The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-05-30

nrst got among my fowls, I set about 10
uoctor the throat, as my idea was tha,
mere was the place TO find the trouble,
put found the throat all sound. Next
1 ooctored Tor diarrhoa. but 1t was no
use, then took hen that was able 10
Walk about some. and fully took her
o.ood, and got twelve drops. / th n
.ook one that was past walking and go,
less than half this amount Of blood
here l thought l was on the track OF
the monster. l took sound hen, to all
appearances, and found many lice. and
on examination found portion Of the
lows blood in each louise examined.
dere L had the trouble in a nutshell,
ana went for It by boiling lot OF
eooscco, making quite dark solution,
anu giving each chick thorough wash
ing The cholera stopped right here.
but three days after l gave them an
other wash. and have bid farewell 70
choiera IN my chicks while 1 live and
am able to use plenty Of lime to white
wash the roostS. and for nests. and to-
oacco or larkspur to wash the fowls If
needed.-Ex.
says the Ohio Farmer in regard TO the
best manner and time of sowing and
harvesting millet: Pillow your ground
when well warmed by the season. saw
from the middle OF May TO the middle
oil June; harrow well until fine. sow
seed from LIST 10 10th Of June (according
10 weather and season) not less than
one oushel per acre. and cover with a
plank drag. which will fine and level
the ground and pack the seed In the
SOL. which Is very essential, as il is hard
10 sprout when the soil is very dry. Bv
using the plank drag you bury ali small
stone and clods; then they will not in
tertere with the mower.
FOR nav, cut as soon as heads are
wei formed, with mower and rake in
Winrows m a few days (from one to
tnreel, according to the density Of your
mnist and the amount Of drying wealth
then place in large cocks, which Should
stand 4 few days more. or until IL has
passed the sweating process, and then
maui II, or stack IL, at any time you may
wish, as u does not lake rain.
III wanted for seed, let it stand until
npe, then cut with binder, (if you
nave onel and shock up, eight sheaves
IN shock. but do not cap. as it Is apt
TO mould If you do. have tried yari-
Gus ways and find this one the est.
Inresh as you would timothy, only use
more wind on fan and less spikes in
eoncaye, as it shells very easily.
MY past experience teaches me IL is
the best clover l have ever used for
cattle or sheep. / have frequently
give them good, bright hay (both clover
and timothy and millet hay at the same
ume, ana they ate the millet first. in
vaIiaoly. They require less in bulk OF
mhiet than or other bay, as they eat il
up clean. Horses do not like il as well
as other good hay. Hogs are very fond
of IL and the seed is excellent for pouI-
try. 1t is of slow growth until about
six inches high and then it grows very
rapidly.
,Smearing sheep is thus advocated by
the American Agriculfurst: In Scot
land and in Northumberland, where
winter tells almost as severely as in our
for some generations.
the herders have followed up the plan of
covering their sheep with an unctuous
application. and in this country the
same method has been pursued. Time
was when cloth-makers were chary
about buying oiled wool, but experience
has done away with the ancient pre-
JUDGE. and it is an accepted fact. that
such woods now are most valua BILE for
hne cloths. Why1 Simply because the
action OF the unguent upon the growth
OF the Ebrels such as TO make il eyener,
softer. and hner. hence more easy and
satisfactory in the manipulation. Over
and over again this fact has received
absolute demonstration. The wool Of
the coarse breeds has come to approx
mate the delicate nature of that Of the
fine-wool breeds OF Spain and Saxony,
and the wealth of the wool producer
has been proportionately increased.
The unguent is simply an artificial yolk
no hock-master but knows the value of
this, and Bakewell cites the experience
OF one English clothier, who consumed
the yield OF his own flock upon which
be used the ointment), and found the
avail TO himself from IL for his manu-
featuring purposes many fold enhan-
ced. The system was by no means
original in England. Virgil. who was a
native of northern Italy. stated IL as
III general use throughout that
wintery cline in his day; rs
you will recall In the third
book OF the Georges
There are Two seasons of the year
when "smearing" is done; immediate
upon shearing in simmer. and again at
the opening of winter. Some writers
upon sheep husbandry-notably the
Henry ;. Randall. some
time State Secretary of New York
have inveighed against wool permeated
with tar from the outer surface, but
their objections, upon examination, will
be found TO depend upon the fact that |
the ointment was not applied in good,
manner. For there Is q |
right way 20 do this. IS every other |
thing which mems hands find TO do. II |
the ointment be merely rubbed upon 4
The wool. il will serve only TO smear il,
put If il be rubbed into the wool, close
Town 10 the body of the animal, il will
10 It's work thoroughly. and cover the
kin. This is not difficult; the shep-
aerd separates the wool with the fingers
)f one nand. and the other lays the I'M
yuent nj the root OF the wool, upon the
kin OF the sheep. Thus applied, IL
renders the fibre softer, more pliable
md finer, and whoever snail try It. will
De surprised at the benefit. Many times
upon the fieeceS of grazing sheep. the
,nows of winter lie in aeavy masses,
,ut n the animals shall have been
The snow does not remain
lpon them. The unguent is an add
ional coat in very truth. and many
L L l.