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UuiCtiPfr* nirlhiuii of rn >ir. it nnil
tnii ii to thr ■ • Agncultuia' dltorof tht
DLMOCRAT, Btlltfont*, I'tnn'a," that other
farmern may hair thr br.nrfit tf if. f,,<
Cutnmiiiii at at he lime 1 '/, aml be ture that
they are brief am/ aril juaatnt.
Cheap Protection lor Aminalu.
< 'uM winds and storms nri' I'M qm nt
in OctoinT, and on to .11 id in u larft
piirt of tin- country, tmd it is liij.di
time now to look out for the domi stic
animals, whose health, vigor, growth
and pridit ilepend upon the care w*
give them. ( ostly bams, stalls and
stables are well enough, but the great
mass of fanners canie t alTotd these,
and over a large pait of our great
timberl< ss regions lumber isseari e
and costly, often not attainable by
new H tilers. Hut straw or hay is
abundant en ry win re, and cheap, too,
and it alfords one of the ln -t j rotee
tors. sti'iw shelter mav have a
cheap look, but that net In be con
sidercd in a rim < iit \ ..t cases, w bile
the materials an be put into a diaj
not wholly o,ieiis;ve to the m - . He
member that still air i- a noii-eomlu
tor of lie.it, (moving air particles
pick up and carry heat ) Hence lur,
sir, YOOI, cotton, t<\, anything Cat
is full of little iniii tices, or air
-pan s and hob > w hi< h lo ep mucli air
in tlietn in a 'juiel statf, is a good
ii'in eonductor of heat. S'.iaw, bay,
• aii s, i t< , not only stop a'.r CUIM tits
winch i, but pn v. i,' I,' at . ■ ipii >
through tin in, b< ( an •• full of sj v, s
.containing coufincd air. I'>r all ani
mals we Want to pMient the . -cap.'
from tin ii surface of tin- heal formed
by food within their bo ii.
HTItAW Kill I Tills.
Nearly • n ry one owning animals
.ii git straw, and many who ha\c
ariis and abundant lumber can often
Us.- s raw advantageously foi supple
mentary or additional stalls for some
stock. a sheep and swine, and i xtra
cattle. Straw shelters can be built
without cost for e ir| enters or for
•oards The siiiipl. st form is built
•Hi a liign bank of earth or sods,
running . a-t and west, or lxth r, a
ottlr noithw. sterlv, and . f anv de
s led b ngth The walls, |. rpendicu
iar on the inside, may !• one and a,
tialf t . three ft i t, or more, thick, ac
cording to the firmness of the earth
or sods osi .1, Lay long poles, how
eat r rough, from the top of this bank
to the ground on tl. southerly side.
• b si* the weatei!\ i. d with sod, or
01 earth bank, leaving the easterly
<nd open for an entrance. Then lay
"traw thickly upon t 1 h.i.g uianting
poll s. k' t.ir g it.e straws running up
and down in the top la_\i r, as much
[ as they t an In 1 stiaiglitenisl out, so ns
to c.arrj rains . if to the ground. Lay
a f. w p .les ovt r the straw to pit vent j
winds lib wing it oil, o. run over it a
f w lengiha of strong twine, or tarred
r | e strands, held tirmly either by
stones tied to the ends, or by tying'
tlietn to litt'e slakes driven into the
eartli and in the earth wall. Hun the
strings diagonally across, like net
work, if the straw is so straight that
the cords will not hold it if they run
straight down the slo|H\ This will
make a warm protection against
north, nortliw .t m i uortbwi stern
storms, few cobl winds or storms
come from the south. For sheep,
swine ami other animals, when peace- j
able, the eastern or nomlie-asl side
may be partly closed by an earth- [
bank, leaving only a sort of doorway,
and this may be closed by hoards set
against itduring severe storms. Such
a shelter, large enough for quite a
dock of sheep, or drove of hogs, or a
small herd of cAllle, enn be put
in a day's work, and be t\cjc.a odd 1
hours. \t nyy u> extended to any
by simply lengthening the main
earth-bank. For large numbers of ,
cattle, it is best to make several sep
arate shelters, and lei tlj animals i
be in smaller numbers together. I
T*vy will naturnlly separate them- J
selves into groups that will hctti |
peaceably.
