Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1881-02-05

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Observation-Disclosures. go :Dl 500
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-small parasitic animals that
must be removed by the application of
some insccticidc. 4 number of substan-
ccs have been used to greater or less ex-
tent, Of which few me mentioned be-
low: One pound Of tobacco and six
ounces vi borax boiled III two quarts of
water, to which soft soap is added to
make thick paste, has proved vcrnin
Salve. 4 mixture of carbolic acid and
soft soap i'll the proportion of one to four
makes compound easy to apply and
very etfcctual. Shortly after the parts
to which the soap mixture has been ap-
piled should be washed with pure water
and non-drying oil rubbed on. Oil of
turpcntlne, and lard OIL equal parts, with
n little carbolic acid, is perhaps the most
convenient mixture TO make, and effect
nal in its application. Animals that are
higher feeding IN order to overcome the
drain that these parasites make upon the
system.
CITING AND GRINDING FODDER. -
While some Ego SO far Us to claim that
1t pays to grind straw to fine'powder.
others affirm that for beef cattle it 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 so thoroughly chewed and impreg-
mated with saliva, portion even passing
at once into the second stomach. Gut
ting alone can do but little good, even
with old hard-stalked fodder. without
the softening produced by cooking, for
it cannot open the fodder to digestive
action, nor save much labor of mastica-
ton. BY far the greater part of this is
expended on chewing the cud, and it is
hest that the animal should perform this
entirely natural operation for itself
PRoFTTABLE FARMISa.- the
influences contributing largely to render
farming profitable in the Middle ard
Western States, besides that of cheap
transit by railroad, perhaps the most i'm
portant are the rapid multiplication of
grist mills, grain elevators, butter fac
tories, cheese factories, canning factories.
cider mills and similar Industrial works.
OF these the grain elevator may be said
to have originated in the West. And
though these establishments are often
spoken of as centraizing in the great
cities. they really exist at every import
ant village or town along the lines OF the
railways in the grain 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 tlleascendency
of the grain interest in the West per-
msnent. 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
fruit, 0s0hard- -faynain9, ETC. .--Ths in
fluencs oftlrb is seen in themaguitude
of the dairy interest i'll consequence OF
the large number Of butter aud cheese
factories in successful operation in the
States The canning interest hourishee
Mt the present time over wide extent OF
country in the New England, Middle and
that chiefly contribute to increase the
agricultural wealth Of the North and
West. -~.-.-.....-
SECRET OF LARGE CRoPs IN ESGLANp.
One Of the strong points in English
farming was emphasized as follows by
Professor Roberts. of Cornell University:
Herein he says, 81 am satisfied,
lies the secret of England's success in
raising larger crops. 1t would take
away the breath of q prairie farmer to
hear even aA-E a-enunassataon
of the 'spuddings,, tie 'grubbmgs,' the
'twitchings,' the borrowings; the GROSS
harrowings, the ronings and crushings
that heavy CLAW 6sldis subjected to be-
fore it IL o0rrIaered rsady for .wheH.
What is all this forq Simply To- unlock
the full store-house a Nature. - That It
IL fun has been proven time and again 4
BY actual analysis II is found that an
average Of soil contains, in The INST six
inches, plant food enough for from hftv
to $50 full crops Of grain. I do not de-
sire to discourage-tlie purchase and use
of fertilizers, biit what do protest
against i purchasing on time CONNER
cial manufes AVN per ton, which are
really worth only SO, to enrich cloddv
fields already fad v~siehin plant-focd,
locked up, it is true, but there none the
less, only waiting little judicious APP
plication of brain and muscle to set it