The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-08-09
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AbhNAib DECLAhtD A DIHE CURE IOE
Hoo CHoLERA.-Major John Million, a
we'll known citizen Of LapIata, Macon
county, Missouri, has great faith In
turnips as a sure cure for the disease
known as hog cholera. So great Is his
faith that he has filed a claim with the
State government for the $4,000 re-
ward offered by the legislature for a
remedy for that disease. Major Million
was a commissioner in the Confederate
army. While acting in that capacity,
he had charge at one time Of many
thousand head Of hogs, which were col
lected together in Mississippi when the
cholera broke out among them. Imme-
diately on discovering the prevalence of
the disease he says he began to exert
himself TO save as many as possible. He
separated them as well as possible,
keeping the infected ones apart. He had
on hand, also, large quantities of tur-
nips, which he began 10 feed TO the
hogs. Very soon he observed a marked
Improvement, and then he made numer-
Ous experiments. He selected some of
the diseased hogs and penned them
apart. They were fed on turnips and
nothing else and all of them recovered.
He says his experiments demonstrated
the fact that turnips are not only a
cure, but a preventive of cholera. He
has impaired the secret to many far.
mers In this State, all of whom found
the remedy sure. Major Million states
that unless the hog is too far gone to
eat, the turnips will cure him. The
remedy is a cheap one, and easily pro-
cured, and il can certainly do no harm
for farmers to give 1t a trial.-Hdnntbdl
(MO.) Clipper.
EARTH PULvERIzERs.-Not the least
valuable implement for a farmer or gar
dener Is a good drag for smoothing and
pulverizing fields which are to be
planted or sOwn. There are several
methods of constructing such a drag,
but one Of the simplest is to take two
pieces of jOists, each with the front end
beveled like the front of a sled runner,
and then nail On plank across them, on
the under side, letting the planks run
out by the joists a foot or more. They
may be of any size or weight desirable,
according TO the amount of team to be
used. Some farmers recommend to
nail one or two narrow strips upon the
face of the plank to collect the Jumps
and soil, and drag them along until
crushed, or until all inequalities in the
surface are filled up. We recently re-
ceived q cut and description of a pull
verizer with a half dozen or more cleats
nailed upon the under side of the drag
for more thoroughly pulverizing and
leveling the soil. They are naileI on
with the outer ends forward of the mid
11a onI flttu fap1 m Uafhap fha coil IN
ward the middle, and prevent ridges
being left at the sides of the drag when
in use. Either of the various styles are
very useful in their place, and the cost
of making one is SO small that every
farmer should have IL of his own.
They are sometimes used fof covering
potatoes, fodder corn, or other crops,
and may often pay for themselves in a
single days use. On land clear from
stones they may be used at seeding time
instead of a roller for fitting fields for
the moving machine or scythe.
TREE WAsH.-The following is a re-
cipe for a wash for orchard trees used
by william Saunders, Of the Govern
ment Gardens at Washington Put
half a bushel Of lime and POUNDS ofpow-
dered sulphur in a tight barrel, shaking
the lime with hot water, the mouth of
the barrel being covered with a cloth;
this is reduced to the consistency of
ordinary whitewash at the time of ap-
plicatiOn half an ounce of earbolic acid
is added to each gallon of the liquid.
Mr.. Saunders says: 81 generally apply
it in the spring before the leaves make
their appearance, but | am convinced
that it would be more e Effective if applied
later, but then it is so difficult to do so
when the tree is in foliage" Apply to
trunk, it will not hurt the branches or
foliage if applied to them also.
To THOSE who are troubled with ticks
on sheep, | think | can give a cheap,
convenient, and sure remedy. Last
spring, my lambs were dropped in Feb
ruary, and as usual, as soon as the wea.
Their grew warm, they began to be COW
cred with ticks. l bought some yellow
snuff, and, opening the wool, %sprinkled
a little on each side, the whole length
of the lamb, and also on the back. Two
applications killed every tick, and to my
surprise, at shearing time not a half
dozen were found on the whole flock.
OATS will succeed upon soil where
barley would fail. A rough sod and a
moist soil will grow good oats it is the
best spring crop for a reclaimed swamp
or a newly broken clayey meadow. Two
and a half bushels OF seed per acre is
light seeding; three bushels, If drilled,
or three and a half, if broadcast, is
sometimes soWn with good results. The
thick seeding yields a finer stalk, which
makes a more desirable fodder than
stOuter straw.
A Grouse Filtration.