The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1860-08-04
FACTS FOR FARMERS.

TREATMENT OF CoLTs AND How TO GER
RID OF LIcE.-Thomas S. Lay, of North
Vassalboro, Me-, gives his method of treat
ment of colts and to cure those affected
with lice as follows, in the Maine Farmer
''Three months after foaling, commence
giving the foal a handful of oats daily,
which are gradually increased until the foal
is four months old, at which time he should,
in most cases, be weaned. Many excellent
stockbreeders keep the foal by the dam Eve
or six months, and many give cows milk
after weaving, but when the dam is kept
breeding this is not a good practice Du-
ring the fifth month | give one quart of
sliced carrots, if carrots are In season; du-
ring the sixth and seventh month feed two
quarts of oats and one of carrots
if carrots cannot be had and grass is
out of season, give two or three feeds per
week of scalded bran, two quarts to feed.
When weaving commences the foal should
be placed in email enclosure or have access
exercise. 1t is much better to wean sever
al together in the same yard.
I'm giving grain to colts l should object
to using any kind but oats, as this grain
goes mostly to form muscles and bone,
while corn or corn meal is heating; and
any more roots than is sufficient to keep the
animal in condition tends to fat, which is
not wanted. Colts should have all the
good hay they will eat. and water and salt
dd li6ituns.
''If poultry are kept near the colts, ex
anime carefully and often for lice upon
them; rubbing the name and tail is indica-
ton of them. Should they be found, lose
no time in driving them off. Animals can
not thrive with these pests upon them. 1
have used many preparations effectually,
but the most satisfactory is {: half an ounce
of arsenic in one gallon of soft water; with
this preparation sponge the animal over; it
will not only kill the lice, but the eggs I'M
batched. To mix the arsenic, use wood
en- pail, putting the arsenic in the cor
ner and adding a few spoonfuls of wa
ter; rub the powder and water until a
paste is formed, then add the water. This
should be applied on warm, sunny day.
An infusion of lobelia is also good. When
colts are turned to grass, care should be ia
ken that the hoofs should be shortened at
the toe and the edges rasped off to prevent
breaking and splitting, as well as to take off
as much as possible the strain upon the
back cords of the legs."
SALT FOR Cur WoRMs.-We have seen it
recommended that a tablespoonful of salt
spread over each hill of corn at planting,
will prevent cut worms. It is too late to
try it this season, but it may be remember
ed.-Prairie Farmer
How To DESTROY THE CuRcUL1o.-Mr.
William Archer, well known nurseryman
of Utica, N. Y, says:
Recipe.-Procure tin pail, punch holes
in the bottom; procure a pole that will
reach above the top of your plum trees;
fill said pail with airslacked lime; hold the
whole thing over your plum trees, in the
morning before the dew is off; strike light
ly on the pole and sprinkle the lime on the
trees. Repeat this operation say about three
times. and your plum crop is safe. The
curculio wont work where lime is.
To MEASURE Com IN CR1B.-In answer
to inquiries, we give the following rule
which dealers inform US is reliable. Multi
ply the length, breadth and height togeth-
er. in feet; multiply this product by four,
strike off the right figure, and the result
will be shelled bushels.
A SUBSTANTIAL CEMENr.-Can you give
me recipe for making cement that will
stand the weather ? MI
Yes, the following will make cement
that will endure weather beating equal to
marble. Take parts ashes, 3 parts clay,
and one part sand, and mix with oil.-Psdi-
RE Farmer.
LOOK OUT FOR THE HENs.-The New
England Farmer says look out for the hens,
see that they are constantly supplied with
lime in the form of old mortar, or pounded
oyster or clam shells, gravel, bones, and
meat Charcoal is also a valuable article
to have about the coop. 1t is said that
cooked food should never be fed TO hens, or
other domestic fowls, when the weather is
sufficiently cold to freeze it in the crop and
destroy them. A person once informed US,
that this frequently occurs. We think hens
should have place provided for them that
will not freeze the food, even if it is out of
their crops. This advice may be useful,
however, where fowls have the range of the
barn, and no warmer place to go to. In
such situations, hens often do very wen II
they are fed literally with grain, and once
day with hot, mashed potatoes and meal
mixed with scraps There is no place they
like so well as among the hay and straw in
the barn, and to pick up the hay and other
seeds about the floor, and around the cattle.
Fowls dislike damp places. and the eel
lar, though warmer than rooms above, is
not so good as loft would be, where the
sun could come in through windows in the
roof. and which might be warmed in the
coolest weather from stove below. They
require steady attention and care, and when
they receive it, will afford as much profit
for the outlay as. any item of the farm.
THOSE HENS II saw in a former mum
Der of the Agriculturist an article headed,
"What is the matter with the hens 90 that
is, why don't they supply more eggs? Ny
answer in their behalf is, that they too Of
ten are confined in small, dry yard, sur
rounded with high fence. having slight
shade. access to no green thing. with little
to eat, and less TO drink, and yet they are
expected by those simpler than themselves
to go on laying at that o yes J "hens
were made to lay" they can't help them
selves; eggs are probably made of heat.
dirt and sunshine. Now, Mr.. Editor. /
have been troubled as much as my neigh
bors have about the hens. If they were
/ no rr,;ftad fr ran0e thev would do Ynischief