor horse will show a change in condition in a few days. The molasses is not only an excellent condiment, but an excellent food; and being so soluble and assimilable that it produces an immediate effect upon the condition of the animal. Three pints may be fed to fattening animals per day, but to cows and breeding stock it must be fed sparingly, not more than a pint per day to a cow, as too much sweet will prevent their breeding. When necessary to use straw for fattening stock, the use of molasses diluted with eight to ten proportions of water, to wet the straw before steaming, will be found to render it very palatable, and cause it to be eaten, incorporated with other fattening food, as readily as hay. Some noted chemists have supposed all starchy food to be converted into sugar by the action ofthe stomach, before it becomes assimilated as food. Perhaps this will ac- countfor the remarkable effects of sweet food upon animals.—Ext. from Stewarts Prize Essay. S) S» « ■ Sheep Bell and Bogs. It is said that bells attached to sheep will keep dogs off effectually. One bell .to every ten sheep is the rule. The de- [ struction of sheep by dogs is enormous, Jand the bell remedy is certainly worth j trying on. Indiana Farmer Family. Our Postal Card Correspondence. STUDEBAKER BEOS. WAGON WORKS, SOUTH BEND, INDIANA. BOONE COUNTY. HAZEi.iuQa.Tlec. 20 Cera good. Wheat half a crop. Grass and oats were light. Good crop of fat hogs. Cattle aro plenty, but prices are low. Dry weather cut our fall pasture Short. The present wheat crop looks well. Lots of corn; nearly all crlbbedj worth 65 cents per bushel. Wheat ls worth 90 cents. j. f, j, MADISON COUNTY. I'BNnLHTON, Deo. 12. Corn crop was moderately good. Wheat Is looking well. We have a lively time at the Grange once a week. The Fakmkb Is a welcome visitor. We intend aiding our grasshopper brethren in tho West. A. J. Wood. . PUTNAM COUNTY. __ _ Marion Township, Deo. 19. r Wheat crop for 1874 ranged from 4 to 80 bushels per acre. Farmers who raised nice, clean wheat, sold the same from their granerles for seed at 81.00 and $1.25 per bushel. The growing wheat crop looks very promising. Where corn was planted early the crop is good. Short crop of oats. Hay very light; selling for 85 cents per hundred. Pear blight very destructive. Good apples are scarce. Light crop of peaches. A good crop of plums and cherries. Short crop of potatoes) bngs very numerous. Cabbages very good. The subscription to the Fabmer from Old Putnam will ba largely on the Increase forthe coming year. B. Bechman. TROM ANOTHER. QlUUtNCASTLE, Deo. 12. Feed Back. The following is a description'of a feed, rack for poultry, which will keep the food clean and from being wasted. It also insures an equal share to each, as the" stronger cannot domineer and drive the weaker: Take a plank six inches wide, and of any desired length; nail on straps of inch boards so as toform a trough two inches deep. Two inches apart in this place perpendicular stieks or wires, one fofrt highi-<ahd"-p'ut on a railing, making it somewhat resemble a hay rack. Hinge a board cover on top and the machine is complete. Put it in some convenient place in the hennery, or fowl house, and pour in the feed. The fowls soon learn its use, and get the hang of it. They can feed from all sides by putting their heads between the wires.—Cor. Poultry World. s s» • Treatment of Horses. When the legs of horses swell upon standing in the stable, it is evidence of debility, general or local. _ It would be well to increase the food in quantity or quality. The following might also be of use, viz : Powdered sulphate ot iron, one and one-half ounces; gentian root, two ounces; chlorate of potassa, one ounce ; mixed and divided into twelve powders. One of these given in cut feed as little moistened as possible, night and morning. Ground oats would be better for food than corn. Friction by rubbing with a coarse woolen cloth upon the parts would also be helpful. New Disease Among the Horses. A disease far more fatal than the epizootic, which raged so fearfully and with such disastrous results among horses, has broken out in portions of Ohio. At Akron, over seventy horses are affected, and about twenty-five or thirty have died from it. The Beacon, of the above named place.says that among the symptoms