The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-05-27
LIVE STOCK NOTES,

Butchers in tho vicinity OF Chicago, Ill.
have recently been gathering up three
months.old lambs md paying for them q
ratio Of So 50 to 81 apiece for city consump
tlon. ilg7G q "a - ~
Mr.. Judge, Of Lienthall. according 10 tn,
London Truth, has sold three therefore,
COWS to an American breeder for 81, 400
tho highest price ever yet paid Tor tina
stock. .l
A recent autopsy upon valuable horst
OF Bridgeport, Conn, revealed that deatl
had been caused by pieces Of zinc which he
had chewed from tho lining Of his mangel
and swallowed.
California breeders are importing Here
ford cattle from Australia aud New Xsa
land. Tho animals cost loss than those Oh
tanned from England, and are reported &c
be very tine speclmens SAT-
It costs no more to raiso the beat breedf
Of poultry than TIE common barnyard
fowl, while the returns arc more than
double. Get a setting OF eggs from some
reliable breeder and convince yourself Of
this TACT. '.'r .-TlH
Mention Is made In foreign papers OF q
creamery whore each horse gets IN allow.
ance Of butte'milk dailythroughoutth the va.
The system has bsen continued about
twelve months and "lound to answer in a
most satisfactory manner" p"
Keep tho horse collars clean. The dus!
and dirt which adhere 10 collars when they
are wet with az eat works into Jumps and
ridges, and sore shoulders arc the result
II the collars becomehsrd wash them clean,
pound them and apply oil,
Reports from Montana ranges show that
cattle have wintcred well in the Valley Of
the Musselshell, in the lake basin north Of
Billings, In the Judith Basin, and in the
Big Horn Basin. The Live Stock Agent OF
the Northern Pacific estimates that there
are $50, 600 cattle in Montana, upon which
the loss will not exceed 3 percent.
The authorities oil the Iowa Agricultural
College make the following clasai6cations
Of tho relative value Of various foods for
milk producers: Corn, per 100 pounds,
30 cents; oatp, 10 cent?; barley, IS cenls;
wheat % cent?; wheat bran, 70 cent?; oil
meal, ST 10: clover hay, so cents; timothy,
30 cent?; potatoes, 10 cents.
The time Is come when you should care.
fully examine your henhouse and fortify
1t against the army Of insects 30 injurious to
your lowle. A careful uas OF kerosene oil
will keep of lice. Coal tar Is also ire.
quently used to good advantage for the
same purpose. Apply it with brush into
every crack and crevice where there isauy
chance for vermin, aud 1t will keep them
of.
The Utica Herald tells OF a dairymsn
who was troubled with the smell OF garlic
or wild onions in the milk. To obyiate
this he put the cows in the stable at about
3 o'clock each afternoon, and then fed
them on hay and gave grain rs usual. The
reault was all no anticipated. a rest Of
three hours allowed the scent to pass of in
other directions, though previously it aa.
vored both milk and butter. ~ 81
J. s. Woodward, Of Lockpor., N. Y, SAYS
that he has grown early lambs for market
Tor years, but never aucceeded in making
any money from them until no began
growing supply Of roots for feeding the
owes 50 as to make free flow OF milk. He
prefers mangel.wurtzals to either turnips or
sugar beete, in part because the msngels
will keep in good condition for feeding I'm.
til late in winter.
Weakness in young calves ia due to Tie
poor condition OF the COWS, and often to
exposure to cold, which reduces the vital.
ity Of the COW; and, Of course, the calves
suffer. The best thing 10 be done is to give
the cows aomo nourishing food Tor some
time before they calve, as oatmeal or lin.
seed Cruel, with teaapoonful OF ginger
and pint Of molsssea, and to give the cali
a little weak gin and water, we'll sweetened,
by means OF spoon. An ounce or 10 will
be enough each time. five or SIX tines day.
An exchange says OF lambs that although
they are supposed to be tender things there
10 no other young animal that has SO much
vitality as lamb, it it only has plenty Of
food and can get 1t. Very often it needs
help to reach the teat and 10 get the milk.
The ewes teats are often closed with
gluey, sticky substance, which should BIZ
forced out and the milk started; then il
the lamb is held to the teat it will come to,
when it has eeemed past hope, and in e
day will skip, il it can get but ray OF sun.
shine to start 1t.