The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-03-05
Farm, Garden and Household,
.Ihn-Flayored BptteryaJ

excessive use OF pumpnns IN the fali,
and when the COWS have been so fed |
immediately previous to milking. On
the other hand, when the cows got their |
rations of pumpkins in moderation,
and in the stall, where the quantity for 4
each may be regulated, and when the !
feeding thus done was immediately
after milking, the COWS. being provided +.
with all the salt they wanted, no trouble
was had on account Of feeding the
pumpkins. Cows. are generally very
fond of pumpkins and If allowed, will
cat them greedily, not unfrequently
gorging themselves, and thus injuring
the flavor and healthfulness. of their
milk. When the herd is fed in the
open yard the master COWS often over
feed in this way. Again, all kinds of
food, like turnips, which are liable to
carry a taint to the milk, if fed inme-
diately after milking, are less likely to
taint the milk so strongly as they do
when fed previous to milking.
When the pastures are poor and cows
are allowed to roam over considerable
range, they not unfrequently crop
weeds that give taint to the milk
especially is this the case when the ami
mails have the range of woodlands.
Again, impure muddy water-the water
from sloughs and frog ponds-will often
80 taint the butter that it is unftto eat
We have known numerous instances
where the butter has been spoiled on
account of water which the cows drank.
sWhat AiIs the PigsI"
A correspondent of the Ploughman,
some DAYS ago, wrote stating that his
litter of pigs had lost the tise of their
hind legs, so that they had to drag
themselves along to the trough, and
asks what was the matter. .l.s.e
We answer, emphatically, paraplegia,
otherwise called paralysis of the hind
quarters. The treatment indicated is
usually to give some physic and move
the bowels, which are generally torpid.
Castor oil is good, the dose according
to the size of the pig. After the medi-
cine is given, if you have a comfortable
place immerse the bodies in hot bath
for few minutes, and having some dry
cloths rub them dry, applying consider
able friction. E.es '
A paste made of mustrad with vinegar
should then be applied to the skin on
each side of the spine (back bones) par
ticularly over the loins; for several
days the pigs should not be exposed
to the cold air OF storms.
As to the causes which produce the
disease, it is supposed that sudden
changes Of the weather, exposure to
rain and strong draughts of air often
produce ain attack of the disease in
question.
Rolling the Ground.
A correspondent of the Germantown
Telegraph writes
son dry or wet ground the effect of
the. roller is found to be salutary
Ploughed and prepared for sowing, dry
land is much helped by the roller. The
blades of grass spring up sooner and
retain firmer hold in the earth. In a
season of dreuth, rolling has saved the
crop, when without it the seed would
have never sprung from the ground. In
wet and heavy ground it is believed the
roller, smoothing and hardening the
surface, will leave the soil Immediately
beneath the surface in a better condi,
tion to generate the seed. On grass
ground that has been heaved by the
frost, the roller has an excellent effect
in fixing the roots. Rolling the gfoiind
is also good when the land has been
laid down unevenly the previous year.
If the land is too dry, wait till inst after
soaking rain, and it will work capital
ly. 1t is good idea to roll ploughed
sowed ground before narrowing, as il
presses down the burrows that would be
turned back and makes the surface less
uneven, and the harrow pulverizes ii
much. We find that on an average not
one farmer in four has roller"
Feed from The Acre
A correspondent of the Practical
Farmer gives the following account ol
what he produced from two and hall
acres of land in first rate order, used
for soiling and root growing. The land
was used from August 1st, 1871, to the
end of the season, 1873. The fodder
corn, green rye for autumn use, anc
white mustard, furnished food fol
twenty-five COWS for two months, anG
for thirty-fve COWS and two oxen fol
one month. In addition to this HI
raised eight hundred and forty bushels
of round turnips, the same quantity o
beets, and two hundred aud fifty bush
els ruta bagas. When dairymen learl
to produce such an amount of fodde
from an acre, fifty acre farm will car
ry as many COWS as two hundred acre
under the wasteful system of three O
four acres to pasture COW. If dairy
men would study the best method o
feeding more cows on their small farms
instead of buying more land to- b.
spoiled by half tillage, they would NOV
in the right direction. s'. >. .-.a
Potatoes in Drills.
A correspondent in Roral HON
writes To test the difference in yiel,
between planting in drills or in hills, 7
planted six rows across the field thre
and half feet apart, and hills two fee
nine inches in the row, and by the sid
of them six rows in drills, with see,
once in twenty inches, and rows abou
the same as the other. The yield b.
weight proved to be two and hal
bushels, OF twelve and half bushelsi i
favor of the drills, although they haj
been damaged some by the horse hay
ing to turn around on them when cult
waiting those in hill. A former year.
had thirty bushels to the acre more i
favor of the,drill planting. This .experi
ment was with early rose. - -.
Recciptsfor.Worms In Horses.
A correspondent. of the Main
Farmer furnishes the following: g:-Tak
of alum, sulphur and copperas on.f f9urt
pound each; mix and give one table
spoonful every, alternate day for fe
days, or longer If necessary. No.
Give nux vomicain every feed; 10 or ]
drops, according to age.. Give it fc