Connecticut western news., 1871-10-20
Farm. Garden and Household.

 indications are favorable for this busi- ness. Select the best three or four year-old Merino wethers that can be found, give them good grass and, if need be, little grain this month, preparatory to shutting then up to fatten. They should gain more this month than dur not from the increase in weight, but from the extra quality and the increased price of the mutton next spring. Much money has been made in this business, but person who has had no experience should not rush into 1t on large scale.
 To DETECT SULPHUR IN COAL CAS- Ulex has published simple process of detecting the presence of sulphur in ordinary Illuminating gas. The flame from the gas is used in Bunsen burner to heat clean platinum dish containing water. After evaporating about pint of water, the outside of the vessel will be found to be partly coated with an oily fluid, which can be distinctly shown, by ordinary qualitative tests, to be sulphuric acid. The same author states that the white incrustation which sometimes makes it's appearance on the inside of lamp chimneys, consists of sulphate of ammonia.
 CoRN-STALKs.-Hayw will be scarce and high the coming winter, and we ought to take extra care in curing and preserv, ing corn stalks. Half the corn-stalks- even in sections where farmers profess to think good deal of them, are rem dered comparatively worthless for want of proper care and attention in curing and stacking. Farmers know how this should be done, but do not sufficiently realize its importance. In this case, as in so many others, they need exhorta- ton rather than precept. The point is to cure stalks as rapidly as possible, and to draw them in as soon as the sap Is so much reduced that they will not ferment injuriously in the stack or barn. In this case, as with hay, the water or sap that is in the stalks is not half so likely to cause mold as little water on the out side of the stalks from dew or rain.
 TNFEcT1oN.-It is not so generally known as in ought to be that a human being is liable to infection from glan- dered horse. Numerous such cases have been recorded in medical works and only few weeks ago man named Martin, who lived in Washington coun- ty, Md, suffered a horrible death from this cause. While attending to horse which had the glaEders, some of the virus from the diseased animals nose or mouth found its way into cut on one of his thumbs, and shortly afterwards he was taken with spasms, which were succeeded by severe nausea and utter prostration. Although medical as sistance was immediately procured, and the man had every reasonable attention, he live only lew days after the infec- tion manifested itself. Before dying his body became @ mass of ulcers, and at the end the flesh fell in pieces from his bones. When a horse is found to be glandered, it should be killed at once, and proper measures taken to disinfect every object that has been in contact with the animal.
 BREAKING OXEN. - The education should commence at one year old. A suitable yoke and bows are provided the tails are tied together by the tufts, that they may not turn round and reverse the yoke. A rope is fastened to the near horn of each steer these ropes unite in one short distance from their heads. They are allowed to stand in the yoke often when not in exercise, and are ex- ercised daily until they are familiar with the different motions and words and signs used to control them. They are then yoked'to pair of wheels only, and exercised with them. To teach them to back, strike them quick blows on the nose with the palm of your hand, using at the same time the proper word. Quiet. ness and gentleness should be used during the lessons, and little salt will pacify them should they be inclined to become unruly. Never unyoke them when they are excited let them cool down first. It should be borne in mind that whatever l.. learned now will be re. membered, and the lessons should be given with the greatest care.
 MATERIALS FOR MANURE. manure pile may be augmented from many sources outside of the stables or 'barn yards. Much waste matter is lying around in every village or hamlet in the country that might be gathered up al very little expense. We do not know country town of a hundred or two inhabitants in which some one would not be glad of a job to gather up ashes leather scraps, tanners offal, tan-bark sawdust, chip-dirt, straw, and refuse generally; all of which would make valuable additions to the compost-heap Old boots and shoes should be reduced to charcoal by covering them with pile of chips and burning them slowly, keep ing the ashes heaped over them. They are then easily reduced to powder. Ole woolen rags and waste from 6 shoddJ factory is very valuable as manure Bones, above all things, should not bt overlooked; nor oyster-shells, which when burnt, make a valuable lime Thousands of tons of such matter go tt waste every year, not because it is no worth the cost of gathering, but becaus, farmers do not appreciate how valuabl, this waste matter is.
 RULES FOR THE CARE OF SHEET. .-Kee1 sheep dry under foot with litter. Thi is more necessary than roofing them Never let them stand or lie in mud O snow.
 Drop or take out the lowest bars a the sheep enter or leave yard, thu saving broken limbs.
 Begin graining with the greatest care and use the sma st quantity at first.
 If eve loses her lamb, milk her dail for few days, and mix little alu1 with her salt.
 Give the lambs a little mill feed i time of weaning.
 Never frighten sheep if possible t avoid 1t.
 Sow rye for weak ones in cold weathe if you can.
 Separate all weak, thin, or sick, fro1 those strong in the fall, and give thel special care.
 If any sheep is hurt, catch it at ono and wash the wound with somethin healing. If limb is broken, bind
 with sphnters tightly, loosening as tl
 limb swells.
 Keep number of good bells on u
 sheep.
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