Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-08-28
AGRICUL TURE.

| MARKETING NAI w tdJtNtI ilUlc
lot of cattle may take to go to market,
they should never be overdriven.
There is great difference of management
in this respect among drovers. Some
| like to proceed upon the road quietly,
slowly, but surely, and to reach the
| market in placid, cool state. Others,
again, drive smartly along for some dis
| tance, and then rest to cool awhile,
when the beasts will probably get chill
led and have staring coat when they
reach their destination; while others
like to enter the market with their beasts
In an excited state, imagining that they
then look gay; but distended noStrilS,
loose bowels, and reeking bodies are no
recommendations To purchaser. q Dod
| judges are shy of purchasing cattle in a
heated state, because they do not know
how long they may have been in it,
and TO cover any risk, will give at least
| Ave dollars a head below what they
would have offered for them in cool
| state. Some drovers have habit of beat
| ing the lot with stickwhile on the road.
| This Is censurable practice, as the
fiesh, where ii is thumped, will bear a
red mark after the animal has been
slaughtered-the mark receiving the
appropriate name of bloOd-burn, and
the flesh thus affected will not take on
salt, and is apt to putrefy, A touch
upon the shank, or any tendonous part,
when correction is necessary, is all
that is required; but the voice, In most
cases will answer as well. The flesh
of overdriven cattle, when slaughtered,
never becomes properly firm, and their
tallow has q soft, melted appearance.
A few large oxen in one lot look best
in market on position rather above
the eye of the spectator. When large
lot Is nearly alike in size and appear
ance, they look best and most level on
flat piece of ground. Very large fat
oxen never look better than on the same
level with the spectator. An OK, TO
look well should hold his head on line
with the body, with lively ears, clear
eye, dewy nose, well-licked hide, and
should stand firmly on the ground on
all his feet. These are all symptoms of
high health and good condition.
| Whenever an OK shifts his standing
from one foot to another, he is foot-sore,
and has been driven tar. Whenever
his head hangs down and his eyes water
he feels ill at ease inwardly. When
his coat stares, he has been Overheated
some time, and has got a subsequent
chill. All these latter symptoms will
be much aggravated in cattle that have
been fed in barn.
FEEDING DAIRY Cows.-A good but
ter COW ought not to eat less than from
six TO eight quarts of meal per day, but
not clear corn meal. Bran is not worth
much to make butter, but when mixed
with corn meal gives health and thrift.
The meal, fed alone, passes directly in
to the "third stomach" without remas-
tication. The water the COW drinks
may increase the quantity of milk, but
it will not produce butter. Meal fed
with hay, cut fine and wet down tOgeth-
er, gives good returns. Do your cows
drink ice water in the winter, and with
rainbow backs stand shivering in the
cruel blast of fierce nOrtheaster? They
will burn the dollar that might convert
failure into success, to keep themselves
warm. Do you feed without racks in a
muddy barnyard? Then the dollar that
might make you successful, is daily
trampled into the mud. Do you feed
your cows nothing but hay and straw
in winter, and keep them on a short
pasture in SUNNI er? Then you neglect
to put dollar into the expense scale.
How TO TELL HORSES AGE.-On the
lower jaw, a colt sheds the two middle
teeth within six months after the second
year, and within six months after reach
ing the age of three years sheds one
tooth on each side of these two new mid
die teeth, and at four years will have a
full set of new teeth on front lower
Jaw. At five years there will be shells
on the corner teeth at six the TWO mid
die teeth will be smooth, and at eight
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smooth. On the upper jaw, at nine
years of age, the two middle teeth Will
be smooth at ten, one tooth on either
side of them will be smooth; at eleven ,
all 5mooth, above and below. At twelve,
the corner teeth project; at thirteen,
one tooth next them, and at fourteen
all project, above and below. Beyond
that all is guesswork.
SLACK one peck of lime, and while
hot and at the thickness of cream add a
pint of linseed oil and quarter pound
of dissolved glue. Let it stand. half
day before using. This, for interior
walls, is tar superior to simple lime and
water. 1t is also tirst-rate for outdoor
work, though expensive. For build
ings, fences, etc., slake clean, white,
fresh lime under water; then add a
pound OF sulphate Oh zine ana pound
of salt to every peck of lime.
A few rubbing-posts set up in the
pasture will save injury TO the fences.
Cattle will use the e conveniences very
often, if provided for them, and it is
worth all the trouble TO witness the en-
joyment of the animals in the use of
them.
Relics of "Stuart COrtez"
Among the Mexican relics collected by
a Russian gentleman are two pieces of
light armor breastplate and helmet,
found on that memorable battlefield on the
shores of Lake Tezcuco, where, on August
II, 1921, the power of the Aztecs under
GuatemoZin was finally crushed by Cortez
The breastplate is made in two layers, and
chased with good deal of care. On a