Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-11-10
NUMBER SO.
THE FARM.

RUIZ 1EpGkS.-A writer IN the tFftr-
dener's Chronicle makes the suggestion
that division lines between town resi-
dences, which are now often merely
low hedge, might as well be made OF
currents, gooseberries or raspberries, as
of fruitless thorns or eyergreens. A wire
stretched at two or three feet above the
surface would mark the exact division
between nleun and tlttila, and IN the
case of raspberries would serve for both
sides to attach the tips of their canes to,
SO as to be neatly held up. With due
attention to pruning out Immediately
alter fruitiDg, tying up the shoots for
next years bearing, and to the equal
necessity of hoeing and mulching, such
a division hedge should be made to look
quite neat, as well as to afford liberal
supply of homegrown, well-grown and
enjoyable berries.
CHARCOAL For Sick ANIMALS. In
nine eases out of ten when an animal is
sick, the digestion is wrong. Charcoal
Is the most efficient and rapid corrective
The hired man came in with the intelli-
gence that one of the finest cows was
very sick, and kind neighbor proposed
the usual drugs and poisons. The owner
being Ill and unable to examine the COW.
concluded that the trouble came from
overeating, and ordered teaspoonful of
pnlverlzed charcoal to be given in water
1t was mixed, placed in junk bottle
the head turned upward, and the water
turned downward. In five minutes i'm
provement was visible, and in few
hours the animal was III the pasture
grazing. Another instance of equal sue
cess occurred with young heifer which
hal become badly bloated by eating
green apples after hard wind. The
bloat was so severe that the sides were
as hard as a barrel. The old remedy.
saleratus, was tined for correcting the
acidity. But the attempt to put it down
always raised coughing, and it did little
good. Half teacnpful of fresh pow
dered charcoal was given. In six hours
all appearance of the bloat was gone, and
the heifer was well.
EFFECT OF COMFORT ON THE QUALITY
OF MILK The comfort of the COW has
much to do with the quality of her milk.
In hot weather, the annoyance produced
by flies, and excitement caused by fight
ing them, make the nights milk still
poorerthan it otherwise would be- Chem
zeal analysis has shown a great falling of
of fat OF the milk in the same cow when
chased by dog. Any unusual excite
ment of the COW affects the fat of the
milk. Extremes of heat and cold also af-
feet the milk. In case where COWS
went into stream in hot weather. and
stood several hours in the water above
the knee, there was falling off of the
butter produced from the same quantity
of milk This accounted for by the ex.
ira food required to keep up the animal
heat III consequence of the heat being
carried off by the water. When we con.
sldered the fact that milk is secreted
from the blood we can readily see the
effect that must be produced by excite.
ment on the nervous system q the COW.
In a case occurring in the city Ct Albany,
n. Y, where ner Gus COW was MIXED
by passionate man, who whipped and
otherwise ill-treated her Mt milking, the
milk had been given to a child who had
been healthy, but, after using this milk,
became i'll and suffered from intestinal
irritation, followed by fever which
seemed to effect the brain and nervous
sJ@,te-~. rlAis illness was traced directly
to the milk OF this lll-treated cow.-Nd.
tioaal Lire Stock Journal
SHEEP AS RENovAroRs or THE SOIL
In, England the most important method
of keeping up the vigor of the soil is by
pasturing sheep. The sheep and the
turnip are inseparable, and il is due to
sheep pasturing that the farms in that
country do not deteriorate in quality.
Their plan of managing sheep for such
purpose is very different from ours We
turn our sheep in pasture and allow
them to roam at will, picking. and Sc
lecting only such garbage as suits them
best, occasiOning thereby greater dis.
tribution Of manure than we. wish.
Sheep dung is very concentrated and
fine. and if the animals can be made to
feed or small spaces they not only strew
the manure thickly, but press it firmly
into the earth with their feet. 1t is very
rich in nitrogen, and Professor Johnston
claims that this is due to the fact Of the
food being nitrogeniZed by the air taken
into the lungs, and from thence into the
system and discarded. This, however.
Is not generally accepted as correct, for
If such is the case with sheep it is also
equally applicable to all other animals.
Its heterogeneous qualities are, however,
very apparent, owing to its highly con.
centrated condition. Fallowing is prac-
ticed to great extent in this country,
especially in the South. 1t should be
substituted by sheep-pasturing. To man.
age it properly the sheep should be
hurdled ON particular ocations-chang.
ing regularly at stated periods. It has
been claimed that one hundred sheep
hurdled on one acre of ground for fifteen
days will manure the land sufficiently
for four crops. The land is first sowed
with turnips, the Swedes or rutabagas
being preferred, as they keep well.
Even in winter these turnips remain foT
the sheep. As sheep eat close to the
ground, they leave but little of
the turnips The hurdles made porta-
BILE, and are easily removed or changed.
As soon as the inclosed piece of ground
has been eaten off entirely the hurdles
are removed Just sufficiently to clear that
piece to an adjoining one, and the piece
iately occupied by them is then reseedad
with something else. As sheep are not
| adverse to any kind of food, a choice
can be made by the farmer as to the
next crop Among the many plants suit
able for purposes are peas and beans.
Cow peas are excellent A sheep will
eat the pea vine, peas, hull and roots,
too, if he can get at them. Heavy tall
grasses are not preferred, and so eager
are the sheep for eating close to the
ground that they have been known to
| become poor in flesh on heavy clover
pastures that were nigh. They like the
Young tender grass and nearly all kinds
of food make good food for them. It
cannot be denied that by system Of
hurdling and frequent changing of loca-
ton, they can be of incalculable benefit
| on y or soils. Instances are known IN
which vermont lands have by being
burdled with sheen been brought to the
highest degree of fertility. 1t is also a
very cheap method Of restoring land,
for the sheep so pastured viii not only
yield an increase to the valne Of the
lani by bringing it back to fertility, but
viii, with wool and carcass, pay hand
some dividend ON any amount Of capt. i
expended in such an enterprise. Phil
| 0IciDhi0 Record.
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