Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-07-18
THE FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
The Fnrnas

none mas Sd marked An eucCt IN lncfoaS.
ing the yield Of milk US 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, rs 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 wire-worm,
and in preventing mildew and rust.
The danger IN using is that in 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 ut the knee joints,
with the strap running through ring
on the circlngle, so that when one foot
advances the slack slips through the
other leg to remain behind, and vice
| vcrs0.
A WRITER in the Scientific American
recommends the following continuance
tor facing oil stones Put thin coat
of glue on dressed white pine board;
| when dry put on another sprinkle
coarse emery on the glue, rubbing it in
we'll, and after drying put on another
coat of glue and emery. Such q 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 NIL means preserve the lower branch
es, rs the great beauty of an evergreen
is in its being we'll 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.
ral Home gives the folio wing remedy
for heaves IN horses Give once daily
teaspoonful of aqua FORTS, prepared
as follows: MIX it with 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
this treatment, and the correspondent
referred to says he had known num-
Der of cases cured by it. It should be
given, if necessary, until pound of
acid is given.
GREAT care should be taken to stack
wheat and spring grain Immediately
after cutting to stack it in small,
| W0t I,nS 1>ov In or -
threshed and under cover just as soon
as possible. The penetrating power of
a storm, which sends down before a
driving wind three or four inches of
rain in 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 rlckea. If carefully
built, the larger the hay stack or rick
the better, while. as above, the con
trary is not true if applied to grain.
AN exchange, remarking on the
chatting of the breasts of horses, says !:
The common practice of using pads or
shcepskin under the collar is objections
BILE, especially in warm weather, be-
cause it accumulates heat and makes
the breast tender. A better way is, to
take piece of thick and smooth leatil.
er, cut it out just the size of the collar,
or little wider, and let it lie fiat on
the neck and shoulders of the horse.
This will lie still and smoothe on the
horses neck, while the collar itself
moves about, and SO it will prevent
chatting. In 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 of cold water should be added,
and the liquid carefully sprinkled over
the walks while it is yet warm. 1t is
desirable to do this in fine weather and
when the walks are dry, SO that the
weeds and weed seeds may have full
benefit OF the application. Care must
be taken MOTTO let any of the liquid fall
on the leaves or reach the roots of an,
it is not desired to kill. In twenty.
four hours after the poison is on the
walks every weed is killed; and If il
be thoroughly done, the walks will be
clean throughout the season.
A GENTLEMAN who has raised Hun
garian grass for many years, and who
finds that horses keep fat on it Will,
on timothy they grow poor, says, il
the Farmer, that it should be cut whe1
in blow, before any seed is formed
wilt in the swath the same as clover
; and make in the cock. The stock i,
! nearly solid and the hay very heavy
and if made in this way will be as greer
rs grass, and horse will want littl,
+ grain for ordinary farm work, excep
IN the spring when doing heavy pillow
ing. Give horses all they will eat O.
E it, and they will fat with decent usage
. But if allowed to turn yellow and form
seed, it is the same rs any other gram
and will of course, injure horse til.
=, same as if he were fed wheat in til,
bundle to excess. Any ovcrfel graf,
is bad. It is better to rake it by hand
but Oh q good soil you will tumble III
IL big cock in a small space.
, In forming an estimate of the appear
. ance of the horse, we should pay at
= tention to the relative position Of hi
body and limbs. The body SHOULD
give distinct impression of bein,
,, placed on the limbs, not suspended be
= tween them. If the body is placed OF
the limbs, the horse will have the DOW
er of doing his work within himself, a,
it is termed, and not he easily fatiguetl
. But on tho other hand, the hors,
= whose body is swinging, as it were, be
tween his limbs, will have a very slack
. uncomfortable gait, and will be yer,
!, easily fatigucd. He will have lone
, loose, snowy action, which would Leaf
the casual observer tn imagine he ws.
! going at tremendous pace; but few
miles of fast work would make hin
drag his legs heavily after him, and
=, in long run, he would give up will
downright exhaustion before his jour
ncy would be more than half performed
D He might have great speed for fiat
y short races, but he would not be fit fo
= any other purpose.
: Mosr practical farmers will he likel,
to laugh ut the idea of feeding COW!
allowed the run of luxlriant pasture.
with anything more than the grass
p But inasmucll as over and above what
{ is required for the mere maintenance.
t of the animal, quantity of grass equa
3 to forty pounds OF dried hay, is required
|, for the production of sixteen quarts o.
: milk daily, it becomes qucstio,
t whether the natural forage may not bt
k Iprolital,]y supplemented with Other
feed of q less bulkv character Oh