Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-05-16

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To DRIVE RATS AwAY-An Iowa farme
states that being troubled with rats, b
caught one, and poured kerosene oil on il
then let it go. The result was the rats al
| left for parts unknown, ard have not beer
heard from Since 8 The experiment. is WORT
| a trial. 2 - X @ * Il = I.
A WRITER in New York Erentaag Pos
thinks the city fathers have made mistake
in introducing English sparrows into the
park. He says they are grainfeeding bird
and once domesticated they will spread in
to the country and prove pest to the
farmers. !HtIf
| A CORRESPONDENT of the American
+ Agriculturist, after trying ferrets for some
years, comes to the conclusion that cats are
the best rat catchers. He keeps his cat in
the barn, always feeding her there For
some planned reason, he seems to attach
Importance to having a black cat. 2 I
= A CoRRFsPoNDENr of the Country Gen
tleman recommends boring an inch or half
inch hole, say six inches deep, in the end
fposts to be set in the ground and fill it
with crude petroleum, and when the wood
has absorbed one filing, to fill again and
plug it up, When the post may be set in the
ground.
ANOTHER CURE FOR HYDROPHOBIA.-A
writer sends to a Providence paper the
following prescription for hydrophohia,
which cannot do harm: Eat the green
shoots OF asparagus raw ;sleep and perspira-
lont will be induced, and the disease can
thus be cured in any stage of canine mad
ness. :. A man in Athens, Greece, was cured
by this remedy after the eparoxysms had
commenced.
4 MIR. LYMAN b. SANFORD writes to the
New York Farmers Club that while in
Canada lately, he paid an English farmer
ten dollars for a secret remedy for the dis
ease in COWS ofabOrtiOn, which was simply
to feed with salt for each one about a tea
spoonful of bone, pounded or ground to
dust. Asa result, in diary of 80 cows he
had lost none, while his neighbours flocks
were as badly afflicted as,ever.
80 HoRsEs' FEET. Many of the diseases in
cident to horses feet are caused by injury
received in standing on a hard floor. An
earth floor is the best for stable, but it
should have good drainage to prevent mud
When horses have been driven through
muddy roads, they should, not be allowed
to stsnd all night without thorough wash
ing of the feet and .fetlocks,, and rubbing
dry. 1871 .455El1II9J
SHEEP SHEARING BY WIND.-The Bea-
yer Dam (Wis.) Citizen says A man was
in town a short time ago with patent
strengthening machine, which worked just
like a reaper or mower, and would NOW a
swath of wool an inch and a-half wide.
The motion was got by means of little
wind engine in the handle, which is to be
1,.sv q no fppni,,or
wind into it through flexible tube Bea-
yer Dam ingenuity is on the sheep shear
track also, and we'll sixpence she win,
come out ahead. The days of old fashioned,
tough, hard work strengthening are num-
bered. 1t caaaebe did by machinery, and
never go much as scratch the hide. Well
report progress" in due time.
RAISING CoLTs.-Never expect to have
good horse if you cram your colt
it cannot be DONE The old adage in Yer
mont, A ragged colt makes the best
horse means everything. Your colt,
then, should run with its dam until it has
reached that condition of the stomach
which will enable it to digest solid food.
Then take your colt and let it have abun-
dance Of free, cold air to begin with, and
in addition to that, avoid the feeding Of
grain until it is three years old, as you
would avoid feeding brandy and water to
your children when they are little 1t is
astonishing how many nice colts are ruined
by the exeassiua -nsa of stimulating grain
food in their infancy, so to speak. Let
your colt mature slowly, its bone grow
properly, its digestive functions be proper
ly organized, its flesh in the proper condi-
tion-never fat, horse fat is the poorest
fat in the world-keep it upon the best