Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-01-20


LICE ON STocK.-A number OF letters
ask for remedies for lousy stock. Yer
min Of some kind very frequently infest
domestic animals; they are mostly OF the
louise type--sman parasitic animals that
must he removed y the application OF
some lnsecticide. A number OF substan-
ces have been used to greater or less ex-
tent, of which few are mentioned be-
low: One pound Of tobacco and six
ounces of horax boiled Iii two quarts OF
water ~ which soft soap is added to
make thick paste, las proved vernin
salye. A mixture of carbolic acid and
soft soap IN the proportion OF one to four
makes a compound easy TO apply and
very effectual. Shortly after the parts
to which the soap mixture has beei, ap-
piled should be washed with pure water
aud non-drying oil rubbed on. Oil Of
turpentine, and lara oil, equal parts, with
a little carbolic acid, is perhaps the most
convenient mixture to make, and effect
ual in its application. Animals that are
affected with yermin need better care and
higher feeding In order 70 overcome the
drain that these parasites make upon the
system. - srcha'tge
LIFTING AND GRINDING FODDER. -
While some go SO lar as to cianm that
1t pays to grad straw to tine powder,
others affirm that for beef cattle 1t does
not pay even to cut any fodder Cattle
are fully provided by nature with means
for masticating their ordinary food, and
we need not be surprised to find that both
ordinary experience and careful expert
ments agree IN showing that little If any
thing Is gained my cutting. In fact it
appears from some experiments that
| positive damage Is done, as the fodder is
not 50 thoroughly chewed and impreg-
ha0eo WIN SALIVA, portion even passing
NJ once into the second stomach. nut
ung aiohe can 90 put iittie good, even
with Ola hard- staiked fodder, without
me soitensnS produced by cooking, for
IL cannot open the fodder TO digestive
action, nor save much labor OF mastica-
tion. ny lar the greater part OF tins is
sAp t o. on chewing the cud' ana u Is
pes. ma. the animal snouid perform TINS
entirely na'''iai operation Ior itseH.
PRoFiTAlAE FARMINd.--Among the
influences contributing largely to render
farming profitable IN the Middle and
Western States, besides that of cheap
transit by railroad, perhaps the most inn
| portant are the rapid multiplication of
| grist mills, grain elevators, butter fac
tories, cheese factories, canning factories,
cider mills and similar industrial works.
vi THESE the gram elevator may be said
10 nave originated In the West. And
though these establishments are often
spoken OF as centralizing in the great
cities. they really exist at every import
ant village or town along the lines of the
railways In the gram growing States. AT
these elevators the farmers from the
whole surrounding country obtain good
cash prices for their grain, and this is
the influence that renders the ascendency
of the grain interest in the West per-
manent The operation of grist mills,
cider mills, butter factories, cheese fac
tories and canning factories is very SINH
| lar in rendering profitable dairy farming.
the production Of fresh vegetables and
fruits. orchard farming. etc. The in
1 fluence OF this is seen in the magnitude
of the dairy interest in consequence of
the large number of butter and cheese
factories in successful operation in the
| States. The canning interest fiourishes
| Mt the present time over wide extent Of
country in the New England. Middle and
| Western States These are the agencies
that chiefly contribute to increase the
agricultural wealth of the North and
West.
SECRET OF LARGE CRops IN ENGLAND.
One of the strong points in English
| farming was emphasized as follows bv
| Professor Roberts, of Cornell Uniye s1ty:
Herein he saws. II am satisfied.
| lies the secret of England's success in
raising larger crops. 1t would take
away the breath of prairie farmer to
hear even an Englishman's enumeration
of the sspuddinps,' the serubbincs' the
b um,.gs ~. ~ n1,iomins; sne Ilpos-