The Placer herald., 1870-10-15
HOUSE AND FA X ".

bav. and etill continue thin and poor. lhe
food eaten is not properly assimilated. If
the usual food has been unground grain and
b9v. nothing buta change will effect any
desirable alteration in the appearance Of the
animal In case oil meal cannot be obtained
readily. rningle a bushel Of fax-seed with a
buahel Of barley, one Of oats, and another
bushel Of Indian corn, and let it be ground
into fine meal This viii be fair proper
tion for all his feed. Or, the meal Of barley,
oats and corn, in equal quantities, may be
firai procured and one-fourth part Of the oil
cake mingled with it when the meal is sprink-
led on cut feed. Two or three quarts OF the
mixture three times daily, mingled with a
neck Of cut hlv or straw. If the horse will
eat that amount greedilv let the amount be
gradually increased until he will eat four or
Fix quarts at every feeding three times day.
So loug az the animal will eat this allowance,
quantity may be increased little every
dav. But avoid the practice Of allowing a
horse 10 stand at a rack well filed with hay.
In order 10 fatsen horse that has run down
in Aesh, thc groom should be very particular
to feed the animal on more than he will eat
up clean and lick the manager for more
Massachusets Plougbman.
WEsrEHS PRorrTs OF SrocK-FEEDNG.-
The New England Farner speaking of the
profits in feeding stock, says -" There is
general impression at the East that fattening
cattle and hogs at the West very profitable
business. An Ohio feeder states as the
result of experiment, that beef at six and a
bale and pork at nine cents per pound live
weight rave him 50 and a half cents per
bu.hc for corn. An Illinois farmer says
that in BIZ section they cannot afford to feed
corn after the price has reached 80 cents. A
farmer in Central Illinois who Is a prudent,
careful. and economical man, shows by his
books that he does not get fair pay for his la
borwhen be sells good cattle at eight cents
perpound live weight"
Wu9orryo CorGH.-Your correspondent,
"Crceufed, asks Of "mothers or others,
experienced in the management Of whoopng
cough, "a remedy therefore.
For uncomplicated whooping cough in chill
dren ! find the following mixture the most
promrt-curne them in two or three weeks,
and sometimes less free from reapses.
II thc disease is complicated with infiam-
nation Of the lungs, or other disease, send
for your physician at once. Take alum 30
grains, cAtact henlocl (conium), 30 grains;
dissolve n 4 ounces Ga gill Of water.
Children Of to years may take tea
spoonful, those from 3 to 6 years, two; and
those older, three tea-spoonsful three times
a day. "OTHERs.
--Beste,n Rural, Chicago.
NUmIyE VALUE OF BRAN-A writer in
the Couuuy Gentleman gives the following
valuable information on this subject:
rive and wheat bran contain nearly one
and half as much albumnous~ bodies as
flour twice the quantity Of fat of the whole
grain, three times that Of phosphoric acid
and pota.sa and four times that of lime and
mauesio She breeder and stock-raiser thus
po- -acs IN the bran fodder that surpasses
rape and lusocd oil cake. in nutritive value.
How Mehlrthcscmc estimated is well known.
Bymnue bran with straw and hay, which
ara dcieicn, in phosphates most nutritious
fodder for young and milking cattle may be
made.
A Ilusa Door NAT. Take an inch board
the sizc you wish your mat; dress it neatly;
ulc Fl each way, drawing the lines inch
apart; bor. hole with IA inch auger in each
square; double % piece Of broom twinc, pass
husa- mpencd take sufficient quantity
to liil the hole very tight, pass it through
the loop OF twinr, draw it through until the
double end Of the husk is II inches long,
draw the twuc out and proceed in the same
way until the holes are filed. Then take a
sharp knife and cut the double husks spread
them apart, Trim the uneven eide, tramp it
down. and set it where it il to be used eth
er side up
EARLY SrnNG FLowERs. We trust it is
not out Of place TO say that there are many
kinds Of annual Howcr-sccds that can be sown
in The fall, aud which will very much advance
the blo-soming Of the plants in spring. Among
them are, Lark4purs tall rocket and per
cnnial; Miguoncttc; 1napdragon Columbne;
Walllowcr; White Cmdytuit; Calliopss; !;
Carnation and Pink; Pansy; Portulacca, on
sandy soil; Sweet William Perfection Pink ;
Sweet Peas The plants growing from seeds
thus -own In the fall, will give much better
flowers than if sown in spring. .- willamette
Immer.
To PmTEcr ArriEs. Marshall p. WEI
der says one Of his farmer ncighbors sells his
Baldwin. at - per barrel, while another
ncehbor sca bis at $3.50 The difference is
caused ia ibis way: be first thins his apples
when young On the tree, so to give them the
greatest growth. The other suffers the fruit
to grow without thinning. Wepresume the
quantity ofappc- grown is about equal in
both Willamette Idymer.
MORE Cures FOR RED ANrs--'' Berlin,
Wis, August Doth, 1870" Editor Hearth
aod Homc: ] would say to the lady troubled
with ants that cobalt mixed with sugar and
water, as we do f,r flies, and set where the
ants can get il hos proved eilectual with us
They came, parook, went, and were seen no
more
"Mrs j. +. II
The cobalt Of the stores is crude metallic
arsenic and should beused with the full knowl-
edge that ii is a deadly poison-ED.