No. 11. 



January — December — Notices. 



175 



Xantiary. 



Stock. — If cattle are fed with straw, it 

 should be done with necessary attentions and 

 limitations. The celebrated Arthur Young- 

 observed, that " the best farmers in Norfolk 

 are generally agreed that cattle should eat 

 no straw, unless it be cut into chalf mixed 

 with hay; but, on the contrary, that they 

 should be fed with something better, and 

 have the straw thrown under them to be trod- 

 den into dung;" and { am much inclined to 

 believe, that in most, if not in all cases, this 

 maxim will prove a just one. See that your 

 cows are of the best breed. Give them roots 

 as well as liay, and they will give you more 

 than an equivalent in milk for their extra 

 keep. Provide pure water for your milch 

 cows, and not oblige them to go a mile, more 

 or less, after it, manuring the highway, and 

 running the gauntlet of dogs, teams, the horse 

 and his rider, the sleigh and its driver, with 

 more annoyances than Buonaparte met with 

 in his retreat from Moscow. See also that 

 the master-beasts do not tyrannise over their 

 weaker brethren, and if any are inclined to 

 domineer, take them into close custody, and 

 deprive them of the liberty of the yard, till 

 they will give indemnity for the past, and 

 security for the future. Cut or chaff" your 

 hay, straw, corn-tops, bottoms, &c., with a 

 straw cutter. If you give your cows good 

 hay, roots, and comfortable lodging-, you may 

 make as good butter in winter as in summer, 

 and become rich by sending to market the 

 product of your dairy. 



DecesHber. 



In this chilly and inclement season of the 

 year, when winter comes brushing down upon 

 us ; when man and beast are shivering in the 

 wind, and each passer-by is heard to cry, "O, 

 bless my heart how cold it is!" The farmer 

 of economy and forethought is, no doubt, pre- 

 pared to make the best of it. It is fit and 

 proper that all our buildings be tight and snug 

 as a lady's china closet. A farmer may have 

 ventilation sufficient for his cattle and his 

 fodder, without practising that slovenly habit 

 we see in some, who would,] forsooth, be 

 reckoned as patterns of good husbandry 

 Loose boards and shingles, broken hinges and 

 swinging doors upon our barns, do not indi 

 cate any thing very favorable of the occu- 

 pant. Tools scattered here and there, win- 

 dow glass broken, and cattle astray, are un 

 pleasant sights to one that prides himself upon 

 good husbandry. Argus was said to have 

 had an hundred eyes, and only two of them 

 were asleep at one and the same time. What 

 an excellent farmer he might have been, to 

 keep ever on the look-out, and see that every 

 thing was as it should be ! But every farmer 



can be Argus enough to see to his own affairs, 

 if he will only bestir himself. AUenlionI 

 Let not this word be a military tecimical al- 

 together. It stands at tlie head of the hus- 

 ndman's vocabulary, and its important sig- 

 nification is well understood to every diligent, 

 active and persevering agriculturist. — N. E. 

 Fanner. 



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