The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-08-05
Farm, Garden and Household.


CA1vEs-will you allow q farmers
daughter to give her cure for scour in
calves? Take two quarts Of milk from
the COW add one tea cup Of boiled fax
seed give this night and morning till
the calf Is better. Then let itrun on the
grass, giving II cold skinned or thick
milk do not warm II, as this giyGG- the
scours, / give mine sweet milk till they
are three weeks old, and then cold skim.
med milk right out Of the spring.house.
Feed them separate, so that one will not
get more than another. About three
quarts is plenty for each one. Inever
have calf sick or die in the winter. We
turn them into the stock yard, turn
them out TO water, and put them back to
u trough Of boiled oats and bran,
QUANTITY OF MILK FRoM Cows.-Tn
the address before tho Essex County
Association, Mass, last year, by Mr..
Howe, Of Methuen, We find some inter
eSting statements in regard to the guam
tity Of milk usually produced by the
cows in that county. he says the aver.
age in the county Is estimated at 1901
quarts, but from the COWS In Hssex
county not far from 1000 quarts each,
in q year. In bis own herd Of twenty
cows, the average yielding Inns been
1000 70 1900 quarts Of milk annually :;
varyipsSwith the quantity Of pasturing
and freedom from accidents to the stock.
Ho sets the average price Of mix at four
and one-half cents per quart, making mn
average annual income for each OF from
$50 TO 800. To Offset this, the cost OF
two tonSof hay, pasturing, grain, labor
aud interest on capital must be reckoncd
-Neb England Farmer.
How DAIRY Stock Russ Down..
Daitymen complain that they cannot
afford to raise their calves, that il Is
cheaper to buy cows to replenish their
stock thnn to raise them. This may be
so when they look at the matter in the
light Of present expenditure Of dollars
aud cents. But it is questionable
whether the rule holds good to the end,
and whether the dairymcn or indeed
farmers 8enenlly, could not by expend.
ing $50 in raising n calf until it becomes
COW, start it on its productive exist.
ence in an improved condition so as ~
mako profit on the investment. Asst
is true that On animal starved aud stunted
in It's carly life can never regain wlat
has been lost, so it is true that ono fed
and encouraged in its period Of growth
may be made better and more produc.
tive throughout its life, II the present
destruction OF calves for the market Is
persisted in, the scarcity OF good COWS
mist increase, and the supply to which
the dairymen look 10 replenish their
stock must decrease, and rs conse.
qucnce prices must advance Further,
rs the best calves arc thken for the
knife and the poorest retained, another
element is added TO those which make
up the sum Of the deficiency.-N. 7.
Tribune.
Curing WHARF.-THE safest general
advice that / can give says correspon.
dent-ls to the proper condition Of ripe
ness of wheat for cutting-in instances
where the owner has time and help go ut
his command, that be can govern the |
case, would be {: select that time that
Will secure the crop us ripe as II can be
and not have the grim shell in handling. |
BY so doing, think the greatest mum.
Der Of bushels will be secured ut the
least cost, and the least time will be re.
quired between cutting and housing,
and thus the greatest safety against bad
weather will be secured. have seen SO
much wheat sprOuied while curing in
the shock, that It has become with me
very important point TO get wheat into
the barn as soon ms practicable inter il is
cut aud TO this end / do not cut rs
early as / would II | knew, as the men Of
California know, that there will be no
rain during all harvest and threshing
time, but l would in no case start the
reaper so promptly that the kernel would
shrink because Of early cutting. After
all that has been said, ! must repeat the
assertion, that nothing but actual know.
ledge derived from experience, can
guide the grain raiser in forming his
judgement as TO when he should begin
his harvest and how he shall conduct It,
80 rs to best nvoid the dangers Of being
either too soon or too late at this crisis
in the business of the whole year.