Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-04-25

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s since It is the moderately fed and not
oyerfatted beast which meets the con-
snmers views, rather than the animal
which takes the prize at fat-stock shows.
Peter Henderson, one 81 The best au
thorities upon market gard ning, highly
recommends the white plume celery,
the stalks, inner leaves and heart Of
which are naturally white, which fact
makes unnecessary the costly work OF
banking thecelery to bleach it. In APP
pearance the white plume is very orna-
mental, as the inner leaves are disposed
something liks an ostrich feather Or
plume, which suggested it's name. 1t is
said to be crisp, solid, and of fine flavor,
but not as long keeping as the old green
sorts, it's tenderness and crispness caus-
ing it to rot sooner.
+ Here is practical idea. in few words,
from a correspondent Of the Poultry
Yard Il make saw benches for roosts
that is, I take 2x4 scantling and nail
legs to them of the length to suit space
and breed. These, as you will at once
see, can be moved at pleasure when
cleaning droppings, or for any other
reason that may present itself; but the
best part of it is as regards lice. Every
week I take my kerosene can and go to
the hen house: carefully pick up and
carry out of doors my saw benches,
pour the kerosene on them, and touch
it off; the flame will quickly run over
every part of it, and go without burn
ing the wood, but every mite or nit
that would have made one, you are rid
Of forever. I have followed this plan
for some time, and have no trouble with
lice.
Animals kept up should be stined
rather than allowed all they will
eat. Eating and digesting are two diff
herent things--a fact learned long ago,
with reference to myself, and which 1
apply with advantage to my live stock.
There have just been new illustrations
of it on the farm. A crippled Jersy COW,
which is always kept in a box-stall and
waited On, had 81 continuous diarrhea,
and was running down. After wonder
ing why this was so careful inspection
OF her excrement revealed the fact that
she was over fed. The diarrhoea was the
natural result of the inhability of the
stomach to digest the meal. Reducing
this food one-half arrested the trouble.
II. Stewart, in the New York Times,
speaking in regard to cattle getting
choked with roots or apples, says
"Sometimes a tablespoonful Of sweet
oil, melted lard or linseed oil poured
down the throat will make it easy to
work the obstacle up OF down. If not
the safest thing is at once to take q
sharp, small knife and to cut down
not across-the gullet, directly over the
obstruction, first through the skin and
muscle and then through the outlet, and
make slit large enough to remove the
piece Of root. This is safer than to
force anything down the throat to push
the root down into the stomach The
cut is drawn together by two OF three
separate stitches in the gullet and as
many as may be needed in the skin,
leaving the ends hanging out of the
wound, so they may be drawn out when
the edges Of the wound have united.
This is perfectly safe operation, and
is, of course, effective, without injury
being done"
Some recently complied dairy statis-
tics may prove interesting: About -,
600, O00,0 900 is invested in the dairy bust
ness of the United States; $4,000, 900
COWS supply the milk, and it takes 60,
100000 acres of land to feed them, and
100000 men and 1000, 900 horses to at
tend to them and the milk they pro-
duce. These COWS and horses consume
annually 3O,O00,0 900 tons Of hay, 0,00O,-
900 bushels of cornme,ll and oatmeal,
275,O00,0 900 bushels of oats and various
other grains, the total cost of which is
about $400, O00,0 900 per year, while the
hired help costs $l6S, 100000. The
yearly return for this investment is 6,
$50, 900 900 gallons of milk, which. at
an average Of twelve cents per gallon,
| would bring $810,000,0OO.