The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1879-05-22
AGRICULTURAL.
SELECTED FROM THE PRAIRIE FARMER.

| SELECTED FROM THE PRAIRIE FARMER.
The latest case of precocity in breed
ing we find in the Mirror and Farmer.
It has an account of Jersey heifer
which dropped a calf. apparently of
about Z months development, when she
was 8 months and days old. The
weight of the calf was % pounds. The
weight of the caIf's mother was not stat
| ed.
A young woman recently died in Lon
don of CHAMBERS, contracted by living
above stable in which horses suffering
from this disease were kept. Her sister
had previously died of the same malady,
ard an investigation shows that the flesh
of the dead horses vas disposed of for
cats and dogs meat and for other pur-
poses unknown.
1t is reported that the Maryland peach
crop promises to be very large this year.
| The present estimate is for $1,000, 900
baskets. The estimated luxuriance of
the coming crop is attributed by the best
judges in peach culture to the close win
ter and backward spring. The early
fruit, the Hale's Early and Troths, are
now in full bloom, and every twig and
branch that is capable of being occupied
by bud is filed to its utmost capacity,
and, upon examination, the buds are
found to be i'll thriving condition.
ROCKS Co., KAN, May l.
Bow would Hungarian do for q crop
on sod2 at what time should it be
sown? How much per acre; the quaint
ty of seed, and the time for cutting?
A.-Hungarian grass answers excel
lently on prairie sod, in two directions.
1t gives fair crop of good grass, and
assists greatly in subduing the sod. 1t
may be sown at any time after compliant
ing, and previous to the middle of June.
Sow from one-half bushel to three pecks
per acre-the latter quantity preferable
ON filth narrowed as fine as may be
without tearing up the sod. Harrow be-
fore and after sowing, and roll if possible.
! Cut Immediately after the grass is out of
bloom; the sooner the better.
CHEBANsE, ILL, May 3.
I have some apple trees almost cover
ed with the bark-louse even to the ends
of the branches. They have been on
several years. Can you tell me how to
get rid of them. E. H.
A.-Scrape such of the scales as may
be possible from the trees. At the time
the young are Matched out, about June
in your locality, varying with the season,
the mites travel forward on the limbs
and fasten themselves for the year. Al
this time they may be easily killed By
washing with chrysalic, or whale oil SOAP
, suds, or indeed with a good strong suds
made of soft soap. After being fixed tc
the twigs they are soon enveloped with
their peculiar oyster shell like scale and
then arc difficult to destroy.
SURFEIT, S. c., Virdin, Macoupin Co.
Ill.-Q. What is the matter and what
! will cure young mare that breaks out
| in knots all over, from the size of nick.
el to half dollar, but whe1 exercised
until she sweats, the knots will disap
pear, and when cool, will come back
again at certain times2 The knots are
hard like bee stings.
A.-This condition is not unfrequently
, met with during the spring and fall and
is often supposed to be due to pletho-
ric state of body, though it is perhaps
moro frequently consequence of expos
ure to the changes of weather, as well as
to sudden changes Of food, such as from
! dry to green food and vice versa. These
knots or nodules sometimes disappear
, quite slowly, and, if left unattended to,
may inconvenience the animal consider
ably. Regular exercise and grooming
should be attended to, using straw wisps
or soft brush, and avoiding the curry
comb. By the use of remedies to act on
the kidneys, as well as on the skin, more
good is often done than by resortion to
purgatives. An ounce of nitre may be
given in bran mash twice week until
recovery; or the following dose may be
, mixed among slightly dampened oats,
once every other day: Take of powder
, ed saltpeter and flower of sulphur, of
each three drachms; sulphuret OF antimo-
ny, two drachms; and hnseed meal, two
ounces; NIX. The animal may be turn
ed out on grass during day time, and
taken in during nights, and ration of
oats given in the evening