The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-08-08
FARMERS COLUMN.

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cumstances in which pigs should not be
allowed to root. In fact, when they are
not constantly penned up, or where lot
can not be appropriated altogether to
their use. it is absolutely necessary to
prevent them from roofing. All methods
of cutting the snout have with us been
unaVailing the wound very rapidly
heals, and nature seems to have provided
so efectually for the roofing implement,
that nothing save a ring which acts me :
chanically prevents it's use altogether.
The best ring we have used is horseshoe
nail with the point beaten out into slen-
der wire, which may be passed through a
hole made in the snout with common
awl, and twisted two or three times
around the head of the nail. This stays
in place, and offers so much obstruction to
the action of the edge of the snout, that
the hog can not root while it remains
there. 1t does not operate by any sharp
points pressing on the snout painfully and
therefore may be used by the most hu-
name and considerate man without any
qualms of conscience.
The main diff Guilty in ringing hog is
to- hold him during the operation. This
is done very easily by coaxing him up to
a trough, and taking him by one ear he
Immediately squeals,and when the mouth
is open moose is slipped over the upper
jaw back of the tusks and drawn tight.
The end of the rope is passed round
fence-post or anything which is handy,a
the pig will hold back, steadily hanging
on the rope, without making any other
movement. It is then the work of an
instant, having everything all ready, to
pierce the snout and insert and fasten the
nail. The rope is loosened, and slips off
the pigs jaw in an instant. Good-sized
hogs may be thus ringed by one man
without the ned of any help besides the
tools.
WE take the following item from the
report of the Department of Agriculture,
for July
The quality of the grain is uniformly
superior. In the Middle States, in Ohio,
Michigan, and Missouri, and wherever
inferior condition is reported, the straw
is short, but the heads are generally long
and well filled, the kernel plump and
heavy. The quality of southern wheat
will probably prove as fine as any ever
produced in that section. In threshing,
the fullness of the heads, in proportion to
quantity of straw, causes the yield to ex<
coed the expectation, and may go far to
Offset the small decrease IL reported con
dltion. It is quite probable that the
general excellence of the grain will make
the present crop of equal value to that of
last year. There has been almost entire
exemption from rust, and paratively
little complaint of insects The Hessian
fly is reported in several places, more nu-
merously in the Ohio Valley, and the
chinch~bug has caused losses in many
counties Of Illinois, Iowa, and Missouri.
CUTTING SEED PoTAToEs.-An ex-
change says: At least one half of the Ia
Dor of cutting seed potatoes may be saved
by using common tin apple.quarterer,
which any timer will make for thirty
cents. Set the quarterer permanently on
a thick piece of plank six inches square
so that the edges of the cutter will he
uppermost. In cutting into quarters only,
place the eye end of the potato On the
center of the quarterer and push the po-
tato down so as to cut through the stem
of the potato this will give each piece an
equal share of the eyes. If smaller pie.
Ces are desired cut as nearly through as
possible and bave the quarters hold to :
gether, and then draw up the potato and
cut across the quarter on one side of the
wings of the quarterer into eight, tWslve,
sixteen, or more pieces as desired the
pieces towards the stem end being cut the
largest.
AS SOON as you discover that the horse
is foundered, take him to the nearest
branch or stream of water, and tie him
standing in the water nearly up to his
belly-his head being so high that he can
not drink. If the weather is warm let
him stand in the stream several hours
then take him out, rub his legs thoroughly
to promote circulation, and again tie him
in the water if he is still lame. By re-
peating this process two or three times
the horse will be effectually cured. II
the weather is cold when the horse Is
toundered, the horse must not be allowed
to stand in the water more than about
twenty minutes at time F.; he should be
taken out and his legs rubbed diligently
till they become dry and warm, and the
circulation Of the blood made active, and
this process must be repeated until the