The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1871-07-07
Feeding Hogs On Grass.

G0SVIu8 Hugs VAs ~ >ss
Mrmsr. arc apt 70 fcetl too much corn
70 their hogs and then complain bceauscI
TINY rarely, &c ever, get price enou4h,
for their hogs IT killing Time from tnr
buycrs, and say that i, cost 50 'nach 10
iattcm them, that hog raising IS nnproW'
able. Ii they will feed them niore grass
and less corn they viii !ind IL an I'M
prnvcmcni that will add 10 the proi'is.
Eccding stock with grass or other green
fodder while il is kept up. Is coming
ranidly iato practice. especially. III towns
where pasturage Is incouvr'iicnl, ani
among dairymcn, and orchara grass l.
urnuo,,ncel one ul the best things to-
raise for the purpose. The seed Is not
generally for sale at storcS, bu, dealers
would OBTAIN /. If tn, ,lenonl should
require ii. 1t Yields boun.i,liy. makes
good hay, and is easily cultivated. bu'
should be sown thicsly rs II has al
tendency TO grow in punches.
TO KILL. PEACH BoggEs.
For peach borers. take = five pound
can OF carbolic soap dissolved in ten gall
Ions Of hot water. stirring freely. When
cold add twenty gallons cold water.
Now take hoe and clear away, the
woods or rubbish close arount Tue pass
of the trees, removing also n little of the
loose earth lust around the bark, say for
an inch in depth. Then take bucket
OF the liquid. aud with a paint brush APP.
ply it freely to the bark OF the base OF
the trees for six to ten inches from the
ground, take care to have 1t enter the
crevices (wherc the eggs are most iiHeiy
to be deposited,) and let little now
down so MS 10 moistcn a little ring OF
Al a Ia (
ton about the middle OF July, when the
narcnt insect has about finished Deposit
ing her eggs and ifany young worms
are Matched. they will not have pene-
tratcd beyond the reach OF the liquid.
For Young trees where tender roots are
liable to be reached by the liquid it Will
be safer to use it weaker say ten gall
Ions of water TO the pound OF soap.
The above quantity will answer for a
thousand trees. For a less number 4
smaller quantity can be made.
BREAKING AND HANDLING HORSES.
Handle the colt from the time il is
foaled. By not working the dam too
hard, and generous food, keep her III
good TOW OF milk. Feed well from the
day Of foaling; never let it stop grow
ing. Ha!terbrake the first winter. BE-
gin to work him very lightly when two
wears old. Don't put him to heavy
work until five years old. Feed him reg
ularly. evenly and generously, whether
at wirk OF idle. Keep his stable clean
warm, well ventilated and light. Clear
him every day, morning ana night.-
Take OF harness when brought 10 tne
stable swcated from work. Don I IL
working hours encroach five minutes
n n "
load than that which you think tn
horse could pull mt his best. Never
check his head up before load. Keel
your fences good, and your colt viii no
learn 10 breccs. Don't let shoes go un
iii they fall of. Go ten miles to goo'
horsc-shoer rather than one mile to
botch. If YOUR horse is sick, and yo'
are sure OF the nature OF the ailmeni
attead 10 him Mt once, the attack
beyond yonr knowledge, send TO all ex
peiIcnced surgeon. Never let quacl
into your stable. Nincty-ninc out 0
every hundred colds. COLES, heavcs
blindness, strains, spavins, curbes, ant
other diseases and accidents TO horse
are caused by gross neglect.
GREEN GRASS THE BEST HAY.
There is probably no part of the far
mcr's labor that requires the exercise o
greater judgment than this, since upo.l
its successful accomplishment depend
the condition and welfare of his stock
There is no one but what has noticed
with what advidity the herd will dc
YOUR the richly perfumed, well cnre'
hav. and with what disrelish they at
tempt to sustain life, perhaps 10y eaiin!
musty, unsavory fodder. Now, is it no
a question, whether hay can be cut to-
carly, from this fact, that it is gencrall
considered that the aftermath or rover
is the best hay that can be given to mill
cows, increasing the aow Of milk con
sidcrably more than the hay from nor
mature grass. 1t is said that IN som
portions Of Switzerland where the field