The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-06-17
STOCK ITEMS.

A young hog salesman declares that in.
side of two months hogs will sell at $500.
He thinks there will be a big summer crop,
but bases calculations on the fact that there
is a strong general demand for hogs
DrOcers' Journal.
A plank floor is not good for hogs; they
are liable to slip on it and injure them
selves, so that they have to be killed.
| Hogs will not move about any more than
they are obliged to on plank floor, on ac-
/ count of slipping, and this want of exercise
/ will help to bring on constipation.
\ correspondent of the Ohio Farmer rec
| 0mmends half a pint of common table salt
! for bloat in cattle. Put a round stick in
| the cows mouth, throw the salt as far
| down the throat you can and she will
| swallow it. This farmer says he has cured
several cases of clover bloat in a short time
| In this manner.
A correspondent of the Country Gentle.
nan advises those who wish to raise cheap
| pork never to carry hog through the win
ter. There is more money in keeping one
animal well for ten or twelve months and
! getting $50 or 400 pounds of nice pork, than
to keep more animals eighteen months and
get no larger returns.
Range cattle are coming out nicely since
the first of May. Grass in all parts of the
State is at good size now, and affords an
abundance of choice nourishment and fat
tenng quality without the assistance of
other foods. Next month will find cattle
fat enough for the market right Off the
GrasS.-RG,tsds Farmer.
State Veterinarian Holcombe. of Kansas,
after a recent tour of the State reported
that stock all over the State was in excel
lent condition. He discovered only four
cases of CHAMBERS among horses. and the
animals thus afflicted were killed without
delay. Hog cholera has almost entirely
disappeared, and there is feeling of east.
ness among the farmers not felt for some
time.
J. D. Goodwin brings to light, in the
Sheep Breeder. a new enemy of sheep-the
skunk. This odorous little animal attacked
his flock and succeeded in killing two
sheep. 1t caught them by the nose and
held on with its sharp teeth in spite of the
frantic efforts of the sheep to throw it off.
The heads of the wounded sheep swelled
badly, and they lived but few days, thus
Strengthening the general belief that the
bite of the skunk is to a certain degree
poisonous.
good COW demands a good pasture.
Having been bred for a capacity to convert
food into milk and butter, she must be pro-
vided with a sufiiciency or she will prove
failure. The change of location will en-
tirely alter the yield of COW, and yet
many ascribe the fault to the animal,
when the true cause is the pasture. Nor is
full supply of grass IN the pasture sure
indication that the COW is satisfied. The
appetites of COWS differ; and they will often
lose time by travelling restlessly from one
portion to another, overlooking certain
grasses that are plentiful in order to seek a
more favored kind For that reason the
pasture should consist of a variety and con-
tain an abundant supply, in order that the
COW may have ample opportunity for fill
ing herself quickly, SC that she NAV res:
and masticate her food properly.-E6ehange.