The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-05-20
Useful and sugaestlve.

Whatever else you may feed your
sheep do not forget to mix in a little F.
salt twice a week. There is nothing
that keeps an animals system so we'll
regulated and seems TO sharpen their
appetite as well as q judicious use Of
-ait.-Iroy Times.
The following is a new remedy for
blacEleg IN cattle, and it is said TO be
excellent: Add 70 one hundred pounds
Of salt ten ponds Of sulphur, six pounds
Of copperas, three pounds saltpeter and
three piuts of slaked lime. Nix and
feed in the same manner as IS hen feed
ing salt.
Wire covered with good paint has
been found to be much more lasting
than galvanized wire, although farmers
ordinarily pay cent per pound more
for the latter. The zinc coating or the
galvanized wi1e becomes removed from
places when the iron ru~ts very quickly
n consequence Of the electric currents
that are developed by the two metals
Chicago Times.
The only safe way when weed seeds
abound la manure, SAYS The American
CuluFalDr, la thoroughly to compost It
uutH their vitality is destroyed. Turn
ing the heap over at least once, 20 get
the outer edges Of the first heap in the
middle, Is necessary, in order that all
/ the seeds may be exposed To the heat.
I II well done, so as not TO burn the
I center, the manure viii be all the better
I for the operation, as the plant food viii
/ be more soluble.
orange CAKE.-Six eggs Preserve two
I whites for the icing, two teacups ef
sugar three teacups Of -four, one teacup
OF cream, two teaspoons Of bread pow
ders tCr half teaspoon of soda and one
heaping one Of cream Of tartar. Season
with little of the orange Juice ard
bake IN leily-cake pans. EilIiug-IC
TWO unbeaten whites add the juice OF
one good-sized orange, beat for a few
minutes, and then gradually add {
pound of sugar till il Is all beaten NJ
smooth. Spread this between the layer
r and over the top The Household.
Orchard grass is robust grower an,
very tenacious Of life. 1t masses it
roots 70 as to resist the encroachmeut o
other gra-res, covering much of tn
ground with it, large pendant leaves tina
spring ont near the base Of the plant, L
H'4sA'fs Ai''NAi ISL anu cir I'LL tHt Siii DO
occupied by the plant itself This per
haPs, accounts largely for its ability T.
endure excessive drought 1t viii pro
' duce two large crops Of good hay on ricI
soil, and submit 20 more abuse than an
other forage plant, except blue gras.
, which Is OF little value in very DR.
! seasOn.-PraiTic Farmer
The dairyman who sells his caIye
early may imagine that he effects a say
ing from the sale Of the milk whic
would otherwise be required to nouris
the calf. But it is a well establishe
J fact that the growth Of & calf is yer
> rapid as compared with more advance
, stock therefore, it Is not always tn
most economical method 10 dispose c
, the calves at too early an age Ever
, pound Of milk applied to a growing cal
, can be sold at profit in the shape {
q veal, and the cost Of the veal NAV t
/ further lessened by feeding in come,
, ton with the milk other suitable foo
: which may not be so xpeusive.- Bosto
, Globe.
b 1t is matter of economy ~ well &
D mercy to properly mate horses that hay
e to work side by side through the sieg
!. Of hard work during the spring Will
s two horses may be about the same siz
L and appearance in their general makeup
y . one may not be able to do near ii
/, amount OF work without injury than th
: other can do with ease Every farmC
j should know enough about his horses
! know how to avoid this trouble, if po
e sible, by placing horses of equal endu
?, ance in the same team, or by equalizin
5 their labor in some way in which the
9 are attached to the burden which the
h are to draw-N. Y. Tribune.