Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1871-05-19
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Sngar-Rea.s Fer Hogs.


pEezS Un the encounters and conflicts !
Of business. is constantly drawing Wis
dom from the experience IF o.herz,
should not conceal the result Of his
own achievements, but surrender them
up to the common stock H. liquidation
Of what he draws therefrom. Coase-
quently upon this leading idea | want
to say that | find from actual use this
sc ummer and fall that sugar-beets
are good food for hogs. | planted
the beets Inst spring for the purpose
Of steaming their with potatoes. but
the value ofpotatoes proving relative
~ more than the pork. | tried cook
ing them (the bccts) alone and feed
ing them raw-both ways giving
M, CT satisfaction to me and appar-
emily to the hogs. / fund that in
feeding them raw they we're eaten with
great relish tops and roots, both by
store and fatiening hogs. and the i'm
preston left on my mind was that
from instructive manifestations Of
swinish appetite the beet is one
among the many articles Of their food
that is not much improved by cooking.
Cor. GermdHtolCn Telegraph.
THE POTATO BUG 1t may inter
est,somc of our readers to know some
thing of the habits and history ofthis
familiar depredator. 1t was first
found in the Rocky mountoins -
years ago. 1t feeds on a species Of
wild potato. As the potato began to
be cultivated there, it began to work
its way eastwardly, from field to field,
until it is found all over the country,
from Michigan and Indiana to the
mountains. Whether The waters on
our borders will stop them remains TO
be seen.
According to DR.. Shimar, each fe-
male laws about 700 eggs. In six
days the eggs hatch into iarv9, which
feed on the foliage ofthe potato plant
about IL days; then they 90 into the
ground where they change into pup9
at the surface Of the ground. In ten
TO fourteen days. the perfect beetle
appears, In seven days they begin
TO pair, and on the fourteenth day the
female hegins to deposit eggs. There
are throe broods every ye1r.-H you
can count the stars, or the grains Of
sand on tie shore, you may count the
number of the army Of this beetle
now in the ground ready to begin
war on the potato.
ANIMALS. - Horses in shedding
their coats need extra feed and card
ing, and the same is in a less degree
true of oxen. Cows near caiving
should have regular feeding aud card
ing. Give roOmy stalls, good sun
ming daily, and some roots. EncOur-
age milk secretion in new milCh heiE
ers by milking thrice day and feed
ing succulent food - roots, grain
grown for soiling, or mashes as a sub
stitute. Sbeep.-Give ewes at yearn-
ing time warm sheds and sunny yards
and be even on the lookout for chilled
or feeble lambs; and wrap such in
warm sheep skins, give a few spoon.
fulls of warm milk punch, and lay
them near the kitchen fire. If far
gone give warm bath, with brisk but
gentle rubbing until dry, warmi 9 by
the fire or with hot-bricks. Those
apparently dead will often revive and
do well. HoyS.-Secure all the young
pigs which will be needed for manure
makers or for pork. Avoid feeding
SONS rich food for ten days before and
after narrowing. Feed roots, with
milk-hou5e slops and some bran.
RAISING TURKEYs.-The Turkey
is the most tender when young, and
most difficult to raise of all the do
mestic fowls =; yet with proper care in
setting the eggs under game hens and
cooping the brood at night regularly,
while the turkeys are young. they may
be easilyreared in great abundance.
Never feed the young turkeys boiled
eggs or corn meal dough, or wheat
bread crumbs. They need very lit,
tic food of any kind under seven DAYS
of age, and should have nothing but
sour milk set in pans. At about a
week OF ten days give them also wheat |
screenings or crumbs soaked in sour f.
milk. Let this be their only feed till |
they begin TO feather, and then give
them grain of any kind. Tie the hen
(which has TIE young turkeys } to a
pen off to herself, with coop near by
her so that she can enter at night to
roost. At two weeks old let the hen
loose to roam, and if she is a game
hen she will do the work OF rearing
the brood.
SORE MOUTH IN SHEEP. Sheep Ere
euertly become sore in the lips, from
feeding on st. Johnswort and other
foul plants. or from unhealthy blood.
One of the best flock masters whom
We ever knew, gave US this as his
method of cure: Take fine saltpetre
and mix it with pigs foot or other
soft animal oil. With a lather of
CASTLE soap wash off the scabs from
the sleeps lips, and annOint the
parts affected with the mixture above
Speclned. Another cure Tor sore lips
in sheep, is to wash with steep OF Z
gold thread in water.
To MAKE ToFGu BEEF TENDFR. :
The London Queen says, to those
who have worn down their teeth in S
masticating poor, tough corn beef,
We will say, that carbonate of soda t
will be found remedy for the evil. 5
Cut the steaks the day before using,
into slices about two itches thick, roll
over them a small quantity of soda 4;
wash offnextInorning; cut into suita-
bic thickness, and cook to suit your :
taste. The.Same process will answer =
for fowl. mutton3 or anY fresh meat :
Try it, all who love delicious, tender a"
dishes of beef. y
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