The Osceola times., 1885-05-09
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.


Whatever else you may feed your
sheep do not forget to mix in little
salt twice a week. There is nothing
that keeps an animals system SO well
regulated and seems TO sharpen their
appetite as well as judicious use of
salt Troy Times.
The following is a new remedy for
blackleg in cattle, and it is said TO bo
excellent: Add to one hundred pounds
of salt ten pounds of sulphur. six pounds
of copperas, three pounds saltpeter and
three pints of slaked lime. Mix and
feed in the same manner as when 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 on the
galvanized wire becomes removed from
places when the iron rusts very quickly
IN consequence of the electric currents
that are developed by the two metals.
Chicago Times.
The only safe way when weed
seeds abound in manure, says The Ani-
eric Caitiudtor, is thoroughly TO COM
post it until their vitality is destroyed.
Turning the heap over at least once,
to 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. II well done, so a3 not to burn
the center, the manure will be all the
better for the operation, as the plant
food will be more soluble.
Orange Cake: Six eggs preserve
two whites for the icing), two teacups
of sugar, three teacups of flour, one
teacup of cream, two teaspoons of bread
powders Tor half teaspoon of soda and
one heaping one of cream of tartar).
Season with little of the orange juice
and bake in jelly cake pans. Filling
To two unbeaten whites add the juice
of one good-sized orange. beat for few
minutes, and then gradually add
pound of sugar till il is all beaten up
smooth. Spread this between the layers
and over the top. The Household.
Orchard grass is robust grower
and very tenacious of life. 1t masses
its roots so as to resist the encroach-
ment of other grasses, covering much
OF the ground with its large pendant
leaves that spring out near the base Of
the plant, to shade, ,nourish and enrich
the soil not occupied by the plant itself.
This, perhaps, accounts largely for its
ability to endure excessive drought 1t
will produce two large crops of good
hay on rich soil, and submit to more
abuse than any other forage plant,
except blue grass, which is of little
value in very dry season.-Prairie
Farmer.
The dairyman who sells his calves
early may imagine that he effects q
saving from the sale of the milk which
would otherwise be required to nourish
the calf But il is q well established
fact that the growth of calf is very
rapid as compared with more advanced
stock, therefore, it is not always the
most economical method to dispose of
the calves at too early an age. Every
pound of milk applied to growing
calf can be sold at profit in the shape
of veal. and tho of the veal may be
further lessened by feeding in connec-
tion with the milk other suitable food
which may not be so expensive.-Bos-
ton Globe.
1t Is matter of economy as well
as mercy to properly mate horses that
have to work side by side through the
siege of hard work during the spring.
While two horses may be about the
same size and appearance in their gen.
eral makeup, one may not be able to do
near the amount of work without in
jury than the other can do with ease.
Every farmer should know enough
about his horses to know how to avoid
this trouble, if possible, by placing
horses of equal endurance in the same
team, or by equalizing their labor in
some way in which they are attached to
the burden which they are to draw
~ T. Tribune.