The national leader., 1889-02-16
FARM NOTES.

Why HORSES RUB THEIR NAMES
AND TAILS The question, ''Why
noIses ruD their names and tails has
neen answered as follows: "Rubbing
tho Mane and tail usually results from
an unhealthy condition of the skin,
wnich In most cases is produced by
neglect OF grooming or by bad food, or
ny any sudden change of diet from that
70 g0ou. Occasionally. however. 1t ap-
pears In stables where grooming and
1000 are unquestionably good. Dam
aged cats or hay are very ready causes
LOT this annoying affection In every
case. therefore, where the HAIR of the
Inane and tail fall out the food should
De carefully examined. Young horses
On coming into the stable sometimes
soner from an irritation of the skin,
prooaoiy from change of diet. Horses
recovering from fever frequently lose
portion OF the hair from the name and
Tall. In the latter case it seems to
arise from an impoverished state of
blOOd,''
In regard to treatment it is said ''If
any positive cause, such as damaged
food or neglected grooming, has exis-
teu, measures must be taken to remove
such cause. Without this provocaton
local treatment will be of little avail.
One method of local treatment that has
procured good results consists in dres-
sing the skin with equal parts of mer-
curlal ointment and soft soap made into
alatheS with hot water and applied by
means of u stiff hair brush. The new
halr will grow rapidly after this appl-
cation. In addition to the local treat
ment 1T will be necessary to act upon
the system generally by a change of
diet; green food should be given, as tn
ny means OF its laxative qualities les
sens the irritablllty Of the skin. A
oran mash with five grains of arsenic
added daily, in addition to the usual
Tood, viii exert beneficial influence
upon the skin.
a PIG that, whine eating. takes Its
mead out of the trough aud acts as if
the op bad run the wrong way has
snif1ies. He should be removed from
the herd and cared for, as the disease is
contagious. Put pure tar in the slcpS
and smear both the nose and face with
lt. Feed sulphur and tuTpentine. A
Tree use OF the carboIic acld, both ex-
ternalIy and internally, should also be
made.
1T Is safe to assert that not half of
the farmers Of the country have an as
paragus bed In the garden, and 1t is
equally safe to say that no piece of
ground on the farm will pay as well, if
properly cared for, as good bed of
foN An .
trouble to Care for. and 1t furnishes a
supply of delicious green food at
time of year when such food Is most
desirable.
ONE of the best means of removing
lice from fowls is to make them do it
themselves by having lot Of dry earth
where they can dust themselves when
ever they feel like It. having first
spriDkled the earth with diluted car
boEic acid. This acid proves too much
for the lice, and they leave the premises
at once. or 1t causes them to give up
the ghost.
IN this country famine is almost
impossible. While drouths occur in
some sections rain is usually plentiful
elsewhere. The past season was noted
for destruction from both drouths and
freshets at the same time. Crops are
very short In Illinois, Wisconsin and
Iowa. while in the eastern states the
yields have been excellent. The time
NAV vet come when science will enable
the farmers to largely control the sup
ply of water required.
SINCE the improved varieties Of
peaches have taken the place of those
that were chance seeC ngs the trees
have been shorter lived. IJ has be Ii
claimed that trees growing from the
nit. and not transplanted, live much
longer than those that are removed
when young to their permanent loca-
tiou. Some growers are therefore
planting the pits where they wish the
trees to grow, and budding the stocks
on the ground where they are to re-
main.
GRATING THE WALNUT. a SIM
Ma method OF performing the rather
difTicn t operation of grating the wal
S,,t tree successfully is mentioned by
foroion horticultural Journal as prac-
t;.ad and recommended i'll France.
ma year old seeding are grated in the
ordinary way, close down to the root,
ond then potted and placed in propa-
eating house, where the union is
speedily effected.
a CHEAP SILO WALL.-A method
- making walls in use In Northern
Vermont. which applies to house walls
% we'll as silo walls, appears to be very
@ood. D. though, perhaps, It would De ex-
gsoosjve gj Ia sections where lumber is
psnb Boards ten inches wide are
n;gnlv n'gni laid one upon another with lime
a, an nm cement between them, and at
OIL OF .s'ir nailed to those below. At the
onrner on1U the joints are broken the same
colnei GO - bricS lex work. If the boards are all
- - tha - = same width the walls are very
regular and pleasing.
..zvs and hen manure, If mixed
.o.ashaT Asnns before being applied to the soil
.osn,t .osi in a loss Of ammonia from Ihe
r5onninr Ses1ae ~ that greatly lessons ems the value