Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-07-03
NOTES FOR THE FARM And HOME.
Farming Paragraphs

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I Farming Paragraphs
| NJ Fl :, Potter County, Penn: Pigs
! Of the same LITTER should NOS beused for
breeding. No other animals deterio-
rate so fast as pigs by vicious breeding,
md the prevalent diseases among SWINE
are no doubt due to the comm only prac-
ticed inteIbreeding Of pigs Of the same
litter. #~#. @5s
Referring to the millions upon mill
IONS of dollars lost in live stock--or,
rather, dead stock---this winter on the
great, bleak, open prairies and plains,
The Springfield Republican remarks:
"By-and-by the big West will respect
the old-fashioned New England barn. !"
And we may add that the awful aggre-
gate Of animal suffering incident to at
least four or five months Of every year
in this country is a national
curse that cries to heaven for ven
geance.
Among our profitable farm crops,
barley takes al important position. In
1882, the average value per acre in the
United States was $3.50, while that Of
wheat was $1,000, and Indian corn $l1.
81. The average price per bu. ranked
only second to the wheat, and in pro-
ductiveness barley produced 2l.5 bu. per
acre, while oats gave an average OF 26.4
bu., and Indian coan 24.G bu.
An enthusiastic grower Of grapes,
with $50 varieties in his collection,
throws a aanoper Oh new varieties by
expressing preference for the old Con-
cord to any yet introduced. This he
qualities by stating that "the most prom
ising kinds" are Brighton, Duchess,
Pocklington, Moore's Early, and Mag
ara No one grape received SO much
praise as the Brighton. It is doing
we'll, so far, wherever tried, But all
agree that Concord is the only thor
oughly reliable variety we have entirely
! tested. Wherever grapes were bagged
they were uniformly perfect. But was
| bad in many districts when the clusters
remained uncovered
A single is estimated at four inches
on the edge. One thousand shingles
are therefore bunch containing 1875
courses, each 80 inches on the edge, or
the bundle has bands Of 81 inches in
length, and contains 1875 courses. A
bundle having Is courses on each side
has 400 shingles. When laid i've
inches to the weather Single then COW
ers 20 square inches, OF seven shingles
cover O square foot, and 900 Of them
will cover about IA feet square of roof
at four inches to the weather 1000 shin
giles cover about one square of root or
100 square feet.
Considerable interest is manifested
in pretty full account of details IN the
management of creamery at Water
Vile, n. Y. in which the cream from
the milk of 1000 COWS, owned by sixty
different patrons, is collected and each
patrons cream churned by itself and
the butter product Of each weighed,
graded and paid for according to guam
tity and quality. Or returned to the pro-
! ducer at his option, if not satisfied with
the grading, with a small charge added
for manufacturing and all the work, in
Guiding gathering the cream, being done
without difficulty by one man and his
wife.
The sooner the farm can be made to
produce big crops of clover the sooner
it will pay. Glover Is good for anything.
cattle, sheep, hogs, horses, and crops of
all kinds. Seed with clover, and then
pillow it under after one crop has been
taken off and while the roots are green.
They are rich in phosphates, and the
stems and leaves gather nitrogen from
the air and add it to the soil.
| Hot Water for Inflammation.
DR.. George B. Sheperd, Of Hartford,
adds his testimony to that Of many 9th
ers by saying i'll the Medical Record: Il
have used hot water as gargle for the
past six or eight years, having been led
! to do so from seeing it's beneficial effect
in gynecology. In acute pharyngitis
and tonsilitis, if properly used at the
commencement Of the attack, it consti
tutes one Of our most effective remedies,
being frequently promptly cruative. II
used later in the disease or in chronic
cases, it is always beneficial, though per-
haps not so Immediately curative
To be of service it should be
used in considerable quantity
(half pint or pint at a time, and just
as hot as the throat will tolerate. I
have seen many cases of acute disease
aborted, and can commend the method
with great confidence. I believe it may
be taken as an established fact that in
the treatment of inhamlnations general
ly and those Of the mucous membrane in
in most cases hot water is preferable to
steam. All are familiar with its use in
opthaImia and conjunctivitis, as also in
inflammation of the external and middle
ear, and feel confident that those who
employ it for that most annoying Of all
slight troubles to prescribe for, viz, a
cold in the head OR acute coryza, Will
seldom think Of using the irritating
drugs mentioned in the books, nor Of in
ducing complete anfesthesia with
chloroform in preference to the hot
water douche"
| Oats and Peas.
From the American Ag1iculturist
We have for many years grown oats
and peas together. On good, rich land,
sown early, you can get great mass Of
fodder and grain. The great drawback