The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-09-25
Points For Farmers.
TO MAKE COWS GIVE MILK.

TO MAKE COWS GIVE MILK.
; A writer who says his COW gives al
the milk that is wanted in family o
eight persons, and from which wal
made two hundred and sixty pounds
OF butter this year, gives the following
as his treatment. He says:
eff you desire to get large yield o
rich milk, give your COW every day
water slightly warm and slightly
sailed, in which bran has been stirred
at the rate of one quart to two gallons
Of water. You will And, if you hav.
not tried this daily practice, that your
COW will give twenty-five per cent
more milk Immediately under the
effects of it, and she will become &C
attached to the diet as to refuse te
drink clear water unless very thirsty
but this mess she will drink almost
any time and ask for more.
"The amount of this drink necessary
is an ordinary water-pailful at time,
morning, noon and night.
"Four hundred pounds of butter are
often obtained from good stock, and
Instances are mentioned where the
yield was even at higher figure"
HORSES.
Keep the legs of your horses clean,
as dirt is productive of disease.
To get horses out of burning build
ing, harness them as if for their usual
work, and they will follow you out as
if nothing was the matter.
Scratches and heel cracks are cured
by the following method: Wash the
feet clean, then dry thoroughly, and
apply casbolic salve at least twice q
dav. Pursue the same course for
saddle and collar gals.
To make good harness backing.
take three ounces of beeswax, four
ounces ivory black, one pint heats
foot oil, two ounces of CASTLE soap,
two ounces of lard. one ounce of aloes
boil together and put in = basin to
cool.
Tho following is said to be sure
test of horses age: After the horse
is nine years old q wrinkle comes over
the eyelid, at the upper corner of the
lower lid, and every year thereafter he
has one we'll defined wrinkle for each
year of his age over nine. If, for in
stance, a horse has three wrinkles, he
is twelve. Add the number of wrinkles
to nine, and you will always get at
his age.
TRAINING A HE1FEE TO MILK.
Cows usually become addicted to
kicking when heifers, from being
MIXED by abusive mixers. I have
never seen an old COW become kicker
unless abused. Instead of cows being
averse to being MIXED when giving
large quantity, l have ever found it
the reverse. When pasturage is good,
and cows come home at night with
udders distended with milk, they seem
grateful to have it removed. Milking
a heifer for the first time requires pa
tience, for they will almost invariably
kick. In such case, put broad
strap around her body, just in front of
the udder, and buckle it up moderate.
" tight, and as soon as she gets quiet
flor she may dance around little at
frst), take your pail, sit down and go
to milking, for she is as helpless as a
kitten. Do not attempt to use rope
instead of a strap, for it will not ans
wer. This is a much better method
than tying the legs &C., as it does not
hurt the animals in the least. A few
of the strap, with plenty
of patience and kindness, will cure the
most obstinate e-[Correspondence
Rural Home.
EVERLASTING FENCE POSTS.
There is a peculiar satisfaction in
listening to the conversation, or in
reading the writings, of positive men -
of those who deal only with facts, and
with such facts as have but one side
and no exceptions. Such a man tells
us, in the Western Rural, how to pre-
serve posts for fences, &c. lie says:
~ discovered many years ago that
wood could be made to last longer
than iron in the ground, but thought
the process so simple and inexpensive
that it was not worth while making
any stir about it. l would as soon
have poplar, Eastwood or quakirg ash
as any other kinds of timber for fence
posts. have taken out Eastwood
posts, after having been set seven years,
that were as sound as when they were
first put in the ground. Time and
seem to have no effect on
them. The posts can be prepared for
less than two cents apiece.