The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-11-07

No matter how sloppy the food is given
to pigs, they should have daily a good
supply Of clean, fresh water. This is es.
pecially needed in summer for pigs kept
in pens and with little green food.
Dogs troubled with mango should be
washed with warm water and CASTLE soap.
Twice week sprinkle on the parts af-
fected teaspoonful of dry sulphur and
rub it thoroughly in through the hair. 1t
kills feas.
A writer in the Prairie Farmer pro-
poses to have a bed of clean, sharp sand,
twelve to twenty feet square, enclosed
and rooted over for his horses to roll in.
Rain and snow, he says, should be ex.
cluded at all times, and the bed should
be raised to prevent water from running
into the enclosure.
The grazing of land by mixed stock
of cattle, sheep and horses results in the
land being more evenly grazed than where
one kind only is kept. Where, however.
many sheep are graZcd with cattle, as
they pick out ali the finest of the grasses
and clovers with their narrow noses, the
cattle will not thrive so we'll.
The injury that the crow does to corn,
by pulling it up, is not generally great
and can be easily guarded against. A
more serious Indictment is found in the
fact that the crow is the great enemy
of misunderstanding birds, whose nests
it robs and whose young it kills. The
squirrel is also open to the same charge.
Potatoes are not often Intentionally
grown as food for stock, partly because
they sell too we'll in market, and partly
because they are less valuable than other
roots more easily grown. The best use
of small potatoes is to boil them and
mix in meal for fattening hogs. They are
excellent for that purpose, and their vir-
tue is by no means all in the meal
To insure a good catch of timothy seed
it should be sown in the fall with wheat
or other winter grain. 1t is rather better
to sow few weeks after wheat seeding,
else it might get growth enough to in.
jure the grain crop the subsequent season.
If clover is desired the seed should moi
be sown until spring, as young clover i.
very tender and will all be winter killed
When very wet time comes about tho
season that corn is in blossom, many OF
the ears will be imperfectly filled This
results from the washing away of tho
pollen from the silk, preventing it from
fertilizing and producing grain. Each
silk has its embryo grain attached. The
very latest ears are commonly only par
TALLY filled, because they are formed
after most of the pollen has been shed.
Straw has a considerable feeding value
and this greatly depends on preserving il
in good condition. The fine chaff around
the corner should be distributed through
the stack as much as possible, what il
not should be put into the barn before
rain comes, as it is impossible to sack il
when wet. The centre OF the stack
should be kept full and be we'll packed
so that the straw will settle more on the
sides than in the middle.
1t is not advisable to feed uncookeC
sour apples to pigs that are fattening OF
corn. The acid in the fruit Injuries thei
teeth, making the pigs mouth sore anC
preventing regular feeding. The unript
corn, if fed in excess, often has the sam,
effect as it sours on the stomach anC
thus Injuries digestion. Apples may b,
fed in small quantities with meal. and i