New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-03-31
FARM AND FIRESIDE.
Agricultural Miscellany.


Will hog-eaters never learn to Gre
mate the trichinae? That is the only
practicable way to make quietus OF
these muscle-borers, which once let
loose in the department of the hui
man interior become painful if not
fatal tenants. Seventeen persons
who at a recent merry-making
feasted on raw pork S'were more or
less affected with trichiniasis and the
lives OF some were dispaired Of" The
telegraph often brings warning news OF
similar experience elsewhere. Thor
ough cooking is the resource ofsafety
in the preparation ofall flesh ofswine.
Scratches is often caused at this
season by exposure OF the legs to ice,
snow, and mud, and is due quite fre-
quently to neglect Of cleaning the legs
and leaving them covered with icy
mud when a horse is brought in from
work. The way to avoid it is to wash
the legs with warm water when the
horse is brought in and rub them dry;
then apply little alcohol and rub it
well into the skin. Sometimes the
disease is caused by impurity in the
blood. In either case it is we'll to give
one ounce doses daily OF hyposulphite
Of soda and apply solution OF one
dram OF sulphate of zinc in a pint OF
water to the part after thorough wash
ing with warm water and soap.
One OF the best systems Of raising
tomatoes is that practiced by Mr.,
Engle, of Marietta. He believes in
transplanting frequently, to secure
abundance Of fbrous roots. The
plants are trained to single stems
fastened to stout stakes, two strings
being generally sufficient to use in
tying. The side shoots are punched
Off Immediately beyond the first
cluster of fruit, and the leader is
topped at the height of four feet. To
matoes grown in this way are earlier,
healthier and invariably free from
dirt. The soil must be rich to secure
best results, as the plants grow more
rapidly and ripen earlier-honce COM
mand better price; the fruit is also
OF better quality. Livingston's seed
lings appear to be the most popular
varieties, although good words were
spoken for Trophy and Others
The best food for young pigs is
something which will not ferment, such
as dry unground oats. The little fell
lows will chew these and spit out the
skins, and the thorough mastication
they give to them wonderfully aids it's
digestion. Then they want to be in
the grass. Little pigs will eat a great
deal Of grass, and it is natures own
pig medicine, and will go a big way
towards promoting health. One OF
the worst misfortunes to a pig is to
have shiftless owner, one who is so
needless and coarse that he is not
ashamed Of making his pork in filth.
No matter about the man, but it is
hard on the pig. Its skin gets rough
and sore, it's comfort is lessened, and
its usefulness is limited.
A barrel before having pork put into
it should be thoroughly scalded to re-
move impurities and destroy any
germs that would result in injury to
the pork if not removed. A barrel
that has once been used to pack beef
should never after be used as a pork
barrel. It will be found next to i'm
possible to keep pork sweet IN it. But
this is rule that does not work both
ways. An old pork barrel is one Of
the very best for keeping beef.
Three years ago an Illinois stock
man introduced a polled Aberdeen
Angus bull into his horned dairy
herd, and, as he expresses it, apublic-
ly challenged his COWS to produce a
single calf that should ever grow a
horn upon it's own head" and up to
the present time they have not been
able to do it. The N. E. Farmer,
whose editor has had satisfactory ex-
perience in the same direction, COM
mends this breeding off worse than
useless excrescence, and hopes there
will be general effort to the same
end, which, he says, does not involve
any special sacrifice of other peculiari-
ties and good qualities of favorite ami
mails.
Many farmers do not feed turnips
because the stock will not partake of
them when they can get better mate
rial. Something depends upon the
manner in which the turnips are fed.
No animal cares for hard, woody or
frozen turnip, nor should the roots be
fed without some preparation. The
better method is to steam them and
add ground grain, but the majority
of farmers object to the labor of such
proceeding. A root-slicer, however,
may be used, by which the turnips
may be sliced. They should then be
covered with water over night, sprink.
led with meal and salt the next morn
ing, and fed. They are, of course, not
as valuable as hay, corn, fodder OF
grain, but they serve an excellent di-
etary purpose, increasing the appit1te
and assisting to keep the animals in
good condition.
The Cost Of Bushel of Corn.