The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1882-08-30

scratches mix up little saltpeter and
lard and put upon the sore part, renew
ing daily until cured. Keep clean by
using CASTLE soap.
It is ~ natural for q sitter TO "pur-
row y when she comes off he nest as IL
is to eat This desire Is instructive,
aud should be met by a busting place.
Ashes, sulphur aud dry earth, il 1t can
be procured, make good material for
dust bath.
In all cases OF throat disease which
sff-ct fowls. chlorate of potash is an
simost certain remedy. Put pinch in
the birds throat and let it swallow it.
The potash not on Y cauteriz s and dis
infects the diseased psrts, but acts upon
the fevered and disordered blood.
Don't be in h aste to take the chicks
out of the nest They are better Uff
quietly hovered under the hen than
they could possibly be elsewhere.
Wait till you see the bright little eyes
peeping out hungrily before you give
them their first meal of hard boiled
egg and breadcrumbs.
A hog of the proper sort should not
only be extremely wide through the
shoulders and fore parts, but that great
width should be carried all through the
carcass, go that when fat they are Just
as wide through the hams as at the
shoulders. A broad, we'll. loin
is also an essential point,
In warm weather fowls take dust
baths in the roads. and the consequence
is considerable loss of fowls by being
run over. A heap OF dust and cuol
ashes in the chicken yard will keep
them home. Oae of our neiRhbors
puts little sulphur in the dust nests
and lets the chickens rub it In for them
selves.
There is perhaps more hay injured
by not being dried enough than by being
dried too much. One extreme is
equally as bad as the other. Glover,
for instance, if allowed to become too
dry in the sun, will lose all of it's leaves
and its blossoms and the stalks that are
left are of little value. On the other
hand, if put in the NOW too soon it will
become NOV burnt and equally worth
less.
Every pasture should be prov ided
with shade trees, or at least some pro-
lection against summers sun. A few
boards on a light temporary frame will
always secure the last. Excessive he at,
by exhausting and sometimes sickening
the animal, materially diminishes the
effects of food in promoting the secre-
ton of milk and the growth of wool
and flesh.
r pening the seeds always tends in
some degree to exhaust the plants. 1t
is therefore advisable to prevent a
heavy crop of seed or to cut as soon as
the blossoms b we formed or are about
to open. But in dong this leave as
much of the plant or of its foliage as
possible, even If some seed remains.
Cutting very closely checks the plants.
Moving is of course better than graz.
ing, as the removal of the blossoms may
be better controlled. For this reason,
and on account of the tread of the ami
mails. it is not advisable to grszs the
first year, especially on soft ground.
Horses require water as much as do
men, and should have it every Eve or
SIX miles, if tue weather is warm. If
the norse is very much overheated, just
before coming to watering place, say
a quarter of mile or so before, "slow
up" to walk, and when you get to
where you can give the horse water he
will have become cooled off consider
ably; then, too, he should have his
mouth sponRed out, and about half a
bucketful of water. Nothing refre shes
tired, jaded horse so much ss drink
of water, and il he has it at regular in
tervals he will keep up over long dis
tance. He can do much better for q
whole day and over long journey
without food than without water II
this item of watering was more care
fully attended to we would hear OF
fewer cases of horses being overcome
by the heat during the warm summer
months.