The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-11-11

caqerness 10 sell. Assert with care,
so that each hand in given lot will
grade with another. 1t will pay you
10 do so.
Lioe stock-Live stock is reported
to be in fine condition throughout the
State, and remarkably exempt from
diseases. This state Of general thrift
ness and healtlfulness is ofcourse at
tributable, in a large neasiire,s tothe
open, mild fall, and good pastarage.
Hogs arc reported scarce and below
an average in some counties, but as
being up 10 and above infothers.
While we think the number for pack
ing will fall somewhat short of that
of last year, whereas, If the season
keeps open and warm, they will go
into market in superior condition,
and with heavier weights. II Is hard
to conceive of better season for fa'-
tening than this. AS everything Ia
of interest relating 10 hog diseases,
and as a discovery of remedy Tor
any given disease is of great value,
we incorporate the letter Of DR.. Nc
Kay, Of Shepherdsyille, as o part OF
our report:
!. SnEpiiERDsvILLE KY, Oct. lS, ~.
| Commissioner agriculture, Ffdn6-
| fort, Ky: tay |
| DEAR SlR-The subject of "hog
diseases" being one of such vast inn
bortance TO the farmers Of Kentucky,
and through them to the prosperity
Of the State. l deem it my dntyto
add large mite in the direction OF
an investigation.
The hogs ia this town and vicinity
have, as elsewhere, been dying by
; what ia termed cholera" | no.
, ticed that there were no choleraic
I symptoms 10 any that | saw sick, but
: that they dropped about for from a
Q week 10 a month, dying as l believed
from inanition. also saw several
e sick hogs trying to eat, but seemed to
1 be physically unable to bite the corn corn
9 from the car, or even masticate u
: when sheled for them. Iexamined
i. the mouth of young hog about si'
Is months old, belonging to my father
o DR.. s. A. Mckay, and found spuri
ous teeth, situated between the from
!. and grinders. They grew in ever!
:. conceivable direction, infringing
. upon the tonge and cheek OF the no
-, In it's masticatory efforts. The no
- was nearly dead starved to deati
:, | extracted them ani in twelve hour
!, the hog could eat. This was la'
- Monday week, and the cure is con
~ plete in fact, was perfected when u
!. dental operation was periorme
I, Yesterday morning | extracted
~ - teeth srom 4 hogs. s from each, All
y, this morning, "a hours subsequen
:, they are all eatingn and in a week
~ expect them 10 be fat enoughto XII
~. as shoats. The last four mentione
- were dropping about, would not, ii
~ deed could not, eat corn, and vei
, little slop. ziI lgnyH u b,f..
il Believing that my discovery-7Q
al SO must needs call il, .havIpg ney
-, heard or read of anything relative
,,s iO-is worthy of notice and. dissen
II nation throughout the State, enclo
~ you specimens l extracted, and
81 you think as | do, you can give I'll
IN to the public. The dark or discolo
-, ed portion of the teeth is the pa
-, seen above the gum.I.i M a.G
~ Respectfully. c. w. MCKAY, M.
Nd Sheep-Sheep husbandry in he
md lucky is growing perhaps more ra
oc, idly than any other live stock init
mi, est. This is first, because of I
r,v quick, certain, aud uniform prof
one second because of the perfect adap
late ton of our climate and grasses to
oht production of sheep in their M
ION. perfect form; and third, and chic
WAS because sheep husbandry is us co
ucb pletely within the roach of men
low moderate means as of the rich. !
oor only drawback to sheep HUSBAND
be;r rising to an immense magnitude
hoc. Kentucky in very few years-is
and want Of protection against the del
we'd dations of the worthless and usol
arms ours that infest the Stale. From
d or Eastern TO the Western border Of
lem State there is scarce foot on WI
* of sheep cannot be raised to profit.
rom hope those interested will sugges
reful our Solons, who are shortly loass
cor BILE, the necessity Of affording SC
Mon effective protection to this grow
les is interest. t#4 1tss
crop FrmtAThe apple cropiis an u
ipen- sually short one. z A large part OF
ality orchards throughout the State "a
been TO bear at all. In favored local
sked. some, however, have borne full CT
erior but the unusually warm fall
csent forced the winter varieties to su
}, the degree of ripeness that they have
svillc len off. and shown q dispositic
osely rot even the favorile geni!ing !
exempt, and many of them are
o be tening on the trees.
ordi- Gardens AS was foreseen car
re is the season, the Irish potato was b'
ebald to be short one. In raro loca
these this is exceptional. There wa
,rized unusually large crop planted wi
on in view 10 expectation, but there CO
of the have been more raised than wi
to the homo demands. The sweet p
to be crop, on the contrary has been
h out sually fine. This would compe
Cor thu ehO