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Show FA1UI AND OABDEN. ODSERVATIONS WORTHY OF NOTE IN RURAL AFFAIRS. Xlmalr Illnla Con.Mnlng; Ida Trtalm.nl ' .f llrextlnc Aetna iiml Ilia loiin. 1 If A aiiaplo Arrn.itmn.nt ror a Trosi,. Thsl li 1 rtn..itljt K(.glrti1. Ose min hangs orcr the finco anil pours iArt of tliontor In the trough nikl jars nn Iho back of ttto jiuthlna;, ntiuoal. i luff l(ff. Another man (tours the slop In it trenail tt lilch he Iiaj jumpi. thrungii i the fence. It l msv to tell which It the wiser. The cut shuws how Ilia tt Im lean has the IruiiRli (IioJ. ff' r?i ow tiic was mi ram iih ttioioh. The following pertlncntailricela glrm In Farm Journal, authority fur the (We-golngi (We-golngi Plant out a Mk lot of mrly itroot corn to fifil the pigs this summer. Look out for tho soil now. Wbcro tho most Is sal 1 ami done for rigs thern the jilirs jsijr tho lsnt. Tho mom yon think of jour Lilts thn ni.r tlipjr will Ihlnk of j mi. ltln now to fnsl tho broul sow, so thn will not ho craty when tho llttlo iilm aro lorn. lh o her plmljr of I. ran nn 1 sue-ctih sue-ctih nt food. JM htr linro n mu out of doors. Don't insko n rractleo of hreeillnj jrmitijr anl miniature sows If outvaut strong ami lu althjr iilits. IVm't fenl hreeihngsons com, an I so lnskothm fall If you tin, ten chauccs to ouotliejr will kill their pigs. IWt go to tlm oilier rxlrelue nlul half starro tlieini hut glre laxaifaru fowl, null as roots ln-in or lluwl meal. Dont I't Iho broul sow run with shuntaorolU r store hogs, ami at lea.t put oaeli sow by herself, her-self, In the placu where she Is to hue her llthr, a wetk or ten Jays Worn slui It to farrow. It ti 111 jviy t ou well after weaning to feoit the little pigs three time a ilayon warm food, foiling no uioro than they will vat up chsin. (lire them n few oats to eat bettvcri i meals. See how much pork product can ho soil In a maimfivLturpil statu nml so got doublo tho prlco for It sauugc, head cheese, sjmro iIIjh, hacon, hams and shoulders nml lird. These aro the niturs by which to sell tho pigs. They sounl better than altirply jiork. l'ut them In tin brat posslblu shauo and sell by sample, taking ordirs anl then do. lircrlngufuruartl. How to Unix lll( Corn Cruia. An Indiana farmer, writing In Tho Tanners' Itsrlew, fib how ho has gained his i riso irons. Ilosaysi Tho aero or corn with which I competed com-peted for a premium In IMS, and on which I bad drilled WO ioimds of i.hos. phaje, was planted three feet and two feet alternately In width, with ono stalk ercry twelro Inches In tho row, and yielded m 111 bushels. Tho same acre was planted again last ) ear with rows tli feet anl threo fuet altomstoly, with Italks tvrelte Inches in row, nml yielded 100 btnli.lt of corn of u far superior quality qual-ity to tho j ear U fore. No fortlliter was n-eil this Unto aud the season was not quite i good as the year Ix foro. I concluded, therefore, that 1 made A mistake in planting my i orn too close together. to-gether. Two one-fourth ncro pbits wi re clecte.1 In which 1 hare not been uble to detect any ilillen nee in quality of soil, one plat planted as abrne, six ft and throe foot, and tho other all tho rows three f t In width. Tho grains were ilropsnl in each cae twelve Incher In the row, cnltlratlon tho aame. Itesult: Tho Drrt u ituOvl produced tent).tMO buli. ill good com. The si-cond, w 1U one-Ihlnl one-Ihlnl more corn plante.1, produced slx-t slx-t 'ii biidielsgnoil com and elglit bitduls light chilly com, iqual In fecdlugfalue to ilghtien builuls good corn. 1 do not bellere we can hate any Iron-rl Iron-rl xl riilo to plant by. Somogrounl nlll Itaud clor planting than other. I also helJetocorii can stand closer planting in Mlchlg in or Wisconsin than It can iu southern Indian i or Kentucky, MS.' Tsrlh, A pig's ago may bo known by Its teeth, is w ill as the age of other animals. Its mode of dentition 14 as follows! It is born with four front teeth; one mouth sftcrward It gets four more, ono in each ldn of tho first iwlr In each Jaw. At I months It lias four morn, which Is all the front temjiomry teeth It has. At II months tho four outsldo teeth drop out, mdarunilaculby iwrmiiuint Incisors, snd tho others aro replaced during the nut jenr. At 3 years tho lwar'a tusks si Iiari at 4 they Is gin to lift the llpsi at they are seen outside the Ill's; at g they project from tho mouth, and ntter that they grow longer. After J jinrs tho low's fronttrethhnrrnblackrlngnrottnd the bavi of them, nud ns thn uge Incnnies the color of the teeth deejuns and they Ilwoino worn. As ilgs, honeier, aro rarely kept over to juirs, this test txugo Is not often required. Of recent fi ars, slmv pigs lime betn bral so ns to Jiature moro rapidly, tho tevth may In-lluto, In-lluto, as with sliesp and cattle, more l than tho nnlmals really havo. A well wJ lg lnny luvo nil its ptrmanent Iront teith at 18 months, and this more rspl 1 ih ntltlon has somitluiM leil to dls-futea dls-futea aa to tho j Ij's ago. Mark Inie "I reus. Pn fussor Henry lsireted with say-Intlut say-Intlut ten Jxrau li of buy Is ruflklolit lr a II irso 111k rally fed on grain. As a tule horns ti'iiiuuie much moro lis than is best for thorn or prollublo for tho mr, ThepraitUeoffllllngnha) chuto Ir deep manner with a large amount of y and allowing the animal to eat at fcUllllouMVenvoI.led. U iila litllo ex. firlriice aieirtaln tho real needs of the "Imal, and lecji blin to that. |
