Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-07-25
THE FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.


The Farm.
A GERMAN professor found by expert
ment that "of all possible occasional
additions to the ordinary food of cows,
none has so marked an effect in increas-
ing the yield of milk as common mo.
| lasses."
A GERMAN Psychologist asserts that
animals which are now being fattened,
particularly oxen, should not be en-
couraged to drink much water, for the
reason that, as has been found by eX-
pertinent, the ABSORPTION of water gen
crates carbonic acid to excess and tram
mels the formation of fat.
BUcKNER, in his book on American
manures, says that salt has been found
effective in destroying the wlreworm,
and in preventing mildew and rust.
The danger IN using is that i'll applying
sufficient to destroy the insects, the
vegetation also may be destroyed.
A YANKEE has invented the following
novel device for preventing horse
from kicking in harness: The hind
legs are strapped at the knee joints,
with the strap running through a ring
on the circlngle, SO that when one foot
advances the slack slips through the
other leg to remain behind, and Uice
UCrSd.
A WRITER in the Scientific American
recommends the following contrivance
tor facing oil stones Put a thin coat
of glue on dressed white pine board
when dry put on another sprinkle
coarse emery on the glue, rubbing it in
well, and after drying put on another
coat of glue and emery. Such rub
Der will speedily reface the hardest
stone.
PRUNING evergreens is best done after
til seasons growth has been made,
and when the new wood is hardened.
A badly shaped tree may be made
comely by the proper use of the knife.
By all means preserve the lower branch
es, as the great beauty of an evergreen
is i'll its being well furnished to the
ground. If upper branches overhang
the lower tiers, the last will die out for
want of light and air. A little judi
cious pruning will prevent this.
A MICHIGAN correspondent of the Ru
raj Home gives the folio wing remedy
for heaves IN horses Give once daily
a teaspoonful of aqua forts, prepared
as follows: Nix it with a teaspoonful
of sour or skinned milk, and mix this
with bran, and the bran with the grain
feed. The catarrhal affection OF the
throat makes rapid amendment under
nd n
referred to says he had known mum
Der of cases cured by 1t. 1t should be
given, If necessary, until a pound OF
acid is given.
GREAT care should be taken to stack
wheat and spring grain immediately
after cutting to stack 1t IN small,
rather than large stacks, and to get it
threshed aud under cover just as soon
as possible The penetrating power of
storm, which sends down before a
driving wind three or four inches of
rain III thirty, or sixty, or ninety min
utes, is sufficient to wet through and
| through stacks Of grain put up IN the
ordinary manner. BY all means let the
meadows be cut early, and the hay care
/ fully stacked or nckesl. If carefully
T built, the larger the hay stack or rick
i the better, while, as above, the con
trary is not true If applied to grain.
4 Ak exchange, remarklng on the
/ chatting Of the breasts OF horses, says
/ The common practice OF using pads or
shcepskln under HE collar is obiectiona-
BILE, especially ia warm weather, be-
cause it accumulates heat and makes
/ the breast tender. A better way is, to
take piece of thick aud smooth leath
er, cut it out just the size of the collar,
or little wider, and let it lie fiat on
i the neck and shoulders Of the horse.
/ This will lie still and smoothe on the
/ horses neck, while the collar itself
N owes about, and so it will prevent
chatting La addition to this, let the
! breasts of working horses be washed
off every night with clean water.
ACCORDING to the Canada Farmer,
weeds IN walks may be destroyed by
applying a solution made OF four
pounds Of arsenic and eight pounds Of
soda boiled in twelve gallons Of water.
To every gallon Of this mixture three
gallons eli cold water should be added,
AMI tic lquld carefully sprlnked over