Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-04-01
Agricultural miscellany.

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VIII hog-eaters never learn t. Gre
mate the trichinae2. 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 spainful hs.nbt
fatal tenants. Seventeen persons
who at a recent merry making
toasted on raw pork were more or
less affected with triehiniasis and the
lives of some were dispaired of. The
telegraph often brings warning news OF
similar experience elsewhere. Thor
ough cooking is the resource OF safety
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 fire.
quently to neglect OF cleaning the legs
and leaving them covered with icy
mud when horse IL 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 a little alcohol and rub it
well into the skin. Sometimes the
disease is caused by impurity in the
blood. In either case it is well to give
one ounce doses daily of hyposulphi.e
of soda and apply solution of one
dram of sulphate of zinc in a pint of
water to thepart afrerthorough 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
TRANSFORMING frequently, to secure
abundance OF fibrous 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 he rich to secure
best results, as the plants grow more
rapidly and ripen earlier-hence 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. a. q
z 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 its
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 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, its comfort is lessened, and
its usefulness is limited.
A barrel before havingpork 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. twill be found next to inn
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, public
" challenged his cows to produce a
single calf that should ever grow a
horn upon its 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 a worse than
useless excrescence, and hopes there
will 5e'a 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 20 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 or
grain, but they serve an excellent di-
etary purpose, increasing the appitite
and assisting to keep the animals in
good condition.