An improvement on the above, is
to build two side walls, one three lo
six (eel higher than the other, accord - j
iitg to the lengtli of the poles avail-;
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able, and lay on poles and straw as
| before stated. Keep slope < nougti to
have the straw carry olf rains. Let
the lower wall he high i noiigh for the
smaller animals to go close to it un
der the roof.
Full Plowing.
A,"., i f th, hi in hi.t to hr lt,
'I he 1 Hindits to lie derived from
plowing land late in summer or fall
are probably not fully known to the
uujority of our fanners. The oper
ation is one that is doubly looked
upon as one that can be dispensed
with without any serious lOHK, and us
the work must be done at a time
when the farmer has begun to look
forward to a season of rest, be is
naturally inclined to seek reasons for
omitting this addition to the list of
important farming operations.
I he benefits of summer fallowing
land pr> vious to sowing of grain aic i
generally admitted by ail good farm- j
ers, and what i calle 1 fall plowing I
i-> but a part of a l.ke operation, with
this difference, the weeds, stubble
and grass which have accumulated
undisturbed, or but slightly disturb
ed during tiie summer, are all turned
under at one time, where they soon
decay, adding fertility to the soil.
W heat, iye and oat stubble should
always be turned under soon after,
harvest, unless th land has been
seeded d'.wn.
Ii is quite a common practice
among farmers to 11., the fields from
which grain has Is-en < it for pasture
from harvest time until winter: and
w ide we must admit that more or |
I. SN f ,o<l can be obtained from nicli
Ii l is. as a rule weeds predominate,
•I'd if p> rmitt' 1 to mature, their
sei i- fill the soil and become pests in ,
luture years. A glance at the grain
fields in our Western Slates at this
season i< sum j,., t to disjH'l all
tie vlila of spontaneous generation
of n \ ion - weeds, fjr every acre
p. : icti: enough seeds to infect the
farms of a whole county, and when
• it r.ot only one acre, but thous
ands in a body, all covered with
<. U. we are no longer at a loss to
ki, -,v where such pes:s come from,
and how distributed.
If the wicds were plowed under
before the seeds were perfected, they
wo .Id make excellent manure, and
Ihe land Ix- no worse for their pres.
• Me. I'lie richer the land the more
, v;g ; >'-• are the weeds, and while the
Mich prairie lands of the West pro
line none of our most common nox
olls weeds wh< n first br ken up. they
-o< u bee. me the home of the rankest
and worst s|x>cies of those pests, be
cause the farmer seldom attempts to ,
destroy them unless he can do it with- '
out extra labor or |s n-H'.
Fall plowing, if done after the i
w. < ds Lave perfect! d their seeds, w ill
not destroy those |K>sts, but merely
cover up the seeds to !"• brought to
the surface again at the next plowing.
Late fall plowing will probably Wne
f;t Vlie land by improving its c ndi
tiein through disintegration, which
follows exposure to rains and winter
frosts, and while we believe that early
fall plowing is the (KSI. we would
rather do it late than not at nil.
It often happens that we have a j
dry fall and a wet late spring, and in
siicfi eases the farmer will find that
the fall plowed land will W much the
driest and easiest worked iu spring,
and there will be something gained in
the improved condition of the soil,
| but the hardest work, which is the
breaking up after a year of compact
ing, has liceti done at a time when It is
teams had least to do.
If meadows, pastures or new land
' that has never lieen plowed arc to lie
broken up, it should he done as early
in the fall as possible, in order thai
the seeds, brush or sod turned under
may have the benefit of a few warm
days and akowera to hasten decompo
sition of vegetable matter before
1 frosts come to check further decay,
lloth heat and moisture are necessary
to the rapid decnir.|>osUion of vege
table maUcr in the soil, and if buried
j ,uat before the cold weather seta en or
the ground freeacs, it will remain at,
most unchanged until the following
spring.
fuliplowrng is often recommended
! ror the purpose of destroying the
grubs and pupa of various kinds of
insects known to hibernate, or lire in
the ground, and white some no doubt
; may be killed by moving the soil and
exposure to their natural enemy, we
do not, upon the whole, think any
considerable number can I K; destroy
ed in this way. They certainly can
not he killed by exposure to cold,
and they are generally enveloped in
a covering impervious to water ; and
while a few may lie crushed by the
plow, and others caught by birds, the
larger part will escape uninjured.
