The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-01-20

AND UsrFuL lNroRnAr1os.
Farm Rakinrg.

6 "e6N1 6AS1e~ AOA WAneS4
is mixture of one pound Of tallow,
one pint of castor-oil, and one
pound of black lead, ali melted and
rubbed up together into . paste.
This is durable, and will not need
renewing 80 often as grease with
out the black lead.
Many farmers think that if they
plant many seeds Of corn in q hill
some of the green stalks can be
pulled for the cows. But the green
stalks take much strength from the
soil. Suckers should be pullsd ear
ly, and they make q fine addition to
the milk pail If the COWS will eat
them.
One of the best things in the
world to give horse, after he has
been driven, is quart of oat meal,
stirred in pail OF water. 1t re-
freshes and strengthens him, re-
lievee his immediate thirst, and
prepares his stomach for more solid
food. So says Joseph Harris, after
twenty years trial of it
The general rule in feeding COWS
is that twenty seven pounds of dry
food daily are required for 1000
pounds of live weight, and three
fourths or two-thirds of this should
be bulky food, such as hay. This
is a rule which admits of many ex-
captions. Very much depends upon
the form of the COW. Some COWS
weighing 800 pounds consume more
food than others weighing 1000
pounds.
There can be no better dis
posal made of the stalks and trash
than to pillow it all under. For this
purpose a stalk-cutter, provided
with sharp-edged disks, can be
used, or the stalks may be broken
down In the winter by drawing a
heavy pole across the field. 1t will
help the covering to use bent bar
attached to the pillow beam, which
drags the trash into the furrow, so
that the turned soil covers it.
In European countries great at
tention is paid to the proper care of
woodlands and forests. Forestry
is q regular profession, and the cut
ting OF wood is never done in the
Wholesale, indiscrimiRats way COM
mon in this country, but with great
care and circumspection. A due
proportion of forest land is OF the
utmost importance in all farming
districts, for they play an impor-
tant part in maintaining q sufficient
rainfall and in preventing prolonged
droughts.
Every farmer should keep a book
in which to paste agricultural and
horticultural scraps. Every one in
reading paper will see a number
of things which he will wish to re-
member. He will perhaps see sng-
gestions, the value of which he will
desire to test, or hints which he
will want to be governed by in fu-
ture operations, and yet, after read
ing the paper, he will throw it
down and probably never see it
again. In such a case, all the valu-
able articles will be lost. To pre-
vent such a loss, every reader
should clip from the papers such
as he desires to preserve and
remember, and paste them in q
scrap book. Such a book, at the
end of q year or two, will be very
interesting and valuable.
VermIn of some kind very FREE
quently infest domestic animals;
they are mostly Of the louise type;
small parasitic animals that must |
be removed by the application of
have been used to q |
greater or less extent, Of which
few are mentioned below: One
pound OF tobacco and six ounces OF
borax boiled in two quarts OF water,
TO which soft soap enough is added
to make thick paste, has proved
good VermIn salVe. A mixture OF
arbolic acid and soft soap in the
of one to four makes .
easy TO apply and very
effsctual. Shortly after, tue parts
10 which the soap mixture has been
applied should be washed with pure
water and non drying oil rubbed
On. Oil of turpentine and lard oil,
equal parts, with a little carbolic
acid, is perhaps the most conVen-
ent mixture to make, and efectual
n its application. Animals that
ire affected with Yermin need bet
er care and higher feeding in or
Ter to overcome the drain that
hose parasites make upon the sys-
EN-.
Water founder is not essentially
different from grain founder in
lorses. In the initial stages poul-
Ice the feet aud give full doses Of
or two drachms of
obelia daily for two or three days,
md renew the poultices three times
day until Inflammation has subsid-
d. Remove the shoes with care,
i've the horse good bed, and en-
ourage him to lie down as much
s possible. Laxative medicines
lay also be given with benefit.
Iloes are best for the horse. AS
Don as the fever has been subdued,
ak the animal about on solti
but do not attempt it while
ne feet are so tender as to give him @
AID. When the feet again become
omewhat free from soreness, putt
q the bar shoes slightly fastened,
in winter, but in summer leave b
10 feet bare and turn out in q pas /
Ire free Of stone, and if somewhat
DIST and wet, so much the better. q
, some cases it will be necessary p
open small holes in the hoof or
ottom of the foot to let out pus :
lat may form within. Treatment,
owsvsr, may be varied according
the severity OF the case.