The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-12-02
Farm NOTES.


that division lines between town resi-
dences; which are now often merely
low hedg6, night as well be made of
currents, guosebefries OF raspberries, as
OF frultless thorns or evergreens. 4 wire
stretched at two or three feet above the
surface would mark the exact division
between nleltna and tam, 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 frultlng, tying up the shoots for
next years bearing, aud to the equal
necessity Of hoeing and mulching, such
division hedge should be made to look
quite neat, as well as to afford liberal
supply of home grown, well grown and
enjoyable berries.
CHARCOAL Fofs St6E ANIMALS. In
nine 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 intelh-
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
o7ereating; and ordered 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 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 q hard wind. The
blost was so severe that the sides were
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 teacupful of fresh pow
dered charcoal was given. In six hours
all appearance of the bloat was gone, and
tbs heller Yves well.
EFFECT OF CoMFokT ON fHE QUAt1TY
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
poorerIthan it otherwise would be. Chem
lcal analysis has shown great falling OH
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 a 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 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. T., where a 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 fever which
seemed to effect the brain and nervous
system. This illness was traced directly
to the milk of this iIl-treated cow.-NG-
tionaI Live Stock journal.
SHEEP AS RENovAToRs 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.
Letting 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 on small spaces they not only strew
the manure thickly, but press it firmly
into the earth with their feet It 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
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. Following is prac-
ticed to great extent in this country,
especially in the South. 1t should be
substituted by sheep-past11ring. To man
age it properly the sheep should be
hurdled on particular locations-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 for
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
lately occupied by them is then reseeded
with something else. AS sheep are not
adverse to any kind of food, 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 poor soils. Instances are known in
which WORKOUT lands have by being
hurdled with sheep been brought to the
highest degreeof fertility. It is also a
very cheap method of restoring land.
for the sheep so pastured will not only
yield an increase to the value of the
land by bringing it back to fertility, but
will, with wool and carcass, pay hand
some dividend on any amount of capital
expended in such an enterprise.
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