Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1882-05-25
ITEMS OF INDUSTRY.

The dairy industry of Jones comfy
Ia, yields an annual revenue of
100000.
Stagnant and impure water which
cows drink while at pasture is one of
the most prominent causes Of oad
odors IN milk.
ulVe your hogs a rubbing-post in
some accessible part of their inclosure:
IL facilitates their keeping clean. and
seems to afford them much satisfaction.
FOR common ringbone in cattle. DR.
Law says; "Paint with tincture of
Iodine, or with solution of corrosive
suollmate-forty grains to one pint of
water"
The Massachusetts Ploughman saws
that a heifer should be nearly or quite
three years old when she has a calf if
tne calf is expected to be healthy and
vigorous.
Stables should be kept warm enough
IN winter to make horses comfortable
Without blankets; then the blankets
VIII DO good service as coverings when
the animal is left standing outdoors.
The Chinese have introduced a new
variety Of radish into California that
OBTAINS a remarkable size and still re-
mains tender. Specimens are in the
San francisco market that are twelve
inches IN circumference and weigh
two pounds.
In the management Of live stock it
is safer and better 10 give water before
feeding than after. In the latter case
the feed is liable to be washed out of
the stomach prematurely, while in an
lmperfectly digested state, and thus
occasion intestinal irritation and dis.
ease
An improved device for stopping
horses has been patented by Mr.. Gum
berslndo Villar, of Santander, Spain.
This invention consists in the applica-
ton OF device for closing the nos.rils
OF the animal more or less when re-
quired, the device used being a curtain.
lifted to be drawn down over the
nostrils by a cord running parallel
with the Teins.
Colts could be broken to harness at
three years old, and used in light work
Tor two years when they will become
matured and fit for full work. If they
are used for hard service before their
joints become settled, or surrounded
oy full-grown texture of muscle and
slnews to support them, they are liable
10 become strained, causing spavins or
bony enlargements, that will destroy
their future usefulness.
a writer in German paper states
that 1t IS a custom in offices in that
country to have sliced potato on the
desk IN commercial houses. He does
not state whether the esculent should
be raw or not, but the probability is
that it is boiled. The use of the po-
tato Is to clean steel pens, and generally
act as pen wiper. 1t removes all ink
crust, and gives peculiarly smooth
toW to the ink. He also states that
the Hamburg clerks pass new pens
TWO or three times through gas
flame, and then the ink will flow freely.
Seth Green says that the distribu-
tlon OF salmon trout for this season has
closed. He has shipped a total of L.
254,OOO young fry to the following wa
ters: Lake Keuka. .Otsego- lake, Green,
wood lake, Sand pond, Chateaugay lake,
Fulton chain lakes, Rainbow lake,
Owasco lake, Long pond, Round lake,
Lake Pleasant, Lake George, Canaan.
daigua lake, Upper Saranac lake, SEN
aca Lake, Hemlock lake, Big Rock lake,
Goshen reservoir, and Conesus lake.
The introduction of the California
mountain trout he considers one of the
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