The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-01-30
FARM, HOUSEHOLD, AND KITCHEN.
THE FARM.

THE FARM.
A sTocK-KERPER says he has never
failed to relieve choked animal by
raising its head as if for drenching, and
Throwing down its throat broken
hens egg, shell and all.
j. S. COLLINS, Tullahoma, Tenn. tells
the american Rural Home that when
his neighbors were losing their hogs
and hens by cholera he saved his with
sulphur. 90 mixed about half bushel
of meal with two pounds of sulphur
and let the fowls eat what they wanted
to for the hogs / put in charcoal.
ground fine. have used it for over
twenty years and have not lost one.
THE editor of Moore's Rural speaks
of meadows which have not been plowed
in twenty years, and yet they yield not
only heavy, but first quality hay, they
having always been pastured in early
fall, never fed close, and occasionally
narrowed and top-dressed with fine,
well-rotted manure. Other meadows
are mentioned which have not been
plowed i'll half a century, dressing of
lime once in five years maintaining them
in good condition.
ID. n. FARRAND communicates to the
Vermont Farmer the details of a care
full experiment in deep and shallow set
ting of milk, the result of which may
be briefly summarized as follows To
make pound of butter it took in first
trial, with pals, 27 pounds of milk !;
with pans, % pounds. In the second
trial, with pals, % pounds 13 ounces !;
with pans, "a pounds 10 ounces. In the
third trials, with pals, 81 pounds ID
ounces; with pans, '25 pounds two
ounces. These tests were made i'll
August, beginning with the 10th.
A New South Wales paper recon-
mends the following method with
stumps "In the autumn bore hole
one or one and half inch in. diameter,
according to the girt of the stump, ver-
tically in the center of the latter,
and eighteen inches deep. Put in one
ounce or one and one-half ounce of
saltpeter; fill the hole with water, and
plug up close. In the ensuing spring
take out the plug, and pour in half a
gill of kerosene oil, and ignite it. The
stump will smolder away, without
blazing, to the very extremities of the
roots, leaving nothing but ashes. The
stump must be in a fresh, sappy state
when the saltpeter is put in, or it will
not permeate the fbers thoroughly,
which is essential to the success of the
experiment.
The method of feeding roots adopted
by Canadian stock grower is explained
in the Vermont Farmer. He cuts his
hay, straw, ETC., with horse power, and
pulps his turnips with a machine which
tears them into minute fragment as fast
as a man can throw them into hopper.
A sufficient quantity of this material is
prepared for three days, well mixed, no
water being used, and allowed to stand
three days before feeding, when it be-
comes warm and slight fermentation en-
sues. Two bins are necessary, one to
feed them while the other is /" warming
up" Meal can be added to the mix
ture, if desirable. The stock eat this
with avidity and thrive upon it remark.
ably well.
If farmers will examine their tools al
this season of the year they will doubt
! less find that hired men have brought IL
plows, harrows and hand tools without
cleaning. Take the first opportunity tC
clean them and polish the metallic parts
bright, rubbing them afterward with q
little beeswax, grating wax, or similar
substance, to protect the surface ant
prevent rusting. The wooden part Of
all tools and implements which are al
any time exposed to the weather viii
last many times longer if well impreg
mated with oil. The best, as we'll as the
cheapest, is crude petroleum, as it pene
trates the pores and makes perishablt
wood like the most durable cedar. Ii
cool weather it will be necessary tC
warm or heat it to as high tempera
ture as will be safe before applying, sc
that it may enter the pores OF the wood
With all the smaller tools, such as hoes
spades, rakes, ETC., the work may b'
done in warm room.