The National tribune., 1883-11-29

It is well. therefore, to delay the burying until
the disease is wholly ehecked--HaS5anoasaa
LUckRS OR ALFALFA.
Professor shelton. of Kansas tells the Lire
Stock Indicator that he cannot recommend this
plant as hay producer in any country where
10 rains. Does the learned Professor recon-
mend alfalfa TO be grown in countries whers
there is no rain2 This would seem to be the
inference to be deduced from the statement
The alfalfa, where once established, win stand
dry season better than most forage plants,
but it will not grow without water; hence. tha
statement is not easily understood. Doubtless
he means that in wet weather it is difficult to
cure it so as to be OF any use ~ hay; but, then,
these conditions are applicable to all forzzs
plants, more or less. We wish these professors
could be more explicit in their sayings
Alfalfa IS a plant chiefly valuable as crop
to be utilized IN the green state and wants
plenty OF rain for its best Development n
makes but sorry substitute for good hay a
compared with the best grasses, but it cannot,
of course, grow where there IS no rainfall
DRY MURRAIS
KISG's POINT. TENN. Nov 8. 1888.
To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
Can get an answer to the following aues.
tions IN the next issue of THE TRIBUSE3 IL
not. please publish them and ask for informa-
ton What IS the cause Of dry murrain in cat
tlel What the cure. aud how can it be pre-
vented VIII salt and eapsicum act on the
kidneys il given as prescribed bel0Wg Are ths
kidneys affected during dry murrain3 Many
cattle dying here OF this disease. IN most al
eases u Is fatal l have treated several c0ws
for muFrain IN Illinois and Kansas BY giving
salt-uue pint-di2olvcd IN warm water. with
tablespoonful Of eapsieum. in the very earliest
stages % the disease. with perfect success. But
after a cow - two DAYS gone with the disease
MFFTe 4ssfae
i knew daiFyman in Illinois, who kept from
thirty to sixty cows, to have from five %
ten sick every spring with dry murrain. With
him 10 Was always fit cows. about two DAYS
alter calving His eniy remedy was "a given
above, and always successful Some think the
eause Of dry murrain IS the eating Of ragwee
oisSsnuIS am very anxious to get AL the IN
formation / can with the next issue OF THz
TRIBUNE.
Yours. respectfully, EN-. BaooKs.
Reaarks.-we publish the above, as request
ed, and hope that some Of our readers may an
swer the questions asked.
NoTELETs.
-Liebig, the great agricultural chemist,
said: "A certain mass of gold and silver eircu-
lates IN the world. and the art of becoming
rieh consists IN knowing the way to divert
from the main stream an additional brook to
ones own house. In ike manner there circu-
lates, IN the air and IN the soil, relatively
/ inexhaustible quantity OF the food of plants,
aud the art of the farmer consists in knowing
and using the means of rendering this food
/ available for crops"
! Land that is well enriched by stable ma
nure, by the powing-in of green crops. or by
any other method by which a mass Of bulky
organic matter is mixed with the soil, wiz be
warmer in cold weather than poor, hard, COM
+ pressed soil The porOsity produced by the
+ deeayed and decaying organic material induces
warmth and winter crops VIII not have the
+ same tendency TO freeze-out as they VIII on
/ poor lands.
1t IS easier to fatten hogs IN autumn than
+ it is when the Thermometer reaches down to
zero, for, when the animals are exposed TO this
f temperature, it IS supposed that it requires
about One-half of the grain the animal digests
4 to keep mp the natural heat Of the body and
this shows how desirable and profitable It is TO
I keep all kinds Of live stock IN comfortable
1 quarters during cold weather.
There is one important advantage in grow
ing PaTsnips for stock, and that IS. that they
need not be taken Gus Of the ground in the fall.
They are rather improved in quality By winter
/ freezing, and as soon as the ground thaws IN
spring they can be lifted, and afford a sucu-
lent food for animals until they can be pas
tured.
TO secure good seed corn is is essential to
have the cob thoroughly vel dried before 10
has a chance to BE- frozen If it gets frosted
while there IS juice in the kernel the germ VIII
be destroyed
The cuitivator should make it a ruIe never
20 throw away or destroy any rubbish that viii
dee0mPose or burn. He shOuid be as careful
and economic OF plant food IA be would be Of
animal food; the former is TO him Of the greater
imPortance.
The durability Of shingle roofs win bs
greatly extended BY dipping the shingles. be-
fore laying. in hme-wash made Of fresh, sharp
lime. A roof treated IN this wa was found
hard and sound thirteen years afterwards.
The water from it was hard several months
after laying.
1t is said, now, that those who condemn
the carp as food fish do not know how to
cook them They must first be parbSiled then
baked, and served with ordinary dressing
They are then tender, rather bony, but IN all
other respects capital baking fish.
Whenever the thermometer falls 70 ten or
twelve degrees below freezing it viii be neees-
sary TO protect fig trees during the winter, IN
order TO get summer crop Of fruit The
branches should be bent down close TO tha
ground, then fastened with hooked pegs, or by
tying TO small stakes driven firmly into the
ground. A covering of earth should be thrown
over them, so as TO leave no portion of the
stems CT branches exposed 4 good coating OF
forest leaves. held in place by eornstaIks or
boards, viii be good protection. When tbs
branches are bent while the plants are young,