The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-06-21
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NJ melons and sqnashes will Keep the bug
ut respectful distance.
The high price otter ues cheese an
other dairy products contin b long enoug
10 show that IL Ia not caused w Temporal
crop failures. We must ha large In
crease Of cows.before they or their product
are much cheaper.
The healthfulness Of milk depends Target.
upon having clear and pure water for COWS
Often that which appears clear, becaus
free from sediment, contains the germs o
disease, and these surely reappear In tn
milk.
Make strong brine with common barre
salt-make as strong as you would to keel
pork. Dip your sheep and lambs in 1t. |
it does not kill every tick, repeat in abou
| two or three weeks. This Is seldom neces
sary.
The department of agriculture at Wash
ington announces that the disease popu
larly known as hog cholera, has disappeared
in every portion of the United States. II
cause. The department has been trying In
vain TO procure virus for experimental pur.
poses.
A cross between fine bloeded light Brah
mas and partridge Chochins, it is said, pro.
duces the largest fowls known.
Mr.. Il. W. Stewart, in his new work on
Feeding Animals" affirms that in states
where land is high in price sheep-raising
can only be made profitable by the produc-
both mutton and wool-wool a one, under
such circumstances, being unremunerative;
and that is true.
1t is stated that in England sheep-raisers
are adopting q system OF early fattenir e for
their improved breeds of sheep; and very
large number of sheep which formerly
would have been kept until 2.years old are
r.AA IL he
In order to get the earliest sweet corn,
break the top down or cut it of as soon as
the ear is formed. leaving the stalk erect, so
that the pollen of the tassle may dust the
silk of the ears, otherwise they may not be
properly impregnated.
A farmer observed flock of quails run
ming between the rows of corn, which was
just sprnuting. Conceiving the idea that
they were pulling up his corn, one of the
Instead of corn, it was found to contain one
cut.worm, twenty.one striped bugs and
over one hundred chinch bugs.
Large tracts of land between Victoria and
Indianola, Texas, have had he !ge of the
Mccartney rose planted all around them,
and, though exposed to all kinds of stock,
it is growing finely, and in few years will
tempt to pass. This fence is everlasting,
and much cheaper than rails. wire or Inn
Der.
I once bought farm in the state of
Maine. The stock were lousy and the
barh infested with them. / gave the stock
plenty of sulphur, and in short time / saw
no more lice. l gave it at first in meal or
bran, and kept it in box mixed with salt
in the shed, so that they could have access
to it at any time.
The good sheep does not consume more
food than bad one, nor does it cost more
to shear. The freight and charges on high
class wool are not higher than for poor
feeces. 1t is, therefore, the production of
high-class wool which the fock-masters OF
the country should ever keep in view.
1t should be remembered that no matter
how coed and rich milker COW may be,
it is unreasonable to expect the quantity
and richness of the product to be kept up
unless both the quantity and adaptability
of the food are matters of attention. Do
not expect imposslbilities, even if you are
the owner of prize milking animals.
Success in raising, pigs depends upon
feeding literally till the pigs are three or
four months old. Let them have the run
of grass or clover pasture, and after the
harvest they will do well on the wheat
stubble. The cost of raising in this way is
very little. In the winter they will need
richer food. They should have warm
quarters with plenty ofstraw,
The practice of some OF the best farmers
now is to keep pigs through the summer
with little grain, and what milk can be
spared after butter-making. Spring pigs
are thus made to weigh 200 pounds at sew
en- months old, and, except in the last
month, they get little grain. The best
time to sell such pigs is at the beginning of
cold weather, usually in October.
Take linseed-oJ and add sulphur suffi-
-. 20 10 TN
Now take q small paddle and put some Of
the sulphur and oil on top OF the shoulders,
rubbing it in we'll. 1t should be used just
after shearing. One application a year is
all that is needed. have just got through
shearing, and did not find "sheep-tick"
in my flock. Don'tfail to try 1t.
If your horses are thin-skinned and very
much annoyed with flies when working or
driving, steep up handful Of wild worm
wood or bitter-weed. wet a cloth in it and
Just moisten the hair, especially on ears,
neck and legs, before taking them out OF
the stable; or few walnut leaves will have
the same effect. 1t will make the animal
more comfortable and much more pleasant
to drive.
To remove the unpleasant taste which is
frequently Observable from new wooden
vessels is thing difficult of accomplish
ment. The Brewing World says that the
simplest plan, and one that will succeed in
most cases, is to scald them thoroughly
several times in boiling water, then dis
solve some pearl-ash or soda in luke-warm
water, adding q little lime to it, and wash
the inside OF the vessels well in the solution.
Afterward scald them several times thor
oughly as before.
A ram will usually get from 800 TO 900
lambs during his brief lifetime. A good
animal will eat no more than poor one,
but every one OF his progeny as stock-get,
ters and producers of mutton and wool will
be worth great deal more than the prog
eny of poor one. II, then, farmer buys
the latter and saves s. or $50, how much
profit will he make in two years by the OPP
GRAFTON
An exchange very sensibly remarks that
the giving of salt TO the horse is one OF
those little attentions that takes but little
time, and II only because he likes the taste
of salt, be should have ii as luxury. Con-
fined as he is upon two or three Finds OF
food during the entire year, he should GER
tainly be INDUCED in his taste for salt, even
though merely tor the pleasure enjoyed in
the eating. But salt has its uses, and these
are real, not imaginary. IL stimulates the
flow from the fodicles, excites action in the
muscular coat OF the stomach and bowels,
and in this way tones up digestion.
Horses that suffer from indigestion are
likely 10 have worms, and salt is destruc-
tive to these. The young worms just form
ing in the bowels are readily destroyed by
sait: hence it's regular moderate use not
only removes these from the bowels, hut
is antagonistic 10 their further formation.