The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-09-11
Miscellaneous Agricultural Items.

The smut is parasitic growth, and will re-
appear from year to year unless destroyed
To prevent its temperance, dissolve pount
of sulphate of copper in two gallons of no
water, pour the solution into tub and thor
add three or four gallons of cold water,
Place a basket in the liquor; pour the wheat
into the basket and let 1t soak 20 minutes
then spread the wheat on the barn floor and
sift over itplaster to dry it; SOW at once.
1t may have been strong sense of personal
interest that has prompted churn manufact-
urer to give the following advice, but it is
valuable none the less. 'sMany fill the churn
half full, but the time it takes to churn is less
only one-third full Many dairvmen make
this mistake by buying to small churn
WHAT'S saved in the extra cost of larger
churn is lost in extra time in churnlng often in
q single week, always in month Hence the
folly of this expensive kind of economy But
| it is like great many traditional economies
| quite too generally practiced.
The disparity Of the price of grain and thai
of beef, hog products, poultry and dairy pro-
| ducts, Is remarkable. The price of wheat is
not greater than it was half century ago,
| while that of live stock is double what it was
| even thirty years ago. says the St Louis Repub-
the price of butter, cheese, poultry and eggs.
This inequality is owing no doubt, in part to
| changed methods of cultivation, but it is still
abnormal and cannot continue as fixed con-
dition of things.
The Breeders Gazette says: eFor Diarrh9a
in calves give first two or three ounces of cas-
tor oil, with three to fotir irachnis Of lai1da
htiitt; three to four hours thereafter, give a
mixture composed of two drachms of compound
| chalk powder with opium, one drachm of pow
| dered gentian, one ounce of peppermint water,
and three ounces of starch emulsion. Such a
| dose may be given twice or thrice daily until
the symptoms abate. Change the diet
Dairy farming has assumed wonderful pro-
portions in Great Britain, where it is now
growing more rapidly than any other country
in the world The amount of capital employed
in dairying by farmers in the United Kingdom
| is estimated at no less than from 1915 0OO, Goo
to 81, GOO, eco OOO and that by landlords at from
| $1,000, 900 to $7,0OO,0O0,OO These are
vast stinis, and yet it is only too well known
that British dairy farming is capable of much
| further development On an average about
thre6 pints of milk are consumed weekly by
each person in the United Kingdom while the
weekly consumption of cheese is about four
ounces. Our contributor, Prof. Sheldon, cal
culates that to supply London alone no fewer
than about SOC, 600 cows would be required
The Prairie Farmer gives the following meth
DDS for making wholesome temperance drinks;
Put into large pan foar qpnees Of fine oat-
meal from aye 10 seven ounces of white sugar.
hall lemon cut into small pieces Mix with
little warm water, then pour gallon of boil
ing water into it; stir all together thoroughly,
and use when cold. The lemon may be omit
! ted, and raspberry vinegar or any other flavor
ing may be used instead More oatmeal may
be used if preferred. Another is made IS fol
! lows: Eight ounces Of sugar, six d,irtea Of
good fine oatmeal, fcnr ofnces of cocoa at 20
cents per pound, mixed gradually and smooth
| iy into gallon of boiling water. Take to the
| field in stone jar.
Catarrh in any animal is the result of cold
of which the Inflammation has become chronic
and purulent In this case it is more than
skin deep, because the absorbed matter Has
made the blood irtpurs; and this lmptrity
must be got lid IF. A dose of four ounces of
epacrn salts will begin this purifying process
and fourth of dram of chlorate of potash
daily will continue it, and in a month will prob
ably complete it A little powder of the chic
rate blown into the nostrlls daily will hasten
the cure This is for small animal as pig
for cow or horse, four times as much should
be given. But at times. discrdered stomach
caused by indigestion will produce all the synip-
toms of catarrh, and while the treatment above
will serve equally we'll for such a case, net 4
change Of food and rsddced Quantity will be
necessary