THE (5ENESEE FARMER. 



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CARE OF STOCK IN WIKTER. 



Editors (Jk.xesee Farmek. — What farmer is 

 there who has failed to notice the vast difference be- 

 tween stock, whether cattle, sh.ep or lior^es, reared 

 b}' the industrious and careful faniicr, uud those of a 

 slack and careless man who talv^.'s no pains to make 

 his animals comfortable or p.ovic!e llieui with shelter? 

 The stock buyer diseovci-s iha dillerenceif the farmer 

 does not, and the no small dilierei.ce in the price 

 paid for a thin, humpbacked, poor, shivering- animal, 

 compared with the sum paid lor a robust, lively one, 

 M'ill not fail to convince the owner which is the most 

 profitable. Any farmer h ivinj^ more .'■tock than he 

 can keep comfortably through the winter, and keep 

 them as' they should be kept, will, if he has foresight 

 enough, er.ibrace a favorable opportuuity, and dispose 

 of his surplus in the fall, which he can usually do to 

 advantage at that season of the year, and be enabled 

 by so doing to feed well what he does keep. 



Cattle should have shelter fro;n ihe cold winds and 

 storuTS so prevalent in this latitude; such undue ex- 

 posure engenders disease, and will not fail to terminate 

 io the ruin of a good animal. 



Y'oung stock ieel the effects of such treatment and 

 it is easily detected in their stinted growth, rough 

 hair, and unhealthy appearance, from the effects of 

 which they seldom, if ever, recover. W. Mich. 



Cultivation of Beans. — " Young Farmer," in 

 the columns of the Genesee Farmer, calls for the 

 experience of agriculturists in bean raising. I give 

 my plan, which is as follows : After having ploughed 

 and harrowed the ground smooth, take a plough and 

 mark light drills, or furrows, two and-i-half or three 

 feet apart; then take Marrowfat be^ms, which are the 

 best I know for field planting, throw them along in 

 the furrows by hand almost as thick as peas; or at the 

 rate of a bushel, or bushel-and half, to the acre, re- 

 membering to make allowance for the seed worm. — 

 They may be covered with the ])lough. The best 

 tSme to plant is from the 25th of May to 1.5th of 

 June. The Marrowfat is a very early kind; growing 

 and ripening sooner than many other ones. Pull 

 before dead ripe; stack around a pole four or five 

 f^et high in single file, roots and tops out, with bits 

 of boards or sticks underneath, to keep them off the 

 ground, with straw on the top. The writer has 

 learned from good authority that a man raised 20 

 bushels of this kind on one-fourth of an acre. 



Beans should be hoed, or cultivated, when dry, as 

 hoeing when wet injures them. If kept clean with 

 the cultivator, hilling them up will be unaecessarv. — 

 B. Francis, Virgil, Cort. Co., JV. Y., Bee. 30. 



Racks for Feeding Sheep. — For a flock of fifty 

 sheep, build a shed forty f et long, and twenty feet 

 wide; posts fourteen feet long; double roof; inclose 

 it tight, excepting, of course, doors, cte.; divide it by 

 3 flioor into two stories; the lower for the sheep and 

 racks; the upper for hay; racks of two boards, eight 

 inches apart, all around the shed — on the inside, of 

 course; instead of drawing a rack full of hay, with a 

 flock of sheep in chase, all over the farm; draw your 

 hay on wheels, put it into the shed, in summer; in the 

 winter put it down through the floor into the racks 

 93 needed; saving one-fourth of the quantity, and 

 treating your sheep as they deserve to be. D. A. A. 

 N„ JFestfield, jY. Y. 



Headropes fob Cattle. — For the benefit and 

 comfort ot those who suffer with cold fingers in tying 

 and untying cattle, 1 would suggest, that lh"y jirocnre 

 a common lirast-snap. a stiip (<f leather six i"ches 

 long, of sufficient width to tit, and a ring for each. — 

 Rings can be obtained from old harness, bridle bits, 

 etc., or from the blacksmiths. Divide the headrope 

 near the head. 81ip a ring on the part that goes 

 around the head or horns, and make it fast. Punch 

 or cut a round hole in each end of the strap, no larger 

 than the rope, pass the leather through the snap and 

 bring the ends together; put the rope, (that is fast to 

 the manger,) through the holes in the sirup, and tie a 

 knot in the end. tSuap it on to the ring i liat is tied 

 to the head, and the creature is fast. The cost is 

 about 12i cents a head. They are much more com- 

 fortable for the animal than stanchions, as it can back 

 and move forward the length of the rope, can look 

 out for a comfortable place to sleep, and lie down in 

 a position, natural and peculiar to itself. Can be 

 loosened or made fast nearly as quick, and with mit- 

 tens on. J. C. Adams, Seymour, JV. Y. 



Seed Corn. — The best method of securing good 

 seed corn, is to select a few stocks from the best part 

 of the field, and husk them about two weeks aftei" 

 cutting, taking care to save the seed ears with a few- 

 husks on them, then braid them together in strings of 

 about two dozen ears each, and hang them in a dry 

 cool place, where, if the mice do not molest them, 

 they may hang till Spring, in safety. W. Mich. 



SMITHTIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW. 



Our English agricultural exchanges contain fuU 

 accounts of the Great Smithfield Club Cattle Show* 

 The Club was formed in 1798. The great improve- 

 ment in the early maturity, and tattening qualities of 

 the British breeds of cattle which has taken place 

 since that time is rightly attributed in a good degree 

 to the induence of the annual exhibitions of this 

 venerable association. The show of stock at the re- 

 cent exhibition is said to have been a remarkably 

 " even" one. " There was not," says the Mark Lane 

 Express, a bad beast in the yard. Turn to what 

 class you would, and nearly all were found developing 

 the best points of the breed in the highest degree." 



The first prize of £25, and a Gold Medal, as the 

 best steer or ox, in any of the classes was awarded to 

 a three year old Devon, exhibited by Wm. Heath, of 

 Ludham, also a Silver ISIedal to tne breeder, John 

 Passmore, of Bishop's Xympton, South Moulton. 



The first prize of £25, and Silver Medal, as breed- 

 er, together with the Gold Medal, as the best heifer 

 or cow, in any of the classes, was awarded to a five 

 year old cow, (which hi^id had two calves,) bred and 

 exhibited by Richard Stratton, of Henton. 



The former is said to have been a very complete, 

 well formed animal; his breast-end not sufficiently 

 prominent, twist good, but hips too near. 



The latter is pronounced by the Mark Lane Ex- 

 press, " the most perfect animal in the yard,"' beauti- 

 ful both in color and frame; adeep symn.etrical form 

 throughout; head and horns goods, with a very 

 handsome countenance; chine and neck both slightly 

 defective, being rather too fine in proportion to her 

 great frame, but in every other respect nearly perfect; 

 stands wide and is noble looking. 



The show of sheep was excellent. The first prize 



