Connecticut western news., 1875-08-13
FARM. GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Aboat Eattening eattle.

Aboat Fattening Gattle.S
 The price of cattle fattened for mar ket depends on the symmetry of the ami maj, as well as the C fat :" style. as shin pers term it. Good blood is important but not absolutely necessary to make what is termed a good seller. In order to fatten a steer to bring the highest market price, he must be kept in 8 growing condition from calf, and in no case ai. lowed to go hungry. It is the starving the first and second winters which wits and sh1vels up steer, that causes him to be sold at 8 reduced price. No amount of feeding will make him a first class seller, no difference what his color or blood. An animal well fed of any blood from calf until the spring he is three years old, will be smooth, with bones well covered, and will sell at a profit while half-starved animal be-
 comes crooked in the back, bones pro- Jecting and shriveled up, takes the best part of summer to get in condition to live, and will not be in condition for market until he is four years old, and then will bring price which is unsatis- factory to the producer and to every one that handles him. This is no theory. but fact deduced from close obserya- tion, as I have tested the plan for several years. It will and does pay to feed corn to calves and to yearlings They start out to grass in the spring strong and vigorous. You are then able to market your cattle the spring they are three years old, weighing 400 pounds, which is heavy enough to bring the first price. The best steer sold in 1872 was com mon native. He had all he could eat from calf, and was never hungry, He was handsome animal, and was worth more per pound than any I shipped in 1872. He weighed in Chicago 1850 pounds, aged three years. I now have a steer calf, eleven months old, from a very ordinary COW. The calf now weighs 660 pounds; think it will weigh, at three years. 1,500 pounds. Drovers'
 t Medical Notes.
 A PoU1T1oE ALWAYS READY FOR Usre, A new and much improved poultice has been invented by M. telievre, It con sists of two layers of wadding, saturated with solution of fucus crispus, which after being submitted to heavy pressure. is dried. It then resembles cardboard. and when required for use is cut to size and soaked in hot water, when it becomes soft and spongy. When covered with oil-silk it retains it's moisture for a con- siderable time. sss.. .4 P. ... |
 CURE FOR BURNS OR SoALDs. apply sweet oil freely and then saturate It with whiting. In the absence of medi- cal aid, to adapt the nature of the appl- cation to the kind and degree of the in Jury from the burn, the above will he found very useful, as it efectuaHyl ex- cludes the air, and at the same time affords soft coyering-the chief point m the treatment of burns.T It answers the same purpose in these respects as B common white paint, which is sometimes employed, without the same risk or dan < ger from absorption. Or the following method may be tried Let the clothes be taken of with great care and tenderness, and then apply spirits of turpentine, or lay on thick plaster of fresh yeast, re- j. newlng 1t as often as it becomes hot or dry; or dash the part with cold water m which some. yeast has been stirred, or with vinegar, or with strong brine, or with the liquid which runs from potatoes Sliced thin and sprinkled with salt; or s- cut large cucumber in slices, and lay - It on 5he part. Es : B ss
 Postal cards are growing in favor, ex- cept with the individuals who find their taltor's account written on the back side.
 To Prevent Cheese Crnsts Cracking.
 One plan is adopted at the factories to prevent the crusts of the cheese from cracking, and getting in summer ss fly- blown" When the cheese is taken out = of the press, and ready for removal to the room for ripening Cor 's curing,'' as It IS generally putt, circular piece of shn paper like cap" paper), cut the full size of the flat surface of the cheese, 5 IS ald upon it, and then hot fiat-iron (same as used in ironing our linen) is passed over the paper to and fro several tlmes until the paper is fully attached, and almost forms part of the crust. rms ot course IS done to both surfaces of the cheese. --.-s4s. --..- G--7 . The rim is fully covered with a calico Dlndef, which IS put on after the curd has been sufficiently long in the cheese vat to make 1t solid enough, to handle. when. it is taken out of the vat the binder placed around 1t, and then put into the press, where it remains abont the same length of time as is given at
 g, sayeshe soapsuds.
 ,S However aeplorable washing day may be to the household, says the, 1Dutchess ,. tag7ase'-,, to the garden it is very boun- tful day. Our hungry and thirsty sgrapeVlnes and flowers are glad of every drop of wash water, and will repay every bit of fatigne 1t may cost us to give them this fertilizer. If the sun is shining hot when we go out to dispense our favor, it IS best for us to dig slight trench not Tar from the root of the plant, and pour the water into it, and cover again with the top soil. This makes the water 20 further, and at the same time does not tempt the rootlets to the surface of the
 Blind Staggers in Pigs.
 Prof. Law gives the following direc- tlons for the treatment of blind staeeers Tn pigs When the hogs are attacked. dash bucketfuls of cold water over the body, throw purgatiye .iniections into 2 the reetum, composed of six ounces of 2 sulphate of soda, and one or two tea spoonfufs of spirits of turpentine in ten ounces of water. Setons saturated with sturpentlne may be inserted under the sk1n behind the ears, or the back of the neck may be, blistered by rubbing in the following mixtures: Spirits of tur- pentnes and liquid ammonia, one ounce eaeh. o powdered x, cantharides, two drachrns LA Ak%A Al l i5- ll. -3'S '- l,.-A s@1 ETT 7=-----1. :.-
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