The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1884-07-24
OUR RURAL TOPICS.
Some Practical Suggestions for Our
Agricultural leaders.
CURE FOR CHICKEN CHOLERA.

brown; two ounces OF capSlcum and two ounces
OF black antimony. Mix and put one table,
spoonful to gallon OF corn meal. For young
chickens there should be but half tablespoon
full to gallon of meal.-ALBERT DAY, Peoria,
Ill.
To THE EDITOR: Tell Mrs. Wiley that she
will find pulverized rhubarb mixed with their
feed TO be sure cure for chicken cholera.
Give it for two or three days, and then about
twice week. DO not put it in water, as they
will not get enough that way to cure thena.-
GINA ATKINSON, Miami, Kan.
subscriber at Hiawatha, Kan, gives this
recipe and directions: Mix two ounces cap
sicuIn, two ounces black antimonium and one
pound Spanish brown, and give one teaspoon
full in bran or meal to one dozen fowls twice
a week preventive Oftener if sick, say
once day. Accompanying this is 8 note in
which he says: My wife has found the above
remedy invariably successful. They always
stop dying off Immediately after the first dose.
As general thing chicken cholera is the direct
result of filthy surroundings. In order that
poultry may be kept healthy, they must breathe
q healthy atmosphere; but farmers are very
likely to neglect this matter until cholera puts
liz an appearance.
TO THE EDITOR: Responding to the inquiry
as to what will cure gapes Ia chickens, NiH
say that teaspoonful of garden rus, nliTsd
with the food viii cure the worst cdses.o. 3.
KELLY, Haverhill, Mass.
EGG BOUND.
Inability to lay on account Of unusual size
of egg, may be known by the hen coming off
the nest and moping around in evident distress,
with wings on the ground sometimes she
remains on the nest. A large dose of castor oil
will generally give relief in a few hours. Fail
ing in this, free injection of olive oil into the
ovidnct may be used, care being taken not to
break the egg. If no syringe is at hand the
| oil may be passed up with feather, having
| first bathed the vent with warm water. The
| food should be soft and not of stimulating
nature. Incase the egg passage should protrude
or become ruptured, egg production should be
totally arrested by giving the following: One
| grain of tartar emetic and quarter of a grain
| of opium, made into pill, and administered
every four hours. In the first pill the guam
| tity of calomel and opium may be doubled
| Western RaraL
| PACKING EGGS.
| know Of nothing better than hay cut about
| one-half inch long to pack eggs IN. II Is light
and elastic, two very important things. The
way I do it is this: Place paper in the bottom
| of the basket to keep the hay in; put about one
/ and half inches of cut hay in; after it is
pressed down put another paper over the layer,
! then fill the basket to the rim make a hole
| with the foTefnger, commencing near the rim
| of the basket; put the naked egg in and pre-
coed with the next, leaving about one half inch
space between the eggs. When all are in, take
a handful of cut hay free of long hay, and Iet
it drop between the eggs TO fill securely. Fill
up a little rounding over the rim. Have thin
board, planed and cut the size of the inside Of
| rim press down below the surface Of rim with
| a brad awl make holes in the rim and stick
/ small nails over the lid, six or eight of them.
Then stick the awl in the edge Of board on each
side, and press nails IN for seal. The eggs will
! never get loose in such q basket. Il can be
kicked about and the eggs will not break.
Always try the eggs by striking them together;
| If sound they will ring. never heard any
| complaint about my psoking.-Joha Bennett in
| Fdnciers' Gazette.
NEW METHOD OF WASHING BUTTER.
It is stated that new method of washing
| butter has been patented in Germany. AS soon
| as gathered In the churn in particles Of about a
tenth of an inch in size, it Is transferred to a
centrifugal machine, whose drum is pierced
with holes and lined " It'll linen gaek that is
/ finally taken ont with the butter. As sooa as
| the machine is set IN rapid motion the butter
milk begins to escape: q spray of water thrown
| into the revolving drum washes out all the for
| eign matters adhering to the butter. This
washing is kept up till the last drop of water is
removed, as clothes are dried in the centrifugal
wringer. The dry butter is then taken out
nodded, and packed. 1t Is claimed that the
product thus SO fully and quickly freed from
all Impurities, without any working or knead-
/ ing, has finer flavor, aroma and grain, and
far better keeping qualities than when pre-
pared for market in the ordinary way.
EVIL EFFECTS OF ovERBEARNa.
Patrick Barry says: 4 tree overloaded with
fruit can neither perfect the fruit nor ripen it's
wood properly, and in severe climate is quite
/ likely to suecumb 10 a degree Of cold which.
under proper treatment, it could have resisted.
| The grape is very sensitive in this respect. 1t
is safe to say that millions of trees are annu-
| ally ruined IN this country by over-cropg.
NoTELETs.
"A subscriber at Monk, Iowa, wants some
one TO give him information as to the best way
OF making hot-beds, and the plants that can be
forced in them most proftably.
-Millet, sowed in plenty for all purposes
| and cut when in bloom, is as profitable a crop
as the farmer can give his ground to.
Now is the time to put out celery for The
| Winters use.
Tho outlook for corn IN the West is quite
| good-much better everywhere than last year
In the East the crop is late in development and
uneven in growth. The average is greater than
! last year.
| Nothing is better for killing out weeds than
| buckwheat sown thickly.
Several correspondents are recommending
| the storing OF hay and strawin the now in alter
nate layers, go that it viii come out as the lttls
| ones like their pork, in strips of fat and lean
1t Is also proposed TO store ensilage the same
way.
The botanist of the Agricultural Depart
ment says that chess or cheat is distinct spe-
cles OF grass, well known to botanists as bronius
secdtlaus; il is wholly distinct from wheat, and
no scientific man entertains tho opinion that it
! is degenerate wheat.
Tho best fodder Of all Is the leaf stripped
from the sorghum cane. Every description of
stock is fond Of it,
/ 1t is not good economy for farmer to buy
| anything but steel harrow-teeth
! The report ofthe fru;tin Missouri is not en-
couraging. Apples are quoted at rs per cent,
peaches none pears so per cent pIums so, grapes
60. The Ben Davis shows from so to 10 per cent.
OF an average crop, being the highest on the
| list OF apples. Jonathan comes next, with so
| to loo per cent; the White Winter Pearmain
90 to 90, Winesap rs to so, Willowtwig so to go
OF dry food consumed, Sir j. B. Lawes
found that sheep stored up in increased weight
IL per cent, while cattle only laid up in in
creased weight per cent or, in other words,
81 pounds Of dry food increased the live weight
of sheep as much as 123 pounds did the Live
| weight of cattle.
"A writer in the American Agrics.ltarist
makes the following estimate of the cost of
| starting sheep ranch In the Northwest One
thousand sheep, at 81, $1,000 20 pure Merino
rams, $500; sheds andbuildings, $500; expenses,
| first year, for two herders and other help 81 :
GOO; horses, wagon, etc, $500; reserve fund,
5000. Tho probable income and increase is
$500 pounds of wool S7OO. and 700 Ianhs