The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-09-12


be kept with the weaned lambs ungil they
have earned to drive and come at the
call of the shepherd. Some kind of grain
we prefer shelled corn-should be Civ
en- after the first of September, increasir G
the quantity Of corn until they can take
q full feed without injury, before hard
weather. Handled in this manner, lambs
receive no "backset'' by being taken from
their mother, even as early as the first of
August Under no circulnst ances should
Spring lambs be allowed to run with the
dam later than the first Of Septem ber.
Any supposed advantage to the lamb is
more than lost through the drain on the
eve.
A REFRESH ING BEvERAG E.-Dr. Wal
ter Lewis, in describing the preca ution
against cholera adopted by the Gene raj
Post Office in London, says:
THE men employed in sorting letters
and newspapers suffer much from thirst,
especially ia hot weathRr,and consequent
ly drink much water while engag ed in
their duties Although the postofice is
supplied with excellent water, much di-
arrhea was, nevertheless, the result of this
practice. To remedy this, the officers
clerks and men of all classes have Of late
been supplied from the medical depart
ment with most agreeable drink, which
not only assuages the thirst, but has more
over, strong anti dyspeptlc and anti-diar-
rhea properties. 1t is called orargeade,
and is thus composed: Take of dilute
sulphuric acid, concentrated infusion of
orange peel, each twelve drachms syrup
of orange peel, five fued ounces. This
quantity is added to two imperial gallons
of water. A large wine-glassful is taken
for draught, mixed with more or less
water according to taste. The officers
drink this with pleasure. It is consumed
in large quantities daily, and I am con-
Vinced it will be the means of war ding
off a great deal of sickness"
SALT AS MANURE.-The applica ton
Oh salt has been found in many soils to be
followed with the most beneficial results.
In our we; tern country the ordinary far m
manure receives but little attention. On
account ofthe fertile character Of the soils
most farmers are unwilling to bestow the
labor necessary.for its accumulation and
hauling upon the land. But in this we
think they greatly err. The application
of three or four bushels Of salt to the acre
is q matter Of small cost and little lab or
which would 10 many instances, be repai d
several times in single crop, besides the
Increased quantity in the crops, when ap-
piled to wheat land, the crop is oft ell
fastened to maturity eight or ten days
carrier than wheat on similar land no:
sailed, and this grain in time may often
save the crop from rust or nudge. The
proper time to apply salt on wheat lano
is at the time Of sowing seed.
LONGEVITY OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT {
late address before the Farmers Club a
Princeton, Massachusetts, DR.. Nathal
Allen said that according to the regis ira
ton report Of deaths in Massachusetts
published now for about thirty years. anC
preserved with more accuracy and com
pletenesa than anywhere else in the coun
try, the greatest longevity is found to OF
tain in agricultural life. In the ten dll
ferent occupations given in the report.
the cultivators of the earth stand as
class at the head, reaching on All averag
the age OF nearly sixty five years Will
that Of the next class, merchan ts, is on
about forty-nine years that OF mechanic
of all kinds about forty. eight yeafs. az
that of shoemakers about fort y-four year
Thus there is an advantage of 6ftec
years on the side of the farmers as cor
pared with merchants, and they reach +.
average age of lit short of three SEQ
years and ten allotted by the Psalmist {
human life, r,