The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-04-27
HOUSE AND FARM.
Farm Notes.

As the warm weather comes on water
your faithful work horses often, but
do not suffer them to drink much at q
time.
II any new varieties of seed are tried
use only small quantity Mt first until you
are sure that the soil and locality are favor
ah'c.
Ore of the best things for a farmer to
cultivate is good humor. Scatter every
trace of moroseness to the winds.
The Scotch pole cattle are gaining
very much in public estimation, and have
carr cd Off most of tt e ,riZes at tho fact
stock shows. Tie bullocks command
higher prices in some localities than over
fat short horns.
The importation Of cart stations of the
Clydesilale. Norman, or Percheron spe cies,
is rapidly increasing, and more attention is
daily paid 10 the selection of the tt5est
species Of horses to given kinds of work
There are now en- route twenty four Eng
fish shire stations from the Isle of Ely,
which are especially suited for slow. strong
cart work. They are destined for Chi
cago.
A French chemist reports that wafer
made slightly salt, and to which, when boil
ing, ban in the proportion of one quart to
every gallon has been added, has been
found in series of experiments to increasa
the yield of milk Is per cent. if gwen to
the COWS as their ordinary drink.
deny that any human being with the
heart Of true man can long be associated
With that most faithful of our dumb SER
wants and not learn to love him. Many a
cold night have I been called on an Grand
of mercy to travel over our rough country
roads, and I HAYS always had my heart
grow warm toward my faithful horse as
saw how bravely he faced the storm, how
patiently he endured the fatigue of his
heavy work, and with what unerring wis
dom he evaded the danger O.; the way.
Chicken Cholera.
Fred z. Baldwin in Western Farm Journal
This is subject that has been much dis
cnssed, but there are constantly so many
inquiries made concerning it that I thought
| would give my treatment for this dread
disease It is first necessary to distinguish
the symptoms, as most Of the diseases which
fowls al. heir to are laid to this disease.
The fowls have dropping appearance,
seek dark places. and are very thirsty. Ths
comb and Wa.tles lose their natural color
becoming dark.
There is always disrrhea with greenish
dis Charge, which afterward becomes frothy
and thin. The digestion becomes imper-
feet and the fowl dies.
On dissecting fowls that have died of
this DIS case, the liver appears very much
enlarged and fabby. The crop and intes-
tines are very much inhamed.
The first thing to do is to remove all dis
eased birds and bury all that die, as chol-
era can meyer be stamped out when this is
not done. Disinfect the coop and places
where the fowls congregate with water con-
tanning five ounces of sulphuric acid to the
gallon. Drench the droppings of diseased
birds with sulphuric acid water to destroy
the diseased germs.
Give them Douglass mixture, made by
taking eigh ounces Of common ccpperas
and half fluid ounce of sulphuric acid in q
gallon Of water, also adding little tannie
acid, when cholera prevails. This mixture
is a valvuble tonic for poultry and acts as
preventive to all di 'eases. A gill for twen-
ty-fiye fowls should be given every day
when infection is present, and every other
day is enough when no disease is present
This mixture will cost you but little, and
there is nothing better for them. Common
coal Gil is one of the best preventative
for this disease. Soak feeding of corn o.
wheat in tile oil for a few hours and feed
TO the fowls two or three times week. Il
is also a sovereign remedy for other poultry
disorders, some of which I will mention