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THE BUBAL nEW-YOBKEB. 
the plank floors that let about all the ;urine 
work through the cracks and go to waste. 
More than one half the value of manure that 
that is made in that stable in a winter is wast¬ 
ed. It goes down and soaks away under the 
floor. It is none of my business, of course; 
but it is one of the ways in which my friend 
could make considerably more money, if he 
chose to. It would doubtless surprise him to 
see the amount and weight of good manure 
that can be made in a winter from a farmer’s 
horse stable on an entirely water-tight floor. 
Th<>re is no use talking; few farmers can 
make anything wintering stock in Northern 
Ohio, that is clear profit, unless they look to 
their manure for it. If they get the market 
price for their feed, yes, if they get even what 
it actually costs them to grow it and feed it, 
in cash, they are doing well. Then they lun e, 
say, 200 loads of manure for their profits. If 
by a little care they can make 400, do not 
they double their profits? Again, this farmer 
of whom I am writing had a cow stable that 
" was far from being warm and comfortable. 
His cows, to tell the truth, were not well fed. 
Tiny knew nothing about having every single 
day, the whole year around, all they could 
eat of the best milk-producing food, with warm 
water in winter. 1 heard much fault found 
with dairying. It did not pay, etc. but, as 
friend Hoard reports, there wasn’t a word 
said in the way of fault-finding with the man 
and his methods. Our friend could not see 
that there were any amount of leaks that he 
could shut up, and other ways in which he 
could do better. No, the trouble was all in 
the business, as it looked to him. As it 
looked to the wri er, it was all in him. Now, 
friends, which was right? I know men who 
are making money out of dairying; 1 have 
been in their barns and studied their meth¬ 
ods. I do not know of any branch of farming 
that promises any better returns to-day than 
winter dairying. My friend talks of selling 
his cows to get into something that will pay 
better. Well, it is pretty blunt talk, but I 
honestly believe that the farm will have to 
sell its manager and get a better one before it 
will pay any better; shifting to some other 
branch of farming will not do it in this 
case. 
Now, hold your temper, my friend, and sit 
down for a day and honestly ask yourself: 
“Is this man right? Am I largely to blame 
because I make so little? Am I losing half 
my manure? Could my cows be fed much 
bolter? Can I just as well as not keep my 
calves and colts growing right along all win¬ 
ter?” 
Header, this is aimed at 'one particular 
friend, who reads the IIukal. But his is not 
au isolated case by any means. In some of 
its particulars, doesn’t it hit you? If not, 
you are one ot the lucky few who have found 
out where to look for the trouble when farm¬ 
ing does not pay. 
Summit Co. Ohio. 
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FEEDING AS A SCIENCE, 
p. n. Jacobs. 
Feeding for a purpose—for eggs or market ; 
waste due to unwise Jeeding; a fat hen is 
a poor layer ; recent improvements in 
methods of feeding; management of laying 
hens ; treatment of over-fed hens ; 
It costs something to learn, and yet the ex¬ 
pense of learning might be saved if poultry- 
men would only stop to think. The first point 
is to determine what the hens need, for their 
needs are exactly in accordance with wbat 
you intend the hens to accomplish. Some 
persons feed their hens as though there was 
only one systematic method to be followed, 
when in fact there are several modes, all de¬ 
pending upon what you wish the hens to do. 
If a hen is fed to enable her to accomplish a 
certain purpose, it is extravagance to feed her 
in a manner to prevent her fulfilling the ob¬ 
ject sought. Yet this is done every day, and 
on nearly all farms in this country. The hen 
is like the milch cow—when not producing 
something the food is diverted to flesh. When 
the cow is dried oil she more readily becomess 
fat than when in full flow of milk, and when 
the hen is not laying she, too, readily becomes 
fat. A fat cow, fat sow, or fat mare is an 
indifferent breeder, and so is the fat hen. 
Every farmer knows that if he fed his cows 
exclusively on corn-meal, without hay, they 
would become worthless. First they will fat¬ 
ten, and next they will suffer indigestion from 
a diet that is too concentrated. The milk 
flow would gradually cease, and loss would be 
the result. The hen is no more fitted for au 
exclusive grain diet than the cow. A distinc¬ 
tion must be made between hens that are in¬ 
tended for layers and fhose being prepared 
for the market. The two classes do not belong 
in the same yard. They simply interfere with 
each other. 
The old routine of corn and wheat for the 
hens is gradually being abandoned, and with 
the advent of pure breeds a more advanced 
system of feeding is being practiced. Chem¬ 
istry has already demonstrated that the egg 
is composed of certain materials, and that 
foods are of variable composition. Such be¬ 
ing the case, the poultryman is now enabled 
to select foods that contain the substances 
mostly required, and by varied feeding he can 
secure better results than by the old haphaz 
ard manner. With the use of certain breeds, 
and foods adapted to the purpose, the hens 
can be made to lay from the time they are 
matured until the season arrives when they 
must moult. The incubating fever can be 
entirely avoided by judicious feeding, as has 
been done by experiment, or hens can be so 
fed that they will lay but few, if any eggs. 
