The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-09-16
AGRICULTURAL.
Notes and Suggestions for September.
Work in Field, orchard md Garden.

From The Western Rural
THE CARE OF STOCK.
Horses and working oxen should be
well taken care of. They are subject to
great annoyance from flies in summer
and autumn, especially If there are
any sore spots or wounds on the skin.
Horses are sometimes CALLED by the
collar or other parts of the harness. A
horse with sore shoulders cannot be
expected TO throw much weight into
the collar. The shoulders should be
bathed with cold water every evening
and rubbed dry with wooden or cot
ton cloth. 1.-THE collar appears to lean
on any particular spot, ii should bs
padded or followed, SO as to remove
the pressure from that place. A collar
should fit perfectly; much injury is
sometimes done by putting IA large col
lar on II small horse, and -pfce VerSu,
Horses feet should be frequently ex.
amined in order to keep them free
from the various diseases TO which
they are subjected. Shoes should be
removed at regular intervals. Where
horses are turned out to remain ut
pasture for several weeks the shoes
should be taken OFT.
Sheep require attention at all times,
but especially in lily time" when they
are driven from place to place by the
attacks of their persevering enemies,
which assaIl them in front and in rear.
The CEStT1iS OUiS deposits its eggs in the
nostrils Ot>the sheep, and when the
grubs mako their appearance they
crawl into the sinuses, causing great
irritation and annoyance to the ami
mails. 1t is to avoid this fly that the
sheep runs from place to place in the
greatest terror, holding down and GU
deavoring to hide its head. The mug
got fly deposits its eggs in the sOiled
wool near the tail, and when the mag
gots are Matched they eat into the skin,
and il they are not removed. they de-
stroy the animal. Sometimes the eggs
are deposited on solid spots of wool, on
tho back or loins. If there are wounds
on the head or body, flies cluster on
them, and not only keep them from
healing, but also increase their size and
give great annoyance TO the sheep. The
noses of sheep, and all wounds ard
sores, should be smeared with tar.
Hogs should be kept In good condi-
ton by liberal allowance of food N
addition to what they pick up in the
pasture or stubble field. The corn crop
will not be very abundant this year,
and it will command high price.
Hogs should be put to fatten early in
order that they may be ready Tor the
market before the rigors of winter com
mence. They require much less fcbd
in mild weather than in that which is
cold. Comfortable pens should be pro-
vided for breeding sows, in which they
may pass the winter without suffering
from cold. Swine not having thick cbat
of fur or hair to cover them, are very
sensitive to cold, and on this acco9nt
fall away in winter unless they are
provided with warm pens, comfortable
beds and suitable food.
MACHINES, NANUREs AND WEEDS:
Reapers and mowers and all machines
and implements which nre not in Use,
should be kept repaired and housed an
Ill they are required in the field! A
reaper or mower that is left underline
weather will become useless in four or
five years, while one that is kept paint
ed and housed will do good service! for
ten years. The same statement applies
to all agricultural machines and imple-
ments.
Muck and mari should be raised Itom
the swamps while the ground isidry
and hard. Every farmer should Fjlace
thick layer of muck under hissmR-
nure-henp; after the barn-yard mature
has lain on the muck for several
months, the liquid which ooZes from 1t
will enter the muck and make the lat
Ter as good manure as the rest o! the
pile. Mari contains considerable
portion of carbonate of lime, ard is
very beneficial to wheat. 1t should be
| we'll seasoned and perfectly pulYerized
before 1t is applied to the soil. In a
fresh state il does more harm than
good. Ordinary mari contains %
pounds of phosphoric acid to every ton.
This is equal to 40 pounds of phosphate
of lime, quantity found In SO pOunds
of bone dust, and equal also 90 the
quantity which grazing COW annu-
ally takes from the land.
The second crop of weeds is sometimes
allowed to ripen its seeds in the pOta-
to fields and other places, and to stock
the ground with seeds for a future crop.
Weeds should not be permitted to grow,
much less to ripen their seeds, in TIL
lage land, meadows or pastures they
are alike injurious to grass as to cere-
ais or root crops.