The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-09-23
AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC.
Around the Farm.

Around the Farm.
GEORGIA will pay $3,5OO,OOO for fer
tilizers this year.
GRAssHoPPERs do not eat peas. A val
liable hint for farmers in the infected
districts.
A MINNESOTA woman destroyed 4s
bushels of grasshoppers for which she
received $4S.
Do NOT kill the toads. In Paris they
are sold at fifty cents q dozen, in order
to protect vineyards and gardens from
insects. A toad will swallow the biggest
kind of q tomato wolm.
To HAVE plenty of eggs in winter, the
fowl must have warm roosting and nest
irg places, warm food, if possible, with
some kind of animal food at least once
day, and water to drink at will gravel
and lime must be always at hand, and
the poultry house must be kept scrupu-
lously clean, and the fouls out of the
way of vermin and free ffom lice.
LICE may be destroyed by the applica-
ton of lard or sweet oil in which car
boic acid has been mixed at the rate of
one part of acid to one hundred of oil
or lard. For poultry, the mixture should
be rubbed beneath the wings and on top
of the head, except in the case of sitting
hens, which should never have grease of
any kind applied to them, if the eggs
are to be Matched.
In order to ascertain the gain in weight
of growing cattle an experiment was
tried as follows: A short-horn bull calf
was weighed on the 18th of April, 1874,
when he was just IA months old, and his
weight was found to be SOB pounds.
May II he weighed 592 pounds June
IL, 703 pounds July II, SOL pounds !;
August II, $50 pounds. and September,
1000 pounds, total gain in five months
Of 463 pounds, or 923 pounds per
month.
DURING the warm weather troubles
from sore shoulders ON horses are COM
mon, very largely the result of poorly
fitting collars. The proper way to pre-
vent this trouble is to remove the cause
on the start. Where the breast has be-
come CALLED, wash frequently with some
stringent solution. such rs alum water or
decoction of white oak bark. Arnica
is excellent for gals, and should be ap-
piled at night after the horse has finished
work, and well rubbed in.
PRoFEssoR Law gives the following
directions for the treatment of blind
staggers in pigs: When the hogs are
attacked, dash bltcketful of cold water
over the body, throw prrgative injections
into the rectum, composed of six ounces
of sulphate of soda and one or two table,
spoonsful of spirits of turpentine in ten
turpentine may be inserted under the
skin behind the ears, or the back of the
neck may be blistered by rubbing in the
following mixture Spirits of turpen-
tine and liquid ammonia, one ounce
each powdered cantharides, two drams.
VICIOUS horses are mostly made so by
the bad treatment of attendants. Kind
ness and gentleness are the first reqti-
sites in the care of colts. Ii the attend
ant kicks or hits the colt with stick or
fork when he passes him, what more
natural than that the colt should catch
the evil disposition and kick back
Some speak of wild colt as if that con-
dition was to be expected, but if colts
are properly treated while young, few
will ever be wild. This wild condition
arises from the wild, uncivilized disposi-
ton of the attendant. Uniform kind
ness will give the colt confidence in
man, and he will be as easy to handle as
pet kitten. Harshness in an attend.
ant should be cause for his discharge.
The idea that wildness is an inclination
of stamina is totally unfounded. Hun
dreds of instances of the greatest en-
durance and pluck with the greatest
gentleness and obedience can be cited.
The Arab horse is under the most i'm
plicit obedience, and at the same time
capable Of great feats. The best Of
food, given with good Judgment, and the
best care humanely bestowed, are neces-
sary to grow a colt in the best manner.