The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-12-21
FARM AND FIREsIDE.

skinned milk. In a cheese dairy there
would be little if any profit in such a
method of raising veal calves, but where
butter is the only object, or in case it is
desired to raise a peculiarly valuable
calf, it would be possible: My principal
object is to show farmers and others that
they can raise, ever veal their calves,
without giving them the new milk fresh
from the COW. The best food to fatten a
calf, without whole milk, is oatmeal
molasses and skim milk for the first two
weeks, after which a little oat or barley
meal may he used. A calf can be made
to weigh from n hundred and twenty
to one hundred and forty pounds at four
weeks old, never having had any new
milk after the cows milk was good. The
oatmeal should be scalded and allowed
to form a thick mucilage before being
mixed with the skinned milk. The
molasses may be added directly to the
milk. and the whole may be given blood
warm. The proper quantity for 4 young
calf is a tablespoonful of oatmeal, the
same of molasses, divided into three
parts, for one days feed, added to the
milk. After the first week it may be
gradually increased, and at the COM
mencement of the third week a spoon
full of oatmeal and molasses may be
added, but this should be cooked. AT
present prices the whole feed will not
cost more than one dollar for five weeks,
and an early calf of the weight men,
toned will bring from ten to twelve dol
lars. 1 raised one late in the season, two
years ago, by this method, that cost less
than one dollar for feed, aside from the
skinned milk, and it brought nearly ten
dollars. Should they have scours, give
them a tea made by boiling corn-cobs in
water, and add to the milk.
CEMENTING CELLARS. A cores
pondent of the Canada Farmer says: l
have, for several years back, been very
much annoyed with a damp cellar, on
which experiment after experiment had
been tried, with very indifferent, and in
no case permanent, success. l have at
length, however, "struck" upon an idea,
and, as it has proved e%minently salts
factory, 1 will, with your consent, make
it known to my brother farmers and
others who may be similarly situated.
Cellars that are merely damp after sharp
rains, and her dry off again of their
own accord, can be made water-tight by
a coating of good Rosendale cement
(half sand, half cement) an inch thick.
But when, as in many cases, the pressure
of water is great and it rises a foot high
or more at times, another more effectual
mode of treatment is necessary. The
plan 1 adopted was as follows; I got a
lot of cobble-stones, about the size of a
goose egg, some larger and some smaller.
1 then got good fresh cement, and Sc
cured the services of two active men,
one of whom 1 kept mixing the cement,
SO that it was always ready for applica-
ton half an hour after mixing. l spread
a layer on the ground about an inch
thick, then quickly set the stones close
together, sinking them down in their
soft bed nearly to the earth. As soon as
l got a good strip, say four feet in width,
arranged in this way, I finished it up by
an extra coat of cement over all; when
1 proceeded in the same way with an
other strip, and SO on until the whole
was completed. 1t is we'll to adopt this
" strip" method, for, although the finish
ing coat could be left until the entire
floor is ready to receive it, still it is
doubtful whether the two coats of cement
would then coalesce as effectually as
when both were comparatively soft and
fresh.
Tne grouting system, that is arrang-
ing the stones on the bare ground and
then pouring cement over them, is a
good one; but, in order to be effective,
it must be done in a very dry season,
when no heavy rains occur before it has
had ample time to harden.
COMPUTING DRESSED WEIGHT.-A
few years since, says a correspondent OF
the Ohio Farmer, the following rule for
computing the dressed weight by
measurement of cattle, hogs, and sheep,
went the rounds of the papers, viz:
Ascertain the girth in inches back
of the shoulders, and the length in
inches from the straight or square of the
bullock to a point ever with the
shoulder-blade. Multiply the girth by
the length and divide the product by
one hundred and forty-four for the
superficial feet, and then multiply the
superficial feet by one of the following
numbers, for animals of different girths
and the product will be the number Of
pounds of beef, pork, or mutton in the
four quarters of the animal.
"For cattle of a girth from five to
seven feet, allow twenty-three pounds tc
the superficial foot; of a girth from
seven to nine feet, allow t~hirty-one
pounds; Of a girth of three to five feet
allow sixteen pounds. For sheep, hogs
pigs, or calves, etc., measuring less thar
three feet girth allow eleven pounds tc
the superficial foot"
This, like many other items in the
papers, was probably read and then for
gotten; but the near approach te
accuracy of this rule is such as TO entitle
it to the especial consideration of person'
who are in the habit of selling animals
upon foot, or of those who purchase
animals in the same way; for by s
measurement of the animal and a calcu
lation by the above rule, a very neal
approximation to correctness is OBJ
tanned. We lave tested the rule anc