Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-05-07
FARM AND GARDEN.
soms Timely spring Notes for the Lanuastc'
county Husbandnan.


county Husbandinan.
From the Germantown Telegraph.
A practical eNperimenter advises subject
ing potatoes to the light ahd air alter being
cut, with the eyes upward until the sprout
sppears-a sensible idea long practiced by
some gardeners.
There Is frequently much danger To pss
turo aud meadows by putting live stock upon
them too early. All the meadows should be
rolled as soon as the frost is out Of the ground,
TO press down all tho raised TUFTS, stones etc,
aud secure a smooth surface Tor the moving
machine.
Influenza ~ ono of the most prevalent DIS
eases among horses at this time oil the year.
The irst stage OF tho disease il general Y
mild and will generally yield To careful nu-
tTitious diet, such as warm marshes oatmeal f,
Cruel, suitable clothing and proper Ventila-
ton. If the respiration IL troubled aud the
eNtromities cold, give a sedatlve medicine,
rub the legs with dry mustard, bandage with
nannsl and send Tor An expert
oats and peas sown together make a spien-
did green feed for hogs, or, when cured
properly. an equally good fodder for sheep
ana mich cows The black-eye msfrowfai,
or Canada pea, and some tall strong stemmed
variety of oats, are the best for this purpose
one authority advises sowing two and haiti
bushels of oats and one and a-hai ot peas to
the acre, but this ~ likely too heavy 20 sdinS
ON strong ground. The seed should be
covered with a CultiVator, or some kind oi
harrow with big, wide teeth or shovela
such crop Is valuable either green or ripe
and the yield Is often large enough to cause
surprise.
Useful Hints Tor Horse Owners.
Horses arc very delicate and liable to many
ailments, aud persons owning them, who are
not very familiar with their nature ard re-
quirements, will ind the following sugges-
tons, condensed from al article in the tin-
cinnati Enquirer, useful
Never feed horse with hay from rack
located above his head, "a draught beats
down which IL injurious, and the dust ~
liable to njure the eyes
A horse should not be oVerworke ed, for,
like man, he gets tired, and 10 Keep in good
condition, he should have rest and good
bedding.
Sometimes a horse will not eat his usual
food. 4 mash OF oatmeal, milk warm, -
about the best food to give horse under
such circumstances. Aud then horse
should have grass IL il his natural food. y
continual diet of hay hardeus tho coating oi
his stomach. The food is not digestod. Car
bonic acid gas IL generated, and the horse
dies in agony, swelling up, suffering ifnm
what Is commonly known as collie. Then,
again, horses need we'll ventilated stables
free from draught or damp. The floor should
be smooth and nearly level. 1t should be
well drained aud light, for sudden change
from darkness To light Is trying to the eyes,
and a damp offensive odOr ~ injurious.
Then, again, tho bedding and litter should
he carefully separated from that which IN
foul. They should be well shaken up and
dried, and the stall should I've thoroughly
clesnsed; and when the stable Is empty, let
in plenty OF fresh air.
horses stall should be large enough to
allow hun tn lie down comfortably IN any
position. A tired horse will he glad TO lie
down with his legs stretched out II he has
ROOM but If you can't give him loose box
then light halter block should be used, and
care taken to arrange the halter so that II
may travel freely 10 allow the head To come
easily TO the litter, for rest and sleep are as
necessary as food and water.
II a horse comes to the stable wet, he
should be rubbed dry before the blanket is
put on. II he is standing about, it should
he put on. The legs should be rubbed, and
the hoofs always examined for stones.
ORen better Than Butter.
From the MY. Independent
Recently there has been much discussion
~ to what laws are advisable in respect of
oleomargarine. 1t can no longer be denied
that 1t is a valuable addition To our oily ionds.
For cooking purposes it il often better than
butter. When properly made it does not
become rancid in summer as soon AZ good
butter does. For many persons 1t IL quite aS
easily digestible rs butter. 1t can be
furnished at nearly one-half OF the cost Il
good butter. The laws to restrain its sale dc
not eInanate from cneuilsts OF from heaIth
officers, but from those who believe II
To be an interference with dairy interests,
Close restrictions are placed upon ii, iOr
the very purpose OF driving it from the
market in order to make more room and
better prices for butter. But for 1t the price
of good butter the last winter would have
gone to seventy-h cents. The working
people are greatly concerned in its produc
ton. There is no doubt that, If careful
methods are applied, it can be made of very
superior quality. Indeed, its manufacturer
have about as much reason to complain o
the limitations of it which are made from
poor butter, bene oil, cotton seed, lard, and
various other fats and greases, as have the
dairymen to complain that one portion of the
cow is brought into competition with another
We are watching with much interest the ap
plication of this law as recently passed IN
some of the states, and shall be able to see
whether its working is in the interests of ali
dealing, oi cheap food, and OF good health.