Fall plowing should always IK;
done as cross-plowing, if the confor
mation of the land w ill permit it, in
order to thoroughly break up the soil,
and at the same time allow of laying
down the lands in their original form
as the time of plowing in the ensuing
spring or summer. It is a bad plan
to piow land always in one direction,
or even twice in succession if it can
be avoided, although we have known
farmers who paid little attention to
such matters, and seemed to think
that if the soil was partly or wholly
inverted that was sufficient.
Tho Model Farm
11 e Keota (Iowa; Knrjh has at last
found a western man who is satisfied
j with a fifty-acre farm. His name is
| Artemus Fisher, and he lives one
mile and a half south of Keota. The
K'igl' tells the story of his manage
ment and of his success as follows:
He keeps one team of horses, three
fir-l clas- milch cows, and a nice little
drove of the liert hogs. He milks his
cows for the creamery, and they made
him nearly $2OO lai-t yciy ; w ill j>er
haps do better this year. He will
sell s.Vio worth ol hogs this yi ar and
have thirty ntockers to keep over.
He ha* $2OO worth of flaxseed to sell ;
has an abundance of hay and grain
to keep his stock in lirst-da s condi
tion during the winter. He keeps
! everything in apple - pic order aliout
his farm : his cows revel in the clover
up to their eyes ; he attends to feed
ing, watering an 1 milking as regu
larly as the clock strikes, hence he
| gets the best results with the least
! possible feed. He keeps bis slock
under cover and never allow s any an
j iroal to shiver in the fence corner-.
He has a barn that is a model of con
venience and economy, li is snow
' proof and as warm as the • Id kitch
j en. He has a first-class selection of
fruit —not a large orchard, but a
choice selection "I the varieties that
thrive and bear the liest in this local
ity. I.very thing about the farm
1' an marks of intelligence, thrift
and economy. Hcsides making a liv
•ng for himself and the "old lady,''
tie mil sell at least s*ou worth of
sti :f oil his fifty acres this year, and
not be exceeding former years either.
There is no rush or hurry about this
I model farm. Everything g<>os oil
'juicily and regularly. The expenses
are very small and the gains sure.
THE KNOW I.EI'OK or FARMING. —
Something else is required of farmers
1 I resides holding the plow or driving
a team. The farmer should under
stand the nature ol the soil he culti
vates, know all the breeds of cattle,
bo familiar with all the peculiarities
of horses, have a knowledge of the
points of hogs, and be an expert in
the selection ol sheep. How many
farmers thus understand their trade
no one can answer. The hatter must
serve as an apprentice, not only to
learn the art of making hats, but the
quality of the material used in their
manufacture, and the shoemaker, in
addition to a knowledge of how to
put the part-s together, should be a
i judge of leather. And so we may
pass over all the occupations, show
ing that practice ami study arc essen
tial to perfection in any pursuit. Hut
the farmer, as a general thing, frowns
down the literature pertaining to his
calling. He bases his faith on his
experience, and yet exjnrienee has
not shown hiui how u* distinguish
the Ayrshire cow from the Jersey,
nor informed him in what peculiarity
f lie one is preferred to the other,
i I'ntil the farmer is familiar with alt
that pertains to his business he has
yet to lenrn his trade, and until this
is done be must both wrk and uTrnfy.
timer's Magazine.
IT la folly to turn under weeds that
havo gone to seed, for the seeds of
most weeds, no matter how deeply
buried, will retain their vitality and
make rapid growth so soon as they
are brought near the surtace.
Celery ia highly recommended as a
urs fur nervous diseases.