Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1873-01-30
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

A mixture of wood, ashes and salt,
three parts of the former to one of the
latter, constitutes an excellent mixture
for all domestic animals. Its alkalescent
and saline qualities are both congenial
to the animal system, and when used in
proper quantities, and at proper times,
are highly promotive of ofhealth.-German
toson Telegraph.
An Ohio hog-raiser advocates the
system Of pasturing on clover during the
summer. He presents, as the advantage
of this plan, the statement that an acre of
ground in clover will pasture Eve hogs
four months, and it will take the corn
from half an acre to feed them the same
time. The cultivation of the corn he
counts equal to the rest of the other half
acre. He further claims that hogs pas
tured on clover are in far better condition
than If fed on corn, as they are far
better framed, healthier, and eat better,
and also states that the land is enriched
by the clover pasturing.
1t is quite easy to prevent manure
from becoming frozen during the win
ter. By proper management, 1t may be
worked over so as to be made in the best
condition on the opening of spring for
use ON grass land to be plowed for corn,
or fine enough to harrow into plowed
land. To effect this, it should be kept
piled in compact heap, in which shape
it will ferment, and maintain sufficient
heat to resist the severest frosts and melt
all the snow that may fall upon 1t, and so
keep moist enough to prevent fire-fang-
ing. The heap should be turned once or
twice, and the outside coarse manure put
into the center. By this treatment, early
| in spring, it may be made fine and per-
tectly well-rotted.-Anaericdn Ag7Icul-
tuT7st.
Many persons are under the impress
sion that it is wholly or quite unnecessary
to water sheep more than once day in
winter, and not at all in summer, when
| on pasture. 1t is true That sheep and also
horses will manage to live, and even do
tolerably well in dry pastures in summer,
by feeding exclusively at night. But
careful examination will show that, if
allowed, water will always be taken in
small quantities, and usually at regular
| intervals, and this with advantage to
themselves and profit to their owners.
| There can be no more vicious practice
1 than that of watering but once day, as
many otherwise good farmers do. 1t has
been pretty well demonstrated that q
large amount of water taken at any one
time is detrimental to health, and especial
ly to fattening animals, as producing ar
unnecessary amount of carbonic acid
Besides, in winter, sheep, as well as othel
ANIMALS, when they are watered regularly
will take so much that it chills them, or
if very cold, will not drink at all; but il
allowed freedom to drink at will, they
will consume only just enough, and tha
at regular intervals. Therefore free &C
cess to water, both summer and winter
or watering regularly not less than twic'
day, ought to be regarded as indispensa
BILE by every f1ockmaster. If there is {,
shepherd who is not aware of the differ
ence there will be in the condition O.
sheep that have and those that have no
been thus watered during winter, he ha
but to try it to be convinced.-Erchange
The old practice of building farm
gates with heavy four-by-four scantlin!
for posts and end pieces, and oak board
riveted together, tenanted, ETC., causin!
an expense of from three to five dollars
gate, and an everlasting trouble to keel
the gate when hung from sagging, lenl
since abandoned. As substitute, ant
as forming gate that has never sagge'
for ten years, take five pieces of incl
boards, each ten feet long, one eigh
inches wide for the bottom strip, and eacl
OF the OLnerS IOuT lnCneS Wlue. Inel
take one piece four inches wide for on
end upright, and one piece eight inche
wide for the end pieces, where the hinge
ought to be. These strips are four fee
long, that being high enough for an
gate for ordinary purposes. Now la
down your end pieces, then place tn
eight-inch-wide and ten-foot-long stri
: for the bottom, nail it at each end to tn
| upright with wrought nails; now tax
i three of the four-inch wide strips and la
them on parallel with the bottom one
| dividing the spaces SO as to leave fou
} inches between the lower two boards, an
six inches each space between the uppe
} ones; nail as before. Now turn the gat
| over, and take the remaining strip, lay
an angle from the bottom, at the hing
end, to the top at the latch end; cut it s
; that it will fit in and lap close to the Ion
strips; nail it. Now hang the gate wit
strong hinges, and you have a gate the
is light and will not sag, and just as PEI
feet protection against cattle as one mad
by the joiner. and costing, as name
above, from three to five dollars. An
person can put together and hang tn
above-named gate in two hours.-Col
Cincinnati Times.