The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-10-23

smooth lawnlue' hn,ng, similar TO rlose
of the military saddles, is preferable.
Then, if the saddle is properly fitted to
tba horses back. there will he no gala
unless tile norSe Is Very LA nA, ueeS..
Calls should be washed with soar. ana
vat r, and then with solution of three
grains OF copperas or blue vitriol to one
tablespoonful of water, which will
harden the surface and help to restore
the growth OF the skin. White hairs
growing upon CALLED spots cannot b"
prevented. d.-NeJrGSka Farmer.
FEW of us are sufficiently aware OF
the true value of our insectivorous
birds. From early spring until late all
tumn these restless visitors haunt the
fields and gardensin quest of food, pry-
ing into every nook and crevice where
the destroyefs of our crops lie con-
cealed, O countless host of which falls 8
nrav to their bnsv search during Gpa
seasons y. planting anu narSesU. every
bird that frequents farm--if we ex-
cept the hen-hawk and crow-comes to
offer us an unpaid service whose i'm
portance we can hardly overestimate. Let
anyone who doubts this watch phoebe
bird or a sparrow for half an lour, and
see how, with scarcely moments inter
mission, our little insect-hunter pursues
his eager task; and then let him reflect
upon the necessity, the duty, of afford
ing the birds every possible protection.
Exchange.
FEED FOR CHIcKs.-Fill bin with
corn meal, oat meal and niddhngs,
each fifty pounds, and bran ten pounds; /;
add and thoroughly incorporate with
the lot three ounces bone meal and one
ounce best Cayenne pepper. Puta pan
of thick milk on the stove till the whey
is formed and it is scalding hot; add
meal to make stiff batter, salt q little,
ard bake in slow oven four hours. 1t
in setting nests you find clear eggs, add
I two or three of them to the mixture be-
fore baking. If you can afford it, add
eggs any way. This cake, wet with
either milk or water, or crllmbled dry,
is the most economical feed that can be
given-economical not for price, but
because it gives the birds growth ma
terial in perfection and in a shape that
permits waste from neither loss nor
fermentation. Enough can be made at
once to last week. If sour milk is not
obtainable, make soup of few scraps
of meat boiled to rags; add potato par
ings. then add meal and bake as before.
-Hester7l Ratral.y ,-; H2 2FTE&T
FERTILITY OF DAIRY FARMS Much
nonsense is circulated in regard to the
rapid loss of fertility of dairy farms, by
reason of the carrying away OF the
phosphates in the milk. Now 1000
pounds of milk contain about three to
four pounds of phosphates, of which
nearly the whole is phosphate of lime.
Of this less than half is phosphoric
acid. Five thousand pounds of milk,
therefore, contain but seven and one
half pounds of phosphorie acid, which
may be taken as the yearly consump-
ton, in this way, of each COW. As
wheat bran contains 2.9 per centum Of
phosphoric acid, it needs only that
about $50 pounds of bran be fed to each
cow, yearly, to replace the draught upon
the soil. There are few dairy COWS that
are fed less than this quantity of either
bran or some food equivalent to it, and
it is pretty certain that very little, if
any, phosphoric acid is really taken from
+ the soil OF dairy farms. On the con-
trary, to say nothing of the natural
supply in the soil, which slowly becomes
soluble, there is good reason TO believe
that every wel-kept dairy farm becomes
gradually richer in phosphates every
year. AgricultltrSSt.