Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 April 1892 — Breeding Cattle. [ARTICLE]

Breeding Cattle.

In the breeding of cattle the farmer should make up his mind for what purpose he wishes to use them—either for beef, butter, milk or work. If for beef the Durham or Hereford is best, for butter the Guernsey or Jersey, for milk the Ayrshire or Holstein and for work the Devon. For the cqlves that you wish to raise it is better to have the cows come in in tho fall. Feed the calves in the barn until six months old. Give new milk for a few days and gradually change to skimmilk till at four weeks old the calf will thrive on all skimmilk. At this time begin to put hay, bran anc linseed meal where they can get at it and they very soon will learn to eat it. Feed the milk regularly twice a day. Go among them daily, pet them and teach them to eat choice bits out of your hand. Keep this up after they go to pasture and they will never trouble you by being wild. Carrot* lor Bor«M. Nothing is better for horses fn winter than carrots. They help to regulate the bowels, make the coat shiny, and keep the horse in good condition. They seem to possess qualities which no othdr root or vegetable has. While being a rather expensive food to grow, yet they pay well. Two or three everyday, or every other day, is all that is necessary to feed. Plant a quarter or half an acre, or more, and put the rows wide enough to alow of cultivation with a horse. ORCHARD AND GARDEN. To Rhlra Fino Tomatoefc The tomato should be closely watched and all laterals or suckers that appear above each leaf kept off. This will induce the plant to set more fruit which, being well fed from the rich soil, will grow larger and ripen earlier than if the suckers were allowed to grow. As soon as the plants are ten to twelve inches high set a good stake five or six feet high by each plant and keep them well tied up. This will keep the fruit clean and it will not rot so badly as when left on the ground. Tfcd to stakes giiv.es the sain a better chance to ripen and it is easier to pick when ripe. Takeoff all inn perfect fruit as •it forms. This will throw more force and vigor in the well-shaped fruit, causing mt to grow larger and ripen sooner. ■ I iha%ve tested plants pruned and not ■pruned to see what advantage pruning was, says a correspondent of Farm and Home. Those pruned had much larger, bettershapod fruit that rotted less and gave ripe fruit much earlier than those not pruned. As soon as the fruit is grew® let tihe suckers grow. They will igrve you fruit then till frost. Asparagus Prepare ground for asparagus by giving itaiheavy ooat of well rotted barn yard manure, plow and harrow thoroughly, and run furrows about five feet -apart and setiin .a plant every eighteen inches to two feet. Give clean 'culture and an -annual dressmg'of manure for two'®r three years when ..you go to cutting, and the bad as good for a lifetime, ;uad, of all the farm, the asparagus bed will be the most profitable part. Asparagus is generally in (demand .until the middle ol'-June<or Ist'©f July, after which if kept (dean unital heads begin to spread, iit will then take care, of itself, ;aiud iir away from trees or buildings, the tops and weeds’can be burned off early in the spring without injury to the moots; after which more manure and thorough cultivation should be give®.—-Prairie Farmer. OtrawbHrries. With the thought .of the healthgiving principles 'Of this Luscious fruit, it is a surprise that so many farmers can be found who make no attempt in the lime of cultivation. It is largely for the reason that there exists a belief that cultivation is difficult. Where this is the case, we should recommend the investment of the small sum of 25 eents in the purchase of “Farmer on the Strawbar- ! ry,” <*r “The Strawberry” by Green, I both of which are sufficiently explanatory to lead in the line of cultivation. | Every should be well supplied with this fruit so long as it can be secured as easily and at so little expenditure.