Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-05-13
Agricultural.

SuCEING Cows.-A correspondent Of the
Prairls Farmer gives the following as a
preventative Of cows sucking themselves
Take hickory stick, eight or ten inches
long, make il round, white the ends 10 a
sharp point, have il hve-sights or three
fourIhs thick in the centre when done. Then
cut groove around the centre obe.hAlf
inch wide, and about half the depth Of the
stick Now throw your COW down, put your
foot on one horn, turn up hsi nose, take a
narrow bSded knife and stick II right
through the griste of the nose right in The
very place where you pat the bulls ring
nov crowd tbs stick into the WhOIe until the
gristls settles firmly iSto toe groove, and
your work is done. II 10 not twenty min
utes Work, aud / will warrant that she will
never milk herself again. | have seen 81
east az many as fifty served in that way,
aud nsver knew one 10 do the like Aftor the
stick was put in. had = COW that wore one
five years, and did not milk herself during
she time. Al the end Of that time it roI.ed
out and she never attempted II again. Try
a.
GALLOWAY CArTLE.-We would call a..
teuiion to this breed Of cattle for crossing
upon Texas COWS. II has often been a mat.
ter Of surprise 10 US ,hst ;hey do l. ot attract
more attention THAI they have from the aver
age farmer Of tbs Eesi. They are hard y,
of good sils, exceedingly dociie iatteniug
readily, and are good mixers. W are iad
that they are now attracting considerable At
tsnton.
SOwtSG CLOVER SEED Farmers who
grow clover seed are recommended BY a
writer IN the Rural World to SOW the seeds
IN the chat without hulling, since 1t is
actually worth more aud will bring n better
crop than the same quantity Of seed will
If bulled. De says many OF the seeds
are inj ured By hulling, and the chat
is protection to the young and tender
plants.
OATG FOR LAMBs.-A correspondent OF
the Journal QfMs Farm says: The i'm
portAnce Of having lambs ready for market
1T az eArly period of the season as posi- .
Bile, is a matter Of which every farmer, who
lives IN the vicinity Of large markets. un.
dsrstInds or At least ought TO, il may not
perhaps be known 20 all farmers tina, lambs |
are able TO eat oats when three OF four weeks
old, and my experience has been that there
Is no provender With the use Of which | am
familiar, that appears TO have such an i'm
mediate and salutary effect upon them All
that IL necessary 20 be done ia to moisten
the oats and place them in n trough raised .
about six or eight inches from the floor, and
where The old sheep cannot get at them.
Those who are skeptcAl in regard to this
matter, can very readily test the value OF
this suggestion 90 single lamb.
To MEASURE Corn IN THE CRm.-Add
the width Of the bottom Of the crib ia inches
TO the width across the corn in the upper
-. -. 49, IL D.
and multiply it by the hight and length Of
the corn 10 the crib also in inches, and
divide the produci by 1850. The result
will give the heGped bushels of ears, two of
which will make bushel Of shellsd corn. |
BY multiplying the average width, hight. |
aud length in inches together, the cubic con-
tents 10 inches is found and 1850 cubic .
inches make q heApsd bushel.
SULPHER FOE Fowls Sulpher mixed .
with soft food and given to fowls two or
three times . month, has a very beneficial
effect. II seems to psrmease through the
system Of the fowl, promoting health and
preventing disease. 1t also has q tendency .
10 rid poultry of vermin. Mix with the
fesd intended for ten or q dozen fowls,
about two dessert spoonfuls of pulverzed
snpher aud give as directed, and the bene-
fetal results thereof will be seen in q very
short time.
SMALL HoRsEs.-The Southern Farmer
says The Arguments may all be in favor of
grsAs Slzs, but the facts are all the other
way Large horses are more liable to STUN.
Die ano DC lame than those Of the middle
slze. They are clumsy, and cAuno, eli
themselves as quick. There Is notbing
more surprising TO Western men than 10
visit Montreal and see the small, but atom,
Canadian horses, hauling large; two seated
carriages full OF people with apparent ease
A horse weighing 900 in Maine, take.
chAise or Concord wagon, with two men in
1t, and makes fifty or sixty miles in a day. |
over hills that might have terrified Haunt. !
pal Bot their weight is where it ought to
pc IL Is compact, aud not lying around
loose 1t is muscle, and not pulp that We