National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-22

Farm Notes.

proach Of cold weather. Better trans
plant them in April or May.
Joseph Harris strongly recommends
the practice of mixing say, half n pint
OF corn meal in n PAL Of water for each
horse when he is brought in from the
field.
As ono of the effects OF the cheese and
butter factory system, The Binghamton
Democrat notes that the barley crop Of
Jefferson County, n. Y, has fallen of
from COO, 600 bushels to 100, 900. 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
lied in Massachusetts,. Its members
think that the present laws on the sub
ject are beneficial, and that by active,
persistent, and sustained effort, they
can in good measure procure their OBJ
Bervancc.
The Department of Agriculture has
ordered 400 bushels of wheat from
france, and an equal quantity from
Chill, embracing all the varieties of
winter wheat. The cargoes are expected
to arrive about the LIST Of September,
and will be distributed in season for fall
sowing.
The New York Society for the Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Animals, recon-
mends the following preparation for
horses suffering from being everheated:
To one pint of water put one ounce of
chloride of ammonia, one ounce sweet
spirits of inter, one dram tincturc of
aconite; give n tablespoonful every
honr or two.
uo washed wool is wool washed in
,up instead OF on the sheeps back. 1t
pears hlgher price than any other
Masneu "ooi, because IL is freed from
81, h or hAlu,ot grease. me water IN
Whici' wooi IS washed contains large
tIuans'y oI potash ana should not be
.n'1Nn away nut scattered on grass
'"nu' or around irult trees.
AT banquet of the Macon, Ga, bar,
the following toast was offered "The
Agriculture of tho State-Based upon
in ;,s a,,D:i ~ mn 'B"scS coh.rolea
with tho o,nmot;o ID i;a4t
isles of sen with ;ta oorr 'o o'';hs
and meat .bonses in fara;r,, S,ata i ;,a
offense ;s rank. Il on,olls =, h 1865 i''
m ''"',"
,,ud no oiy Vi SNORT crop OF hay was
phr,na.nr e. In some parts OF Massa-
1an. 'he crop is a little less than
.s yv"r, ou, III man, New Hampshire,
nuvn'' "uu IN western Massa-
that 'he crop VIII probably exceed
. .n"s ~ iaS' year. Ihefe Is also large
thop ~ o"laan. last summer gave
AZ AZ ioo'S nrm stahd, and wet
n
"'"l'.
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 bitches and covered
closely with brush laid in evenly and
then covered with earth. Such drains
have been serviceable for many wears.
especially where there is constant flo,, |
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 Farcv.
1t is often the case that horses. either
young or old constitutionally or other.
wise deficient in stamina and healthful
vigor show it by sw ellings of the legs
or belly, or various other parts of the |
body, caused Ly accommodations of Sc
rum or watery fluid either in the cellu- |
lar tissue of the muscles or in the cayi
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 bv
improving the digestion. by nuiricious
food, and by tonics. Tn this case we
would suggest that the best and the
soundest hay, with bran. oats. and
linseed 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 drains Span
ish fly, two grains. The swollen part
should be vigorously rubbed with n
coarse wooden cloth occasionally to in
duce absorption. A horse subject to
this condition needs care tho Test ~
1eed, ana, regular exercise.
Butter Under Water.
About water as a preserver Of bntter
the Utica Herald saws; "After being
duly packed water tight the nockaons
may be placed in good cold water sncb
as is found in good wells and snr;ngs
anywhere. ANY sucb oood voll pf yo
ter may be used for this nnrnose onIy
be sure the pockaoe ia comnlato rn1nr
water ALWAYS: and i under water seyoraI
feet deem t is no ..t,iment Lrt ,nah
ably an ADVANTAGE II is not neceIsar,,
but probably best that tba nockaq,oos
sbouiJ NOT ros+ a., Al, L.. -