The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-02-16

.... $500 shepherd hopes
D0oD his troubles are
over. theanimals die and both they and
their lambs are lost. and the care and
feeding through the winter are labor and
money thrown away
The disease i'm question is one that is 90
be prevented, il possible, by avoiding the
cause. Fragments ofryo beard and chaii
from rye straw. used as litter, and OF
which the sheep eat at night, lodge in the
eyes. AZ times the use Of Timothy hay
viii cause the disease, especially when
the racks are madcso wide apart that the
sheep can thrust their heads through the
bars and among the stiff stems and so
wound the eyes. and the seeds or chah
can get into them. a good form Of rack
To- avoid this trouble is that shown in the
cut.
The front IS made of upright bars two
inches wide and three inches apart; the
back part Is Of b0ardsset closely together
and slopins forward at the bottom, so
that the hay slides down and keeps close
To- the bars i'm front where the sheep car
reach it, The trough for grain is at the
front. The rack is raised foot from the
ground on small posts six or eight feet
apart, SO that young lambs cannot get
fast IN any way. Twoof these racks may
be set t04cthcr. connected behind 30 as
TO form % double rack To- be placed in the
middle of the shed, and others may be
built against the sides of thes shed. If the
bay loft is over the sheep shed the lay
may be dropped into the racks with the
least possible labor. Since l first used
this kind of rack have never had any
trouble with inilamed eyes in my sheep
in the winter.
a frequent cause of this disorder Il
the alkaline dust Of the soil in the dry
hot weather. and the intensely hot re-
Election of the heat rays Of the sum-
Where this difficulty is experienced the
Sheep may be saved by being inclosed
during the middle of the day for some
hours. and let out To- feed in the even
ing and night. Another common cause
is the use of a too close and warm stable
from which the sheep are turned out
and exposed To- % cold storm of sleet or
rain or damp SNOW; or TO dry snow and
bright sunshine, the reflection Of which
IS painful TO the eyes and produces SNOW
blindness and inflammation.
After the causes are removed, Mr.
Stewart advises the following: just re-
move the affected animals to dark
place. Give q light cooling antiseptic
medicine. hyposulphito of soda in dram
doses daily being very useful The eyes
should be examined for any foreign sub
stance, which should DO removed, If
easily possible, by a soft camels-hair
pencil, otherwise O. small quantity OF
linseed mucilase-made by boiling lin
seed i'm q little WATERWAY be injected
into the eve, by which the Offending
matter will be able TO make It's way 10
the outer corner Of the eye where it can
be seen and removed To this mucilage
may bee added a fourth part of a solution
of I'D grains of sulphate az zinc IN an
ounce of water, and two drops OF wine
of opium When the eye is cleansed
and this palliative injection has been
used for two days, if the cloud remains,
q pinch of burned alum is put into a
eoose-Quill or small tube, and Is blown
into the eve. a few repetitions Of this
will clear the eye. 1t would be well to
give all the sheep the aforementioned
quantity of the soda hyposulphite,
powdered and mixed with o little molas-
ses, and spread on the back Of the tongue,
and 10 continue the treatment for week.
vitality of Glover seed.
eve have seen two-year-old clover
seed that was scattered accidentally Oh
the snow in early spring come up as
thick as the hair on dog, says Ameri-
can Cultivator If left in the ground,
bv being buried too deeply, clover seed
will often hold its vitality many years.
In localities where clover seed Is grown,
more or less of the seed IS lost in harvest
ing. II the clover seed stubbleis plowed
and sown with wheat, that which
dropped on the surface will not grow
the next spring, as il IS buried too
deeply. But it will come up in subse-
ouent plowings for many years after
ward. showing that this seed has re-
tanned its vitality underground in all
changes Of temperature. Farmers some
times say Of such land that ii Is natural
to clover or the clover comes in with
out seeding Neither Of these phrases Is
strictly accurate. but the land Of which
This may DO said Is Slways among the
best Ii shows how long field remen-
5ers By bounteous crops season OF rea-
soaable treatment"
NEW FORM OF MANURE.
Statements Made 10 Peter Henderson be
fore tine Massachusetts Society.
ANYTHING new on the topic Of manures
is of interest 10 gardeners and farmers.
A recent feature is the use Of dried peat
moss i'm place Of straw as bedding for
horses in towns and cities. In regard to
tiis Mr. Henderson expressed the opinion