Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-02-08
What Farmer. Want to Know.

water, which 10 not the case with green,
and the former is, therefore, more
evenly distributed. -
There is danger in stimulating too
large a flow Of rich milk by feeding
highly Of meal and grains TO fresh
mich cows. Those dsirymen who
boast Of enormous yields Of milk fre-
quently lose COW or have one rem.
dered worthless by caking her bag or
in the loss of one or more teats.
Scions cut now will grow when graf
ted. il kept in 9 cool, moist place.
The dirt floor OF cellar is as good q
place for storage as any, and is i'm.
proved by little moist, loose soil, in
which the cutting may be buried. 1t
is better, in fact, to cut them early, il
carefully kept, than to wait until just
before grating time.
TOMATOES s.-The old way of starting
the tomato plants indoors early in Feb
ruary, then transplanting two or three
times, Las been abandoned, and now
. the plants are started about the mid
die of March and forced a little. 1t
will not do to check the plants. as it is
apt to blight them, and a small crop
is The result. These checks are caused
by chill by transplanting too often,
or by letting the plants get dry. For
merly the seed of tomatoes was sown
from the middle to the goth of Febru-
ary, and they were picked ont month
later, and transplanted two or three
times afterward, very laborious meth
cd. 1t is useless for New England
farmers to attempt to compete with
southern producers as far as early to-
matoes are concerned. but to rest con.
tented with producing later supply
far superior in quality to the south.
ern tomato from the fact that the lat
ter variety has to be picked green to
preserve it through shipment.
Ice AND ICE HOUSES. are now
right upon the time when next seasons
supply of ice should be housed. In
former days very few used ice at all,
but nowadays no one can keep house
without it. While we do not believe
very much in using it in drinking wat
er because the free use Of ice-water is
not healthful, we do recommend il for
many other uses. Every farmer as
well as everybody else, should have
supply. Some will find it more profit
able to take what they need of this
useful commodity from the regular Ice
dealer, while others, and among them
the farmer, who may need ice in con-
siderable quantities, will do better to
gather and store 1t for himself, An
ice-house can be easily and cheaply
built either above or below ground.
The common method is to build an
inner and outer wall. with a space be-
tween the two of l8 to "a inches,
which space should be filled with spent
tan. If below ground the cellar
should be walled up in the ordinary
manner and then roof put over. The
ice after being housed should be.-cov-
cred over with shavings or hay to ex-
clude the weather. The expense of
filing small house of fifty tons will
be quite Insignificant.
DOES POULTRY PAY?-If proper care
is taken of poultry there is no doubt
that it pays. We cannot expect to
make any business profitable unless
we give IL our attention. A great
many people feed their poultry regu-
larly, but neglect 20 give them drink,
and then they say that it does not
pay to keep poultry.
The best drink for hens is sour milk, |
and if possible it should always be
kept by them. Scraps of meat fish |
skin, ETC., are excellent for fowls. Do
not feed on clear. corn or meal, but |
vary their food as much as possible. |
In the summer feed once day. but
in the winter give them second feed |
just before they go on the roost. AL.
ways give just what they will eat up
clean. Hens fed in this way will lay
all winter, if they are of the right
breed.
NANCE ON HORSES. Mango is a |
disease of the skin which destroys the
hair and produces intense irritation.
accompanied with very small watery |
blisters, which break and are rubbed |
into raw spots, 1t is caused by veg
etable parasite which grows in the
skin, or by small insect which bur-
rows in it, and there are two kinds,
but both produce similar effects. The
disease is contagious, and may be COM
munlcated to horse by mice or rats,
cats, dogs or infected harness, or stalls
or musty hay. The remedy is to wash
the skin with warm water and soap;
whale-oil or carbolic soap is preferable;
then apply an ointment, made as fol-
lows: Four ounces of whale-oil, one
drahm of creosote, one ounce of sui
phur; grind the sulphur with little
oil ahd the creosote, and then grad |
ually add the rest of the tar and oil;
rub we'll Into the skin after washing |
with warm water.
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'Dr. Benson's Celery and Chamomile |
Pills, are worth their weight in gold in |
nervous and sick headache" DR.. A. II.
Of Baltimore. I'm