The Red Cloud chief., 1878-04-18
vARx. GARDEN AyD HOUSEHOLD.

TOsAcco Drsr f~yHriizgR- A
correspondent, writing from Lords Val.
lev. Pennsylvania. 10 the Nae forG
World, makes an inquiry regarding 10.
bsceo. whether good for manure and
what its value IL. compared with lime
and plaster. The ms,t~r vas referred
IN the FARMERS Club. aud elected the
following discussion.
A member replied that Tobacco. when
growing. is cshsus,ing tn the soil. and
II returned Ia /, In the form II y fert,l-
izer. will restore the elements taken
away. II. would NIX the tobacco dus,
with the compost pile.
Robert j Dodge said thar any ant
nal or vegetable matter IL good for the
soil, but some growths sre too powerful
IN supply In concentrated form. He
thought thai care - required la the Hp-
p~lication ~ tobacco NJ n AM He
had used tobacco water on plants for
wears. but tender growths require q
q weak solution.
A gentleman present considered to-
bacco dust worth the cost 81 trauspor-
tatioD provided the distance u noi too
great. and believed II compared favora.
DiN Win inns ~ " ufe.
MLcn Cows Too many cows. ~
proved nv good witnesses from the ranks
Of dairymrn. are kept that do not pay
the cost VI Keeping. This il poor o
omy. Every o should be tested by .
carefully kept record VI her produce In
order 10 determine whether she IL worth
keeping for her milk production. More
attention and care should be paid 10
| breeding Breed only from the best.
and to bulls selected from good milking
families. No dairymsn should under
rate the importance Of good and nbund.
ant feed for his COWS good shelter
should by all means bc provided. An
Illinois dsiryman says n milk producer
can afford a. sell milk for eight and n
half cents a gallon. A man with n farm
Of 100 acies can keep fifty cows that
will average three gallons y day for
nine months, that Ia to say. ninety gal
Ions a month, or $40 gallons for nine
months; thus realizing from each COW
SOS. s5, and from the fifty cows 81. 4i2,-
so. Call the lMd worth ESQ per acre.
and the cows worth fifty dollars per
head. the aggregate capital invested
would be so, 800. After n deduction
| Of ten per cen on the capital for inter-
est and taxes. there would he left S3,-
| 392. 80 for labor. Thus W. can figure
up n living income to the farmer from
the milk product Of fifty good cows.
The butter and the cheese product
would probably he Ne large, under IA
vorable circumstances, ~ near u mar
ket. - SPIRIT Of Kdnsas.
YIELD Or WooD PnR Acne. -Ordi-
narily, fifty or sixty cords Of wood per
acre is n large yield. In many Of tho
States the best wood lands yield a much
less quantity. and rarely Is found an
acre Of virgin forcs, yielding n hun
drcd cords Of marketable wood. In
Oregon, however, according TO csti.
mates given TO the stAtistician OF the
Department Of Agriculture. ut Wash.
ington. among the evergreens and oaks,
the yield IA simply enormous. In one
county there are thousands Of acres,
which would yield from three hundred
10 six hundred cords per acre. Oak
timbered lands yield on an average n
hundred cords per acre. Says the an.
nual. report Of the land Office. In rela-
ton to this land. lit will produce from
$4,000 to $4,000 feet per acre. and
there arc vast tracts that would cover
the entire surface with cord wood ten
feet In height" The report speaks Of
forests Of pine trees, from one to III.
teen feet in diameter. and from two to
three hundred feet high" and red and
yellow pines Of gigantic growth. often
attaining a height OF three hundred feet,
and from nine to twelve feet in diane
ter.-Rardl World.
LAMENEss IN SHEEP.-The principal
part Of the body 10 supported by the heel
or back part Of the foot. The front part
Is, from It's pointed nature. well adapted
TO preserve the foothold and prevent
slipping. particularly in ascending
rocky declivities, and In such situations,
and particularly II the animal has 10
travel, the G Of tho horn al the toe
is equal to It's growth. But in wet
pastures or on . soft soil. the growth Of
the toe Is much greater than the wear,
and consequently this prrt often grows
extremely long and irregular. so that it
separates from the quick and dirt In.
sinuates and lamencss and troublesome
wounds are the consequences, some.
times leading to foOt-rot. This might
BIO prevented by cutting of the supper
flous horn with a knife.
The foot Of the sheep often becomes
sore from travelling, particularly on
sandy roads. In this case 1t 10 the heels,
and the skin between them that suffer-;
but timely rest will set the matter right,
and a little oil Of tar may b. applied to
the wound. ST.. =
Sometimes the biHex canal Ian in
Election of the skin between the digits
above the clefts OF the hooO becomes
the seat Of disease and the cause Of
lameness; sand may penetrate. or the
parts may be chAfsd BY much walking
in the dirt, and Inflammation and ulcer.
alton are the consequences. This part
may be cleaned and dressed with tine.
ture Of myrrh and tincture Of aloss,
equal parts mixed. II proud flesh forms
It should be kept down by q few appli-
cations (with'a feathcr) Of muriate Of
ammonia.
These various injuries often prove
very troublesome. from the circumstxn.
ces Of the sheep b ling exposed (partic-
ulArly in the fall Of the year) 10 dirt
and v,n;s&u~~ A,l Ak ~S>s..sHl-. "a