The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-07-12

corn alone. 1t will have better proportion
OF lean, and the pigs will be healthier WINE
iattenng. Ground millet Is very appro-
pirate food for young pigs, giving them a
large and muscular frame.
The American Cultivator says: whoever
places m UGH dependence on the strainer Tor
securing clean milk will never make gilt
edge butter. Allowing dirt to Set into
milk and then depending upon the stralner
to get it out, is poor apology Tor cleanii-
ness. More or less of dirt, especially every
thing of a soluble nature, and some that Is
not, will find its way through the meshes
of the strainer.
1t costs one hundred and fifty dollars to
import Jersey cow. This includes hand
ling on the island after purchase, transpor-
tatlon across the Atlantic, care during the
three months detention in quarantine and
final shipment to st. LOUIS. From this 1t
will be seen that animals have to be pur-
chased at very low price on the island to
be sold here for less than four or hve hun
dred dollars.
A person who claims to be successful In
keeping eggs "the year round gives the
and one pint of fresh lime add four gallons
of boiling water. When cold put it in
stone lars. Then, with dish, let down
your fresh eggs into it, tipping the dish,
After it fills with the liquid, 30 they will
roll out without cracking the shell, for II
the shell is cracked the egg will spoil. Put
The eggs in whenever yeu have them fresh.
Keen them covered and in cool place, ana
they will keep fresh tor year;
RepnIaritv in breeding goes far toward in
surlpg success, even if the quantity gwen
each day is the same. il the feeding is not
done regularly, the stock will show signs OF
neglect A daily feed at this season Will
suilice for adult fowls which have full liber-
~, as they can gather up much food In their
daily rambes, out the breeding birds, ana
those which are confined In pens ana re d,
strcted wards need two meals daily, and
also plenty OF green foou, Win hltie fresh
meat a few times week. .
DR.. Voelcker found that solution oil
twenty-tour grains of salt to pint OF water,
gave a fresher appearance TO caDoages ana
radishes. A less amount OF salt showed no
effect. A very strong solution harms many
plants. The plants most benehtted by SAT-
are cabbages celery, asparagus, onions,
radishes aDd tomatoes. grasses are aliecteu
more readily by salt than other crops, and
il ~ of special advantage to dubious plants
and plants with succulent leaves. Salt Is
taken into the body OF the plant without
accommodation to a limited degree.
prof l.. b, Arnold says the points in favor
of dairying are: First, dairy farm costs
ten per cent. less to operate than grain
growing or mixed agriculture; second, the
annual returns average little more than
other branches; third, prices are nearer uni
form and more reliable; fourth, dairying
erhausts the soil less fifth, it is more Sc
cure against changes in the season, since
the dairyman does not suffer so much from
wet ana frost and varying seasons, and he
can. If prudent, protect against drought.
Never use cock that is cross. The ben
NAV be a cross, but the cock should be
nure and without blemish. The males ex-
ercise the stronger influence on the chicks,
and if the cock is tainted with the sllghtest
Infusion of foreign blood, the chicks will
Throw back" and be of all sizes, colors,
and characteristics. What is most to be de-
sired in breeding chickens for market is uni
formity in appearance, which not only
canses them to sell readily, but increases
the price. For market chicks q good Ply
mouth r ock cock will impress his qualities
on chicks from all kinds OF hens, every one
being alike in color, and nearly OF a size. :,
Question.-Please give remedy Tor pima
staggers in pigs, 2.-Give an efficient rem
eSy for lice on cattle and other domestic
animals. 3.-One of my horses had
cough for a year past. He hardly ever
coughs only in the morning when he Is
Reply.-I The best treatment for blind
staggers in pigs is to apply ice to the head,
to administer drastic cathartlc, anu 10
give enemas of turpentine and oil. IA
detection, of tobacco, to every gallon OF
which one pound of sulphur may be added,
is an excellent application for banishing
lice. The whole of the body should not be
covered with this application at once. Do
a part only each day and do it thoroughly.
II the animal manifests any signs of nausea
or sickness the application should be dis
continued for day or two. Sill you
take the trouble to sift the dust out OF
the oats thoroughly before feeding it. your
horse will not be troubled by frequent fits
of coughing while eating his favorite meal.
An exchange tells us how to keep Irish
notatoes in Texas. 1t says: Dig them early
In the morning. or late in the evening.
Do NOT let the sun shine holly upon them.
You had better drop them into basket
a, YOU dig, and when the basket is full
carry them where the basket is to remain.
spread them on the ground in the shade,
where there is q free circulation Oh the az,
do not put them in a house or on a plank
floor. The best place we know OF is under
the house, If your house is loot or two
from the ground. LITER they have stayed
there two or three weeks they will keep
anywhere; in pile in the house, barreled
IN or in any oiher way, SO that they are