The National tribune., 1882-12-21
ATT-w AS AN TNsFCTTCIDE.
NOTES AND EXTRACTS.
Digest of Information Collected From Various
Sources.

Sources.
A correspondent of the Country Gentleman
says: I have seen number of inquiries as
To cottOnsced meal as food for cattle. i wish
to state. for the benefit of whom it may con-
Germ. that | have used in the last two winters
thirteen tons, which l fed to my cattle.
never had them to do better | only wish /
had kept some of it and fed it occasion
ally during this spring and summer. |
believe a feed of it twice a week will prevent
red water. 1t is good when fed unmiXed with
anything, but can be much improved by add
ing corn meal and wheat bran, or either OF
them. would not advise the use of more than
pint of seed at first, which may he increased
TO as much as the cows will eat. ! think one
third cottOnseed meal, one-third corn or pea
meal, and Onc-third wheat bTan-say toHr
quarts feed, morning and evening, and
plenty of hay-will give as much and as rich
milk and keep the cows as smooth and fat as
any other ration one can give. have never
seen the slightest bad effect from its use.
paid from SIS to 500 per ton for the meal i'll
Montgomery, freight added"
BURNT CORN FOR HOG CHOLERA.
Burnt Germ is a certain cure for hog cholera.
The best way is to make pile of corn on the
cobS, etfectually scorch it, and then give the
affected hogs free access to it. This remedy
was discovered by Z. F. Docks at the time his
with a large lot of store corn, which was so
much injured as to be unfit for use, and was
hauled out and greedily eaten by the hogs,
several of which were dying daily. After the
second day not a single hog was lost and the
disease entirely disappeared. The remedy has
been tried in a number of cases since and never
failed. Corn burnt on the cOb and the refuse
which consists almost entirely of the grains
reduced to charcoal and still retaining their
perfect shape-placed before fowls is greedily
eaten by them with marked improvement in
their health, as is shown by the brighter color
Of their combs, and their sooner producing
greater average of eggs to the flock than before.
Poultry World.
THE GRANGE.
The secretary of the New Hampshire State
Grange states that Improvements are every
where noticeable where good grange is located;
a better and a higher state of farm cultivation;
better buildings and in better repair; neater
and more attractive grounds and surroundings;
more sociability and happier homes neater in
dress and looks; more public spirited in purse;
better educated and possessed of more extended
information. These are some of the character
isticS that the grange has brought TO the State.
FOR KINDLING FIRES.
For kindling take quart of tar and three
pounds of resin; melt them and bring to a
cooling temperatures mix with as much coarse
saw-dust, with a little charcoal added, as can
he worked in; spread out while hot upon a
board. When cold break up into Jumps the
size of a walnut, and you have, at small expense,
kindling enough for household for perhaps
year. 1t will easily ignite from match, and
burn with a strong blaze long enough to start
any wood that it is fit to burn.
PAINT.
Paint applied to the exterior of buildings in
autumn and winter will endure twice as long
as when applied in early summer and hot
weather. In the former it dries slowly and
becomes hard, like a glazed surface, not easily
affected by the hot weather, or worn off by the
beating OF the storms. But in very hot weather
the oil in the paint soaks into the wood at once,
leaving the lead nearly dry and ready to crum-
bic of. Furthermore by painting in cold
weather the annoyance of small flies, which
invariably collect during the warm season on
fresh paint, is avoided.
SHETLAND PONIES.
One of our Texas exchanges describes an
5000 acre rancho in that State entirely devoted
TO the business of raising Shetland ponies The
breeding stock consist of seven Shetland stall
lions and forty-ive mares all thoroughbred,
and two hundred small ponies range over the