The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-12-29

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ATTEND To Cows UDDERs.-A writer In
the Vermont Farmer utters the following
timely caution in regard to cows udders IN
drying them off. AS my cows are edrylng
of" at this season of the year I find their
udders require frequent attention. L have
allied to notice in the agricultural Journals
any complaint of such trouble, but In my
own dairy, and particularly with such cows
as are in the highest condition, clotted milk
is very apt to collect in one or perhaps all
the quarters of the bag after mnk-I
ing has been discontinued, and some
times even much later, after 1 have sup
posed the flow of milk TO De entirely arrested
and the bag quite dry. AS this secretion goes
on, unless the clothed matter is wlthdraWn,
the teat and udder become more and more
distended, Inflammation ensues, and putre-
faction of the contents sets in. i make no
question but that neglect of this matter IS
the cause of permanent mischief to the ud-
der and particularly of that contracted con-
dition of the muscles which regulate the pas
sage of milk from the bag into the teaE a
condition discovered not unfrequently, and
with surprise as well as regret. when COWS
come into milk in the spring, and which ever
after renders the milking OF such COWS very
irksome.
ABOUT SICK ANIMALs.-Nearly all sick an
imals become 50 by improper feeding, in the
first place. Nine cases out of ten the diges.
ton is wrong. Charcoal is the NEST efficient
and rapid corrective. 1t will cure in a ma
jority of cases, if properly administered. An
example of it's use. The hired man came in
with the intelligence that one Of the finest
COWS was very sick, and kind neighbor
proposed the usual drugs and poisons. The
owner being i'll, and unable 20 examine the
COW, concluded that the trouble came from
rover-eating, and ordered teacupfull OF pull
verified charcoal given in water. lt was mix
ed placed in Junk bottlethe head held up
ward, and the water and charcoal poured
downward. In five minutes Improvement
was visible, and in few hours the animal
was in the pasture quietly eating grass.
Another instance of equal success occurred
with a young heifer which had become
badly bloated by eating green apples after .
hard wind. The bloat was so severe that
the sides were almost as hard as a barrel.
The old remedy, saleratus, was tried for cor
recting the acidity. But the attempt TO put
it down always caused coughing, and it did
little good. Half teacupful OF fresh pow
dered charcoal was given. In six hours all
appearance of the tloat had gone, and the
heller was well.-Live Stock Journal
COLLECTING MATERIAL FOR MANURE
This work is always of prime Importance
and from now until spring should receive
leaves and mold from the woods, marsh
mud and muck, cotton seed; in short, all
/ materials of every character that can, by de-
composition, be made to increase the COM
post heap, should be from time to time col
| lected and piled in some convenient place
tor use next spring. You will in this way
vastly increase your plant food. 1t is folly
to plant an acre in corn unless it is fertile
| enough to produce thirty bushels; it is a still
ore al Qrf V n
not produce bale of 500 pounds. With a
little care and attention this winter, each
| farmer may collect enough manure to enrich
a few acres of land, and we will guarantee j
he once commences the good work, he will
| be so pleased with it that he will continue Il
improve his land. All the stable and COW
lot manure should be scrupulously collected
and piled under shelter. A good plan fol
| forming the manure heap, is to put layer
of woods mold, then layer OF horse or COW
manure, then thin layer OF cotton seed
then layer of woods mold, and so continue
the heap until it is o: convenient size. III
the spring you will have large pile of th'
best manure suitable tor any crop. Try
this method and make at least one bale o
cotton to each acre planted. This has beer
done by others anu can be done again
Farmers Vindicator.
The SUFFOLK HoG.-The tendency APP
pears to be toward the Poland China as tn
hog for the farmer, as combining many GOO
qualities; still many of the best feeders favo
other breeds. Probably the largest breede
of Suffolks in the West is John Wentworth
of Chicago, at his Summit farm, near th
city. In this farm he has 4 900 acres, an,
being a man of wealth, he takes pleasure il
experimenting on the various kinds of stool
hogs, cattle and horses, and ascertainins
as far as one mans testimony may go, whic
has the preference in profit to the owners
we give his conclusions mot ours), pre-
missing that at the time they were made b
had 300 Suffolks and but few Others
, "After trying carefully all other kinds,
he says, "we gave the prefer
ence to the Suffolks, and we think al
; others who will try them as long and impair
: TALLY as we have. They make the mos
! pork with the least food and with the leas
+ bone. They are the quietest hogs. Civ
them enough to eat and they Will neve
leave the premises. They lie down and re
, main so until they want more food. The
make the least offal of any hogs, and the
root about the least, even when short c
food. For crossing upon other hog;
, they have decidedly the prefer
! ence. Their cross upon the largest whit
{ sows make the best of Chester Whites.
them there is no breeding back to the orie
) inal common stock. Their filters are nc
part good and part bad, but they are un
formly good. they breed even, each pig 9
good as another. The Suffolk may be small
| compared with mammoth breeds, but b
contains as much that ID eatable as mos
hogs of double his weight, and which cor
snmpQ fo1r finnaa his fOOd -nac NJ Din Ra<