The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-11-24
THE FARM.

dener's Chronicle makes the suggestion
that division lines between town resi-
dences, which are now often merely q
low hedge, might as well be made of
currents, gooseberries or raspberries, as
of fruitless thorns or evergreens. A wire
stretched at two or three feet above the
surface would mark the exact division
between naeun1 and tuunl, 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
after fruiting, tying up the shoots for
next years bearing, and to the equal
necessity of hoeing and mulching, such
d division hedge should be made to look
quite neat, as well as to afford liberal
supply of homegrown, weu-grown and
enjoyable berries.
CHARCOAL For SICK ANIMALS. In
nire cases 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 intell
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 o teaspoonful Of
pulverized 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 a few
hours the animal was in the pasture
grazing. Another instance of equal sue,
cess occurred with young heifer which
had become badly bloated by eating
green apples after o hard wind. The
bloat was so severe that the sides we're
as hard as barrel The old remedy,
saleratus, was tried for correcting the
acidity. But the attempt to put it down
always raised coughing, and it did little
good. Half a teacupful 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 MnK.-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
ical analysis has shown great falling off
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 a case where COWS
went into stream in hot weather, and
stood several hours in the water above
the knee, there was a 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 in consequence of the heat being
carried off by the water. When we con-
sidered 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 Of the COW.
In case occurring in the city of Albany,
N. Y, where q nervous cow was MIXED
by passionate man, who whipped and
otherwise ill-treated her at milking, the
milk had been given to child who had
been healthy, but, after using this milk,
became i'll and suffered from intestinal
irritation, followed by a fever which
seemed to effect the brain and nervous
system. This illness was traced directly
to the milk of this iil-treated cow.-Na.
tionai Live Stock Journal.
SHEEP AS RENovAroRs OF 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 it 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 tc
feed on small spaces they not only strev
the manure thick]y, 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 tn,
food being nitrogenized by the air taker
into the lungs. and from thence into tn,
system and discarded. This, however
is not generally accepted as correct, fo
If such is the case with sheep It is alst
| 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 b,
substituted by sheep -pasturing. To man
age it properly the sheep should b,
hurdled ON particular locations-chang
ing regularly at stated periods. 1t ha
been claimed that one hundred shee,
hurdled on one acre of ground for ffteel
days will manure the land sufficient,
for four crops. The land is first sowet
with turnips, the Swedes or rutabagal
being preferred, as they keep well
Even in winter these trlrnips remain 70
the sheep. AS sheep eat close to tn
ground, they leave but little O
the turnips. The hurdles made porta
BILE, and are easily removed or changed
As soon as the inclosed piece of grount
has been eaten off entirely the hurdle
are removed just sufficiently to clear tina
piece to an adjoining one, and the piec
lately occupied by them is then reseede'
with something else. AS sheep are no
adverse to any kind of food, choic
can be made by the farmer as to tn
next crop. Among the many plants suit
able for purposes are peas and beans
Cow peas are excellent. A sheep vii
eat the pea vine, peas, hull and roots
too, If he can get at them. Heavy tai
grasses are not preferred, and 80 cage
are the sheep for eating close to I'll,
ground that they have been known