of the disease a staggering gait and loss of appetite seem to be the most prominent and prevalent, accompanied with a violent cough and fever. Postmortem examinations have shown that the lungs were particularly affected, these being black and rotten. S » I Live Stock and Population. Prof. Thorold Rogers, of Oxford TJui- versity, England, hasmade up a curious return ofthe proportion of domesticated live stock to population in the most prominent countries in the world. It shows the following result: Great Britain has one cow to. every twelve persons, a sheep for everybody and one pig for every six. France has a like proportion of sheep, a double share, comparatively, of cows, but only one pig to six persons. . The Swedes have a cow between three and one-half of them, a sheep between two and three quarters, and a pig to a baker's dozen. We Americans close the list with a cow for every four of us, a sheep apiece, one pig to every one and one-half. » s» * Horse's Mate Falling Out. The Country Gentleman say: "The shedding of hair from a horse's mane and tail can be prevented by washing the parts affected a few times in carbolic soapsuds. Or a wash made of lard oil, one pint, and aqua ammonia, one gill, well mixed and rubbed in, will prevent the falling of the hair. We have found it effectual." For the Indiana Farmer. LETTER FE0M DR. STEVENSON. Our Visit to Illinois, and Observations —What We Saw. Tuesday, November 25th, we left LaFayette, on the Toledo, Wabash and Western Railroad, for thc great Prairie State. From our starting point to Harristown, our first stopping place, we traveled in the night, and consequently saw nothing but the departure of travelers and their places refilled at the many stations by the way. And as many lay sleeping upon their seats so quietly, the night being very pleasant within and without, we could but contrast it with the stormy night that we last passed on this road, and the very quiet and undisturbed condition of the passengers contrasted well with the incident that occurred on board, that for a moment gave quite an alarm. It was just at or near the close of the war, when the stealing of horses was quite a business, and I had had a few days before a very fine mare stolen, and I had just got track ofthe thief and had learned that he was a very large, well armed rebel, from the mountains of Kentucky, and altogether a dangerous fellow. My state of feelings on this account, and the storm that was raging without helped much no doubt to magnify the incident of the night. Just in front of me on the first seat were too rather remarkable looking persons— broad shouldered, heavy built, rakish looking rogues. They were not quite tall enough for the chap that I was pursuing. On we went whistling and stopping at every station. At length we had quite a stir as a full company of soldiers were ushered in upon us, in their blue blouses, pale blue overcoats, muskets and gleaming bayonets. It was quite a crowding time to find seats for all. This was finally accomplished, and guns stacked, and all was quiet again. The Captain, who was a rather slender, young looking person for a military man, found a seat with me; still he bore the marks of vigor and had doubtless a tough, withy constitution. All was just now quiet as a wake, when a small boy entered with a basket, crying, " pies ! pies I" When he approached the seat in front of us, where our two burly gents were seated, each took a pie, broke and commenced eating. " I want the pay," said the boy. " They are not good, and I won't give you anything for them," was the gruff response. The demand was several times repeated with the same reply. Theboysaid:_ " These pies, bir, wore bought on a credit—I have them to pay for on my return." " Your pies are not fit to eat." " Here, soldier, won't you havo a piece?" reaching a piece to a soldier across the way. The boy now in despair was about moving forward. "Stop!" said the (*aptnin, who had been a very attentive observer; "make him pay you!" This so inspired the boy that he faced about and fixed hfe eyes upon the ruffian—"ptiy me, sir, for my pies!" and at the same time L noticed him elevating^ his right hand slowly. "Can he be going to strike?" I inquired of myself-^-1'surely he will not commit eo "rash anact." If you have ever witnessed