The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1880-03-24
AGRICULTURAL

and seems to afford them much
satisfaction.
A Mississippi farmer dashes colo
water into the ears Of choking cattle.
This causes the animal to shake It's
head violently, and the muscular &c
ton dislodges the obstruction.
A Louisiana journal says: sour
farmers tell US that thousands OF
blackbirds arc swarming in the fields
of cotton and destroying the cotton
worm IS they go. Very few worms
can be found "webbed up" and the
planter feels good. The destruction
by the birds this year is accounted
for by the effects Of the game law,
which are gust being felt"
Feeding troughs for poultry, prop
erly constructed, ought TO be gener
ally substituted for the wasteful
practice Of feeding from the ground.
The "reasons Why are obvious.
Where there is o scramble for the
food that 10 thrown heller SHELTER,
the weak are prevented by the strong
from getting their share until the
latter are satisfied and the food 10
trampled In the dirt. Is is no ad'
vantage to fowls to eat sand, dirt or
gravel mixed with their food. The
gravel and other digestible sabstan-
css necessary to the proper tritura'
ton Of their food In the gizzard, can
be given separately, and should be.
A simple trough can be made, de
Tended by Stats placed vertically or
on q convenient angle, with spaces
sufficient for the passage of The
head, thus preventing the trampling
and soiling Of the food, which will
not be wasted az in the case where
it 10 thrown carelessly on the
ground.
Cows IN MILK.--In many coun-
tries part or all OF the field work is
done by cows, and il these can not
be cared for, or If they are over
worked, the flow Of the milk is i'm
mediately more or less Diminished.
On the other side, the advantages of
q moderate exercise for the cows
ought not to be moderated. Cows
want exercise and fresh air as well
as other animals, and how often do
they get little or nothing Of either2
How can we expect cow to be
healthy if she is kept altogether in
the stables where she inhales con-
stantly bad air3 And how can she
bear healthy and fully developed
calves under such circumstances?
Moderate work for cows can not be
condemned in principle, provided
they are not overtired, and the slight
decrease Of milk, which is uLayoida-
BILE, is more than covered by the
work accomplished. Cows in milk
ought not to work longer than three
hours day. Agricultural Gazette.
WRIMs OF FASHION IN BREEDING.
The whims of fashion in regard to
the color of Short.horn and Jersey
cattle, and the fashionable markings
OF swine and poultry, are most seri-
onsly detrimental to the improve
ment that intelligent and public
spirited men are laboring to bring
about in our farm stock. Where is
this craze about color to stop2--
What proportion of pure Short-horus
are red2 Probably not one in FIVE;
aud q herd made up Of animals red
ali red--ia color, will be constant.
ly throwing produce Of mixed and,
occasionally, of white colors. 1t is,
therefore, manifest that, il we are to
discard all colors but the red, the
marvellous improvement that is be.
ing made by the use Of this blood
on our stock in all parts of the coun
try must be arrested. And the
same will be true In regard to the
improvement in dairy stock for spe
cial purposes, in which the blood o.
the Channel Islands cattle is resort
ed to, II, as fashion now insists, al
animals, regardless Of profitable ex
cellence, are to be rejected that are
not Of "solid colors." - Correspond
ence National Live Stock Journal
CURE FOR MILK FEvER.--Docto
Robert Jennings, of Detroit, gives .
few simple suggestions about mill
fever In cows. II 10 well known tha
this disease usually attacks the bes
cows, and is too often fatal, on &C
count of improper treatment. "Dt
not, under any circumstances, purg'
or bleed your animals. If you would
have them live. We advise the fol