The weekly Shasta courier. [volume] (Shasta, Calif.) 1872-190?, 1873-07-26
FARM AND GARDEN.

nave need OF explanation TO those Just
commencing to, handlelive stock: partic-
ularly cattle and horses. Some of them
are:
Ihoroughbred-Of horses and cattle.
An animal whose entire blood is trace
able to ancestors of acknowledged
purity of blood, whose pedigrees have
been recordnd in the British or Amer
lean Turf Registers, Stud Books, or
Herd Books. The term is applied with
equal propriety and the same meaning
TO horses and cattle. 1t is sometimes
stated that if a fixed number of crosses
generally seven) of thoroughbred stock
can be traced in the direct lineage of
an animal, this constitutes the one in
question thoroughbred. We do not
subscribe to that opinion, but maintain
the evidence of pure breeding thus fur
nished is only prima fac'a, and any adj
mixture of cold blood proven to exist
at any point in the chain, vitiates the
stock, and it can not be thorough
bred. In case of contest at fair, or
elsewhere, the proof of five crosses of
thoroughbreds, in the immediate an
cestry, should, perhaps, entitle an
animal to show as thoroughbred, unless
the challenger shows an infusion of
cold blood back of these crosses.
Cold Blood-Not used of cattle. Of
horses means any strain not thorough
bred.
Full Blood-Not used of horses. Of
cattle means anything less than thor
oughbred, and not below fifteenth six
teenths of thoroughbred blood.
Cross-Of horses means the product
of any two or more different strains or
families. OF cattle means the product
of any two thoroughbred races as pure
Short Horns and Devons.
Grade-Of cattle only. Means the
produce of thoroughbred animal and
some other not thoroughbred. National
Lire Stock Journal.
OIL FOR HARNESSES Harnesses, it
is said, may be rendered impervious to
water by thoroughly impregnating them
with mixture made in the proportion
of twenty-one gallons of pure whale oil
and fifteen to seventeen pounds of india
rubber shreds. Heat these ingredients
together at temperature of from 1870
to 2400, in order that the rubber may
completely dissolve. Another prepara-
ton contains one gallon of alcohol, one
and half pounds of white turpentine,
the same weight of gum shellac, and
one gill of Venice turpentine. Let
these stand by the stove until the gums
are dissolved, then add one gill of
sweet oil, and (if desired for the color
two ounces of lampblack.
POWDERED Coal FOR UNHEALTHY
PLANTs.-In a communication, address
sed to the Revue Horticole, the writer
states that he purchased very fine
rosebush, full of buds, and after anxious
ly waiting for their maturing, was great
ly disappointed when this took place,
to find the flowers small, insignificant
in appearance, and of dull faded color
Incited by the suggestion of friend,
he then tried the experiment of filling
in the top of the pot around the bush,
to the depth of half an inch, with fine
ly pulverized stone coal. In the course
of few days he was astonished at see
ing the roses assume beautiful red, as
brilliant and lively as he could desire.
He tried the same experiment upon a
pot of petunias, and soon after all the
pale and indefinite ones became of a
bright red or lilac, and the white pc
tuna were variegated with beautiful
red stripes. Some of the lilac petunias
became a fine dark blue, Other flow
ers experienced similar alterations;
those of yellow color alone remained
insensible to the influence of the coal.
CARE OF YOUNG TURKEYs.-A sue
cessful turkey raiser writes to the Pet
Stock, Pigeon and Poultry Bulletin
that he regards dough made of Indian
meal as injurious to young turkeys. He
says: My method of feeding has been
to make bread of Indian meal, and to
bake either in ovens or ashes, and after
the bread cools to crumble it up pretty
fine, and then stir in buttermilk until
the whole assumes about the consist
ency of tolerably thick batter. Young
turkeys relish this food amazingly;
more, indeed, than any other, think,
that ] have ever given them. They
should be fed from six to eight times a
day until they are large enough to fol-
low their mothers through the fields in
search of crickets, and such green food
as they may require in their rambles.
A little beef scrap-cake," made soft
by soaking or boiling, is also capital
food for them. Dry and commodious
coops or pens should be provided in
which to confne the young turkeys and
their mothers in stormy weather, and
also to keep them from wandering off
early in the morning while the dew is
still upon the grass. When confined
in wet weather, onion-tops or other
green food should be chopped fine and
fed to them, as green food seems to be
eminently promotive of their health.
After turkeys are three or four months
old, they may be fed on wheat, oats, ETC.
OLD EeGs.-The Manchester (N.H.
Mirror says that twenty-four years ago
a gentleman in suburban town packed
several eggs in box of oats, and put
them in an out of the way place in the
attic of his store, with the intention of
testing their condition at the end of a