the confusion produced in a lot of barnyard fowls when a hawk has suddenly pounced upon a young bird from his concealment in some tree'top near by, then you can conceive the cenfusion that was produced by the boy as he grabbed the hat from the head of the fellow as he sat thrusting the large mouthfuls of pie down his throat. As the boy fled, the ruffian followed, with imprecations and curses, until he was suddenly stopped by the Captain,:who had at the moment thrown himstjf in front: "Stop, sir! stop, I say; you shan't melest that boy; STATE NEWS. take your seat, sir ! " You have doubtless seen a toad swell and puff and suddenly subside. Amidst the roars of laughter from all on board he took his seat, and left the cars hatless. We reached Harristown without any otBer exciting incident, and, as we have breakfasted are ready to look about. Mr. Pickerel's farm is all in grass, no grain is raised upon it. It is well fenced and upon yonder hill stands a windmill for raising water which is evidence that the farm, as are too many Illinois farms, is scarce of water. The barns, sheds and yards are convenient. The main barn is two stories. The upper story is-occupied by a few good horses, grain bins and hay mows. The lower, or first story, is used for cattle. The cattle at this hour were all in the fields except the calves, which were all tied in comfortable quarters. Pointing to three young calves, Mr. Pickerel remarked "these are the calves of the three heifers that I have showed this fall at the fairs, and that were pronounced, on account of their fat condition, to be barren." They were with calf at the time and have done well. In the barnyard we found Breastplate, a bull too well known to need a description by us. One thing wo may say, few bulls carry more meat on so small a bone. He is of Booth blood. Two yearling bulls were in their stalls, one sold at seven hundred dollars; the other is is intended for breeding to Breastplate calves. Mr. Pickerel's herd is not largo but very select, all choice cows and heifers—short legged, smooth, fleshy animals kept in the highest condition at all seasons. They are housed at night and turned to pasture during the day. The motto here is "high keep." "I never loose anything by feeding well," he says. One thing here is worthy of note, that notwithstanding Mr. Pickerel has the finest quality of grain land, and is ofthe opinion that it is better to buy his grain than to raise it. In this I believe he is alone. Is he right? Mr. Pickerel has a comfortable dwelling, a good orchard and more still, a pleasant family. We shall pursue our journey in our next. A. C. Stevenson. How to Keep a Situation. Be ready to throw in an odd half-hour or an hour's time when it will be an accommodation, and don't seem to make a merit of it. Do it heartily. Though not a word be said, your employer will make a note of it. Make yourself in- dispensablo to him,- and he will lose many of the opposite kind before he will part with you. Those young men who watchj the clock the very second their hour is up— who leave, no matter what state the work may be in, at • precisely the instant—who calculate the extra amount they can slight their work, and yet not get reproved—who are lavish of their employer's goods—will always bc first to receive notice, when times are dull, that their services are no longer required. Randolph county is out of debt, with $60,000 in the treasury. Scarlet fever and diptheria prevails in portions of Daviess county. The value of the pork crop of Wayne county is placed at $700,000. Martinsville slaughtered 15,000 hogs this season, against 11,000 last. Some $35,000 have been subscribed towards starting a bank at (Hagerstown. Since harvest a Waterloo merchant has bought over 30,000 bushels of oats. Knightstown is to have a lecture from 1* red. Douglass on the evening of January 9th. The Floyd County Commissioners have adopted plans for a County Poor house.to cost $20,000. From 14.000 to 16,000 barrels of salt are received at Lawrenceburg annually and distributed to other points. *A£a™er near Bunker Hill has cleared $2.800in money off his little farmin the past two years. Mr Hess bought of Alex. Bland, both • tS county' two bo«s which weighed 910 pounds. J. H. Hart of Randolph county sold a hogthisseason which weiglred790 