Rural and workman and "Ladies' Little Rock journal." (Little Rock, Ark.) 1884-1884, 1884-06-21
S7OtE NOTES.
CATTLE.

oloim It has on the ground OF DAIRY
w any and take its stand solely upon its
81 ul'i1 l,orv Grazing and beef-making pro-
2tFa .aa While the Short-horn can stand,
Iensl Tue Colossus I at Rhodes, on two seperate
IRe inc How Gor far this divided support gives it
w EJvantage over the Hereford, or the con-
y 'u' $ ;s a. question which the admirers OF
= e y horns ~ and Herefords, respectively may
' aVE tSe subject of amicable debate TO an
~ Ros vi. outsider it seems clear that granting
| Y nJyantaqe of ability to meet either pur
'ssb Az production Of beef or Of milk.we
N ~ still doubt how far the milking and flesh
II ;n Sy tendencies can belong conformity to
=. II n l9 animal; how much Of either must be
=. :. o n for the sake of the union, where
4 ttpmnt is made to bring out both together.
Livestock Journal, Chicago
Horp.ail in ninety-nine cases out of every
INBRED exists only in the Imagination. No
4andard work on veterinary science that |
= Familiar with alludes to horn-ail. There
\ species of quackery which refers the aches
nd diseases of animals to their horns or tails,
Inetioning the boring Of the former and the
bckmg Of the latter The actual disease
5hich occasions a loss or increase of temper
Inc of the external surface of the body,
obs included, may be, and often is, located
Teither the BRAIN stomach or bowels, and
other times is the result of local congestion
7 Il be lungs and other parts, mere effects, the
,wg Its of preexisting disease; therefore, [
nt lend that the term horn-ail; when used to
ikpess the condition of parts sympathetic
lily effected or aroused, throws no light on
Ie nature Of the disease under which the
tWpal labors. think your OK has pleuriSy
fgdamaion of the lungs. The following
lRll be good: Fluid extract Of lobelia, one
IFanl;; liquor acetate of ammonia, four ounces;
R1Watter one pint; mix; repeat the dose at
Is END OF four hours. Let the patient have
aeV doses of powdered Nitro, to the amount
tEo ounces per day, in three doses. = Cor,
western Rural.
pe quantity Of food needed by stock varies
IEsl among animals Of the same age and
I Is and 1t necessarily varies to greater
81 10y " among animals of different breeds,
\ s i3s Subject farmer in England says it
A STlG 4ly correct to reckon a sheep con
i 9iiS twenty eight pounds of green food, an
III N s u, l5Opounds a calf forty pounds,
iIls ! a. ys ga eighty pounds daily. At this
ill., H. "' Ok x, Or COW consumes as much as five
na P' Inc latter will require TO- 22OpoundS,
Y + pao.f, twenty-five tons of green food for
I 'sa'ly maintenance.
IA, toes to- not take long for our domestic ami
ns Of i relapse into wild beasts. The wild
Eo WI Australia are the descendants Of few
4 aiej Io n ,eIl there by Captain Cook, the cele
E r;I ,d9yaS9r Of the seventeenth century.
8hra rlo J I! there are some of the short
Of $'9} h oelng descendants from stray mem
q % Fn i" Ierd that farmer had imported
N t j5aS land These two animals now fur
stcb e ia&afl9g Australian hunter with his
d kav fSr tted sport; their domestic relatives
g o r"o'e2 en- IN their pens and stalls, consti-
. p world d the greatest moneyed interests