The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-05-19
Farm, Garden and Household.


The following article delivered in
the Farmers Club, by O. F. Raddatz, OH
the cow.house, will be read with interest
by all who keep cows for profit or for
family use =,
Strict attention should be paid to all
parts of the cow.house sound feed,
cleanliness in the stalls, punctual feed
ing likewise place the cows according
10 their temper, not two evil-dispoSed
animals together,-alsO rs the ore or
the other loves warmer or n cooler
spot. The cOw.house should be niry,
but not exposed to draft. The strcwing
of straw should be attended to-the
more the better for the cows, particu-
larry in winter, when cold. The stalls
must be cleaned three times week,
and the feeding floors or troughs swept
twice day. In fact, everything in the
cow.housc should be calculated to make
the animal feel comfortable in ii. Per.
feet cleanliness throughout the cow
house, to keep ont the stencil, should be
the rule, else the milk will suffer from
t, even during the milking. And here
| would call attention to an unpardon-
able neglect so often met with nj cow
houses. / mean the perfect disregard
Of the valuable manuring fluid which is
produced in cOw.houses and from dung
hills, and which is so often left TO run
into ditch or creek near by, instead Of
being caught in some vat or vessel, and
used MS II most valuable manure. Yet
every farmer knows observation-disclosures
worn land cannot be cultivated. One
must have seen European farms, where
they cannot afford to waste anything, TO
make this great error in some American
farms right glaring. Currying cows rs
I'M act Of cleanliness l would recon.
mend, aud the daily washing of the
udder must beattended to by all means.
Ali this HAS considerable influence on
the health OF the COW, MS well us on the
productiyeness Of milk. It now and
then happens that COW, heretofore
good, suddenly shows u decrease in her
milk. This never should be reason OF
neglecting her. On the contrary, she
should have 4 very comfortable, clean,
airy, but warm place, and the best OF
feed. She will soon recover, provided
an actual disease has not set in, In the
tending Of calves in the cow.house,
special regard should be paid to those
which show the marks Of future great
milk prOdnctiyeness. and rs such are
intended to be added to the stock oil the
dairy farm.
I. D. Curtis-The only fault with
this article is it does not go fare nough.
Tho stables should be cleaned not only
once n week, but once a day, and then
the windows should be opened to let in
little fresh air and sunshine. In short,
man should treat his constable Just
as he would his bedroom. 60 further;
l take pleasure in giving my cows a
good cnrrying. Cows kept in stable,
especially, need this trcatment-it is us
necessary to them as washing is to a
human being. have especially noticed
this treatment nt Beacon Stock farm, on
my late visit there.
DIR. Wheeler-I thought all farmers
practiccd this with all stabilized aAipals.
lam certain it is greatly to thGif6efetit.
Points Of the Rest swing
The National swine.breedersr Con,
vention adopted n rGportOf,ac0mulfttee
defining as follows the standard 81 OK.
cellence in swine MS relates 10 the in
terests Of both farmer6nd consumer:
The hog must have small, shor
head, heavy iowl, aad thick, short neck
ear small, thin, ,apd tolOnibly erect, bu
il is not Objectionable If it droops slight
~ forward. He must be strnight OF
the bottom, from the neck back to flank
let well down TO the knees in the bris
ket, and possess good length from heai
TO tail back broad and slightly curved
or arched from the shoulder to the set
ting on Of the tail ribs ratherbarrelled
shaped; tail small. The ham SHOULD
he long from the hook to the letting of
at the lOin, and be broad and full
shoulder not too large, anil yet sufll
ciently TO give symmetry to the animal
hair smooth and event set on; ski
soft and elastic to the touch legs shor
and small, well set under the body, ant
the space between them wide; goot
depth between the bottom and top o
carcass. He must possess Il good, Quie
disposition, and MS general rule shOult
not weigh more than 300 or 400 pound
gross Mt twelve to eighteen months
Color may be black or white, or mix
ture OF the two. Such hog vii
measure rs many feet from the top O
the head to the setting on of the tail III
he does around the body, and as man,
inches around the leg below the knet
MS he does feet in length or around thu
body, and the depth of the body will b.
four-ffths Of the height.
EIprillng Files from Rooms.
II is stated that il two and n hal
pounds Of powdered laurel leaves ar,
macerated or boiled in two gallons o
water, until their poisonous quality il
extracted, and with the solution n white
wash is made, by adding as much quick
lime us can be Stacked in it, md II
room be whitewnslcd with this prepa
ration, flies will not settle on the wall,
for six months.
It is also inserted that il pnste, mad,
by stirring together one pint Of the
powdered laurel leaves with quarter
pint Of glycerine, be applied to window,
aud door castings, room so prepared
will soon be emptied of flies. Two up,
plications Of this paste arc said to be
enough TO keep even n kitchen clear oil
insects for fortnight.
There is nothing disagreeable or dele,
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