Omaha daily bee., 1888-01-20

| "
thick, heavy paper( placed on, following
with the boarding. Such
stable will be free from cracks that al
low the wind to enter.
A strong solution of red oak bark /
said to be an excellent remedy TO
chicken cholera. 1t is mixed with tn
! food, and also added to the drinkin.
water.
A cement floor is not the best for
dairy, as it absorbs the drippings o
milk and becomes foul in IA short time
A good floor is of matched plank, viii
| tight joints and painted, so that it vii
! absorb no moisture. Whatever drip
| pings that should fall from the churr
| could be washed off such a floor withou
| leaving anNtraccs. Brick Is quite "a
absorbent as cement. A ilagstonc hool
with close joints set in cement is The
best of all.
Sprinkling kerosene on the walls with
watering pot is an excellent mode OF
ridding buildings of hen lice. A table
spoonful of kerosene added to quart O
buttermilll, the mixture sponged over
the animals, is claimed as excellent tC
rid stock of lice.
A good mess of cooked turnips, fed
warm, will be of more benefit to the
pigs on cold days than any quantity of
corn.
Experiments show that it pays tc
grind the cob with the grains of corn
as it possesses nutritive qualities.
Hogs require some kind of coarse
bulky food. Too much grain and moth
ing else is detrimental.
A teaspoontul of solution made by
dissolving pound of copperas in two
gallons of water given in the drinking
water will serve rs I'm excellent tonic
to debilitated animals. Give it once II
day.
1t would not be loss of time to look
over the seeds this month. Some kinds.
such as peas, sweet corn. beans, melons,
etc, can be easily picked over and the
imperfect specimens discarded.
Animals of vicious habits shoul d
vices are transmitted. BY careful
breeding in this respect the dispositions
of the animals can be partially con-
trolled.
At this season the only mode of Civ
ing the colts exercise is to turn them
out into the yards, but on fair days, if
they should be allowed in the fields,
where they can have an opportunity TO
run, it would be beneficial. If an hour
during the day should be thus given
them they might be kept in the stalls
without injury.
Cottonseed meal should be used only
in sufficient quantity to balance coarse
grass and rough forage. If fed in this
manner it will assist in rendering the
food more digestible, and also supply
those elements that may be lacking in
the coarse food. 1t may be alternated
with linseed meal is preferred.
1t has been conceded by those inter
estcd that no profits can be realized
from creameries the first year, put that,
with experience, good profits will be
had thereafter.
Many swine breeders regard solid
earth floor the best or pig pen. 1t
must be high enough to be readily
drained, so AS to be dry at all times. 1t
is also customary with some breeders to
remove from six to eight inches of these
earth floors every spring, drawing the
manure-soaied earth on to the fields
and renewing the floors with new earth.
A farmer may 'hcecc his sheep" but
if he should try TO fleece his farm he
would get left.
A yearling that will weigh 700 pounds
is worth more than two weighing 4OU
pounds each.
Begin to look around now for bar
gains in bran and milk feed; says the
American Agriculturist. The little
mills in the country are often choked
up with this most excellent cow feed
and will sell it very low to get it out of
the way. 1t can be stored to any dept h
in dry place.
Want of tendency to thrift should
be the death warrant of an animal.
If you would get the most out of your
feed grind the grain and cut the fod-
der.
American cheesemakers have good
market right under their noses if they
will suit the quality of their product to
the markets requirements.
The Importance of the dairying in
terest may be somewhat appreciated
when it is remembered that 5000, 1850, ,O00
is invested IN this branch of industry.
A Michigan boy rented two acres of
land of a farmer last summer and
planted onions. He raised 800 bushels,
paid for the land in half the product,
and had $500 worth for his share.
MAKE NJ MISTAKE.-If YOU have
made up your mind to buy Hoods Sars-
aparilla do not be induced to take any
other. Hoods Sarsaparilla is pecu-
liar medicine, possessing, by virtue of
~.