The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-02-21
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.


oil cake meal, mixed with bran scalded,
and given MS n drink once day, will be
useful. No corn should be given for
several weeks before calving. Bran or
middlings will be more cooling and
healthful, but if good hay is given, very
little grain o! any kind will be needed.
Canton now will prevent trouble here
Mtc. When the calf is expected, the
co.'s should be turned into loose stall,
~ into II quiet Stable alone.
If cuts ngo found upon shArp shod
horses, Ghoat the feet or pasterns, wash
the wounds will! warm soap and water,
and then apply pinch OF salt, or lit.
tie compound tinctmc OF bcnzoin, which
will cause them to heal rapidly. Neglect
OF this preCm'i1u may cause Il quittor or
some other trouble, which will break ont
by-nnd bye, when tho horse is needed
for spring work. Sharp shod horses
should not be permitted to play together
or with other animals. A kick from Il
playful horse may cause serious damage.
Colts aud yearliEgs should he tied in
their stalls and taught proper discipline.
They should he handled gently, and fed
well and regularly. Give young stock
Of MI kinds the best of food.
When rough, shrcdiy wool appears in
tho t!ccces, or the wool drops of in
iocEs, tho sheep IRE not healthy, or tic
food has been too dry and heating. Stop
The corn meal, and give some linSecd oil
cake meal; few potatoes will be usefu!
il roots arc not to be had. Give salt
frequently and freely. Keep nursing
ewes by themselves, md give scaldcG
BRAN or oat meal daily. Sugar beets, or
potatoes, sliced and sprinklcd with 4
quart Of middlings or bran, for each
eve, will produce abundant and rich
milk. Keep lambs where they will have
plenty OF sunshine. Pick oil ticks by
hand; this may be douc very rapidly by
using Il pair Of small, sharp pointed scis-
soTs; par: tho wool, and when tick is
loruli clip it in two.
Sow5 may now be turned to the boar
;Og pigs III June. Sows expected to pig
soon shonid have worm pens, with cnt
straw or chnd for bedding. Rails fixed
around the bottom of the pens, six i'll.
ches above tho floor, mud the same from
ihe wall, vii! prevent the young pigs
from being crushed. In the South pigs
need no more shelter than rough roof
~ wood lot. There is no better place
Tor pigs thNn small piece of woods well
ienuri, where they may run and make
their own beds Of leaves or earth.
Straw beds, and especially bed Of ma.
,lUrc, will cause irritation OF the skin, il
not skin diseases, mud encourage pam.
aiies. -AgcicW'Urjs'.
The Ire I!ou,".
\ nnighbOr came to IL few years
>lncc, late in the autumn, and said his
wife aud children wanted him to BALD
IN leo house, and he should like to
crafty them, Int didn't like the idea OF
',ccking through frozen ground i'll order
'N do it, AMI wanted to know il he
couldn't store away enough ice in his
barn or she'd ami protect it 80 that it
would Inst for one season, ant then he
would dig ont II regular ice house. We
tod him that we had kept ice for our
snlyCS and neighbors for years in the
hay Of MI old barn, aud desired no bet.
tor place for kcepingit. He went home
sad partitioned au old shed into M ice
housc, which answered the purpose 30
we'll that the regular ice house wRs
HHvrr built. II no barn or shed room
can be spared for the storage Of ice,
then q cheap structure can he built 0u
the suriuce Of tho grouud, I size to
correspond with tue size of the Iamiy,
twelve feet square and eight feet high
being ample for famiIy OF ten or
loz2n, as it will contain q thousand
,;bl" feet Of ice, or thirty tons. # no
Q gard is had to the looks OF the strllc-
tire, il may rs well be covered with
rrurlt hcmlOck boards MS with shingles,
tpr NIL that is required Of tue roof is to
keep out the sunshine aud min. The
more circulation Of air above the ice the
hotter Il will keep. Neither is thercany
rn,cSsity for loublc boarding the sides.
Plank arc better than boards for the sid
ing, md when plank are used. posts and
studs are supcrilnous. flooring, of
course, is unnecessary, rs Sawdust is the
,''cst possible flooring, and should be
-'rcweh over the surface NJ the ground
~ the depth OF five or six inches M
u"YcOudu:tOr Of the heat OF the earth.
u the icc house is huilt near the dwell
ing house, good taste demands that il
allOuld DO shingled and also sided with
pinIed stuff so that it may be painted,
and not be Disagreement to the
promises, but wo prefer to store leo
Dmcwllcra near the barnynr,l, 80 that il
may hc washed in tho Watering trough
ot the cattle hsiorc bring taken to the
hpU7r i,r usc.
Winter tor lows.
Dr. Crafts, Of Bingha!4tou. n. T.,
aid h. The Vermont dairymens asso.
uiltirI tlnt COWS prc'nr was.n water TO
r"ij, and therefore 0';0u pass by It
s,r'.m Il VCle wafer nhd drink in pools
al ~uvfacr wafer. Mr.. !llwlcy referred
10 She ability % COVE to silt nnt bal
mLttcr from thcir fool, 50 shat the same
load affect. the milk Of different cows
DIN ropily, hut there is nc slfety i'll
fn"diug bad iOrd or waller. RottUI po.
t,tora a., had Tor caws, the pUtroiactiyc
r'rnP IN Them often remaining unttevcl.
"patl mn,il thcg com, in contact with the
a!riutLC milk. DR.. Crafts said That water
'i'irb Is covered with green slime, frog
,PItt,", u not RLaEnnnt, mad that, AS n
general rul", il was safe 10 drink water
N which frogs live.