The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-01-08
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.



The Rural New Yorker re recommends the
following cur. for itch in sheep Shear
I of the wool about the pastules, then let
! the scat be removed with knife or a comb,
after which the diseased parts must be
washed with soap and water. Then apply
1 the following mi1to-es; One pound Of
plug tobacco to four gallons Of water,
which should be thoroughly boiled then
add the same quantity Of lime-water one
pint of spirits of turpentine, or IN these
proportions if q less quantity is needed.
After the diseased sheep is shorn Of it's
WOOL rs well as all the sound ones, prepare
decoction Of the above, and with a sponge
wash well the entire body which will pre-
rent 4 recurrence of the disease, even if
turned in the old pasture.
How nuch Food for a Horsee
A correspondent Of the Country Gen.
tleman says
"The amount OF food necessary to sup
port an animal varies with its age, sex,
temperament, the climate, the amount of
work it does and various other conditions
The quantity needed 10 carry on the
functions of the body, when at rest ha.
been very accurately deter uinsd by long
continued and carei1f experiments. The
result of these labors / cannot give IN q
clearer CT more condensed form than by
tranelatRg passage from Magnes work
on the subject, with the weights changed
from the Fre1ch standards to those in use
in our own country
NJ. Boussingault kept horse weighing
$50 pound. for Month, without increase
or diminution of weight Oh a ration COM
posed Of hay, lG ? pounds, oats pounds.
NJ. Bos>ingaul. admits (the hay was a
second CROP that his raticn contained 3
ounces Of nitrogen, and We value OF A
pounds the carbon contained In the res
piratory elements hence it follows that il
represented very nearly p pounds ii
ounces of hay In other words, 4 IA
pounds of hay for each 100 pounds Of the
weight Of the animal
By measuring the carbonic acid exhal-
ed By animals we can prove ths values de-
Quoted from the amount Of nourishment
consumed.
Considering the works of various au-
thors and his own experiments, ALBERT
concludes that horse weighing 1920
pounds exhales in twenty-four hours
pounds seven ounces Of carbon, equal e
6 ) ounces for every 100 POUNDS Of the
horses weight (this is nearly the amount
of carbon that we have shown to be con
tanned in two pounds of hay; that horst
weighing |, loo pounds exhales it, twenty
four hours ) pounds 9 ounces OF carbon
equal to eight ounces for every 100 pounds
, of the horses weight (quautity oontains,
ia Is poun DIS Of hay).
Basing our conclusions of these diffsren
observations, we believe We can ADM
that the ration necessary to sustain hols'
(without work. is, for each 100 pounds o
the weight Of the animal
IL lbs of hay for horse weighing 1'55'
lbs. lbs. Of hly for horse weighing
800 lbs, % lbs. of hay for horse weigh
ing |, 100 lbs. Ia lbs. of hay for hors
weighing $50 lbs
The ration CT support is then greater 70
the small animals than the larger ones /;
this is not sufficient the auim oil is nourish
ed at the expense Of its own substance
and becomes poor. With every animal /
is only the nourishment consumed IN e1ces
III having given work done in the short
est time, and by @ email number of animals
strongly fed, in order to diminish us nucf
as possible the nourishment lost as ration
Of support.