The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-10-06

hoofs. In very Dad cases there Will De
a large core to come out ; remove it care
fully with the thumb and finger, cleanse
the cavity as above, with soap and water,
and then fill it with warm tar. Keep the
parts thoroughly covered with tar, even
IT 1t Is necessary to use a bandage. Keep
the animal in a clean, dry pasture. It
is no more liable to affect the whole sys-
EN- than any other ulcer. when once
cured there is no danger of its appearing
again unless from the same cause.
THERE are a great many people in the
world, it is true, but this little planet is
very far from overcrowded for all that,
n there is yet plenty of room for hui
man1ty to spread itself. In this country
alone, exclusive of Alaska, where we
have great and valuable possessions, we
have 10, 668, 900 acres of available land
not yet surveyed but open to settlement,
and 734, 951, 600 acres surveyed but not
yet taken up. And yet, Great Britain
has more virgin land than we have. In
the Australian colonies she has 2,000,-
900. 900 acres of land never vet touched
in Cape Colony 80, 900, 600 acres all
ready for settlement but with no set
tiers in Natal. Ceylon and the West
Indies IA, 500, 900 acres, and in Canada
probably something like 1900, DOC, 600
acres OF ~unoccupied and very fertile
lands. All this vast territory of unused
land is enough to give a farm OF 16O
acres to 81, 1926, 900 families of five per-
sons each. or to 156. $4,000 persons.
In A timely article encouraging sheep
~husbandry the Farmers ReUieW says:
"The increase of the worlds wool crop
during the last decade is immense, and
yet it has not exceeded the requirements
OF the race. The great variety of fabrics
made from wool, and the overwhelming
demand for them, leave very little room
to fear that wool growing will soon|be
overdone. The English nation consumes
vast quantities of mutton annually, the
amount eaten, if my recollection is not
at fault, as shown by statistics, being
| greater than that of beef consumed. Be
that as it may, mutton is held to be the
healtLiest of all meats, and the British
people have long cultivated sheep hus-
bandry for the production of choice
mutton. Then, again, our w people
are consuming more mutton now than
they have ever used before, and as its
healthfulness, as compared with pork,
becomes more generally known, home
consumption of mutton will enlarge.
1HE milking qualities OF COWS are the
arts of man. The cow in its natural
state gives as much milk al will keep n
calf about two months, then for four
months as much as will partially sustain
it after that it takes care of itself. On
the other hand, the COW which art has
produced gives as much milk for four
months in the year as will support four
or five calves. and for five months more
as much as would support three, two,
and one. Thus we find that almost every
breed has its milking strains. The Dur
ham has its milking qualities just in
proportion as man has induced them.
The Hereford is also q noted beef
producing breed; but these are strains
which are deep mixers. But man has
not succeeded so well in converting butter
and milk producers into heavy beef
animals. The Ayrshire, the Jerseys, the
Guernseys, are not easily converted into
beef animals ; yet it may be said that
man changes the characteristics OF anil
mails almost at will.
THERE is always something new crop
ping up In the butter and cheese trade,
one of the latest innovations being tn.
introduction of Russian butter into
the English market. One of our we'll
known exporters, while staying in Lon
don recently, says the Produce Es-
change Bulletin, was surprised to find
Russian butter offered for sale in good
sized quantities In several wholesale pro-
vision stores in that metropolis. The
oartv referred to was at first inclined to
be somewhat sceptical about this butter
being the prodnct of the Russ, but he
was soon convinced of the fact in more
than one quarter. It was handsomely
resembled Canadian. It is stated that
butter and cheese factories have been
started in quite% number of the Russian
districts, and that the production of
dairy produce upon scientific principles
is likely to become a staple industry Of
that vast Empire. The American dairy
man should not be outdone in, quality of
product by the farmer of any other
nation.