Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1872-11-06
Farm and Gardens, !. :.
~ 4qricult,tre is the General Pursuit IF r.na: Il
IS tho Basis Of all others, and therefore, the q
,l4,l, most Useful and IIonorabie.p ug

!, Sfi1lc designed Tor butter-mdking,i,1s ,1s q
J. rule, should be agitatcd as little as pos
sible until the cream has risen, We can
not say that such a moderate agitation, Of
the milk, as. would arise simply from
frequent skimming, would lessen the
quantity of cream, but any excessive
agitation has a tendency to diminish
tile quantity of cream. This has been
abLhlantly proved by experiments made
ON milk, portion of which has
been retained at the farm, and the rest
sent by wagon and rail u tire cify. In,
numerous instances, where careful test
of such milk has been made, the milk
which has been less disturbed threw up
most cream.-Southcrn Cultivator.
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CGPoSIzISG.-Ih usuul mortality in
France amongst tho birds thus treated is
only about one in forty, and the danger
is thought SO little of, that the operation
is frequently committed to mere children
The time chosen is about the age of four
months, and when the weather is rather
cool and moist:: in tlrc heat of summer it
is attended with danger. and is rarely
performed The instruments are two
small curved knife, kept very sharp, and
curved surgical needle, with some
waxed thread, Two persons are required,
one of whom operates while the other
holds The bird.
The operator sits down, and the assist
ant holds the bird OH his lap, with its
back towards him, and the right side
downwards; the lowermost leg being held.
firmly along the body, and the left leg
being drawn backwards the tail, SO as to
expose the left flank, here the incision
is made. A few feathers being plucked
off to expose the skin, the latter is raised
with the needle SO MS to avoid the intes-
tines, and mn incision large enough to ad-
nit the finger eazilyis made into the ab-
dominal cavity, just ut the posterior edge
of the last rib: in fact the knife is kept
close to the edge of the bone rs guide.
Shoild any portion Of the bowels pro-
trudc through the wound they must be
gently returned. The torcfingcr is then
introduced, and passed behind the intcs-
tines towards the spine; on each side of
which the two tcstcles arc situated, being
Ill a young bird of four months rather
larger than horsc-bcan. One of the
tcsticles being felt, it is to be gently torn
by the finger away from its attachments
to the spine, and removed through the
wound, the other being afterwards sought
for and removed in siminr manner.
Care must be taken that the testiclc does
not slip away among the intcstjncs after
it is detached, when its detection and re-
moval from the body may be difficult;
but even if this accident should occur it
is not often followed by serious results.
though occasionally it does excite in
Both festiclcs being safely removed,
the edges of the wound are brought t..
gcther and kept in the proper position by
two or three stitches with the waxcd
thread. These arc made in the usual
surgical mode. each stitch being detached.
and separately tied, not sewn as a seam,
II IN making them the chief thing to guard
against is to avoid even prickng the in
trstlncs with the needle, much less in
Guiding any portion Of them in the stitch
which last would inevitably result in the
aeath OF the fowl. When all is done
rightly there should be little bleeding or
suffering; aud tlc whole being safely over,
the bird should be put under a coon in q
quiet place and given only soft food. such
MS sopped broad and water. Aitcro few
hours he may be put by himsclfin n run
o. or yard; but until perfectly healed must
not be allowed to perch, but Obliged to
sleep on straw. For three or four tlovs
the soft food alone must be continued:
and when entirely recovered the bird
may be either SCI al liberty Ii SnHtc,l TO
rear chlckenS, or put uD to tnttrn