The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-12-01
FARM NOTES.
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"NEvER milk while the COW is eat
ing" is the advice of bucolic contem-
porary. Judging from the character of
some milk it would be more to the point
never to milk while the COW is drinking.
In BUYING fruit trees, always purchase
Of q nurseryman who has a permanent
residence, and as near you as possible,
so that if the trees fail in kind, his repu-
tation will suffer, and you will have
better chance to kick him.
THERE is no animal on the farm that
will pay so well to pet as the COW. un-
less it be her heifer calf. She should
be the queen of the yard, and of the
farm, too. Every member of the family
should have q loving pet and gentle
word for her. Shoot every dog that
makes her run a step, and discharge Il
liked to have said brain) the hired
man that ever kicks or sco,ds her,
Coffin.
The dairymen of the Northwest have
formed protective association to fight
reissued cheese patent. We know moth
ing of the merits of the case, but the
bare fact of its being a reissued patent,
as we understand it to be, is suggestive
of rascality. The farmers and dairymen
are beginning to get hold of the idea of
associated effort to protect themselves
from the extortions Of large combina-
tions of capital under the shield of our
patent laws JVinterset Chronicle.
Bur few seem to be aware to what ex-
tent all kinds of trees are injured by hav-
ing their trunks exposed to the hot sun.
Nature, when left to herself makes ample
provisions for the protection of the
trunks of all kinds of trees, when they
grow in the open air, exposed to the hot
sun but man, with perverted taste,
and seemingly with entire ignorance of
the consequences, hastens to. remove
tho protection which nature has pro-
vided, and then wonders why his trees
die, or do not grow better.
WHENEVER good nursery is within a
reasonable distance, it is best to make
selections by visiting it and picking out
the trees as they stand in the nursery.
There are many reasons why this is best.
FIRST, by comparison with the trees that
stand by the side of it, and are of the
same age, it is easier to select tree that
has q good vigorous constitution. There
| is as much difference IN constitutions of
| trees as there is in animals, and as a rule
the trees that are healthy and vigorous
when young will make much the best
trees when they become old. A vigor-
ous healthy tree is sure to have good
roots.
| RAISING Cows FOR THE DAIRY-Tn
the best dairy regions Of the country but
very few calves are raised Farmers who
make business Of producing milk for
supplying the city market or for the
manufacture of butter and cheese gener-
ally state that it is more economical to
keep up the size of their herds by pur-
chasing cows than by raising them. They
want to sell all the milk they can, and if
they are obliged to feed calves, o large
proportion of that produced is consumed
at home. Land in regions long devoted
10 dairying is too costly to devote to
raising stock, and the majority of dairy
farmers desire to sell their COWS when
they begin to fail in their yield of milk,
apd to purchase those that are young
and promising. The demand for good
milk cows is increasing rapidly, and the
prices paid for them are higher from
year to year. AS a rule q COW three or
four years old, in ordinary flesh, but
heavy with calf, or with calf by her
side, will sell for more than a steer of the
same age that will weigh several hun
dred pounds more and is in condition
Of fatnees to furnish mess beef. The ex-
pensc of raising the latter is much less
than that of the former. In a part OF
the country where many animals are
raised for beef, female calves sell for less
than males and are in smaller demand.
1t will take less food to support them till
given age, owing to their smaller size.
The steers must be well fed on cora and
small grain for several months in ordo 1
to fit them for the market. The COWS,
however, if designed for the dairy, will
require no more expensive food thar
grass and hay. Again, the market fol
dairy cows is nearer the homes of West.
ern farmers than that for beef cattle.
BY selecting bulls of family of short
horns or Ayrshires, noted for the milk.
ing qualities, there is no more expense
involved IN breeding catt'e for the dairy
than for the slaughter-pen. The ma es
can be raised for beef, and the female
for producing milk. II it is the case, q
it is not likely to be, that cattle brinl
more for slaughtering than for dairy pur
poses, the COWS can be fattened.
PISKEYE. -" Pinkeye" is not a scien
tifc term applied by veterinary sur
geons, as they recognize it rs n sever
form of Typhoid Influenza. The dis
ease has received the popular name o
"pinkeye" for the reason of the rednes
OF the external coat of the eye, and lin
ing of the eye-lids It's cause is unknown
The symptoms vary in different local.
ties. Some animals, from constitutions
weakness or peculiar condition of tn
system, are more susceptible to the dis
ease than other animals in the sam
locations and surrounded by like infiu
ences. 1t is said not to be a new dis
ease, rs it was prevalent among horse
in this country in 1854 and 1856. Th
symptoms of the disease are so variable
there are q great variety of opinion
among veterinary surgeons as to caus
and treatment. The general symptom
are: "Slight watery or thin mucou
discharges from the nostrils, eyes watery
with matter collecting in the inner COZ
ner eye-lids swollen and puffy, th
membrane on the inner side presentin,
yellowish red color appetite in mos
cases lost or suspended dull appear
ance of the countenance; in some case
mouth hot, with a corresponding increas
OF temperature of the skin in mos
cases there is great prostration G
strength, as shown in the staggerin
gait, with a quick, small and wea
pulse heart sometimes violently agitf
ted, and respiration increased Som,
times there is a cough, accompanie
= with sore throat. Not all of the SYM
toms are prevalent in any one cas(
The disease has not been very fatal, e,
cept in cases of bad treatment, har
. work and exposure to cold and storm
Ordinarily the disease yields to prope
: treatment and careful nursing. In fac
careful nursing is the most importar
agency in the recovery of man or an
mails. Not having much faith in oil
own skill, nor in the hundreds of "ho,
| doctors" which can be found all Nv.