The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-14
Metals.
Metals.
NEW YORK, March 13.-Lead firm.


Charred grain either of corn, wheat, oats or
buekwheat, should be fed to fowls occasionally
Horses feet need looking after during the cold
muddy, spring weather. A daily cleaning OF the
exposed parts is essential to their health as well
as the comfort of the animals.
Hickory and cherry require growth of thirty
years before they arc valuable for lumber;
maple twenty years, and beeches fifteen years.
Black walnut, however, will produce trunk
fourteen inches in diameter in as many years
from the seed
A writer after making careful estimates of the
damage done by dogs in the Northern States
alone finds that it costs not less than $33 COO 600
annually to support our dogs, a sum that would
buy l65, 600 farms at government prices for land,
OF it would purchase 49,, 900 neighborhood libra
ries of 200 volumes each.
A veteran writer upon live stock topics says
that horses which are bred on fiat soft rich
soils never grow the clear tough hoOf, ivory like
bones, and powerful muscles that do those which
are reared on dry and somewhat hllly region.
This agrees with the observations of many
breeders, and the fact may furnish valuable
hint to purchasers of horses.
A Vermont sheep-raiser claims the foot rot can
be entirely eradicated from flock of sheep by
dipping the feet Of every member OF the flock,
whether lamb not, into kerosene oil. and then
putting pinch of sulphur between the hoofs
One repetition of the treatment at the end of
two weeks, he claims, will be sufficient They
should be kept in a dry place for few hours
after each application of the kerosene.
Clover is very sensitive to excess of water, as
much or more so than is the wheat plant 1t IS
really a greater loss to fail of a clover seeding
than to fail in the wheat crop, though the latter
being readily salable for money, its loss is more
Immediately felt The clover roots strike deep
ly, and in soil saturated by moisture the top
root will heave by successive freezing and thaw-
ing so that the plant will stand on stills, or in
extreme cases be entirely thrown upon the sur
face
The special foods to cause hens to lay are Sc
eret preparations but the following is consid-
cred good formula Two pounds each of bone
linseed cake dried meats, oats and oyster Shells
all finely ground; one ounce sulphur two ounces
red pepper, four ounces of common salt and cop
peras and one ounce of bread Soda Mix the
whole thoroughly. and allow a tablespoonful
these substances will be but little quite a large
quantity can be made at one time
An exchange says that few farmers know the
size of their fields or how many acres they con-
tain and then explains how they may be in
formed in the matter. A measuring cord should
be part of the furniture on the farm. To make
around make loop or fasten a ring or bar at
each end, and make these exactly GO feet apart
This is four rods Then tie a piece of red rag in
the center One acre of ground will be piece
four of the cords (chans) long, and two and one
half wide, equal to 16 by 10 rods, making 100
square rods to one acre. The advantage of the
ring or loop is that one person can measure alone
by driving a stake in the ground to hold the
rope while he stretches it out The rope should
be soaked in tar and dried, which will prevent it
from shrinking when wet