The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-06-20
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Farm Paragraphs.

Farm Paragraphs.
A successful farmer made the state
ment that for several years he had prac
ticed tying up his cattle by day, in th.
barn during the fly season, and turning
them out tog1aze during the night, and
he was satisfied that the yield of mill
was one-third more by so doing. Il
was OF better quality, and he could feed
one-third more stock on the same acre
age, for the cattle destroyed by stamp
lnga great deal o good pasturage. And
that his cows might be protected, he
even went so far as to darken the win.
dows OF his stables with muslin cur.
talns. He was about to build new barns
and he should put on blinds, for he con.
sldered them o necessary on his
barn windows than on his house. A
merciful man "a merciful to his beasts
md this was a case where it paid
Germantown Telegraph.
Farm, Field and Fireside seasonablv
remarks that it is not only necessary to
have the lambs early, but also to keep
them growing. In addition to that
which they derive from their dams, a
feed of oats, either whole OF ground,
will cause them to keep in health and
grow rapidly. In fact, there is no
grain so well adapted to feeding to
sheep as oats, and they are very fond
of such. One Of the difficulties in al
lowing sheep and lambs on the same
pasture is that the lambs are liable to
all The ills that effect the older animals,
such as cough and d%istemper, and, if
the pasture is wet, perhaps the foot-rot
may cause trouble. The lambs should
mo- be permitted to remain with the flock,
as they a be more easily and prop
erly cared for when separated; and as it
is the early lamb that brings the highest
price, every effort should be made to Sc
cure it.
1t is high time the house cellar should
be thoroughly cleaned and whitewashed;
1t can be done some rainy day. All de-
caying apples, OF potatoes, are danger
GUS in fact. .yon can't be too particular.
as decaying matter Of every kind breeds
disease. Many u mar has suffered
weeks of t%orturing sickness, OF has lost
q loved wife, OF child, just for want of
a little care in cleaning the cellar.
Better do it, and do it now, even if
il takes half a day of pleasant weather;
cleaning a cellar is cheaper than a
doctors bill, to say nothing of the suf-
fering.
Washed sheep should be sheared on
grass to keep the wool clean, the access
sories being a pen to inclose the sheep
and a rough table on which to roll ND
the wool. Notice should be taken of
the quantity and quality of the wool of
individual sheep for future guidance.
II ticks" are numerous on sheep OF
lambs they are very harmful, and both
should be dipped Immediately, or soon
after shearing in a preparation which
will destroy the pest. 4 decoction of
tobacco with n little sulphur added is as
good rs anything. The lambs should be
sheared i'll August. This is an innova-
ton on the custom of this country, but
it will be found to have n good effect on
their growth, and before the arrival of
winter they will have aquired a fresh
fleece quite sufficient to protect tllem.-
Rural New Yorker.
VIM. Hartley, Of La Crosse, Wis,
writes othe Breeders Gazette that he
has used a remedy for milk fever which
ought not to remain u secret. 1t is one
pint and a.half of lard and one-half
pint OF kerosene, given in milk, warm.
repeating the dose every two or three
hours. He is c~orroborated by Mr.. Z. C.
Jones, another correspondent, and, nc
cording to their experience, the remedy
has never failed. to their knowledge,
though frequently resorted to in that
section.
A farmers wife writes in this vein
Somehow, I used to raise about 200
chicks with but little care, when | kept
a mongrel breed that no one dared to
name; but the more blood I get, the |
more work | have and the less to show |
for it. Some n may say do not give
them sufficient care. A farmers wife
something to do besides watching
and chickens all the time, and [
spent all my time taking care of
the o~ld-fashioned native hens, and they
get sick and die either; but nine
out of ten if set on thirteen eggs, would
produce an even dozen chicks. and the
tenth one, would bring of the full thir-
teen sound and healthy"