Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-09-05
AGRICULTURAL.

IL pays :" feed neal 70 cows giving min.
aud Il q cox insists On haring il every time
sae does sood turn by forcing IA 20 hs
rrsHiAr. of all losses incurred by Ansri-
can farmers scarcely any one ia greater
'nAn tAat which comes from allowing cuwn
to fail IN their milk Cor want az suesc;srt
food 81 kind that answers their REQUIRE
meats
One benefit of improved stock is thar IA
y an educating force i'm Farm Msa rhn
owner of improved stock win not fsea .ntin.
hed to see il dcprcciate. and he stud;a.
into stock. breeding aad feeding. 90 ss No
avoid the reproaeh. IL teaches him tp
think more than in the past. and thinking
farmer are usually successful farmers.
One Of the sdvaneea made in the matter
OF destroying insects Is that Of propaxAtins
the parasites that destroy certain inseets.
Parasites are sometimes the best friend Of
the truii- grower. and do better service for
him in the destruction Of insects than he
can perform himself. Study Of the para
sites Is adding more light. and there is q
Prospect that before another decade many
destructive insects will DO met by parasites
propagated by the farmer himself
A few years ago farmers I'm grain grow
ing localities used straw lavishly for bed
ding, Tor the purpose of making the largest
manure piles. Now the tendency IN to usa
a. little straw for betlding a. Inn cousisrrpt
with cleanliness Cut straw mixed with
ground grain makes valuable feed. tina
straw furnishing earbonaceous matter. and
the meal giving the elements that make
muscle and growth. Ifeorn meal is used
II should be mixed with ground oats or
wheat braa to make good feeding ration.
At Elizabeth. y. j.. Everett Gordon. an
engineer on the Jersey Central. his wife
and son lately were poisoned by eating
some food which had been cooked in a
new tin pail. They were attacked with
severe cramps and vomiting. Prompt med
ical attendance saved their lives. An In
vestigation showed that they were victims
Of lead poisoning.
| IL will interest farmers to learn that
tablespoonful Of pHlverized alum and chin
nsy or pipe SCOT viii instantly relieve q
Cow blcated from eating green clover.
SLABBERTSG HoRsKs.-So far AN We know
the question remains unsettled as Co the
distinct canse that makes horses slabbsr.
10 takes place usually in the fall. when
horses are fed ON second-erop clover hay
or allowed to run cut to pasture in August
or September. Some veterinary surgeons
attribute il to a fall weed. but hare not
designated what weed il IA We think.
however. that it is the grass ITSELF the
second crop If which contains q certain
peculiar bitterness. from want. perhaps. of
sncculenee or from its advanced state Of
maturity IL may possibly be q late weed.
which the horse may take q liking to. bat
if 80 il has not vet been discovered The
best remedy of course i to stop Pasturing
and feeding for the time second crop hay.
A few years ago We had two severe cases
in the beginning If September. but the
effect passed of in few days by removing
the cause II it-eut grass. I'm tho cases
we speak oft VA Cow OF water anly
from the mouth. Gasiuas must hare come
from each animal. preventing them Cor two
days FROM taking any food except nibbling
a little hay.-Er
A WAY 70 TuRfvK--As Mr.. Russell H.
COnwell informs Us. there are acres Of
diamonds all around Us. II we only knew
enough To pick them up. Do not under
stand. now. that We look upon money get
ting as the mest important thing in hfes
but you will admit yourself that IL is . very
convenient thing to hare at times. Well.
then. here is the point: II some enter
prising gardener would buy five or ten
acres of ground near town and plant 10 In
small fruits il would soon become o rrgu-
lar little mint tn him For instance. take
black raspberries There IL nothing easier
10 raise. nothing sarer TO yield annually,
nothing more marketable. and nothing
more delicious Sidney Smith. the great
English divine and writ remarked that.
Possibly God might have made q better
berry than the strawberry. bu. possibly
God never did We would amend this BY
substituting raspberry for strawberry. An
acre Of domesticated rasPberrics. properly
cultivated, will yield. say a hundred
bushels Of the fruit Now IL is easy enough
70 sell them at ten cents quart. and
hundred bushels at ten cents quart would
be $40. Do yeu want anything better
than thati A few acres Of land in small
fruits of various kinds would yield q man q
good income. You might also cultivate
some marketable truck and keep hennery
in connection with it to supply people with
spring chickens, Of which there is always
a great scarcity. As Colonel Sellers would
say, There's millions In it,
take is sometimes made In vcntilating
cellers and milk houses. The object OF
ventilation il To keep the cellars cool and
dry; but this object often fails Of being
accomplished by common mistake. and
instead the cellar is made both warm and
damp. A cool place should never be ven
tilated unless the air admitted Is cooler
| than the air within. or is at least as cool as
that, or very little warmer. The warmer
the air the more moisture il holds in sas-
pension. Necessarily, the cooler the ar
the more this moisture is condensed and
precipitated. When cool cellar IS AIRED
On u warm day, the rntering air beng W
motion appears cool. but as 10 aus 'ne
cellar the cooler air with which 10 becomes
mixed chills il, the moisture 10 condensed,
and dew is deposited ON tho cold walls. and
may often DO seen running down them IN
streams. Then the cellar u damp and
soon become moldy. To avoid this. the
window should only BE- opened at night.
and late the last thing before retiring.
There i no need TO fear that the night air
IA unhealthfal II j. as pure as the air OF
mid .lay, and Is really drier. The cool air
enters the apartment during the night and
eireulates through il. The windows should
be closed before sunrise IN this morning.
and kept closed aud shaded through the
day. II the air OF the cellar is damp,
may be thoroughly dried by placing In u
peck OF fresh lime in an open box. Peek
Of lime will absorb about seven pounds OF
more than three quarts ot water ana IN
this way cellar OF milk room may soon