The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-08-06

Fairs-A Little # Everything.
THE greatest profit always comes from early
feeding. and it is retained by full feeding al
terward.
FoR bruises or sores, boil smart weed in
chamber I've, add little soft soap and wash
twice a day
NEITHER Rarus, Goldsmith Maid nor
Hopeful were bred at any Of the fast horse
breeding establishments.
solution OF carbolic acid in 300 parts OF
water has been found effective Tor scab- a
strong decoction Of tobacco Is a good wash
also.
For throat distemper CRATE fine a small green
wild turnip, or, if dry, give a heaPing spoon
fuI, mixed with bran oats. Never fails.
Good Tor cough also.
THE manure Of cows and pigs resist decom-
position for a longer time than that OF the
sheep and horse-both the latter being dryer
than the former, and decomposing more read
lily in the soil.
A MICHIGAN lady says that to kill insects
she uses one teaspoonful of kerosene to a gal
lon Of water and sprinkles it on the plants
with a hand-broom. 1t destroys green flies
and other pests.
4 GOOD wax for grating purposes and for
covering wounds in trees Five parts, by
weight of rosin, two parts of beeswax, two
arts Of beef or mutton tallow or enough to
make the wax soft and easily applied.
COMMON purslane chopped up and mixed
with scalded corn meal is excellent green feed
for fowls that confined. Corn and oats
ground and fed to poultry Is very fattenlng.
After chicks are month old cracked corn and
wheat screenings is better for them than
dough.
A successful daryman feeds his COWS night
and morning the year round, and in each feed
puts a teaspoOnful OF salt. He considers this
method OF sailing cows preferable to the usual
one OF giving animals salt once or twice
week and thinks his method adds largely to
The amount OF milk given.
THE English dairy farmers get immense re
turns from their grass lands by free use Of
bone manure. One Cheshire farmer says that
by this ne can feed forty cows from land that
formerly gave him product sufficient to feed
only twenty The English farmers believe in
'boning' the grass land especially.
EARLY lambs may be pushed forward by
giving them a little cows milk. They will
soon learn TO drink this from pan. The
milk should be given warm from fresh COW,
4 quarter Of pint to a meal. DO not over
feed any young animal; that retards instead
of assisting growth.
The Science OF Health says: "If farmers
would avoid suddenly cooling the body after
great exertiOn if they would be careful not
10 go with wet clothing and wet feet, and II
they would not overeat when IN that exhausted
condition, and battle daily, using much irIc-
ton, they would have little or no rheumatism.
CHARCOAL, pulverized and mixed with wa
ter, is now highly recommended as an agent
for relieving cattle suffering from any derange-
ment OF the stomach such bloat or hoven,
etc This should be remembered. There is
no doubt Of its efficacy, il abundance OF con-
carrent testimony can be relied upon.
TnE thriftiest calves should be closely
watched when turned to pasture, lest they be
attacked with "black quarter" This Is the
effect OF too rank and watery food, which i'm
pairs digestion. An ounce OF Epson salts
may be given with advantage to each calf
when turned out, rs a precaution against this
frequent danger.
a FARMER in Holden informed us that, be-
ing much annoyed with crows pulling up
his corn, he placed a large umbrella in his
field in order 10 brighten them away. Imagine
his surprise one wet day i'm finding good flock
seeking shelter under il from the rain. The
umbrella is now used for another purpose
Bangor Me- Wing.
Two weeks ago thirty good-sized shoats
were quartered upon three acres of ground
which is about equally seeded to alfalfa and
clover At this writing the grass has gained
npon the pigs, and the pigs have gained
amazingly This is our way OF solving the
problem of how raise cheap pork.-Kansas
Agricultural College Paper.
COLLECT some SCOT for a chimney or stove
where wood is used for fuel, put into an old
pitcher and put hot water upon it. When
cool use it 10 water your plants every few days.
The effect upon plants is wonderful in pro-
ducing a rapid growth of thrifty shoots, with
large, thick leaves and a great number OF
richly-tinted roses.
PLINY Nichols says: There is little trouble
in making a thoroughbred shorn-horn weigh
900 pounds at twelve months. ! have one
on hand now that pulls 900 at eleven months,
aud three others 1 weighed to-day consisting
OF two males and one female, their aggregate
age Is seven months and aggregate weight
1900, and these are no better than quite a
number l sold lately.
THE practice of washing sheep before
shearng, says an eastern sheep-raiser, is
very disagreeable and is unnecessary Moth
ing is gained in the price of the wool in fact
the usual deduction made by wool buyers for
unwashed wool leaves an advantage with the
seller The practice is dangerous to the health
of both men and sheep, and may well be
abolished.
GUINEA fowls are the most active destroy
of the Colorado beetle, writer claiming
that one guinea hen will protect an acre of
potatoes. Whether or not they possess such
a surprising capacity of gizzard, they GER
tainly prey on the beetle as well as many
other insect pests. They lay more eggs than
other poultry, and their eggs are unequaled
for cake and other culinary purposes.
Cows that have access to water at all times
will drink often, but little at a time and re-
turn To their feeding. Cows deprived of a
sufficient supply OF water fail in milk and
flesh; aud when they allowed to fail, not
only in milk, but in condition also, it is inn
possible 10 bring them back to their proper
yield of milk and condition of flesh, at least