Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1885-06-05
INDUSTRIAL BREvITIES.

lice on stock he has gone back to m
tobacco remedy. Tobacco can Ybe
bought cheap, and stems can be at
from the cigarmakers for moth ing.
steep until you have a strong decoct( ion
and apply to every part. Apply Tho
second or lhird time. To exter.
inmate the lice one must nor
only kill all the lice on the stock
but burn ali the bedding. fumj.
gate or whitewash all stables or sheds.
being careful TO have the whitewash
penetrate every crack and corner. II
once rid of them, examine every n~w
animal brought on the place, and IL
necessary doctor Immediately.
An English writer suggests to Here
ford breeders to try to improve the
hinder parts of their cattle. AS a
rule, he says, they are sadly deficient
in weight where beef is choicest and
worth the highest price, and, if any
thing, are overabundant in their
brisket, which is only worth half to
the parts where many of their ami
mails are deficient. This is not the case
with shorthorns; their loin and quAu
ters, containing the choicest and M
considerably greater proportion I
the HerefOrds.
IL has been found that milk set
cream forty-eight hours at 63 degred
in an atmosphere of pure oxygen, and>
another sample set for the same time
and same temperature, in an atmos-
phere OF no oxygen, both soured alike
and produced same quantity of butter,
but that set in pure oxygen gas re-
quired but two-thirds the time for
churning the other. which was envel-
oped in carbonic acid gas. The butter
of the first was of fine flavor, and kept
well; that from the other was OF
poorer quality and spoiled quickly.
The study of the dry rot in the twigs
of fruit trees has disclosed the fact that
it is caused by a contagious and trans
Missile disease, in which. as the dry
necrosis of leprosy in man, the cells
of the affected tissues suffer a degen-
Grafton into minute bacteria, whose
germs are afterward disseminated by
the rupture of the cell membrane.
One diseased tree is capable of infect
ing whole nursery, and old and
young are alike liable to the ravages
of the parasitic organism.
There are great differences in tho
average growth of some of the more
common trees. In twelve years white
maple increases | foot in diameter and
30 feet in height; ash-leaf maple, or
box elder, foot and 30 feet; white
willow, II feet and 80 feet yellow will
low l. feet and 35 feet; blue and white
ash, ten inches in diameter and % feet
in height; Lombardy poplar. 10 inches
and 40 feet; black walnut and butter
nut, 10 inches and 20 feet.
A fatal disease is devastating the
herds Of fine cattle in Cameron county,
West Virginia. The name of the dis
ease is unknown. A swelling appears
near the hoof, gradually extending to
the body. The swelling is enormous,
and causes death in thirty-six hours.
A thick, black fluid escapes if the part
be lanced. The loss is estimated at
$4,000, and tho disease is rapidly
spreading.
Too many. in breaking their horses,
put them Immediately 10 work. This
custom, while effective, destroys
somewhat the temper and action of n
horse. The most humane and profit
able course TO pursue is TO make the
work light at first. gradually increas.
ing it until the full capacity of the
horse is reached.
a good word for Devon cattle comes
from Texas. III. Johnson, of Kinney
county. has recently made sale Of
stock at $50 per head. He declares
the Dcvons 1.-THE boss cattle on tho
range, as they keep fat where other
cattle fail to get living, mature early,
and make splendid beef. y
Bella, the famous Hereford COW. has
just dropped a male calf, for which its
owner refused 250 guineas when tho
creature was three days old. A form
er calf of Bella sold for 1000 guineas.
The sire of these calves is the famous
bull Lord Wilton, which is valued at
1000 guineas.
The governor of Arizona saws that
territory has grass enough for five
million head of cattle, but fully four
tifths of it is not available because of
mo water" He thinks, however,
that most Of the country may be made
productive in the interests by means
of artesian wells.
A lady in indianapolis has had
glories blossoming in her
parlor all winter She placed, by &C
cident, a small plant in pot with
some other plants and it continued to
grow in the house. 1t soon blossomed
and has been in flower every morning
during the winter
The Wolf question is troubling the
western grazers. One company is now
offering provisions and poison to all
persons who will go out to exterminatc
he wolves. They also offer 81 for
each coyote, and s. for each largo
VOL killed, the owners to keep the
Delts
One of the strangest uses for snails
has been discovered by the London
idulterator. Bruised in milk. and
)oiled. they are much used in the man
fracture OF cream, and retired milk
nan pronounces them TO be the most
uccessful imitation known.
The cultivation of maddcr was I'M
lertaken by farmer in Eric county.
ohio, in 1912, and was reported az
'ery profitable. No one seems able
o give reason why its cultivation
las been abandoned.
The price of garden and flower seedS,
IS well as of all kinds of nursery stock.
5 much niger in England and France Y
han in this country.
The patent on driven wells that has
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