The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-08-20
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II Won will put your chicks In fre8h
coops, feed baked johnny cake, stale bread
4 in ecslded milk, giving no water until two
weeks old, you viii not be troubled with
gapes. Furnish shade for your chicks 70
retire 10 IN the heat Of the day. :
Although tho southdown Is small in
size, compared with some Of the other
breeds, vet they'gre the foundation upon
which our best mutton breeds have been
built, The oxtptds, ehropshlres and
HRmpehites all ethe sopEhdoSn blood,
Those who breed Tor the breeding stock
Will sooner or later realize The ta0 tina:
they can afford to breed but one litter OF
pigs year. It gives the young pigs .
better constitution, more vitality and not
only makes them hafdier, but enables
them to resist disease much better.
Nebraska has passed a law making it
unlawful for any one in that State to have
In possession any bees, brood, comb, or
honey known to be infected with foul
brood, or any other infectious disease pc
culiar 10 bees or honey, or any hive in
which diseased bees have been kept.
DO not feed much corn or other grain
10 stock during the summer months II Il
can be avoided, as grains create heat, ard
sometimes do more harm than good at
this season. Should grain be used, how
ever, It should be fed in connection with
grass and other green succulent matter.
It is said that although light sandy soil
Is best for water melons, they can be
grown on heavy clay soils by banking up
al e az n N1u
nure with four inches OF dirt, planting
seeds on four sides, and keeping the heap
damp by pouring water into the centre.
In selecting a dairy COW see that she has
good bag. This Is where she carries her
milk, and II 1t Is small she cannot carry
much. Never buy COW with teats an
inch long; let some one else have her, and
get one with teats that the hand can
grasp. This Is very important point in
the makeup OF dairy COW.
Volume IS ofthe American Jersey Cat
la Club Herd Register is just out. 1t car.
ries the bulls to No. 1880, cows and
heiiers to $1,000. This volume has two
new and desirable ieatnres-an index Of
breeders and an alphabetical list OF all |
official butter tests TO date. This is the
second volume issued so far this year.
In Holland, cheese is made with the use |
OF hydrochIotic acid instead Of rennet,
thus making the coagulation more COM
plete, retaining all the butter and giving |
greater yield, the principal objection be-
ing the taste, as it Is sharp and lacks mel
lowness, but Its flavor is preferred by
many, and it has high keeping qualities.
In view Of the unblushing adnlteration
otvarious foods, the law Of Franco that
every dealer convicted OF selling adulter-
ated food products be obliged TO suspend
in his shop window for one
year thereafter q large placard bearing the
official statement OF that fact might be q
proper thing on this side of the water.
The bes. breeds OF hogs will degenerate
Il not bred up to the standard OF vigor.
Injuries the hog sooner than
Il does any other animal. Pure.bred bears
should be always used and they should
be changed every year. Its also neces-
larry 10 keep the stock growing from the
and then every year the hogs
will improve.
Josiah Hopes Eaysin tie New York
Tribune: "No surer evidence OF the Inn
pfopriety OF defoiiation to admit the SUMS
rays can be cited than the results Of recent
experiments in bageing grapes. We see
that the covered clusters ripen more thor
oughly, color more beautifully, and as
sumo that flavor which, without artificial
aid, in many sections they rarely attain.