River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-09-28
THE FARM AND GARDEN.
Conducted by veteran Northwestern Agricultural.
Useful Information.


Sunfower Seed for Founder Sun
/ flower seed are recommends for foun-
dered horses. 1t is said that a pint of
whole seed mixed with the food as
soon as it is discovered that horse is
foundered will effect an almost imme-
date cure. The seed will do no harm
even if they should not do the animal
any good. Hence the remedy is worth
rying.
Corn.fed hens do not lay in the win
/ ter for the simple reason there Is no
albumen material in the corn. When
| wheat is given to them there is fat
enough in it to supply all that is need
| ed for the yolk, and albumen enough
| to make the white, and lime enough to
| furnish the shell; it does not thus
seem difficult to understand why corn
fed hens should not lay, as they do not,
and why wheat-fed hens should lay, as
| they do.
killing Ticks.-A correspondent of
the Country Gentleman sends that
paper the following receipt for pre-
pairing a mixture to kill ticks on lambs:
''0ne ID. of arsenic, Id. of sulphur,
ID. of potash. Take boiler large
enough to hold pailfuls of soft water ];
heat to boil with the above mixture ::
add one gallon of soft soap, then stir
until all is Dissolved, when it is ready
for use. To apply use pint oiling
can with a spout ; put carefully on by
opening the wool around the body.
The operators hands should be free
from cuts. | have used the above for
mauv wars with cuanaSc for a HOck of
100 sheep"
Keeping Eggs.-Slake ] pound stone
lime in . gallons water. When cool
add l pint. Stir well and let the mix
ture thoroughly settle. Place the eggs
in stone jar, pointed ends downwards
and pour over them the clear liquid
without disturbing the sediment. Be
sure that the lime-water covers them.
Close the jar tightly, and do not dis
turb until wanted for use. BE care
full to break each one into dish sep
afately, as there will always be found
few which the lime will penetrate,
but the proportion is very small. This
receipt will preserve dozen eggs.
Corn and perk.--For the benefit of
hog traders, we give the following ia.
BILE, showing the quantity of corn re-
quired to produce pound of pork. and
the price of pork, which seemed to be
governed by the relative price of corn:
When corn costs - ID cents per bush
Ell, pork costs l ID cents per pound /;
corn lie. per bushel, pork &c. per
pound corn 25c. per bushel, pork &c.
per pound corn 35c. per bushel, pork
4c. per pound corn soc. per bushel,
pork &c. per pound. Whether these
figures are approximately correct or
not, they viii serve as basis, at least
for careful calculations.
Hay or Meal for Cows.-A cores
pondent of the London Agricultural
Gazette traced the change of opinion
with regard to hay in his own neigh
borhood "Years ago the practice here
was almost invariably to feed the
milking COW on hay alone then some
few dairymen began to give those cows
that had lately calved, two or three
pounds of linseed cake per day; then
some of the poor grass land on the
dairy farms began to be broken up.
and some mangles were grown. Now
the rule is often to cut up straw and
partly hay, and mixed with pulped
mangles, and give each cow four or five
pounds cake or meal, or both.
Horse Feeding at Cirencestea.-An
old student, signing himself "W.,"
thus relates the system of feeding of
farm horses on the College Farm, Cir
encester First, with respect to last
winter, thirteen horses were receiving
weekly 30 bushels of brewers grains,
20 bushels of oats given whole, II
bushels of crushed Indian corn, wheat
chaff TOR chop as much as required.
The grains and com were mixed with
chaff in conveniently-placed bin as
required. The times of feeding, TO
7 a. M, u to l p. M, to 100 p. IN,
and they were watered at a. M, 1890
p. m, and 6. p. m. No hay or fodder
other than straw is given. In summer
the thirteen horses receive among
them weekly, 80 bushels of grains, 20
bushels of oats, and bushels of split
beans, with wheat chaff Tor chop as
much as they require, and also as
much green trifolium as they will eat.
When on dry food they are found to
consume about bushels daily of the
mixed corn and chop and brewers
grains.