Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-05-18
AGRICULTURAL.



Bc Careful of Your Teams.
Start your team carefully, and sec that
your men do the same, until they are
fairly accustomed to the extra labor of
the spring work. Watch their shoulders
and necks to see that the harness is not
calling them, and it would do no harm,
but possibly much good, to wash them
with salt and water when the harness is
taken of at night, especially ii the ami
NAL is warm or has done any heavy pull
ing Salt and water is cooling and tough
ening, and removes fresh soreness or in
fiammation. Don't increase their grain
too suddenly but little every day as
you increase their work. Proper care ut
the start and reasonable watchfulness oil
of the season will keep your teams in
constant working condition. Don't wait
until their necks or shoulders are raw or
your animals are sick before attending to
them. Remember that prevention is al
ways best and cheapest.
The Swiii HiarrcI,
The back door Of the farmers residence
may be kept perfectly clean by little
preparation Tor that desirable object. The
pig pens should of course, be removed
quite n distance from the house, but they
should be 30 connected with the house by
board sidewalks that the process OF get
ting to them will be an easy matter. III q
barrel is hung on two wheels, and the
sidewalk is wide enough to run this on it
from the house to the pig pen, it will be
an easy matter to convey all refuse dish
water, vegetables and milk to the pig pen.
The best barrel to use is Kerosene bar
rel which has been cleaned out. The
blacksmith can So rig the iron sling for
this and two old buggy wheels will do for
the running gear.
Tho contents OF this barrel uay be
emptied into stationary blrrcls ut the pig
pen, III which the necessary grou"d grain
which is to be fed to the hogs should be
allowed to soak for twenty-four hours. It
should not be allowed to get too sour,
but "A little does moi hurt it, Where milk
Is not abundant enough to furnish the
hogs what drink they wan: they should
have access 10 soma clean water q. well
AZ this swill.
Parasites on Live Stock
A writer says that to destroy lice on
live stock he has found nothing better
than strong carbolic soap5uds. The soap
usually sold under the name is noi strong
enough for the purpose 1t may be east
ly prepared and at any degree of strength
that may be required. Get u pound ul
carbolic acid crystals, which may be iIsd
at any wholesale druggists. | get them
III Boston at cost of CD cents per pound.
Take ten pounds of common bar soap,
put III pan with n little water and heat
until dissolved. Take out the cork from
the bottle containing the acid, and set it
in hot water, which will cause the acid to
become fluid, add this to the soap and
stir well. Set away to cool and you will
have soap at small cost which will be
strong enough to kill any vermin which
infest domestic animals, and which will
cure barn itch and uuy cutaneous dis
cases to which they are liable. 1t is good
to cleanse and heal sores, and wash of
it will be found good where animals are
hide-bounI and the skin out of condition
1t will be found good to wash the inside
of poultry houses to render them sweet
and kill and prevent vermin. 1t isa cheap,
safe and sure remedy, and should find Il
place in all well regulated premises.
Profits aud Losses of Poultry,
Writers on poultry differ ab ont which
is the best breed Of fowls to keep. One
has an tax to grind :" others are inllu-
enced by their likes and dislikes. What
wonder, then, that farmers and novice in
the poultry business are at loss to know
which breed is best adapted to their
wants? Extravagant and often mislead-
ing statements about this or that breed,
or strain, frequently appear in our poul-
try and agricultural journals, and by re-
fcrring to the advertising columns, often
times, n reason for these articles may be
found. Seldom does season pass but
that ] see, hear, or read of the same old
story-of eggs failing to hatch, fowls not
answering description given of them, OF
not being up to regulation points OF
the breed, and these are all sold at high
prices by some not over scrupulous breed
er or dealer. There are honest dealers
who take every pains to deal fairly with
their customers, and they find their re,
) ward in it by the appreciation Of then
patrons and ready sale of surplus stock
! and eggs at remunerative prices.
Poultry raising, to be profitable, re
. qures thorough knowledge of, AM
adaptedness to, the business ON the par,
of the keeper He should he located
within easy distance of some city or goot
market, near II railroad station ii trans
portation is necessary. He should selec
such breed or breeds rs his taste ant
other circumstances will warrant. liz
should provide good comfortable houses
with runs adapted TO the object in keep
ing, bearing in mind that eggs for pro
ducing chickens are very much bette
where the hens have free run and plen
ty OF cocks tsay one to tenn for breeding
hens. For market and number of eggs
limited confinement without cocks is pre-
ferable. The two foregoing essentials
provided, he should feed his fowls Iegu
larly three times day, varying the fooC
Ms much as possible ut the three feeds
Soft food, hot OF cold, as the weather ma.
be, should be given in the morning. TIN
; may be meal, bran, vegetables, meat, etc.
. mixed, wet with water or milk, givinl
once or twice week with this food n dos
of red pepper. The other two ration
I may be of whole grains OF different kinds
c charcoal land no better charcoal for til
f purpose can be had than corn ON the col
:, charred by placing i'll the stove oven til
e properly cooked, plenty of green grass
t clover, rowcn hay, cabbages and turmp
+ should be within their reach. He shoul
e also provide plenty of pulverized oy
shells, bones, old slnked lime and gra
h with dust places for their use.
L LASTLY, he should keep his fowl ho =
/. scrupulously clean whitewash and fun
;, gate as often as is necessary to the pui
:. pose. He should never crowd too man
e fowls into one compartment not Owe
- thirty or forty, better less. He shoul
d colonize as much as possible, and avoi
n in-and-in breeding as far as may be.
believe that the foregoing embrace til
=, essential and fundamental rules for prC
. tituble poultry raising, and that he vii
=, follows this course will meet with success
i, Neglect them and fowl raising will
II found uphill work, " and Il non-payin