Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-10-19
Farm, Garden and Household.

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can rub the skin off then cover with
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Broken HoRN.-Tf the horn is broken
close to the skull, the broken base should
he sawn off smoothly. scared over with
hot iron, anda patch of cloth saturat-
ed in tar should be fastened over the
bare hollow. Another similar patch
should he laid over that, and so on until
it is quite certain that the air is perfect
ly excluded. The admission of air
would be very painful to the COW. If
the pith of the horn is left whole, it
should be wrapped in tarred cloth until
Al new coating of horn has grown over
it or the sensitiveness has decreased. In
some cases new growth soon takes
place. We have an idea that if rubbing
posts We're placed in the yard there
would he fewer broken horns. Cattle
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I w. ~ n,iilS, ANY, ,I yle ieo'''' 10 oioNoii
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OAT CHAFF FOR FEED.-A year OF two
ago we were, by accident, led to feed
some oat chaff to few head of milking
COWS, and were agreeably surprised to
find that they suddenly came up consld-
erably in their milk. The chaff was dis
continued fora day or two, when the
COWS fell off to their former quantity ::
hut on feeding the chalf again, the flow
again increased. Since then the value
of oat chatt as q milk-producer has been
satisfactorily proved by us. This would
then make it advisable that when oats
are thra5hed the chatf should be saved
for feed Tt may be fed in the place of
nut chafl, with the usual wetting. salt
ing, and mixing of the regular allowance
of meal. In years when hay is as scarce
as in the present not only the chatf NAV
be fed, but the oat straw should be care
fully saved for fodder. It is quite rs
nutritious as timothy that has gone to
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SHEEP TrcKs.-If the lambs are badly
infested with ticks they will be strnted
in growth, reduced in flesh, and seriously
weakened mt a critical time when they
need to be in the best condition. IF the
lambs have been already dipped it would
be well to inspect them closely, and with
Il small pair of scissors nip every tick
that may have ESCAPED destruction that
is, il they are only few in number. If
1t should he found that they are still
numerous, another dipping should be
administered immediately. as it would
not br safe operation during cold
weather. We repeat the directions for
making the DIP given some months 400,
viz. Five pounds of cheap pluotobacco,
broken mp aud boiled in two pailfuls of
water, with thirty gallons added. will
make dip sufficient for 100 lambs or so
sheep. After diDpinr keen dry for a dov
or two. If fowls are permitted access
to the shecp-yards thew will eagerly
search for ticks and pick them ont Of
the wool. but we would rather t,ust TO
the more cfIectual process of dinnino
~, taoLlIl'AlloN OF btlrER. Inc Sc',
'w," H"e'r,'M S'nteS 'llaI great ueal
" W p,'VleI - "''!ly S9l4 III the Guy OF New
lorN' WIllG 1 Is "o'lItefaTed with sun
'V'', ~. iI'"e from cotCoh-Sc'd on LII Is
'rr'li"'o'e 10 ,'e lafmefS' tlat they are
their produce yet they suffer from the
dishonest competition of dealers who
make up and sell these fraudulent com
pounds, and by so doing affect unfavor-
ably, not only the sale but the char
'cter of the genuine article. As a mat
ter OF curiosity, we describe an artificial
compound which was manufactured in
Paris to supply the want of real butter
during the late siege of that city. The
refuse materials left after the manufac-
turc Of stearine from fatty animal mat
ters, such rs tallow, etc., consisting of
an oily paste, composed of oleine and
margarine We're washed in water acidu-
lated with muriatic acid for the purpose
OF bleaching it. 1t was then subjected
to the action of a chemical solution for
a period of three hours, during which
twas made to acquire the taste and color
OF butter. This substance, manufactured
without any assistance from the COWS,
was considered an excellent substitute
Tor butter, and was readily accepted in
the place of it by the people, who con-
sjdered it much superior to any other
artificial product of this description.
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0UfEAcE MANUEING:-Now that the
harvest IS gathered and housed, the next
SUBJECT n order IS mat OF manure-how
10 MAKE the most OF the sources OF supply
at haha' and now to dispose of the man
,lre when procured The supply of
homemade manure will never become
adequate to our needs, and it is only by
means of yhe greatest carefulness and
diligence that sufficient can be gathered
together to keep life in orr soil "Feed