The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-08-16

pose, and produce the pungent vapors
OF ammonia. which are so injurious to
the ewes. nostrils. throat and lungs, and
this liquid waste should be carried away
to some place where It can be absorbed
and utilized The floor should be wash
ed OIL at least twice 4 week with plenty
of water. and then literally sprinkled
with hnely ground gypsum (plaster)
which will combine with the ammonia,
and fix it. A solution of copperas (sul-
phate of from will have the same result.
Lastly, the floor should've supplied with
absorbent litter, which should be re-
moved when 1t is soiled. Ventilation
should be provided in such a vav as to
avoid cold drafts. Small openings,
which may be easily closed with a slide.
may De made in the outer wall near the
ceiling, or in the reof, through witch
foul air can escape. Pure air is of the
utmost Importance to The well-being of
horses.-Er.
Scarcely a week passes that there is
not report in the newspapers of some
one who has died OF tetanus, commonly
called lockjaw, brought on by some
sharp instrument being stuck in the
body; usually nail in the foot Usual
~ SUCH wounds will prove harmless if
the following iniment beproperly ap-
piled; Two ounces of alcohol, two
ounces OF oil of origanum. one half
ounce OF tincture of camphor. | was
once called to see a bow, twenty-four
hours after he had stuck a rusty nail in
his foot. He appeared to be in intense
agony, and his foot was considerably
swollen. | opened the wound so that
serum flowed little from it, but no
more than two or three drops of blood.
| wet the wound with the liniment, and
then folded piece of soft cotton cloth,
eight-ply, and thoroughly saturated it
with the liniment and bound it on the
wound, giving instructions to renew the
application every two hours till relief be
given. In six hours | called to see the
boy and he was out in the yard playing
and suffered no more from the wound.
The liniment is good for any fresh
wound on man or beast, and every
family ought to keep bottle OF it. l
do not affirm that in every case II will
prevent lockjaw, but do believe, that
Ii proper used, lockjaw would seldom
occur. In an experience OF many years
| have not known OF case where the
liniment was used. The linimentoughJ
to be used till a cure is effected.-Ec.
When we say weed out the diaries, we
mean to say that in nearly every dairy
there are some COWS that are unprofit-
able, that do not give enough milk, or
make enough butter or cheese what
ever the object Of the dairy to pay cost
OF Keeping and care. or II they barely
pay cost, they dlsplace Others that
would pay good profit 4 grain grow
ing farmer who should see so many
thin or barren spots in his fields OF grain
as to reduce the average yield below cost
OF production would not be satisfied,
even though some OF the acres yielded
large enough 10 pay good profit. He
would try, by heavy manuring, more
thorough tillage, or by draining, to
bring up the yield of the poorer spots
to q profitable standard. The dairyman
may easily sink the profits of his herd
by keeping a few poor cows. Part OF
the herd may give enough milk, or
make enough butter or cheese to afford
a fair profit over cOst,-feed, care, inter
est and wear, and yet the business be 4
losing one, because the other portion OF
the herd do not pay their way. Dairy
men should not be content with a
knowledge of what the herd is doing,
even though it may be returning a pro-
fit, but should know just what every
COW is doing. Every cows milk should
be set and tested separately at least
twice in the season, when in full milk
and when she has beer in milk six or
eight months. Ii any are found doing
less than the average, they should be
prepared for the Shambles. and the feed,
labor and care bestowed upon them
given to those that would yield above
the average. By such means the aver
age would be continually increasing.
Some dairymen have named 200
pounds year as the minimum yield OF
butter that should be tolerated in
dairy COW, but that is pretty low, and
no dairyman can afford 10 retain COW
making.so small q quantity, if reason
able effort will create herd, every one
of which shall do considerably better.
1t is because so many farmers are salts
fed with doing. only tolerably well, do
not determine to do the best possible,
that so much complaint is made of the
unprofitableness of farming.-Fr.