The Worthington advance., 1882-02-16
HOUSE AND FARM
Farming Brevities.

Farming Brevities.
A writer In tho Michioan Farmer a.
serts that giving frosted feed to miloh
COWS ts the principal cause Of bitter butter
in the winter. He says, however, tho con.
sequence can be avoided BY almost soald-
ing tho new milk Immediately after strain
ing. ,F*
Never mind what tho almauacs cay.
spring must be at hand. for the florists and
seed man are seuding out their catalogues
for 1882. The odor Of newly -ploughed
ground pervades the atmosphere.
The yield per acre on Australian farms
IL rs follows: The average Of wheat per
acre is II 1-2 bushels this year, or one
bushel less than the year before; maize,
IS bushels, or one-third OF bushel less;
barley, 20 bushels, or Ia buehels less;
oats, 10 bushels, or bushels less; pota-
toes, 2 2-3 tons, as against IA tons last
year, and hay, l.3 ton.
Mr.. A. B. Darling, Of the Fifth Avenue
hotel. New York, has just bought for
81. 900 cash the famous COW Jersey Queen.
She has record Of TAG pounds Of butter
in Ole year, and her record for the current
year, she having come in during 1881, is
expected to pass 800 pounds. MIR. Darling
also owns "Eurotas, COW with record Of
$50 pounds OF butter in one year. He has.
therefore. the two best COWS in the world
since the death of tho famous COW owned
by Mr.. Charles o. Films. Of Scitate.
There IS no better CRATER for horseradish
than one made Of sheet iron in the form of
cylinder having holes punched from the
inside with three cornered sharp p ointed
punch. This raises large number Of fine,
sharp teeth, which brings the horseradish
to sort OF pulp: The roots re- fed to the
CRATER by means of hopper at one side,
With front sloping to the crater. by which
the roots are brought into contact with the
teeth and reduced to pulp. The cylinder
is open at one end and has scraper which
removes the pulp aud brirgs it into re-
cepsacle at the front. Any one can mako
such CRATER for about SIS.
Here are two odd methods Of starting
balkv horse, from our London exchange,
the Live Stock Journal:-"1. Tire your
steed out by remaining perfectly quiet un-
til he starts off himself. I once sat in nv
cart nearly two-and-a-hat hours in this
way. 2. Now and then q horse is met
with that refuses to draw at all; put him in
cart in shed, and keep him there until
he walks out. In one instance that 9 ame
to my knowledge the obstinate one was
Thirty six hours in the shafts before he gave
IN"
Blaok-leg is frequent disease in calves
that are in high condition at this season of
tho year: The general appearance Of the
disease il first swelling Of the body and
bloating; tho shoulders or hind quarters
swell and the skin crackles when rubbed.
making sound as IF paper when crushed;
the animals become stiff and lame and die
in Sv~n Eo1v
the carcase the flesh is found to be black
and soft and the blood thick and black,
There is no cure for this disease once these
symptoms have appeared. Calves in GOOD
condition and that have been we'll fed
should be treated as precaution bv u
weekly dose of two ounces Of epson salts,
and afterwards by one dram of hyposu.-
phite OF soda given twice week in tho
food.
Western Live Stock Journat: Mich
COWS that W9 stable should beturned out
daily-unless the weather is very stormy.
It the stable is q warm one it is well to oper
doors and windows on the lee side, that the
stables may become somewhat cooled and
the change from the stable to the outdoo:
air be not too sudden. Cattle are just as
much benefited by liberal use of the cur
ry-comb as arc horses. little kerosene
md some grease or oil we'll brushed in an,
frequently repeated will exterminate lice,
That are apt to prey on the stock.
j: Bellangee writes concerning the ex-
pecimental work of the Iowa Agricultural
Department that during the past two years
extensive experiments have been made with
the culture Of cereals, sorghum and root
crops. The professor Of agriculture is at
present testing the qualities of 80 varieties
of potatoes raised upon the farm the last
year. These varieties, tested under like
conditions, have shown great variableness
in yield, ranging from 8 to 500 bushels per
acre. It cannot be denied that such exper-
iments. if carefully conducted and the re-
suits extensively published, will prove of
incalculable benefit to the producers of the
state; and 1t is also quite evident that such
experiments should be conducted at the
public expense.