Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-01-27
AGRICULTURAL.

exceedingly difficult for him to swallow
food even in liquid state. At suct
times there is another grave difficulty
with horses that have never been ac
customed to liquid food, or to water
that has -four mingled with it.-Ir
cases where the animal is possessed oi
an unusual fastidious taste, let the eyes
be blindfolded so that the brute can.
not see the liquid that is offered. Then
allow him to taste of water as the pail
is held up to his nose and have another
pail containing hay tea, which should
be of the same temperature as the water.
a horse can often be deceived by this
stratagem, and thus be induced to
drink gallon or more of the liquid.
In many instances, horse can be in
duced to swallow thick cruel when he
will not drink hay tea, or tea of linseed
meal. Wheat flour can sometimes be
mingled with water so that horse will
swallow all that may be desirable for
him to take. Tea made of inseed meal
or oil meal, or even cotton-seed meal,
may be employed to make an excellent
liquid for horse that cannot swallow
food. Let quart of the meal be put
into tin pail, with about two gallons
or more of hot water, and let it be
stirred rapidly as the meal is put in.
Then allow the mass to stand for half
an hour in the pail covered closely.
Dilute with cold water, and hold up to
the animals nose. If horse ever re-
fuses to drink the liquid, his eyes be
blindfolded. If horses have been ac-
customed to eat hnseed meal they Will
usually drink such liquid with avidity.
When a horse is suffering from dis
temper or sore throat from any cause,
so that the organs of delugation are so
much inhamed as to incapacitate the
beast from swallowing food, the
strength may be maintained entirely by
preparing liquid food. For a change
hay tea may be prepared quite strong
and given in lieu of water. When a
horse rufuses a certain kind of liquid
food, let another be prepared. Beets,
carrots or other roots may be reduced
to pulp in extreme cases for animals
that cannot masticate and swallow
rough feed. Let the roots be boiled,
worked through a colander, some wheat
flour or oat meal be mingled with the
mass, and water added to render it of
proper consistence for the animal to
drink. A little fresh grass may also be
cut fine with sheep shears and mingled
with the drink. A horse that has never
tasted liquid food, by judicious man
agement may be induced to drink all
the nourishment he may require.
GRASS CULTURE.-No one who rides
through New York State, after an ab-
sence of a few years, can fail to notice
the increased proportion of land in
grass as compared with the amount in
former years. Associated dairies and
cheap corn and wheat in the West,
have wrought a marvellous change.
The whole country has become or is
rapidly becoming pastoral. Flocks and
herds and the fruits of the vine and or
chard are taking the place of the corn,
wheat, and potato fields-although the
last-named crop is extensively grown.
But all this suggests an improved sys-
TEN in the management of grass lands.
On some farms the periodical plough
ing continues to be done, although the
re-seeding follows with the second crop
first corn or potatoes, then wheat,
barley, or oats and grass seed. But
there must be better way of treating
grass lands. Who has found it out
OLD POTATOES s.-Potatoes to be good
should never be exposed to the light,
but be kept in as dark place as possi-
BILE. After they begin to sprout in the
spring they should be taken up from
the bins or heaps and kept in boxes or
barrels. If you have few barrels
saved out for family use, instead of
picking them over and spreading them
every few weeks, put them into enough
barrels, so that you can turn from one
to another. Have one extra barrel,
and once every week turn them all out
from one barrel to another. This keeps
them moving so often that the sprouts
cannot grow enough to do much harm.
The sprouts which come from the po.
tatO use up the nOurishment it contains
and leaves it soft, watery and insipid.
By treating them as proposed above
they may be kept in condition for the
table several weeks longer than by
sprouting them, and at the same time
save deal of work.
How TO USE SPADE.-The man who
can handle spade properly does not
find 1t very hard or laborious work.
He first let's the spade fall of its own
weight down to the spot where the
spadeful is to be taken up, taking care
that the breadth on the surface of the
ground is not more than four inches
then he draws back the spade a little,
which takes Off much of the friction of
the descending blade. One good thrust
of the spade with the foot then sends
the blade down its full depth. a back
ward pressure makes a lever of the
handle and heel of the spade, and dex-
ferrous turn of the wrist sends the spade
full upside down Just where it is wanted.
There is no raking or "sputtering"
needed to make the ground level. A
slight tap with the corner of the spade
makes the work as regular and plane as
if laid off with an instrument.
AMERICAN apples. says the London
Grocer, are now selling at moderate
rates in provincial towns, both in Eng
land and Ireland. The highly colored
and well favored Baldwin is the COM
monest kind as yet. As usual, they
come in barrels without any kind of
packing materials, and come, as a rule,
In excellent condition. That apples
should be sent several thousand miles,
and then be sold as cheaply as home
grown fruit, is noteworthy fact. At
this rate of progress, fruitless and cold
regions will soon be supplied with the
finest fruits at cost that places them
within the reach of all classes.
KIDNEY WORMS IN SwISE-Kidney
worm is not common disease in hogs.
Occasionally one or two in a number of
hogs suffer from the presence of one or
more worms in the kidneys but tine
ailment is not often fatal, and becomes
so only after long time of suffering
and consequent disease or degeneration
of one or both kidneys. In a strong
pig two drains of turpentine may be
given in four ounces of hnseed oil and
little Cruel. Great care should be ex-
ercised in not killing the MIC nv drench-