The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-12-15
Live Stock and AerionItnral.

y Butterm1ik poured over the back OF
scurvy pig win remove the scurf.
Oats grown on clay land mako the
best meal. keep longest, and bring the
highest price.
Pigs are able to consume far more
food in proportion to their weight than
either sheep or oxen.
1t is estimated that there is not moro
than ono acre of land to farm in Ver-
mont planted to corn.
If salt and charcoal be fed to pigs
every week it will greatly benefit them
by preserving their health.
Combs and waitles of fowls may DO
prevented from freezing by oiling them
Sweet apples are excellent food for
cows if supplied in moderate quantities
and under favorable circumstances.
Experiment shows that with Early
Rose potatoes the smallest amount OF
seed in the hill yields the best crops.
Young COWS do not give as rich milk
as those of mature age do. A lean COW
gives poor milk and a fat COW gives rich
milk. i7- $50
Linseed is perhaps. of ordinary foods.
the one most similar to milk in compo-
sition. and hence a desirable artificial
food for young animals.
Green manuring or the plowing-in of
green crops is especially adapted for
light, SANDY soils. which need humus TO
increase their retcntive power. .
Pruning ought to be done after the
leaves attain their size, when the
wounds will not bleed and they will
commence to heal Immediately.
A farm can bo stocked with sheep
cheaper than with any other animals.
Ckno,, will IN nittfyinn a
orvthing which grows on tho farm.
To remove rust from knives: Cover
them with sweet oil we'll rubbed on,
and after two days take lump OF fresh
limo and rub till the rnst disappears.
Joseph Harris says that we can make
our lands poor by growing clover and
selling it, or we can make them rich by
growing clover and feeding it out on
the farm. !a %
When wheat is cut young it will be
lighter in color. and will ferment more
quickly than that cut later. Lato whoat
will mako the least flour, but the strong
est and best. H
For family COWS. heifers with their
| first calves should be milked within a
| few weeks Of their coming in again. If
dried of early they will. always dry up
their milk early.
The general opinion is that ants are
enemies to fruit trees. but it has long
since been proved that they destroy
larve AID chrysalides, and that they do
not destroy the fresh fruit.
Add little glyccrine to the grease
| applied to harness. and it will be kept
| in a soft and pliable state, in spite Of
the ammoniacal exhalations of the sta
| BILE. which tend to make it brittle.
Sheep should be tagged regularly and
kept clean. They should be culled
every year. and those In any manner de-
ficient in form or age should be put in a
separate pasture and fattened for the
butcher.
| Swamp muck is of little value for pot
plants. Leaf-moid mixed with TIE
loan taken Just under the sod of an old
pasture i. suitable for nearly all plants;
| additions of sand and manure can be
made rs necessary.
If the cucumber which grows nearest
tho root be savud for seed for number
of years in succession, the result will be
smaller and earlier variety. II the
fruit on the extremity be saved it will
produce larger and later variety.
In sowing wheat be careful that no
foul seeds get into the ground through
the drill or, by the hand of the sower.
Have your seed wheat perfectly clean.
An hour spent in making seed clean
will save day or week in the future
in Graduating weeds.
The stings of bees. wasps. yellow
jackets, hornets. etc. arc not only pain
full, but with some persons may be dam
gerous. If you can sec the sting extract
it with tweczers. or by pressing watch
key over it. Apply soda, hartshorn.
sweet oil. whisky or cologne. If there
is depression give stimulants.