Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1885-07-31

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SUMNER SEASONED TIMBER-FeW far.
mers will feel that they can spare the time
to 60 into the woods this month to cut
timber, nor do laborers like to work in the
woods in hot weather. and yet it is a dem
onstrated fact that timber cut now and
seasoned rapidly, SO that the bark easily
peels off, will be much more durable than
that cut during the winter months. Par
ticularly is this true of the soft woods,
which decay rapidly if cut in Geld wealth
er, but last long time if summer season.
ed. So great is the difference that it will
pay well for any one who has to use
many posts and rails, or timber which is
to be exposed to the action of the weather
without being painted, to employ help and
have it cut now.
MILKING BEFORE. CALvING.-It is a
great mistake to milk COW before calv-
ing. The secretion should be discouraged
by the use of dry food only, and avoiding
all grain or stimulating food. If it is
necessary to take any milk from the COW
to relieve the udder, only very little
should be drawn, and the udder kept IN
good order by other means than milking.
To milk cow before the calf comes is to
wholly disturb the natural habit of the
COW and to encourage disaster when the
calf is dropped. The milk is not fit for
use. and the milking greatly Injuries the
calf.
GIVING WAY OF THE BACK IN 4
HoRsE.-The sudden giving way of horse
in the back when being hidden down hill
indicates sprain Of the muscles. Sometimes
the muscles may be more or less ruptured.
1t might also be due to disease of the
kidneys or the spine. In any of these cases
the remedy Is to give the animal rest; to
foment the loins where tenderness appears
with hot water and to bind a blanket
wrung out of hot water and covered with
a dry one over the loins. After few
hours apply some active liniment over the
part, rubbing it we'll In with gentle frIc.
ton. Give two-ounce dose of sweet spirits
of nitre and feed bran mash daily.
BRONCHITIS IN HoRsE.-A cough
and running at the nose in horse indi-
cate bronchial disorder. The treatment
should be as follows: Give pound of
epson salts and follow 1t with one ounce
doses of hyposulphlte of soda daa. Agiven
in the morning. Every e.,szS
the back Of the tongue one Dram of pow
defed chlorate of potash in some honey or
molassss. Feed warm bran mash daily.
Continue for two or three months.
AN English medical journal suggests a
danger to horses at public drinking
troughs. 1t believes that CHAMBERS are
spread among horses in this way, and re-
commends standpipe and bucket as the
safest and best arrangement for watering
animals in cities. It is more comfortable
for the horse, who has not to strain his
neck against the collar to reach for water,
the water is fresher and more palatable,
and there is far less danger of its being
contaminated with dust, dirt, and the
germs Of disease.
In FLORIDA orange groves, rye is sown
among the trees, covering the sand, keep.
ing the roots moist and cool, and absorb
ing much of the heavy dew. The rye is
in due time ploughed in for another crop
Would not the sowing of rye5among fruit
trees in other sections of the country, par
ticularly among young peach trees. be
useful in protecting the tender bark from
the blistering rays of the sun, and in en-
riching the soil
THE grey worms with green heads,
which infest strawberry beds to their great
harm, may, it is said, be destroyed in May
by sprinkling weak solution of London
purple. A slight poisoning of the foli-
age will destroy them at this stage, and
close chemical analysis fails to detect any
sign of poison when the fruit is ripe.
1T Is great mistake to think that the
secret of good farming is only to raise
what will give immediate profitable re-
turns, without taking the way in which
the land was left, into consideration, says
the Rural Home. Some farmers say that |
owing to the price of labopr, they can buy |
corn cheaper than they can raise 1t. But |
by raising it large quantity of fodder is
obtained, enabling the farmer to feed
more cattle, to make more manure, and
next year make corn.
WOOD ASHES contain all the required |
elements of plant.nutrition. except nitro
gen. One hundred pounds of wood ashes |
contain sixteen pounds of potash, worth |
eighty cents; three and a half pounds of |
soda, worth two cents; sixty seven pounds |
of lime and magnesia, worth eight cents;
five and three-quarter pounds of phospho-
ric acid, worth twenty-six cents. In mar.
ket the cheapest form of manurial mate |
rial contained in 100 pounds of ashes
would cost $116.
1T is probable that appetites vary as
much In animals as in human beings.
This makes it very essential that freqnent
changes of diet and considerable variety
of food should lie provided In order to
avoid continued sameness, which tends
to dull the appetite and thus ipjure the
general health.
ORANGE FLoAT.-One quart water, the
juice and pulp of two lemons, one coffee
cup sugar. When boiling hot, add four
tablespoons cornstarch. Let boil fiftean
minutes, stirring all the time. When cold