Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-05-11
ITEMS OF INDUSTRY.

The dairy industry OF Jonea corntv
Ia, yields an annual revenue IF
100000.
oIagnant and impure water which
lows drink while at pasture is one of
the most prominent causes of Dad
odors In milk.
Tive your hogs a rubbing-post in
some accessible part of their Enclosure
IL Facilitates their keeping clean, and
seems TO afford them much satisfaction.
For common ringbone in cattle, DIR
Law says: "Paint with tincture OF
Iodine, or with a solution of corrosive
suolimate-forty grains to one pint Of
water"
The Massachusetts Ploughman says
that heifer should be nearly or quite
three years old when she has a calf, if
the 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
will do good service as coverings when
the animal Is left standing out doors.
The Chinese have introduced a new
variety OF radish into California that
obtains 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 il
Is safer ard better to 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
imperfectly digested state, and thus
occasion intestinal irritation and dis
ease.
An improved device for stopping
horses has been patented by Mr.. Gum
bersindo 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 curtain,
fitted to be drawn down over the
nostrils by a cord running parallel
with the reins.
Colts could be broken to harness at
three years old, and used in light work
for 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
by full-grown texture of muscle and
sinews to support them, they are liable
to become strained, causing spavins or
Dony engagements, that will destroy
their future usefulness.
A writer in German paper states
that 1t Is custom in Offices in that
country to have sliced potato on the
desk III 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 DO
tato Is to clean steel pens, and generally
act as pen wiper. 1t removes all ink
crust, and gives a peculiarly smooth
How to the ink. He also states that
the Hamburg clerks pass new pens
two or three times through a gas
flame, and then the ink will flow freely.
Seth Green says that the distribu.
ton OF salmon trout for this season has
closed. He has shipped total of l.
254,OOO young fry to the following wa
tiers: 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.
AGA Lake, Hemlock lake, Big Rock lake
Goshen reservoir, and Conesus lake
The introduction Of the California
mountain trout he considers one of the
greatest successes and benefits yet nc
complished.
The education Of the horse should
be commenced early in colthood. The
treatment should be firm bat gentle
very much as in the training OF
children. AS it is almost impossible
to make horse unlearn anything il
learns, very great pains should here be
taken to guard against error. For this
reason the care, in this respect, OF
young horse stock should not be en-.
trusted to boys. The colt that, in q
contest for the mastery with a boy
gains the day, is never likely to forget
success, and is liable at any time in
the future to try and repeat. A horse
that has been handled in the right
manner, from his youth up, is specially
valuable. More attention should be
given by buyers to the history of horses
In this regard.