Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1882-09-14
AGRICULTURE.


In regard to the treatment of cows after
calving some preferrlng low or moderate
diet, at most nothing more than good hay,
with free access to the usual watering place
and an avoidance of all warm drinks. The
Arguments In favor of this course for the
first few days after parturtion are, that is
better calculated to allay fever and sooner
brings the cow round TO healthy condi-
ton, On the other hand, it Is urged that
the animal during labor becomes more CT
less exhausted, and that if the weather Is
cold, the taking OF considerable quancities
of cold water to slake thirst, has tendency
TO chill the animal and impede circulation,
and hence, cruel made OF bran or oaten
meal, and tepld water can be gwen soon
after calving with the best results. The
latter course has been our practice, and
uniformly with success. After lapse of
several hours the COW is allowed to drink
as usual. ltis perhaps unnecessary TO say
that stock at this season Of the year should
be entrusted to careful hands-they de-
mand almost constant oversight and atten-
tion. They should not be hurried IN or
out of the stables, or allowed TO 6ght or
worry each other at the water trough or In
the yard, Accidents, of course, will occur,
under the most careful treatment, but by
the adoption of uniform system of kind
ness to all neat stock, with a reasonable
share of attention, there need be little, if
any "bad luck' to be anticipated. One
thing we regard as lmperatively demanded
for success in the management of stock
Never allow COW TO be kicked or In any
way abused by hired help. Whatever good
qualities man may have. better part with
him at once If found disobeylng orders III
this respect. State the case plainly at the
time of hiring. and make ss a condition the
forfeiture OF part or the whole of the
mans wages who Is found guilty of kick
ing or beating COWS. The practice has be-
come common and should be broken up.
The animal losses from this source are I'M
mense. Ii every dairymsn would make
1t rule that his mich cow must be treat
ed kindly, and that no expense can be
taken for blows and kicks, and that no
person would be employed who maltreats
stock, the whole country would be greatly
benefited We have known OF valuable
ANIMALS being lost by kick. and others
rendered valueless for the season by an ap-
parently slight thump with milking stool
from bad-tempered persons. Laborers of
this kind are dangerous, and the sooner
one Is nd of them the better. Much can
be effected in this matter by good example
for If the owner so far forgets himself as 10
abuse stock he cannot expect the men IN
his employ to do otherwise. The
start should be made with sound. healthy
and vigorous stock, and from such, reason
able results may be anticipated.
A TABLE just completed by the Indiana
bureau OF statistics, with view to ascer-
tainlng the benefits derived from tile drain
ing, shows that land which yielded an av-
erage Of 81 bushels of wheat per acre for
five years before drainage, yielded 10 I
bushels for five years after being drained.
With corn the increase was from 81 to "a
bushels per acre. During the same peri
cd the number of cases of malarial sick
ness diminished from 1,S40 cases to 400
cases after drainage.
SEEDS found with CONS of the Emperor
Hadrian in an ancient barrow in England,
and hellotrope from Roman tomb l, 900
years old and more, vegetated and grew
vigorously. The same was the case with
wheat, rose, and clover seeds found with
an Egyptian mummy, and, Indian corn
from Peruvian mummy, 1920 years
old. There would seem TO be no known
limit to the duration Of the principle of
life in vegetable seeds.
BREEDERS have noticed that a remarka-
BILE development of the tendency to lay on
fat is usually accompanied by delicacy
of constitution, diminished secretion OF
milk and loss of fecundity. Very fat
ANIMALS are not likely to be good breeders;
in fact, the excessive production OF fat is
Incompatible with high development of
the reproductive powers.
In arranging perches for fowls allow six
inches for each bird. The perch should
not be placed high when there is no space
for the birds to fly down with a gradual
sToop, as is natural to them when roosting
in open places. Three feet from the ground
in confined places is high enough, and 1t
should be far enough from the back wall
TO keep the tail plumage clear.
THE Rural NeW Yorker says. "There
Is quite as much necessity for barn. clean
ing on the farm as for house-cleanlng, and
If farmers were as punctillous about The
renovation and publication about the out
building as farmerlnes are about dwellings
there would speedily be an improvement
in the appearance OF things; and of con
veniences too"
The beet sugar interest does not flourish
in this country and there seems to be very
little prospect that it ever will. Most, If
not all, the old establ shments have failed.
closed up or devoted their buildings to
other purposes and we hear of 70 new
ones gong into operation. According to
the report OF our Consul at Cologne, how
ever, the business is prosperlng on the
continent of Europe.
In Flanders 1t is customary to churn the
milk in Summer after twenty-four hours.
but In Winter three days are allowed to
expire, when the milk is poured into the
tub that stands Ill the cellar. II it then
does not become sour, the dairymen place
a can with warm water In the tub to &C
celerate il.
To getnd of the Buffalo or carpet moth,
wet folded sheet or other cloth, lay 1t
over the place near the edge of the carpet,
and use several hot irons, moving them
about from time to time, so as to send the
steam down through the carpet and into
all the cracks on the floor, and it will kill
the moths. Where properly tried it has
been effectuaL