Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-05-29
THE FARM.
Shall We Paint the Barn New Cattle
Disease ansl the Remedy Cu uri,-Prac.
tical Suggestions.

i IhE FARM,
Shall We Paint the Barn New Cattle
Disease and the Remedy -Curi,-Prac.
| tical Suggestions.
SHALL WE PAINT THE BARN?
The Ohio Farmer says: "We would
not advise painting large or stock
barn, unless ii is finished in different
style from the ordinary method of
constructing them, but the horse barn,
carriage-honse, diary-house, poultry
mouse, ETC., should be kept coated with
some beautifying material. When one
OF these buildings is new, with siding
planed, it should bv all means receive
a. least three coats of oil-paint; and
here the great expense ends, for one
coat once in four or five wears thereaf-
ter will be all that is required to keep
it in a good state of preservation, and
handsomei in appearance. Old buildings
may be washed with cheap, vet dur
able material, which will givethe anne
effect to the eyes as the best of paints.
A peck of good quicklime Stacked i'm q
tub. with a pound of old grease, tall
low, lard, or even oil, and little rock
salt, added while Stacking. and we'll
worked in, will make durable coat
ing, and sufficient for painting largo
surface. The grease prevents the
penetration of moisture, and the salt
hardens the coat. 1t is best to dissolve
the salt in warm water and pour this
brine upon the Stacking lime to thin it.
Now this material may be made any
color or shade of color desired by the
use of common pigments, or use
i A. cfro ~, oolor
may be made by adding ochre; pink
or peach-blow by adding Venetian red
or red lead an orange, by using both
shade by using yellow ochre and Ve-
netian red. A stone color may be
made by the use of umber, or ochre
and a sprinkling of lampblack."
NEW CATTLE DISEASE AND THE REMEDY.
The Grand Traverse (Mich.) Herald,
speaking of the cattle disease that has
been SO fatal in that.region says: "The
most noticeable symptoms is a loss of
appetite. The animal refuses to eat,
however tempting the food offered,
and mopes around as if utterly dis
c0uraged. The disease usually comes
on late in the winter or early in the
| spring, and il the animal recovers ;it
| all it Is frequently not till late in the
| summer. In some neighborh0ods
most of the cases have proved fatal,
and not few farmers have lost nearly
their entire stock"
/ The following is given as remedy
that has in all cases where tried proved
effectual. Dissolve two tablespoon-
fulls of common copperas in water,
and give the animal this dose once q
day for two successive days and then
wait day, and repeat the dose.
| 5Ss st CURB.
This disease of the horse may be
caused many ways, but the most COM
mon one is that of strain. 1t attacks
the ligament which surrounds and
holds together the tendons of the
hook Joints. From strain this liga-
ment may become swollen, aud for
want of immediate attention it may
remain permanently enlarged, and the
attendant lameness may remain dur
| ing the life of the animal. These ten
dons in passing under the ligament
are enclosed in sheaths, and these are
sometimes the seat of the trouble.
This is usually the case when the curb
extends up and down the leg. Any
sudden or severe action like jump
ing over fence may "throw out a
curb" &
Amy application which will in any
way allay the Inflammation will hast
en- the cure, and nothing can be made
better than the common treatment of
o sprain, viz: rest, and cooling appli-
cations. Very little can be done with
out the entire rest of the animal, and
we often think this is the main thing
needed, but no doubt it may be assisted
by these applications. 4Ea
PRACTICABLE SUGGESTIONS.
A bee keeper gives the following
plan to prevent swarm of bees from
getting away. from the hive, with the
statement that after ten wears expcri-
ence he has never known it to sail
once: AS soon rs they show the first
symptoms of swarming, stop up the
most of the outlets of the hive so as
to force them to be a considerable
time coming out. The swarm being
made up in part of young bees, many
of whom cannot fly well, and as noth-
ing can be done by the swarm until
all are out, they fly about in the air;
i Wy pAVlOu&luE luC1I SAlt tliC IGtbiC
ones become tired, and finding their
their journey. If they can leave the
old hive all at once. they care very
little about alighting.
Many of our best farmers are com-
ing to the conclusion that it does not
pay to keep their homes as boarding
houses for their farm. hands, are erect
i satx L.
| with their own families, thus releasing
the farmers wife from much of her
proverbial drudgery. Ii works well in
other kinds of business, why not in
farming? .es
Persons desirous of obtaining large
fowls, equally good as layers of large
eggs, and also combining good table
qualities with carly maturity, and be-
ing perfectly hardy, should cross the
DOrking hens with small Brahma
cock. The cross between the Dork-
ings and dark Brahmas is also good
for the table, being also easily raised,
but their eggs are small.
There Is good deal better and
cheaper way of preserving shingle
roofs than to paint them. Here is a
very effective receipt for preserving
snlngies: lake potash kettle or
large tub and put into it one barrel of
wood ashes lye, five pounds of white
vitrol, five pounds of alum, and as
much salt rs will dissolve in the mix
ture. Make the liquor quite warm,
and put as many shingles in it as can
be conveniently wet;ed at once. Stir
them up with a fork, and when we'll
soaked take them out and put in more,
renewing the liquor as necessary.
Then lay the shingles in the usual
manner. After they are laid take the
liquor that is left, put lime enough
to make it into a whitewash, and ap-
ply to the roof with brush or an old
broom. l&
i CorToN. = Throughout the South
generally there seems to be an expec-
tation that the incoming cotton crop
l will ho fha va ,.oi nA