The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-10-05
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Thu dust-heap is absolutely necessary for
fowls. 1t ~cleanses their feathers and skin
from vermin and impurities, promotes the Gu
ticular or skin secretlons, and is materially
instrumental in preserving their health.
One-half an ounce of salt to the pound of
butter is the rule for sailing by the makers of
the celebrated sstrade mark" lump butter,
which sells for a fancy price in the Boston
market.
the lank bodies and sorrowful faces Of the
western farmers come from too much work,
too little sleep and too little of good food.
Always start a horse with the voice, never
with the cut of a whip. In starting, turn a
little to one side; in stopping, when going up
a bill, do the same.
The following is given as a cure for roup in
fowls: Five drops of spirits of camphor Gas
/ sold at the chemistry upon a small pellet of
I bread. Put it down the throat twice a day.
It is generally supposed that the roots of
grass do not penetrate very deep, but these
roots have been traced as far down into the
/ soil as -four feet. Persons blowing for seed
Ing think that just loosening the surface is
sufficient, but if deep blowing is necessary for
any kind of crops, it is for grass.
Complaints come from portions of Della
ware concerning the "Texas tick" a parasite
which not only burrows into the hide of cat
tie, but penetrates the flesh to such an extent
that death soon ensues.
The United States has now ten times more
acres of wheat than the United Kingdom; it
! has twice as many horses as both England
and france, one-third more cattle, and four
times more hogs than both.
! More persons have gone into the cattle
| herding and 'ranching business, according to
! the Pittsburg Stockman, in the far west since
! January LIST, than in any similar period in the
history of the trade. The success of pioneer
herders has set men wild on the subject. In
a word, there is danger of the business being
overdone.
Speaking of kicking cows, the Country
l Gentleman says: If a cow has kind treatment
from the time she is a calf up to maturity,
/ she will hardly ever be inclined to show any
temper, and If she does happen to kick, il
NAV be taken for granted that she has a very
rood reason for so doing. On no condition
] whatever should she be kicked or pounded
J but the cause should be found and measures
\ taken to remedy 1t.
The use of implements..of husbandry of i'm.
perfect construction. or in bad condition, it il
4 Confidently believed, is a greater annual tax
/ TO The farmers than all the assessments i'm
posed by law. The hindrance to labor, los
IN time, the greater hardship of its accom-
pIishment and its less e~ffectual operation b.
the toggled chain, the racked cart, the dull
plow point, the toothless harrow, the broker
! hoe. the spade, the rake, the fork, if kept il
accurate account by each individual, woul
present an aggregate of loss reproachful t
many and criminal in the most careless.
An exchange gives the following instruc
lions about seed corn "Always select even
rowed ears and ears whose row are straigf
and regular on the cob. Ears that taper al
the best, because better protected by th
husks, and then. to, the silk-the female pa
II the plant--remains alive longer. The rel
son for selecting the top ear for seed Is that
fnr4t and more vigorous In its termination
iEs5inr been better fertilized when In u