pounds at b cents per pound. ' Dugan, Cass & Co., of Delphi, have slaughtered fifteen thousand hogs this season at a cost of not less than $300,000. Four New Harmony hunters report tour deer and seventeen turkeys «as the result of a four weeks hunt in Missouri. Tipton county at present has no licensed saloons—a state of affairs that has not been in existence for many years before. Daleville, Delaware county, sent 225 bushels of wheat and corn, ground into flour and meal, to the grasshopper sufferers in the West. Benjamin Aydelotto, one ofthe oldest citizens of Harrison county, died very suddenly, of apoplexy, Tuesday, in his eighty-second year. The Columbus and Burnsville Turnpike Company is in trouble. Thc people refuse to pay toll, and lawsuits are in demand. We are told that Benton county farmers wear revolvers and carbines whilst in the fields gathering corn, in consequence of the roving beast up there. A number of Grangers are packing pork on their own account in Richmond, and it is estimated that about two thousand head of Grange pork will be packed in that city this season. The commissioners of Laporte county have authorized the issue of $10,000 additional bonds at ten per cent, interest This makes the bonded debt of the county $40,000. An average crop of corn; mostly sold'ln tha field for from 25 to 50 cents per bushel. Hogs all sold at an average of J6.00. The wheat looks well; about the average amount has been sown. Half a crop of oats. About one-fourth of a crop of potatoes; sold at f 1 per bushel. One-fourth of a crop of apples. Grangers are wide-awake and increasing ln number. A great many at this place do not take the Farmkr. Will try to get up a club for lt. - J. M. Coffhan. INQUIRY-PLASTER PARIS, ETC. Stanfokd, Monroe Co., Dec. 11. I would like for some reader of tbe Farmer to tell me through that valuable paper, where plaster parts or ground plaster can bo had, and at what price. When ls the best timo to sow Hungarian seed t When should it be cut? When a little green, or when perfectly ripet What is tho best plan for making hay of 1" W. E. T. SWITZERLAND COUNTY East Entkhi-hihe, Dec. 14. Poor prospect for wheat on account ofthe dry weather. The early sown did not come up, and some of tho farmers had to re-sow. We had a good corn crop; selling for 65 cents per bushel. Hay crop very light; Belling at tl7.00 per ton. This is the champion hay county of the State. We sell WOOO bales annually. The wheat crop was unusually good; averaged 15 bushels to the acre. Good lrult crop. Hog crop Bhort and selling at ~V% cents per pound. The Oranges are all working harmoniously. • Ouanokr. WARREN COUNTY. Wn.MAMSi'Oifr, Deo. 15. The chief products of this county ore wheat, oats, corn, hay, cattle ond hogs. Home sheep are raised, but it is not a prominent business. The same Is true as to horses and mules. H costs 40 cents per bushel to rolse com; wheat costs 11.00; oats 25 cent*; liny S6.00, cattle about 4 cents gross; hogs 4 cants gross; farm labor from S15.00 to S20.00 per moth. In what way has the Orange benfilted usT By promoting society, and lowering the price of farm Implements. Hckiiiui.bh. BERKSHIRES-AN INQUIRY. I wish somo ofthe Berkshire raisers wonld inform me how much white is allowable on pure Berkshires; and also, which Is preferable, thick or thin hair. I await an answer through the farmere'friend, tho Indiana Farmer. CM. Hi.r.F.TH. RIPLEY COUNTY. Hoi/rOn, Dec. 14. Corn Is nearly all gathered; most of) tin grx>d order. We have not had a better fall forgathering corn for a number of years. Cattle plenty; looking thin; selling for2and Scents per pound. Fat cattlo are In good demand but are Hogs are scarce; worth from 5 to pound. The (Ji lively. Holton _ „,,„, and a prospect for several more Cambridge City has no licensed saloon now throughout all her borders The three applicants before the Board of Commissioners at their last session were all defeated. Timothy F. Smith, of Hancock county committed suicide by hanging on Saturday of last week. He was at one time a wealthy and enterprising farmer of that county, but for a long time his mind had not been right. A fine pair of horses, a gray and a bay, and a spring wagon were stolen from 'William Kieman, a subscriber tr> the Farmer, living near New Castle, Henry county, last Friday