The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-12-01
FARM NOTES.

to be more and more on his stock.
"NEvER milk while the COW is eat
ing" is the advice of O bucolic contem-
porary. Judging from the character of
some milk it would be more to the point
never to milk while the COW is drinking.
In BUYING fruit trees, always purchase
of a nurseryman who has q permanent
residence, and as near you as possible,
so that if the trees fail in kind, his repu-
tation will suffer, and you will have a
better chance to kick him.
THERE is no animal on the farm that
will pay SO we'll to pet as the COW. un
less it be her heifer calf. She should
be the queen of the yard, and of the
farm, too. Every member of the family
should have a loving pet and a gentle
word for her. Shoot every dog that
makes her run a step, and discharge q
liked to have said brain) the hired
man that ever kicks or scolds her
Coffin.
The dairymen of the Northwest have
formed a protective association to fight a
reissued cheese patent. We know moth
ing of the merits of the case, but the
bare fact of its being a reissued patent,
as we understand it to be, is suggestive
of ~rascality. The farmers and dairymen
are beginning to get hold of the idea of
associated effort to protect themselves
from the extortions of large combina-
tons of capital under the shield of
patent laws WSnterset Chronicle.
BUT few seem to be aware to what ex-
tent all kinds of trees are injured by hay-
Nature, when left to herself makes ample
wz,.zT-t1.Axla Co.. III rxrn%nafT0n 0f Tho
trunks of all kinds of trees, when they
sun but man, with q perverted taste,
and seemingly with entire ignorance of
the consequences, hastens to remove
the protection which nature has pro-
vided, and then wonders why his trees
die, or do not grow better.
WHENEVER a good nursery is within q
reasonable distance, it is best to make
selections by visiting it and picking out
the trees as they stand in the nursery.
There are many reasons why this is best.
First, by comparison with the trees that
stand by the side of it, and are of the
same age, it is easier to select a tree that
has a good vigorous constitution. There
is as much difference IN constitutions of
trees as there is in animals, and as a rule
the trees that are healthy and vigorous
when young will make much the best
trees when they become old. A vigor-
healthy tree is sure to have good
roots.
RAISING Cows FOR THE DA1RY.-n
the best dairy regions of the country but
very few calves are raised. Farmers who
make a business Of producing milk for
supplying the city market or for the
manufacture of butter and cheese gener-
ally state that it is more economical to
keep up the size of their herds by pur-
chasing COWS than by raising them. They
want to sell all the milk they can, and if
they are obliged to feed calves, a large
proportion of that produced is consumed
ut home. Land in regions long devoted
to dairying is too costly to devote to
raising stock, and the majority of dairy
farmers desire to sell their COWS when
they begin to. fail In their yield of milk,
and to purchase those that are young
and promising. The demand for good
milk COWS is increasing rapidly, and the
prices paid for them are higher from
year to year. As a rule a COW three or
four years old. in ordinary flesh, but
heavy with calf, or with g. calf by her
side, will sell for more than a steer of the
odD1O ukO uudU ~ WSlSA DchCIdl HULL
dred pounds more and is in a condition
of fatness to furnish mess beef. The ex-
pense of raising the latter is much less
than that of the former. In q part of
the country where many animals are
raised for beef, female calves sell for less
thar males and are In smaller demand.
It will take less food to support them till
a given age, owing to their smaller size.
Tho cfaorc n1Sf ha wall fol On oor, oD1
small grain for several months in ordt L
to fit them for the market. The COWS,
however, if designed for the dairy, will
grass and hay. Again, the market for
ern farmers than that for beef cattle.
By selecting bulls of a family of short
horns or Ayrshires, noted for the milk
ing qualities, there is no more expense
involved in breeding catt'e for the dairy
than for the slaugEter-pcn. The macs
can be raised for beef, and the females
for producing milk. If it is the case, as
it is not likely to be, that cattle bring
more for Strengthening than for dairy pur.
poses, the cow can be fattened.
PINKEYE.-"Pinkeye" is not q scien.
ti6c term applied by veterinary sur
geons, as they recognize it as q sewers
form of Typhoid Influenza. The dis
ease has received the popular name q
"pinkeye" for the reason of the rednesc
of the external coat of The eve, and lin,
ing of the eye-lids. Its cause is unknown
The symptoms vary in different local.
ties. Some animals, from constitutions
weakness or peculiar condition of the
system, are more susceptible to the dis
ease than other animals in the sam
locations and surrounded by like infu
ences. It is said not to be a new dis
ease, as it was prevalent among horses
in this country in 1854 and 1856. TIL,
symptoms of the disease are so variable
there are q great variety of opinion:
among veterinary surgeons as to cause
and treatment. The general symptoms
are: "Slight watery or thin mucous
discharges from the nostrils, eyes watery
with matter collecting in the inner cor
ner; eye-lids swollen and puffy, thu
membrane on the inner side presenting
yellowish red color appetite, in mos
cases lost or suspended dull appear
ance of the countenance; in some case
mouth hot. with q corresponding iucreas,
of temperature of the skin in mos
cases there is great prostration o
ctr myth, US shown in the staggering
gait, with a quick, small and veal
pulse; heart sometimes violently agita
ted, and respiration increased" Some
times there is a cough, accompanies
with a sore throat. Not all of the symp
toms are prevalent in any one case
The disease has not been very fatal, ex
cept in cases of bad treatment, hare
work and exposure to cold and storms
Ordinarily the disease yields to prope
treatment and careful nursing. In fact
careful nursing is the most importan
agency in the recovery of man or AMI
mails. Not having much faith in on
W skill, nor in the hundreds of "hos
doctors" which can be found all owe
the country, who have no acquaintanc