Sharp County record., 1879-02-06

the nasal passages DeOoliiO iAn',i0u
Then occurs the frequent moon bind
ness; opthalmia, weeping OF the eyes,
followed by Inflammation, white ,specks,
clouded cOrnea, and finally loss OF
sight: then follow coughs, bronchitis,
pneumonia, heaves, catarrh, nasal
gleet; and by-and-by, when the
blood has become poisoned by the abb
sorption of diseased matter from in
famed and suppurated membranes,
farcy and glanders-dreadful and fatal
to man aud beast, tOo-result. And
while we think of saving the harness
and removing it to purer place, the
beast, which is worth dozen sets OF 1t,
is left to rot from these pungent gasses
without any help. Clean the stables
and the harness may hang in them
safely; and be sure, if the stable is not
fit place for the harness, it is no place
for the horse. A barrel of plaster can
be procured for about one dollar. 1t is
worth that as fertilizer. 1t is worth
ten dollars as absorbent OF ammonia,
and hundred as a health preserver to
the horses; not counting the saving to
the harness. Sprinkle it everywhere
and be liberal with it.-Rarat New
Yorker.
PLowING IN CLovER.-Speaking of
the farm of Hon. George Geddes, Fair
Mount, N. Y, the Country Gentleman
says: 1.-The 20-acre field which was
cultivated for 70 years without barn
manure, and which continued to yield
heavy crops during all this period, was
treated with an application OF yard ma-
nure few years since, not from any
necessity for it, but because there hap
pened to be surplus near at hand. Mr..
Geddes thinks it caused some increase
in the luxuriance of the crops, but he
still prefers, as matter OF economy,
the practice of plowing in clover. A
mass of stems and leaves copious
enough to fill the furrow he finds more
valuable than any common coat OF yard
manure, while the roots are not onl y a
valuable part of the crop, but they serve
as an efficient loosener of the SOIL All
the manure made on the farm is, how
ever, carefully saved and applied as a
useful auxiliary in maintaining the fer
tility of the land"
APPLES IN SAND.-A writer in the
London Garden says that he finds fruit
to keep best in perfectly dry sand. He
keeps fruit this way all the year round.
He has had French crabs two years old.
The Catelac pear has remained sound
for II months. The fruit must be sound
when stored, and the sand must be quite
dry. The chief advantages of packing
in sand are, the exclusion of air cur
rents, the preservation from changes of
temperature, and the absorption of
moisture which favors decay. Much
will depend on the apartment in which
the experiment is tried, a dry or cool
one being best. This is not a new dis
covery. The Pennsylvania Dutch
farmers have long practiced this way Of
keeping apples.
SKIM-MILK FOR HORsEs.-A corres-
pondent of an exchange paper states
that he fed his horses skinned milk
and that he has known cases where it
was of great benefit and was an econo-
my. He says that pail of it three
times day will keep work horse in
better condition than will four quarts of
oats. Of course this sort of ration
would render less water necessary.
Three pals of ten quarts each would
give twenty quarts of water, as milk
has of solid matter 20 per cent. only
(one-fifth), and S0per cent four-tifths)
of water. So thirty quarts of milk
would give the twenty four quarts OF
water. .-Kentucky Lire Stock Record.
FEEDING Roofs TO SToCK.-The
feeding of roots to stock should not be
carried so far as to make them take the
place of grain, with animals that it is
desired to fatten, or even to keep in
good flesh. Variety is as beneficial in
the diet of stock as of stock-owners {;
and vegetables--especially if cooked
have place on the farm-yard bill of
fare that no wise stock-grower will for
get. But " a little more meal" is good
standing order to give to those who
have the feeding in charge.