night, the 18th. A reward of one hundred and twenty-five dollars is offered for their recovery. the Fauhbii, they wt I greatly oblige ti.W.Onn, *«fsrr«, ts... trl — -"">,-> cents p*»r .,.!,*. Ranges ar<> working things up Orange contains 40 member* '"" J. It. WONT MAKE BUTTER. I wish to inquire through the Farmer, )f any ofthe dairy or stock men reading the pnper can Inform mo through tho same, why ,«ilk will not make butter. I have a cow that hut given milk nearly two years and had no calf during that time, but has been a good milk and butter cow until lately; the milk will uot produce butter; cream raises well and ls good but after churning tt while it becomes as waW-r' and nothing w 11 moke It chang" after t iat' The cow s fat, ls fed on corn-stalls and br„, , A Buried Forest.—Mr J K far lor, F. G. S. has discovered a buriM forest m the Orwell River, in HufToik county England. It is reprwet.ted by » layer of peat containing trunk*, I«,avB! and fruits ofthe o,k. din. hazol a„r*fir associated with whieh ar.. tht ■ r" the mammoth. A !,,„] 0f (>,.,,, shells, coutiuninjsppcfien not hi the Orwell und.rli».» O, Jaylor remarks tl '*■ r»muir,K ,,f r livin/ Mr ( now -' P'.-it. r«"t in fempor«oo«.ui. with oiiiwrt',',^ ,{* 7'" PfM which exist*.] previous to tbo .J,, , ##<L separating Inland ivm ,h|.- l^'"']' f/j,% ' * /* 'tut/
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Title | Indiana farmer, 1874, v. 09, no. 51 (Dec. 26) |
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C\vi
Yd EL
MDI1NAPOLIS, INDIANA, DECEMBER 26, 1874
No. 51.
Live Stock*
Cooked Food.
We make th« following extract from a
prize essay by E. W. Stewart, of New
York, on the subject. of cooked food,
which, giving results aa it does, is interesting : !
When fattening alot of twenty steers
(all of the same weight, 1,100 pounds),
I tried the effect of cooking on corn
meal. Commenced feeding each ten,
three bushels of uncooked meal per day,
with steamed hay and straw. This was
readily eaten. Then a bushel and a half
of meal was made into a thin pudding,
and while briskly boiling, six bushels of
short cut hay were stirred in, and all
well boiled together. This was fed each
day to ten of the steers, while the other
ten were still fed upon three bushels of
uncooked meal.
This bushel and a half of cooked meal
appeared to satisfy the ten steers as well
as the three bushels^ of uncooked. Each
ten were thus fed till disposed of to the
butcher, nearly four months, and the
butcher pronounced the ten fed upon
cooked meal the best. This would
appear to prove that meal is doubled in
value by oooking,
- S S> S . ,
Exercise for Animals.
An experienced farmer says that in
all schemes for feeding animals in yards
and stables, instead of allowing them to
get their own food in woods or pastures,
there is one thing lost sight of, namely,
the necessity of physical exercise^ in
order to have the best of health. As
regards soiling of horned cattle, much
has been gaid about the cost of labor in
feeding them, as against the saving when
they graze; but it is no doubt true that
the general health is not as good, and
that also should weigh somewhat against
the balance, when the profit and loss
are added up. We know how it is with
men and women who do not take exercise enough, and it is as true of animals.
They need something to do as well as
something to eatj and the wise man is he
who finds his animate as well as food,
One of the best chicken "culturists"
that we know acts always on this principle. They are usually so situated that
the birds cannot have full range, but
have tobe kept confined in a rather
small yard. They generally look pitiful
when penned up in this way, but here
they look as cheerful as if they
were in the open air, because something is found for them to do. In the
fall of the year leaves are thrown in
about the yard, and the grain on which
they are fed is thrown in about them, so
that it takes considerable scratching
about before they can find it. At other
times, they are treated to a load of sand
or earth thrown in the yard, in which
they scratch and amuse themselves, and
sometimes thr.ough tbe season the hired
man forks up the ground. These and
similar thoughtful plans for finding work
for the feathered flock are practiced,
and our friend believes with much profit
to the birds.
