Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-01-25
Farm and Garden.

AtLang AnimGLS.-In treating animals
that are ailing from some unknown
cause, it is best to act with caution
in giving physic. Generally warm gruel
or mashes, with change of feed, in
which some haxseed meal or gently
laxative medicine has been mixed, with
warm shelter, will effect a cure when
violent and mistaken remedies would
be only sudden means of death. AL
most all complaints spring from expo
sure or overwork or bad feed.
Bacon withoa ,Skirpers.-For 1,OOC
pounds of meat, take 10 quarts of salt
pounds of sugar, pound saltpAter, /
(. pound black pepper (ground). Dissolve
the saltpeter in a pint of water, and
mix 1t with other Ingredients rub the
mixture over the meat on both sides,
and keep it in a cool place for ten DAYS.
Smoke as usual. Then place the meat
in box, and keep covered with dry
salt.
Borers IN Fruit 1fees.-Upon this sub
ject the Prairie Farmer says: ave have
OF late years taken very thick soft soap,
without diluting, heated it to the boil.
ing point, and painted the trees with it,
applying it freely, especially near the
ground, and from thence up some dis
lance among the branches. When put
on hot, it strikes into the bark, so that
one application made about the 1st of
June perfectly protects the trees for the
season, killing any young borers or eggs
which happen to be at the surface of
the bark. This is by far the cheapest
and best mode of keeping borers out of
apple trees we have yet tried
SkOeing Horses.-It would seem as if
the commorest things were the worst
done. Not one blacksmith in ten can
be got to shoe horse without cutting
the frog away. This is all wrong. The
frog should not be pared one particle.
You might as well cut away all the
leaves of tree and expect it to -four
lsh as to pare away the frog and have a
healthy foot. Do not allow hot shoe
to be put upon the hoof to burn it to a
level. 1t always Injuries and contracts
it. Look for a blacksmith who knows
his business well enough to level the
foot without using the "actual cauterv,''
and employ him. 1t will increase the
health and working power of your
horses.
Medicine for POultry.-In ordinary cases
it will not pay to give medicine to sick
fowls. In the first place, but little is
known of the diseases of poultry; and
again, there is an equal dearth of
knowledge respecting remedies. Be
sides, the value of an average fowl is SO
inconsiderable that treatment will not
pay unless very simple and very sue
cessful.
The best course respecting poultry
ailments is prevention. Try to secure
such vigorous breeding stock, and such
complete sanitary conditions for all the
birds at all ages, that. illness will be
rare. Then the strength of constitution
will be such that any ordinary disease
can be resisted without the aid of medi-
cine, if good nursing is given.
What we mean by nursing is this
Place sick fowls in a dry sunny place,
out of the wind and safe from disturb
ance. Then give them food easy of
digestion, such as mush, potatoes, and
meat, every article cooked, and warm
milk for drink. If, after all, they can't
make out to live, say to yourself, by
way of congratulation, "there are SO
many birds, not disease proof, that have
been weeded out of my stock, at any
rate. '-Couatry Gentleman.