The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-06-07

of manure may be IN de Of an old car
cass OF horse or COW, etc., which Is
often drawn away 10 the woods to pol.
lutte the atmosphere. Do not do this,
but put down four or five loads of muck
or sod, roll the CARCASS over it and
sprinkle it with quick lime, covering
over with sod or mould sufficient TO
make, with that already beneath, twenty
good wagon loads, and you will
have 1926 worth of fertilizer in less than
year, and no fears need be felt in
applying il to any crop. One beauty OF
the plan is, that the animals need not
be moved far away, there being not the
least stencil. All animals which you
are unfortunate enough to lose can DE
utilized in this way, and be made to
go great way towards replacing them.
Smaller animals, such as sheep, calves,
dogs and cats, can be treated in the
same manner, with the average amount
of sod or muck proportionate to their
size When possible. place three or
more in one pile. as the labor OF cover
ing would be proportionately less; but
it is not much work to make heap of
any animal, however small or large.
FIsrULA NJ THE SHOULDER. Flstula
in the shoulder consists of swelling
on the top Of the shoulder or withers.
L. may be caused by blow, bruise
or spraln. The swelling becomes an
sbscess, and the pus produced burrows
in several directions, making cartilage
nous channels or pipes for itself. To
treat such q case it Is necessary to open
the tistula freely, to cut it 80 that the
pipes are all brought into one opening,
then to destroy these by corrosive appll-
cations, as carbohc acid, or even murla-
tic acid. When the pipes are destroyed
the wound should be treated as COM
mon one, dressed with a mixture of one
part of pyroliginous acid, two parts OF
tlncture of myrrh and aloes. The
suppuration should be washed out twice
day with warm water aud little car
bohc acid. The wound ID then dressed
with the mixture, lint stepped in it is
put into the opening to keep 1t from
healing outside until the inside is
healed, and when this happens the
openings may be permitted to close up.
II this is done before the inside ls
healed the part will swell and break out
again.
In breeding ducks, to secure the
largest number Of young from the old
birds, each season the setting of the
first clutch of eggs should be under
ordinary hens. Ali the duck eggs set.
which are dropped before the ducks
show signs of broodinR, should be set
under common hens. By penning a
young aud vigorous drake with the
ducks when these become broody, they
soon forget it, and ere long return to
laying, after which they can BIO per
mitted to hatch out brood themselves.
By permitting them to set at first, they
frequently do not return to laying until
very late, which Is so much lost time
in securing large birds for TALL and
winter sales. The hens selected for
Matching the early broods should be
quiet, medium sized ones, and those
which are two years old are more to be
depended upon than young pullets,
which latter are apt TO be restless,
frequently deserving the eggs.
THERE are many reasons why you
can stock your farm mole cheaply with
sheep than any other animals. Less
money will be needed for shelter and
fencing. They will utilize sserylhinR
which grows on farm, and with the
exception of hogs the returns will come
In sooner and oftener than with any
farm stock. If your land is poor and
needs enriching sheep will thrive were
COWS would need much extra feed, and
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the land better. Do not invest in poor
stock. Better have few good grades
than flock OF poor, scrubbY animals.
If it Is intended to cure FESTIVE
horse, he must be used solely 10y one
and the same person and caught young,
and let his rider or driver bear In mind
that with both FESTIVE and nervous
horses the voice will prove more etiec
tive than the whip. Stick to your nag,
If possible, under all circumstances
for, rely upon it, if he can once get
away from you, he will redouble his
efforts to do 80 again. Unfortunately,
there is always risk in buying once
willful steed, for in fresh hands he
may revert to his tricks.
QUITE novel way OF keeping the
ants out of the beehiyes is the follow
ing, and it will doubtless do it; Set the
hives or benches on which they rest on
legs, and place each leg in a tin vesse
filled with water. No trees or bushet
should be allowed to come in contact
with the hives lest the ants get to them
that way.
THERE dnesn't appear to be any good
reason why apple trees should beal
only every other year. Ii the treet
were literally fertiliz ID and prevented
from bearing excessive crops by Judi
cious- that is, remorssiy thorough
thinning out, they will yield a good
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