Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-06-21
Farm, Garden and Household.
stock ON the Farm.

Stock ON the Farm.
Cut feed is certainly more economical |
than uncut. Whether il is healthier /
or otherwise depends much on whether
the horses are allowed to rest after eat
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Indigestion is the cause of more than
half the diseases of horses, and we
should be careful to feed properly
and regularly, and especially 20 avoid
putting the horses to hard work on full
stomach. -.,..-1--. Id.
Mllch-cows SHOULD now be giving a
full flow Of milk. If there is the slight
est symptoms Of a falling of, give q
little extra feed in the form of cornmeal
and bran-slops. Corn is cheap, and if
the COWS can convert one, two, or three
quarts of meal into milk it will be very
profitable. See that the COWS are MIXED
regularly and clean. az "a. TON
Sheep should have their hoofs pared,
and every sheep in the flock have its
feet dressed with earbolic acid to prevent
foot-rot. Dip the lambs, after the ewes
are sheared, into solution of carbolic
soap to kill ticks. The ewes and lambs
should have the best pasture on tie
farm-but let it be dry, uplap1.. Low
land is death to sheep. Sticking ewes.
especially, require constant access to
water. Have zen in the field into
which the larnbs can enter and feed
them ale% oats or other grain separate
then. Sla
Scours in lambs indicate that the
Hook needs change of pasture. Al
ways let sheep. have access to little
dry hay, They will eat it if they need
it, and it will do them a great deal of
good. Milk-porridge, made with wheat
Hour and milk-say a pint of fresh
skinned milk and . tablespoonful of
flour, well boiled--is capital remedy
for mild cases,
Do not neglect to tag the lambs
whenever needed. Salt regularly, or
bette1 still, let the sheep have access at
all times to the salt. They. will then
never eat enough to scour them.
Swine are looking up, In the great
corn-grewing sections of the country
there is no stock that pays so well at
present prices as good pigs, and tthhe
prospects are favorable for a eonsidera-
BILE advance.,s Feed literally. Nothing
DSUSSA ph"a y EOOu fClON6E pASbuEGl
out Slt.is a. great mistake not to give
grain in addition Save all the milk
tor-the young pigs. Pigs five or six
months ole. get along veryweH without
mix, but for young pigs, two TO four
months old, there is nothing SO good as
skinned milk. Give more or less grain
in addition. Push the little pigs all
you can. 1T will pgy.l See that all
swine have access to fresh, water III
confined, gre ashes, salt, sulphur, and
charcoal. Keep the pens and troughs
clean. Dry eartn is a cheap disinfect-
ant. Csc it freely.
,795JtTgo Heading Lettuce. II ~ Z
How he successfully counteracted q
tendency on the part of his lettuce to
go to seed is thus told by writer in the
Massachusetts Pi0aUn1a2l. "The plants
looked fine and healthy, but already
indicated the running-up symptoms. ]
thinned them out, then carefully slipped
a cotton Irvine under the lowest leaves
of each plant, and gently raised them @
few inches from the ground, and tied
them loosely. then placed shingle
upon each plant and small stone tc
keep u firm. Every evening / removed
the coverings, watered each head, and
replaced the protective covers in the
morning, as found the suns rays haG
tendency to cause the lettuce to rur
up to seed, and removing the cover al
night allowed it a sufflciency of fresl
air, so that neither mold or decay made
their appearance. / was rewarded by
large solid heads of superior quality
and the hearts We're white and crisp
Not single plant failed of heading ant
none decayed or bore seed"
rr.y How to. Make Cheap Frames.
Cut strips Of stiff pasteboard abou
an inch wide the desired length, cliI
the ends to point, and cover with any
nice black. cloth. like broadcloth or flint
cashmere; 1apthe ends at the corner
of the frame, and fasten with q whit
or 'gilt,button. Bind your picture ant
glass together with strips of gummec
paper and glue, on to the frame. Ham,
against a white wall. Bronzed paper
which can be bought for eight cents
sheet, may be used instead of cloth, il
which case ashort strip across the cor
ners of the frame is great addition t
it's comeliness. a ~ u :
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