The old plan is extravagant, as it permits of 
feeding such material as is not only wasted by 
reason of not being required, but because 
there is also a loss of eggs when any other 
food than that demanded is allowed. There 
is no mystery about it, for all the art to be 
gained is that of simply feeding food of a va¬ 
riety, making grass or bulky food the main 
reliance, with a small proportion of grain to 
balance it, instead of feeding grain exclusive¬ 
ly- 
When hens are overfed, some that have a 
tendency to fatten quickly will become fat 
sooner than others, and yet, if they are in the 
yard with the laying hens, they will eat just 
as much, and become fatter. The hens that 
are laying will then have to produce all the 
profit, and often the whole flock is condemned 
as unprofitable because one-half of them are 
non-producers though the others may be 
among the very best layers to be found. The 
fat hens do the layers an injustice and injury 
and should be taken out to be allotted a loca¬ 
tion where they can be put into “training 
service,” which means that they should be so 
sparingly fed that they will be only too glad 
to work and scratch for the few grains they 
receive, and in so doing reduce themselves in 
flesh, and get into laying condition again. 
Feed less grain and more bulk. It matters 
not what it is, provided the hens are kept 
busily at work and are in good health. A 
good hen should never be idle. When she 
runs to you for food it is just the time she 
snould not receive it. 
CATALOGUES, ETC., RECEIVED. 
Minnesota Experiment Station. Bulle¬ 
tin No. 4 from this station, makes a pamphlet 
of 50 pages, and discusses topics connected 
with general agriculture, entomology and 
veterinary science. Thmnost important experi¬ 
ment recorded is that conducted to determine 
the comparative value of cold and warm 
water for stock. The result of this experi¬ 
ment is at variance with general belief, as the 
ice-cold water gave best results. The point is 
very clearly made that hot water is mainly 
valuable where the animals are not well 
housed or sheltered. When the animals are 
kept warm and comfortable,heatiDg the water 
does not pay. This seems to be the lesson 
taught by this experiment. From the results 
ot other experiments with stock it is conclu¬ 
ded that silage can be compared with tine 
Timothy hay nearly in tue proportion of 2)4 to 
one for milch cows. It would appear that 
silage makes a good appetizer, giving a keener 
relish to the other food given the animal. It 
was also noted that a change from silage to 
hay decreased the milk yield perceptibly. 
Again, it was observed that the Timothy hay 
favored the production of fat, while silage 
favored the production of milk and butter. 
A substitution ot bran for a part of a total 
corn ration proved valuable for fattening 
steers. Farmers in the great wheat-producing 
regions of the Northwest might use this hint 
to their advantage. The portion of the report 
given up to entomology contains a valuable 
article on “Fungi which Kill Insects” Prof. 
M. J. Treacy has an article on “Consumption 
In Animals” in which he points out the symp¬ 
toms of the disease, the dangers attending it 
and the best means of prevention. 
Agricultural Science. —The Proceedings 
of the Ninth Annual Meeting]of the Society for 
the Promotion of Agricultural Science, make 
a volume of 100 pages. It contains papers 
by Prof. Babcock, Dr. Beal, Prof. G. C. Cald¬ 
well, Prof. Halstead, Dr. Kedzie, Prof. I. P. 
Roberts, Prof. Shelton and others. The com¬ 
plaint is often made by farmers that these 
papers are too technical and elaborate for the 
general reader. Such men would have us 
believe that only the students and professors 
who have nothing to do but to investigate 
these questions can understand what it 
is all about. We want to test this question, 
so we have sent this pamphlet to our corre¬ 
spondent, “Jerseyman, ” and requested him to 
review it. 
An Introduction to Entomology.— This 
is the title of an entirely new book by Prof. 
John Henry Comstock of Cornell University. 
It is published by the antlor. Part first con¬ 
tains 234 pages. ^'lie illustrations are a spec¬ 
ial feature. They were drawn and engraved 
by Mrs Comstock. We consider this the 
simplest, best-arranged and most interesting 
volume on entomology we have ever examined. 
It is admirably adapted to class-room work. 
North Carolina Experiment Station.— 
The 10th annual report of this institution is 
sent by Director H. B. Battle, Raleigh, N. C. 
This is a compilation of the work done during 
the year 1887. It also contains a brief history 
of the station and a copy of the laws govern¬ 
ing the sale and analysis of fertilizers in 
North Carolina. 
Chattel Mortgages on Saloon Fixtures 
in New York City.— This is the title of a 
little pamphlet just^ issued by the Church 
Temperance Society and compiled by the Sec¬ 
retary, Robert Graham. It presents a new 
phase of the liquor question. A careful ex¬ 
amination of the records shows that in this 
city 20 liquor dealers and brewers hold 4,710 
chattel |mortgages on saloon fixtures, with a 
total value of $4,959,578. With these start¬ 
ling figures, the [argument is advanced that 
the political power of the saloon is due largely 
to the fact that saloon keepers generally are 
mere men of straw, controlled by the men 
who start them in business. 
