The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-09-04
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

The most important point we wish
to impress upon the cattle raiser Is,
that he cannot afford, under any cir.
cumstances, to neglect his calves. One
dollars worth of food given to calf
under six months old, which has never
been neglected, will produce more
growth than two dollars worth after
that age on calves that have been fed
poorly when young.-Ios0a State Reg
tster.
This is the proper season of the
year to attend to layering all plants,
which may be propagated by this
method. Grape-vines may be laid in a
trench dug three inches deep, and then
covered with soil; and next spring a
nice lot of roots will have formed, and
the connection between the main plant
and the layer may be severed. Hard
wooded plants, such as roses, altheas,
ounces, etc., should have slit cut in
the under side, into which a piece of
glass may be inserted to keep the slit
apart, and then be covered to a like
depth with soil. Hard-wooded plants
root very readily in wet seasons, but
not SO we'll if it happens to be dry. -
Cor. Chicago Tribune.
To prevent hens from sitting tie q
wisp of straw, about half the size of a
wine-bottle, upon the would-be- brood
er's back. Directly the hen feels this
incumbranoe, she gets off the nest and
runs wildly about the fields, striving in
every way to free herself from it. After
two or three days useless struggle she
resigns herself to her fate, and appar-
emily makes up her mind to submit to
the Inevitable. The wisp of straw may
then be removed, and it will be found
that recent exertions have 30 changed
the current of her thoughts that she
henceforth gives up all idea of sitting.
and seeks consolation for her wounded
feelings in diligently laying eggs
Herr VolschasO.
1t is only by repeated blowing and
persistent hoeing that burrs can be
killed. Where they infest ground on
which small grain has been growing,
pillow it at once. This will cause a
great number of the burrs to sprout.
In few days. after they are all well up,
harrow thoroughly. This will cause
others to grow, and kill many of those
sprouted. When the second crop is
well up, pillow the ground again, going
q little deeper. Remember that every
burr has two lobes, and, until both
have sprouted, the seed is not de-
stroyed. The same burr rarely sends
forth two sprouts at the same time, and
this double lobe is doubtless wise pro-
vision whereby the species may be per-
petuated-though why 1t should be,
we cannot find out.-E1change.
Cattle grazing at the outskirts of
woods. among brushes and shrubbery,
and near old hedges, are liable to be
troubled with ticks. Brushing the
cattle over, once q week, with q mix
ture of one part of kerosene and two
parts of lard oil, will protect them
from the attacks of these vermin.
When ticks are found on cattle in con-
siderable numbers, they should not be
removed by force, because, in that
case, the head of the tick will remain
imbedded in the hide of the animal,
and, when in large numbers, will be
apt to cause considerable irritation
and Inflammation of the skin. BY ap-
plying a light coating of lard oil, or a
little benzine, by means of a brush, to
the body of the ticks, they generally
withdraw their heads, and let 20 their
hold on the hide.-National LiVe Stock
journal.