The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-06-25
AGRICULTURE.

AGRICULTURE.
CURE FOR WOUNDS AND SoREs.-In
the treatment of wounds and sores II
animals diluted car boltc acid Is invalua-
BILE. in hot weather 1t often occurs
that wound cannot be cured because
of having become putrid and tlybl own
when gangrene sets in and the an imal
is lost. Carbollc acid can be admin
istered with an almost certainty of af-
footing cure. 1t keeps wound in a
heal 1t. When putridity has com.
lnenced this acid will at Once destroy
the germs Of decomposition and purify
the wound. 1t has also been applied
with equal effect in cases of scab and
footrot in sheep for minute or so In
water containing One-hftleth part OF
carbolio acid. This Is done after the
sheep is shorn. 1t Is not necessary for
this purpose to procure the pure acid,
as a cheaper preparation answers
equally as we'll. The foot rot is
treated with a mixture of the acid
with some greasy substance and coal
tar, capable OF forming plaster Of
such consistency as will adhere to the
animals foot for two or three days,
and thus prevent the air from striking
In and destroying the effect Of the ap-
pllcatlon. Where there are many of a
flock so affected moro expeditions
method Is to separate such from the
rest of the flock, place the fluid mix
ture in the bottom of a trough and
cause the disabled ones to pass through
it slowly. This may bo a good deal Of
trouble, but one who has a care for
his flock, and knows the value of
such care will hardly begrudge the
labor.
BUTTER MAKlNG.-Keep only those
COWS that yield butter Of good color,
flavor and texture. There are some
butter. Feed only good food, the best
for butter being early cut timothy and
clover hay, and corn meal, and give
only pure water. Observe the most
scrupulous cleanliness in the stable
and dairy. Keep the COWS in good
health and contented. Use churn
that brings the butter in thirty min
utes. Keep the temperature of the
milk and cream as near sixty degrees
as possible, and churn the cream when
only slightly sour. Work tho butter
milk out of the butter with the ladle,
and not with tho hands. If water Is
used 1t should be pure and cold. The
butter should be cut or gashcd in
working, not "plastercd' or tlattened
out. One ounce of pure dairy sal:
should be used for each pound of but
ter at two wOl kings, with an interval
OF twelve hours between the working,
Tor immediate use many prefer SALT
Pack Mt once IN sweet, clean oak
hrkin or pail, and cover with u layer
OF salt until the next packing is laid
down. When the iirkin is filled It.
should be headed up alright and set
IN cool, dry, sweet cellar. The rest
will be learnt by experience.
MULES ON THE FARM.--Some way or
other, mules for work on the farm arc
not appreciated by the agricultural
community. Why it is so no one can
tell. 1t does not cost but little over
half as much to feed grain to mules,
as 1t does horses, as they require SO
much less and remain In good order,
and as lar rs work Is concerned span
of mules will do as much and pro-
pably more work than a epan of horses
can. They are rs gentle and as easily
ha1dled as horses. 1t is true they are
not Ss handsome, and few years ago
they Nwerc not as gentle, but the
American mule is great improve
mcnt in every particular OIL his Span
ish brother. They are found to be so
profitable by the farmers in the South
that it Is seldom Il span of horses can
be found on a farm, but all the teams
are composed Of mules. There should
be more Of them in the North.
A LADY who has raised largo num-
Der Of hens says that after valnly try
Ing the recon- mcnded remedies for lice,
she has hit upon the plan Of giving
them once or twice a week Il
large loaf made Of Graham flour, in
which handful Of sulphur has been
mixed. The hens like it, aud are
feed from lice and kept health y
through tho season.
MAKING people happy Is neither a
small nor an unimportant business.
AS regard good nature as one of
tho richest fruits of true Christianity
so l regard the making of people
round about us happy, as one of the
best manifestations of the Christian
disposition which we are commando d
to wear as garment.
GooD sweet milk contains one.
fourth more of sugar than Of butter
this sugar turns to acid, and If this
acid Is too much developed before
churning tho COY eted aroma of good
butter is lost.
CARROTS keep up tho condition OF q
horse, improve his digestion and give
fine, glossy coat. AS food for this
animal they arc far superior to any
roots grown.
IHE farmer who is just little he
, hind In his work is almost always "nc'el
to do we'll" and always ready to show
} that farming does not pay.
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Dr.. Sangteldt has tried a number OF
substances for destroying microscopic
life IN drinking water, the most strik-
Ing results being obtained from citrit
acid. When one part Of the acid was
added to two thousand parts of water
life ceased in from onc-half to two
minutes. Microscopic examinations
showed that those forms Of animalcula.