Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1864-12-03
FeedIng Cows for Mnk.

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quality, too. Changing back TO timothy and
other grasses,it is certain that cows decrease
in the number of pounds They are fed reg
ulsrly upon each kind of grass about three
hours each day. Green corn fodder Of the
southern kinds, saved for the purpose of feed
ing, does not produce. as much milk as either
of the other kinds of feed mentioned. Now
as milk Is becoming so valuable for cheese
and butter, farmers viii ann TO produce the
best breeds of cows which give the largest
number of pounds Of milk, and the best
quality too What kinds of roots and grass
es green or dried, will make most milk, will
be questions more thoroughly discussed
among farmers, as the lue of cheese is
greater through the cheese factory system.
If milk is 10 he adulterated fof gain of any
kind, let it be through the feed, which seems
TO be the only honest was.-Cor. Boston
CnltiudtOr.
SORGHUM SEED FLeuR Grain and -four
having become scarce among the rebels, they
have devised new source of supply, which
is thus described BY the Savannah Republican,
We have a sample of sorghum flour, made
of the seed of ChInese cane, which may be
seen at our Office The planter who sends it
| 70 us had no means of boiling this -four, nor
had i0 taken off the hull of the seed before
grinding; the consequence is, that the flour
| has a plnkish color. Those who have made a
trial of this excellent. -four represent il as an
| admirable substitute zfor buckwheat. Made
| into hoe-eake it is very savory bread. 1t
| is likely to come into very general use, if
prepared, like wheat flour, by boiling. The
| price at which it can be offered in market
may be assumed at fifteen or twenty dollars
| per sack. But as an acre of sorghum Yields
| from thirty to fifty bushels, ten dollars would
be remunerating price. The production of
this grain, the present year, in Georgia, must
amount to five millions of bushels. We have
this great supply of food to fall back upon in
the event of deficiency of the cereals, wheat
and maize. The season for buckwheat cakes
comes in month, with frost. Let the lovers
of this bread try the sorghum -four. 1t is
represented as being very similar to buck
wheat when prepared as the latter is. As a
| substitute for coffee, no parched grain vegeta-
| BILE ordinarily used for that purpose is at all
equal to sorghum seed. And what is still
| more valuable to know, in the present search
| ty of sugar, small quantity of the strip boil
| ed with ground seed makes the coffee substi-
| tute very pleasant and palatable."
SYMPTOMS OF HIP JOINT LAMENEss IN THE
HoRsE.-A horse having hip joint lameness
presents the following symptoms. When
| standing, the affected limb is quite pendu-
| lous, resting only slightly on the toe, the
weight of the body being supported by the
sound limb, the stihe being prominent and
| slightly pointed outwards. When the horse
is forced TO walk or trot, the quarter of the
| affected limb, sinks or drops at every step;
he goes lightly on the toe, and it is almost
impossible to draw the leg forward, but he is
| said to carry the limb in consequence of
great pain and goes on three legs. There
fore the most prominent symptoms of this
| form of lameness are, great pain, pendulOus
appearance of the limb, turning OutwaTds of
the stife, and depression of the quarter, all
of which continue more or less during the
! progress of the lameness. There is generally
little or no swelling, and nothing particular
to be perceived in the appearance of the at
fected limb. In process of time, however,
the muscles waste and the whole quarter be-
comes much attenuated. In treating a case
of this character we usually recommend rest,
! apply counter irritation and sometimes insert.
seton. In the early stage, however, when
the lameness is of a very acute character, We
lubricate the parts with liniment, composed
of Sulphuric Ether and Olive oil.
Corn vs. PORK.-" How much corn will it
take to make hundred pounds of pork ?"
/ asked this question last night at town
meeting. There were a dozen good farmers
present, but not one of them could answer.
The Deacon said he could tell me one thing:
to feed merchantable grain to pigs would not
pay. You could get more for the grain than
you could get for the pork. l told him that
the manure must be taken into consideration.
He thought that at the present time the labor
of attending on the pigs was fully equal to
the manure. But if labor is high, manure is
high also. Try to buy it and see what it will
cost
In Mr.. Laws experiment it took about
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with water, to produce one hundred pounds
of pork-or rather of increase in the weight
of pigs. But as the pigs are worth more per
pound when fat than. when lean, we may safe
ly call the increase in live weight equal to so
much pork. Pork is now worth Sl5 per hun
bred pounds, and with corn at 81. per bush
ell, the seven bushels of corn would be worth
$1,000 This would leave a profit of $3.50
on each hundred pounds of pork or in other
words, we should get over g for the corn be-
sides the manure.-Geaesee Farmer.
KEEPING WINTER APPLEs.-A cOrrespon-
dent from Ohio communicates the following:
A neighbor of mine, one year ago, packed
eight barrels of winter apples with dry saw
dust, and left them headed up, exposed to all
the rigors of our last unusually cold winter.
The result was, they were taken out in the
spring sound, and had retained their flavor
better than if buried in the ground, or kept
in cellar. Query-could not grapes be kept
in the same way? The same enterprising
neighbor Ia Maine Yankee) preserves his
cabbage through the winter by packing
among refuse or leaves, head downward, in
boxes, each layer of heads with the stems
cut off near the head, and covered with loose
leaves of cabbage. Freezing will not injure
them when thus covered."-ABa Inst. Farm
ers' CluJ.
PRESCRIPTION FOR THE CURE ~ OF Docs AD-
DICTED TO KILLING SHEEP.-Take of beef
steak, sixteen ounces; strychRia, four scru-
pies.
DirectionS.-Divide the beefsteak, or "tit
Bit" into sixteen pieces take, a sharp PEN
knife and make a small incisiOn into each one
of them; into the orifice thus made, insert
one-sixteenth of the above quantity of stryeh-
MIA, (which will amount to five grains,) drop
a few of these medcated tit bits on the
outside of the sheep pen as near the tracks of
the "Bow WOW" as possible. "A. dog with
five grains of strychnia in his stomach was
never know to NEEDLE with mutton, or ever
again disturb the slumbers of any one by vir-
tue of dog melody. nee5eJ
THE PRESIDENTS LAST sTORY.-The following
is related as s'the Presidents last story" In
dismissing party of three hungry place
seekers who had often wearied him, and final
ly exhausted his patience, Mr.. Lincoln said