The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1880-09-15
FAEM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.



This disease is contagious and may
spread through the entire flock, unless
prompt preventive measures are taken
In it the whole hoof becomes inaamed,
blisters form on the heels and between
he toes, which break and in few days
form ulcers which excrete fetid matter.
The forefeet are usually affected, and the
sheep goes about feeding painfully on its
knees. The hooi is lost in course of
time and a sore stump alone is lett. 1t
is usually the result of feeding on wet
pastures. 1t should be treated on the
first appearance of lameness, T after
ward the whole condition of the animal
is demoralized. All raw, loose or
diseased horn should be cut away, and
il any pus or matter is found under
the horn it should be removed. The
feet should then be washed with car
bolic soap and water twice a week, and
after each washing a piece of soft tow
or lint stepped in the following mixture
should be bound on the foot and between
the toes: Oxide of copper, four ounces ;
arsenic, half an ounce; acetic acid,
three ounces; honey, eight ounces
Rural NeU Yorker.
Poultry Notes.
The comb is true index of the health
of the fowl.
In cold weather feed more in proper
tion of the at-producing grain.
Don't attempt too much master
one variety before you begin with an
other.
Roup is an Inflammation of the mu'
cous membranes lining the nostrils and
adjoining parts.
Fresh bones from the butcher shor
pounded fine are superior to the com
mercial bone meal for fowls,
Plan your lighthouses SO that they
shall be warm in winter, cool in summer
and sunny and airy at all times.
Fowls during melting require NOR,
WdIu anu ulOlS BShSAOuo uASN NNAAhii
this time of drain upon the system,
At five or six months old the cockerel
should be separated from the pullets
and rear each sex by themselves.
A very good plan, if one has not car
: bolic acid on hand, is to mix with th
whitewash q cupful of kerosene befor
3 using it in the fowl-house.
,, Selling pure-bred chickens in the ia
is becoming popular among fanciers
This gives a semi-annual boom to tn
poultry business.
Ducks and geese can be raised will
out an abundance Of water. Give thel
enough of pure water to drink, and a.
low them an occasional bath.
The chicken houses must be kel
:, clear as circumstances will permit. I'll
!, diseases of the poultry yard are nj
confined to no particular season or CT
mate.
q Those who raise ducks near rivers {
. streams should remember that mus
# rats, minks and turtles, and also hou
, rats have q nartia,llss-- 80 Ill
,, '1rlng the sons OF Alphonso direct b.
l. ~'rape, with the title o.. Prineca
l TO retain the color of any vegetab
ie plunge it into cold water after boi
d ing.
: A weak solution of sulphate of ire
i sprinkled on the Soil OF plants will {
IL fectually destroy insects.
j. Moth patches can be removed
r. washing daily with a mixture compos
A of cup otwater and teaspoontul
~ -four of sulphur.
Or Iron or steel immersed in solution
carbonate of potash or soda for ft
minutes will not rust for years, n
even when exposed to u damp atm
sphere.
= Miss Corson says: Potatoes at a
time of the year can be made mealy
10 boiled in salt water and drained a,
~ then covered with thick towel q,
81 lett in the back of the range five mi
- utes.