Connecticut western news., 1873-08-29
Farm, Garden and Household.
Farm Mates.

a plant them, in April or May.
 Joseph Harris strongly recommends the practice of mixing say, half pint of corn meal in pail of water for each horse when he is brought in from the field.
 As one of the effects of the cheese and butter factory system, The Bi,aghanato1a Democrat notes that the barley crop of Jefferson County, N. Y., has fallen of from 6OO,OOO bushels to 100000 and all in five years, the farmers finding more profit in keeping COWS.
 A "Society for the Protection of Useful Birds has recently been organ ized in Massachusetts. Its members think that the present laws on the sub- g ject are beneficial, and that by active, persistent, and sustained effort, they can in good measure procure their ob- servance.
 The Department of Agriculture has ordered 400 bushels of wheat from France, and an equal quantity from Chili, embracing all the varieties of winter wheat. The cargoes are expected to arrive about the 1st of September, and will be distributed in season for fall sowing.
 The New York Society for the Pre- vention of Cruelty to Animals, recom- mends the following preparation for horses suffering from being 0verheated To one pint of water put one ounce of chloride of ammonia, one ounce sweet spirits of hitter, one dram tincture of aconite; give a tablespoonful every hour or two. -...
 Tub washed wool is wool washed in a tub instead of on the sheep's back. It bears higher price than any other washed wool, because it is freed from oil or natural grease. The water in which wool ispwashed contains large quantity of potash, and should not be thrown away but scattered on grass lands or around fruit trees.
 z At banquet of the Macon, Ga., bar, the following toast was offered: "The Agriculture of the State-Based upon liens buried in mortgages controlled in it's councils by lawyers i; perfumed with the aromatic ordors of distant isles of sea with its corn cribs and meat-houses in foreign States :; it's ofense is rank; 1t smells to heaven
 The cry of 8 short crop of hay was premature. In some parts of Massa- chusetts the crop is a little less than last year, but in Main, New Hampshire, and Vermont, and in Western Massa- chusetts, the crop will probably exceed that of last year. There is also a large crop in Canada. Last summer gave the roots firm stand, and wet May this year gave the grass good start.
 Where drain tile and plank are scarce drains have been made by means of poles two to four inches thick, placed in the bottoms of the ditches and covered closely with brush laid in evenly and then covered with earth. Such drains nave been serviceable for many years, especially where there is constant flow of water. But where the drains are dry the greater part of the time, the poles soon decay and the drains becomes clos ed and useless.
 Dropsy-Water Farcy.
 It is often the case that horses, either young or old ,eonstitutionally or other wise deficient in stamina and healthful vigor show it by swellings of the legs or belly, or various other parts of the body, caused by accumulations of se- rum or Watery fluid either in the cellu- lar tissue of the muscles or in the cavi- ties of the body. This condition is known as dropsy or water farcy. The treatment needed in such cases is to re- store the condition of the animal by improving the digestion, by nutricious food, and by tonics. In this case we would suggest that the best and the soundest hay, with bran, oats, and inseed meal be given, the hay to be cut, moistened, and mixed with the other feed. With the feed should be given three times a day the fol lowing in powder: Copperas, one dram gentian root, two drams Span lsh fly, two grains. The swollen par should be- vigorously rubbed with { coarse woolen cloth occasionally to in duce absorption. A horse subject tc this condition needs care, the best O. feed, and, regular exercise.
 x Butter Under Water.
 About water as preserver of butter the Utica Herald says: "After beine duly packed water-tight, the packages may be placed in good, cold water, sucl as is found in good wells and spring anywhere. Any such good well of wa ter may be used for this purpose, onl, be surethe package is completely unde water always; andif under water severa feet deep it is. no detriment, but prob ably an advantage. It is not necessary but probably best, that the package should not rest on the clear ground a the bottom of the well-not that an harm would happen to the butter, bu the outside of the packages might ge soifed and muddy. A deep tank, kep full of water from a flowing spring an, continually flowing, may be the mos desirable reservoir for keeping the but ter m, ii the tank is well covered an kept from freezing. No one need b surprised If butter stored in this wa may be kept for years as good as whe packed. Possibly lard and some othe articles of food may be stored in thi way. 'sa.7. "sa5''i e......- - .-... -..--
 s-s5J -'-~ Garget in Cows.
 When cases of garget occur, the frs thing to be done is to give the COW pound and half of salts, and if thi does not physic her in four hours, re peat the dose. The next thing 1 to change her food from milk producin to some kind which will not produc much milk, as straw or over-ripe hay. have never known severe case of gal get cure1. We sometimes get the be- ter of 1t for a short time, but a CO once having it bad will be almost SUI to have 1t every time she catches colo and 1t never grows less Feed the co for beef. So says Harris Lewis, tb Herklmer county dairyman.
 
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