Practical Carp Culture.— By L. B. Lo¬ 
gan, Youngstown, Ohio, price 05 cents. The 
author says: “ The marvelous growth of 
the interest in carp culture among American 
farmers, and the demand for correct lit era 
ture upon the subject, have led to the publica¬ 
tion of the accompanying work.” Every 
branch of the subject appears to be carefully 
considered, and the work is well illustrated. 
It certainly should be of great value to those 
who desire to raise carp. 
THE POST-OFFICE CLUB. 
“A prophet is not witbout honor, save in 
his own country.” This is the text our min¬ 
ister took last Sunday. I have often won. 
dered what it is that prompts ministers to 
pick out the texts they do. I think our min¬ 
ister got his text from a recent meeting of our 
club. He happened to be on hand while we 
were discussing the Rural’s potato contest. 
The general opinion of the club members 
seemed to be that this “contest”, was of very 
little value because the piece of ground was 
quite small. “ Anybody can raise a big crop 
in half a dozen hills, but farmers want to 
know how to raise potatoes by the acre.” 
This seemed to be the sentiment of the ma¬ 
jority, and because there were not several 
acres in this contest plot, our neighbors con¬ 
clude that the trial is of no account to them. 
Other people will get the value there may be 
in this experiment. Uncle Jacob was among 
the minority on this question. 
“Veil, veil, it vas dake a goot man to get 
all dere vas out mit a goot oxberiment. Dem 
oxberiments dot shows efferyting out shust 
clear, mit nodink to think mit, vas not der 
best by any means. Now den, dako dot bo. 
tato oxberiment. Der boint vas to show 
shust how to go mit vork und make botatoes 
beat demselfs. Veil, here vas dot small spaze 
vere all der conditions mit soil und all dese 
Oder tings vas shust right. Now if dem 
certain tiugs vas make a few botatoes do dere 
best, it vas nine chances mit 10 dot dem same 
tings vas make an acre off botatoes do better. 
Der ting vas to see shust w hat vas done mit 
dose botatoes to make dem grow so big und 
strong und den see vhat tools und vork vas 
needed to carry out somedink off dot vork 
mit an acre off botatoes. Dot vas der 
lesson off dose experiments—dey vas intended 
to make der farmers tink about somedink. 
It vas der tinking farmer, dot looks in mit 
dese tings und vorks out dese gonclusions, dot 
vas in grease der yield off botatoes. Der 
farmer dot does nodink shust pecause effery- 
thing vas not vorked out mit him vas find dot 
he raises less botatoes effery year.” 
SMALL PICA. 
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WHERE LOG CABINS FLOURISH. 
A party of American genltimen, who 
had been camping out on an island in the 
great Lake Nipissing, Canada, last sum. 
mer, were returning in a sail-boat and 
were yet seven miles from port when the 
sun went down, and with it the sailing 
breeze. 
A discouraging situation, truly. 
“Never mind, I can row you there inside 
of two hours,” said the guide who hail 
charge of the party, as their murmurs 
arose. 
“W’hy. man. it is seven miles, there are four 
of us in this heavy boat —its a big job you un¬ 
dertake,” said one. 
“No matter, I have done the likes before and 
can do it again,” cheerfully replied the broad- 
shouldered Irishman, as he stowed away the 
sail and bent to the oars. He was a splendid 
oarsman and the boat was soon under headway 
again. 
“Wbat would I not give to enjoy your health 
and strength,” remarked the Professor. 
“Yes, I am pretty healthy, and though I am 
past sixty I feel as strong as ever,” replied the 
guide. “But only three years ago I stood at 
death’s, door, and never thought to pull an oar 
again. You see, I was in the woods all winter, 
logging,and I got into the water one day and 
caught cold. It settled on my lungs and I had 
a bad cough which hung on till I ran down al¬ 
most to a skeleton.” 
“Call in a physician?” 
“Yes, I went twenty m ; les through the bush 
to see a doctor; he gave me some medicine,but 
it did t help me much.” 
“How was the cure effected?” 
“An old Scotch lady, who had come over 
from the States, gave me a preparation of 
balsams and herbs, which she said the early 
settlers in America used, and it soon stopped 
my cough and put me on my feet again.” 
One has but to travel along the frontier to 
learn how easy it is to get along without doc" 
tors, and how effective are the natural reme¬ 
dies which the old grandmothers know how to 
prepare. They of en cure where the best 
physicians fail. 
Every mother of a family knows how'coughs 
and colds are quickly and radically cured with 
syrups and teas made from balsams and herbs 
which “grandmother taught us how to make.’’ 
Warner’s Log Cabin cough and consumption 
remedy was, after long investigation into the 
merits and comparison with other old time 
preparations, selected from them because 
proved to be the very best of them all. It 
has brought back the roses to many a pallid 
cheek—there is no known remedy its equal as 
a cure for coughs and colds. 
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