Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 October 1890 — FARM AND GARDEN. [ARTICLE]

FARM AND GARDEN.

SCOUR IN CALVES. After remarking that there is ho remedy-go good as prevention for scour in calves? a Western dairyman names four conditions which are very productive of this derangement of the bowels: 1. Feeding milk cold. It will pay to warm the milk until the calf is eight months old. 2. Feeding the milk sour. 3. Not feeding often enough. A calf should be fed at least four times a day; then he does not gorge. 4. Keeping the calf perfectly dry. This last is a most important provision, but it is imperative. Wet bedding will sicken a calf as soon as anything in the world. Keep these conditions always in mind if you want healthy calves.

CARE OF FARM IMPLEMENTS. At this season of the year it is important to keep all tools and machines in order for use, but they should be watched and cared for at other times. Some one pertinently says that no building on the farm pays better than a good tool house. It should be so convenient of access that there need be no excuse for leaving farm implements exposed to the weather when not used. Properly cared for, many implements that now last only a few years ought to be serviceable so long as the farmer lived to need them. Besides, a tool that has not been rusted, warped and cracked by exposure will work as well the second and third years as the first. On many farms tools are so much injured by being left out of doors that after the first season they cost more for repairs than they save in labor.

POINTERS FOR SHEEP KEEPERS. The Secretary of the N. Y. State Agricultural Society—J. S. Woodward, of Lockport—advise® to keep sheep in the orchard to consume the wormy apples t bat drop and also to enrich the soil. He keeps 150 sheep on 30 acres of orchard and feeds gram in the Summer to keep them in a thriving condition. In the Winter he keeps them confined in the burn, not turning them out until warm weather in the Spring. He says there is more money in buying small well lambs in the Fall for feeding during the Winter, as there is more growth for the amount of feed consumed than where large fleshy lambs are kept. Another authority says that most sheep keepers would find themselves bettor off if their flocks were called one-third, and many one-half. It is a mistake to Keep sheep in too great numbers, and those which alto retainedshould be thrifty and productive. Some flockmasters in other States can learn from their brethren in California, pho have been driving many sheep toward the east, because their ranches were overtaxed. Flocks that are too full can be lessened more profitably now, while prices are good, than later. NOTES. Keep the burdocks down. Better not sell the best pigs. Give the fowls plenty of range. Bitter milk comes from bad feed. Destroy the thistle tribe on sight. Use plaster freely in the horse stable. Don’t forget the benefit of mulching, Have you stocked the pond with fish? Hogs require a large amount of drink. For extermination—weeds and insects. • A weak harness often causes accidents. Better thin the fruit than prop the tree. | Good pastures increase milk and but* ter. 'j The Western heg-erop ia sratd totoe short. ——l Using an inferior sire is breeding downward. . Nitrates applied to the soil have little effect in a dry season. The largest amount of ears to the acre makes the best silage. A hay cap made of heavy sheeting needs no water-proof coating. The shortest road to long prices is to have the best articles to sell. An acre of clover is estimated to make about 600 pounds of pork. Do to your animals as yon would be done by if you were an animal. Keep things sweet and clean about the barn and sheds and pig pen. I Give cows a sufficient quantity of salt daily. A full tablespoonful is suf- ( ficient at a salting. i Pomona, Cal., orange growers wil receive an average of about S3OO an acre for their fruit this season. The head must direct the hand, or thers can be no useful and efficient work on the farm or anywhere else. There are said to be at present 1,300 beet , sugar factories in Europe, and they consume 24,000,000 tons of beets eve, y year. ' London purple is generally recommended for spraying fruit trees, but Prof. A. J. Cook thinks that Paris green is less liable to injure the foliage. The more labor saving machinery we have the cheaper ought to be the nefes aries of life, making it the easier fnf e-erybody to get a comfortable living. A cubic foot of hay is estimated to approximately weigh five pounds, or 400 to 500 cubic feet to weigh a But all depends on the density of the mow. ’ There has recently been planted in one of the sections of Australia 20,000 acres of land to raisin grapes, which is capable of raisins. The average wheat crop of the United States for six years has been

283,463,800 bushels winter and 151,953,600 bushels spring, or an aggregate of 435,417,400 bushels. Shippers of farm produce should always send an invoice of each consignment by mail immediately; -after the goods arq shipped. This is a very important matter to both shipper and receiver, and should never be overlooked.