The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-08-12
Around the Farm.

LIQUID manure from under the stalls is
vastly more valuable than the solid mixed
up in water.
To KEEP seeds from the depredations
of mice, mix some pieces of camphor
gum with the seeds. Camphor placed
in drawers or trunks will prevent mice
from doing them injury.
PICK up all the stones on your place
and cart them off. 1t is not very pleas
ant business, but it is work that should
be done promptly and with great care.
1t is much better to spend few days
in picking stones every spring than to
have valuable time wasted and money
required to repair broken moving ma
chimes.
RULES FOR FARMERS good pa
pers and read them. Keep an account
of farm operations. Do not leave i'm
plements scattered over the farm, ex-
posed to snow, rain, and heat. Repair
tools and buildings at proper time, and
do not suffer subsequent three-fold ex.
penditure of time and money. See that
fences are well repaired and cattle not
grazing in the meadows or grain fields OF
orchards.
A WRITER in the agricultural Gazette
cites his observation in reference to the
healing of broken bones in cattle. An
OK fractured his leg above the knee, o
heifer broke her thigh, compound
fracture, another suffered simple frac-
ture, but in spite of differing doctors
these animals were turned out to take
their chances, and each and all actually
made good recovery in the course of a
few weeks.
A NEW BREED OF SHEEP.-Wm. Gro
zier, in charge of an extensive farm on
Long Island, is endeavoring to establish
firmly new breed OF sheep, produc ed
by crossing Cotswolds and Southdowns.
He has produced, says the american 4 r.
ricult,rist, sheep with heavy fleece
of combing wool, superior in quality and
equal in weight with that of the pure
Cotswold, and with as good quality Of
flesh as the Southdown, and one-half
greater size.
A FAvoRrrE and rather new kind of
mash for horses is coming into use, COM
posed of two quarts of oats, one of bran,
and half pint of linseed. The oats
are first placed in the stable bucket, over
which is spread the inseed boiling
water is then added to the bran, and the
mixture covered with an old rug, and
allowed to rest five hours, after which
the mass must be well stirred up. The
bran absorbs while retaining the vapor,
and the inseed binds the oats and bran
together.
FLAVOR OF EGGs.-There is vast diff
ference in the flavor of eggs. Hens fed
on clear, sound grain, and kept on a
clean grass run, give much finer favored
eggs than hens that have access to a
stable and manure heaps and eat all
kinds of filthy food. Hens feeding on
fish and onions flavor their eggs accord.
ingly, the same as COWS eating onions OF
cabbage, or drinking offensive water,
impart bad taste to the milk or butter.
The richer the food the higher the color
of the eggs. Wheat and corn give eggs
the best color, while feeding on buck.
wheat makes them colorless, rendering
them unit for some confectionery pur.
pOSeS.-HOOTeS HuTUt NeaO Yorker.
A WRITER in the Chicago Tribune
says: The carbon contained in the veg
etable organism of which the coal is
composed, and the bituminous matter
also, together with the sulphur, lime
and other mineral matter composing the
coal, furnish substances which swine
seem to need. We have for severa
years kept 500 hogs on the refuse of city
hotels, and had no cholera or other Sc
rious disease among them. They wert
allowed all the soft coal and rotten woot
they would consume. Sometimes the,
would eat largely of it, aud then again
it would be left untouched for days at {
time. We should not hesitate to ALLOW
hogs all the soft coal they wanted.