Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-05-24

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to another will generally stop hens from
LAYING for a short period, yet it is neces-
sary for the health OF fowls in confinement.
Greater care should be extended in this
respect toward young pullets in particular,
more especially in confinement, and with
bullets that come into laying at an early
/ age
When at large there is no danger, as the
exercise and vegetable matter thus OBJ
tanned ward off any disease. Whole corn
is hard to digest, and requires more
strength than laying pullet in eonfne-
| ment can afford to expend. Hens stuffed
with corn and kept in idleness acquire bad
| habits and become worthless.
A regular system of feeding and course
| of management should be adopted at the
| beginning of winter and steadily adhered
to throughout, So long as the birds keep
health and improve daily in looks, be as
sured that your system is correct, and eggs
will be forthcoming. 1t is necessary to
feed many weeks ahead for eggs.
| BAD Shooting OF HORSES.
Nine times out of ten faulty shoeing is
| responsible tor lameness. Colts are born
with perfect feet Nature intended them
to run on the ground constantly, and if
they did their hoofs would wear away
evenly, but instead they are kept indoors
| FIVE months Of the year. the hoois beeome
| time. If considerable piece breaks off at
the side the foot runs over, like an old
boot, and the colt acquires the habit OF
walking partially on one side of the foot,
which is very difficult to remedy. Some
times both sides break off leaving the toe
unnaturally long, thus throwing more
weight on the heels, causing them to wear
away faster than they should This pro-
duces fat feet. The uneven breaking of
of the hoofs before the animal natures
causes most of the imperfections in the feet
of the horse, with resultant ringbones,
spavins, curbs and other ailments.
When horse with bad foot comes to
| be shod, if it runs over at the side, it
should be leveled up gradually at severa
succeeding shoeings by making the shoe
thicker at one side and pairing down the
hoof little the more on the opposite
side. If the feet are fiat, the heels should
be let alone and the toes cut as far back as
it will answer at every shoeing. The shoe
should never bear on the sole of the foot,
but on the wall alone If the sole is low
down and presents a convex surface, as is
often the case, the shoe should either be
made concave, to match, or very narrow to
fit only on the horny shell. If the ami
NAL has contracted feet, the heels should
be cut away all it should do, as well as the
horn on the bottom of the foot, and the
shoes should be beveled out from the quar-
| tiers back, that the feet may have ten
! dency to spread. IF the animal has ring
bone or any stiffness in the joints, the toes
| should be cut back This rule applies also
to cases of SPAWN, thoroughpin, curbs, etc.
| Bad feet in horses are generally traceable
to inattention of man.
The feet of colts should be attended to
once in three months, from the time they
are first stabbed in the fall until they reach
maturity, and then permanently good feet
will be assured. If agricultural societies
would employ skillful man to shoe
horses at their fairs and give illustrative
lectures, they would accomplish more good
than they do now by some of their trans
actions.-N. Y. Sporting World.
PLACE FOR EVERYTHING.
Have place for everything. If this
homely injunction were followed there
would not be near so much fretting or so
many petty annoyances in life. 1t is a
very simple thing to have nails upon
which the broom and dust-pan may always
be found suspended when not in use. a
particular place to keep pair of scissors,
drawer or a box in which the Ratchet,
hammer, nails, tools and other appliances
may always be found. Outside of the
house, shovels, pitchiorks, etc, all have or
should have, their racks, so that no I'M
necessary time is lost during the laboring
| season. Household conveniences should
be in place upon just the same principle.
| The housewife who is always hunting
! for thimble, box of tacks, the whisk-
| broom, ETC., is always in hot water and
never has time to 60 anywhere or accom-
| plish anything outside of the daily rou-
tine. Your children and husband should
be made to respect your right in this re-
| spect. This is easily accom- olished by set
ting them persistent example. Some of
US have experienced a change OF heart re-
garding the old saying that "a mans
work is done with the setting of the sun,
but woman's work is never DONE" Lots
of the work is all your own making and
no one else Is to blame. Once in a while
you will visit friend who has seemingly
plenty of time to chat and laugh and occa-
sionally to take trip som ghere. Every
thing about the house, fron. the garrett to
the cellar, is neat and tidy, notwit,lstand-
ing that there are little children to look
after and no girl to help. With a sigh,
| you will say that she has knack of doing
| things. 1t is no knack at all, but the
simple application of those principles of
order and system upon which all success
| tul business is California Fruit
Grouer.
FARM NOTES.
Of all grains oats stands first as the best
for all purposes of feeding.
Calves should have water. and vouno
pigs should also be well supplied. Milk
is not a substitute for water.
If the time spent in grumbling about the
| depredations of insect pests was devoted to
the study of entomology, the results would
be more satisfactory
In Southern France vioiets are always
grown under the deep shade of the olive
groves, to preserve and develop the pecu-
liar delicacy of their odor.
One mode of disposing of surplus poul-
try is to can it. This country produces
enormous quantities of poultry, and we
should be able to export portion.
Salt is an excellent fertilizer for some
crops, as 1t aids lime in decomposing or
ganie matter in the soil, and supplies So
dunn wherever it may be required
Rose bushes thrive better BY being well
cut out and the old wood removed. For
towering plants wood and mold makes an
excellent fertilizer, but it should be used
freely.
Numerous experiments have shown that
COW calving in September or October will
give more milk and make more butter in
the course Of year than will one calving
10 April or May
The cost Of a farm is not the ba.v;es.