The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-03-02
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

PFC BREEDING FOR PRoFIT.--At a
recent stock convention in Iowa, DIR. j.
@. Trayer said, In answer to q question
as to his plans in pig raising:
To make money, / would buy best
stock, the very best i could get, with
warranted pedigree. / would like the
largest boar of its kind, and the sows on
the same principle. They must be long
bodied and with rather coarse bone;
the boar not quite 80 lengthy, with
smaller bone. I would breed in JAN
uary, so that the pigs would be dropped
in the spring, and SO as to have them all
come together, and then they will be
uniform, which is a good recommends
ton to stock.
Would not keep over eight sows to-
gether in one Enclosure, and would not
shut them up only when about to drop
the pigs; would have the Enclosures we'll
ventilated at the top, even in winter;
should have good bedding, which should
be changed often enough to keep dry and
prevent becoming dusty. Would feed
twice per day and very regularly. Al
ways keep record of the time of breeding
my sows so as to know when they will
have pigs, the usual time being from liz
to 116 days
give out straw for feed three or four
days previous to the dropping of the
pigs; wean pigs when they are about
sixty days old do not breed but one lit
ter of pigs from sow in one year; keep
my breeding sows in rather thin flesh,
and in good healthy condition; give
them plenty of cinders and stone coal
ashes think coal ashes better than wood
ashes.
How TO TEST VEGETABLE SEEDs.-lt
is very easy and simple matter to test
any variety of seed, and thus avoid i'm
position and loss by the purchase and
of your scotsman a very small quantity
of the seeds you intend to plant, and
submit these to the following test: Take
two thicknesses of wooden cloth-either
flannel or fulled cloth will answer.
Dampen them with water and lay them
in some shallow dish, as plate or saucer.
Then sprinkle few seeds on them, being
careful not to spread them so thick that
they will lay one upon the other. Now
dampen another piece of cloth and lay
over the seed.
Keep the plate or saucer in a moder,
ately warm place, and by removing the
upper cloth at will, you can watch the
result. The good seed will gradually
swell and finally sprout, while the seed
that is too old, or that is bad from any
other cause, may swell at first, but in
stead of growing like the good, will molt
and rot.
BY careful test in this way may b,
learned the exact proportion of good anC
bad seed in the lot offered you, and thu
you may avoid not only the loss of TIT
money asked for the same, but also TIT
greater loss you would sustain by plant
ing bad seed and experiencing failure
of the crop. Test the seed before buying
The HoLsTEIN COw.-The HolsteiI
bred cows are now attracting much at
tention in various parts of this continen
from their wonderful milking qualities
They are natives of the north of Ger
many-large, heavy cattle, of compac
form, making, when fattened, excellen
beef, and being also good workers. They
have been grown in Holland for genera
tions with special regard to their milking
qualities. In that country they are invari
ably black and white, but in their nativ,
Duchy they are found of various colors
The quality of the milk of the Holster
is such as fits it we'll for the cheese
maker, the globules being small and uni
form in size. The butter made from tn,
cream possesses great lasting qualities.
Several instances are on record and ar,
well authenticated, where cows of thi
breed have given large quantities of milk
One COW is certified to have yielded al
average of eighteen quarts day for nin'
months. A heifer, owned in Chemunl
county, New York, gave, after her frs
calf, fifteen quarts day for nine months
Observation-Disclosures first appears a
discharge from the nostril, general,
one only, of thin transparent liquid o
an acrid character, and without smell
The lining membrane of the nostril i
not red, but of dull livid or purpl
color. The disease is distinguished b,
these symptoms from any other in which
there is discharge from the nose. Thi
stage may last for few weeks, or for
year, but it commences soon after inocu
lation from a diseased animal. After
ward ulcers form on the lining membran,
of the nose, the discharge is thick ant
yellow, the glands under the jaw swell
become hard, and appear as if fixed Il
the bone, the horses coat stares, h,
weakens rapidly, sores appear on hi
body, and he dies, thoroughly emaciated
In the first stage, the horse may worl
for many months without distress. 1t i
believed by some veterinary surgeon
that this stage of the disease is curasl'
by the use of sulphite (not sulphate) o
soda, in half ounce or ounce doses, giver
twice every day. A prominent European
surgeon states that he has cured seventy
cases of CHAMBERS by this treatment.