The Baltimore County union., 1886-07-03
GOOD SUGGESTIONS.


From advance sheets of the American Agricul-
turist for July we take the following:
Property an Game.-Game in its wild state
properly belongs to nobody. 1t is only when it is
reduced to possession, or killed, that it can be
called property. A qualified property in game,
even in its wild state, exists at common law.
Property, ratione soil, is the common law right
which every owner of land has to kill and take all
such animals, fer@ nature as may from time to
time be found on his land, and as soon as that
right is exercised, the animals SO killed caught
become the absolute property Of the owner of the
soil. Aside from the question of trespass, if
kill or capture wild animal it becomes his
property and depriving him of, or injuring it,
can be punished both civilly and criminally. But
until the game is actually killed captured, the
sportsman has no property in it, even though he
may have wounded it or be on To- point of catch
ing it, and any one else has right to "come in at
the death" and seize the game if he can. But, al
though there is no ownership of game until it is
actually reduced to possession, it has been decided
in England that action will lie against one who
Intentionally frightens away game from another
mans land or water.
Importance of Cleanliness.-Keeping the pores
of farm animals open is essential to their thrift
as bathing is to our health. The skin performs
an Office more essential to life and health than
even digestion; and it is even more important
that the horse be thoroughly groomed than that
he be fed. Thorough grooming does not mean
only the removal of mud and manure from the
hair with the comb; it means that thorough
brushing and rubbing which will clean the hide,
removing all obstruction from the pores. 1t is
more necessary to groom the horse than any other
farm animal because he is the last to groom him
self. Cattle will groom themselves to certain ex
tent yet there be no more profitable work
than brushing and rubbing them, though it is so
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of all farm animals, is really the most ceanly,
and if allowed to do so will keep his hide Clean
This he does by first putting on a coat OF mud.
This he scrathes off and with it removes the i'm
purities which have adhered to his hide and which
the wet earth has loosened. Wallowing not only
contributes to the comfort of swine but is of the
utmost importance to their health.
Summer Care of Work Horses.-The grooming
as it is called-of horses, is quite as important
as the feeding, and in summer time when the
teams are worked hard, it is indispensable to their
welfare. When horse is working, the excretion
from the skin is profuse, and pours from it in the
form of perspiration. When this dries on the
skin it leaves quantity of impure matter adher
ing to it, which is apt to close the pores and pre-
vent the escape of the perspiration. This produ-
disorder, in the form of congestion of the my
riads of capillary vessels which form close net
work near the surface of the body, and the excre-
comes harsh, dry, contracted and diseased. The
impure matter-being unable to escape-gathers
in places and forms pimples, botches or tumors
and, if it is not removed, there is danger of poi
soning the blood, and, with the appearance OF
farcy and glanders, finally death. All this may
be prevented by careful attention to the skin, by
occasional washing, regular currying and brush
ing, and proper care to avoid calling by the rub
bing of i'll fitting harness. As prevention is the
best cure, it is well that owners of horses should
exercise all possible precautions to avoid the fire.
quent disorders which result from neglect in the
direction pointed out, and thus save much annoy
ance and loss.
The Farm for Juy.-0ur hot and dry
weather. ripen grain and grass-or at least bring
it forward so that it is ready for the scythe and
the sickle, much earlier in the than in the
climate of Europe. July is really the first, and
perhaps the most important harvest month. The
great grass CROP with which ''the early and latter
rains" has blessed millions of acres, is to be cut,
cured and harvested. Winter grain, over a great
part of the country, is to be cut this month, while,
at the same time, when from any cause, short
crops anticipated are to be provided against,
it is even now not too late to get in crop of mil
let or of fodder corn.
July is seed time for plants of the turnip kind.
There are, indeed, cold, heavy soils, where Swedes
need to be sown in June to make crop, but gen.
orally the former half of this month is early enough
while for those known as English turnips, if sown
the latter half, and up to the tenth of August,
they will give good returns
There are weedy fields that really need to be
thoroughly summer fallowed before anything is
done with them. In these the plow must be kept
going, and in light lands the weeds are destroyed
at sacrifice of nearly all the organic matter,
which must be kept replaced in some way. Hence,
it is almost always better to fallow with a root
crop, sowing in drills and giving thorough cul-
ture The fertilizer containing weed seed, the
cleaning of the land may be very complete, and
the soil will be improved in fertility.
Draining for Health.-Every town and village
ought to have perfect system of drainage for its
sewage. Where this cannot be Immediately ap
piled to grass and cultivated crops, it should bo
emptied into reservoir and s"H'"ient ront or
muck added for disinfection, and putting it in so
solid condition that it can be shoveled up and
carted away for the fertilization of any land when
needed.
Fashionable summer resorts often made
very unhealthy for want of proper sanitary meas.
ures. People go from the city to the country to
get a pure air, and for benefit of their health In
stead of this, they frequently find it so tainted,
especially in yards, wash rooms, and water closs,
as to generate fever and other dangerous diseases
One cannot be too careful of the water that sup
plies the beverage of tables. If coming from
we'll near barnyard or other foul place, reject it,
as drainage from these may have leaked into it in
sufficient quantity to render it very unhealthy.
Spring water is also thus affected, although it may
taste sweet and look perfectly pure. The only
safety for every household, whether in country or
in town. is to dispose daily of all foul stuff whether
liquid solid, which accumulates on or near the
premises, poisoning the air aud breeding disease
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