FATTENING CATTLE-
FOODS.
-SWEET
In fattening animals time is often a
matter of importance to the feeder.
Sometimes a month gained is equal to
20 per cent, greater weight at a later
period. Cooking food renders its constituents more soluble and digestible,
therefore more rapidly entering on flesh
and fat. As a condiment and appetizer
for fattening animals,_ molasses has no
equal. A small quantity of sweet, used
upon hay, will cause a larger quantity to
be eaten with a relish. We have often
tried molasses upon poor animals with
great satisfaction. Apoor horse will
show a change in condition in a few days.
The molasses is not only an excellent
condiment, but an excellent food; and
being so soluble and assimilable that it
produces an immediate effect upon the
condition of the animal. Three pints
may be fed to fattening animals per day,
but to cows and breeding stock it must
be fed sparingly, not more than a pint
per day to a cow, as too much sweet will
prevent their breeding. When necessary to use straw for fattening stock, the
use of molasses diluted with eight to ten
proportions of water, to wet the straw
before steaming, will be found to render
it very palatable, and cause it to be
eaten, incorporated with other fattening food, as readily as hay. Some noted
chemists have supposed all starchy food
to be converted into sugar by the action
ofthe stomach, before it becomes assimilated as food. Perhaps this will ac-
countfor the remarkable effects of sweet
food upon animals.—Ext. from Stewarts
Prize Essay.
S) S» « ■
Sheep Bell and Bogs.
It is said that bells attached to sheep
will keep dogs off effectually. One bell
.to every ten sheep is the rule. The de-
[ struction of sheep by dogs is enormous,
Jand the bell remedy is certainly worth
j trying on.
Indiana Farmer Family.
Our Postal Card Correspondence.
STUDEBAKER BEOS. WAGON WORKS, SOUTH BEND, INDIANA.
BOONE COUNTY.
HAZEi.iuQa.Tlec. 20
Cera good. Wheat half a crop. Grass and
oats were light. Good crop of fat hogs. Cattle
aro plenty, but prices are low. Dry weather cut
our fall pasture Short. The present wheat crop
looks well. Lots of corn; nearly all crlbbedj
worth 65 cents per bushel. Wheat ls worth 90
cents. j. f, j,
MADISON COUNTY.
I'BNnLHTON, Deo. 12.
Corn crop was moderately good. Wheat Is
looking well.
We have a lively time at the Grange once a
week. The Fakmkb Is a welcome visitor. We
intend aiding our grasshopper brethren in tho
West. A. J. Wood. .
PUTNAM COUNTY.
__ _ Marion Township, Deo. 19.
r Wheat crop for 1874 ranged from 4 to 80 bushels per acre. Farmers who raised nice, clean
wheat, sold the same from their granerles for
seed at 81.00 and $1.25 per bushel. The growing
wheat crop looks very promising. Where corn
was planted early the crop is good. Short crop
of oats. Hay very light; selling for 85 cents per
hundred. Pear blight very destructive. Good
apples are scarce. Light crop of peaches. A
good crop of plums and cherries. Short crop
of potatoes) bngs very numerous. Cabbages
very good.
The subscription to the Fabmer from Old
Putnam will ba largely on the Increase forthe
coming year. B. Bechman.
TROM ANOTHER.
QlUUtNCASTLE, Deo. 12.
Feed Back.
The following is a description'of a
feed, rack for poultry, which will keep
the food clean and from being wasted.
It also insures an equal share to each, as
the" stronger cannot domineer and drive
the weaker:
Take a plank six inches wide, and of
any desired length; nail on straps of
inch boards so as toform a trough two
inches deep. Two inches apart in this
place perpendicular stieks or wires, one
fofrt highi- |
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