The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-05-28
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1t is not always the case that these
symptoms indicate scab, but when
they are present attention should be
given the animal at once and an ex-
animation made. If it is scab an ex
animation will show the skin at first
| to be white in color, somewhat thicker
where the scab is, and those places
| will be covered with a moisture and
yellow emulation.
In time scabs appear upon these
spots and carefully examined, espec-
tally if laid upon something white, the
mite can be seen. Neglect the animal
and the scabby spots enlarge, the
wool becomes ragged all over the
sheep, and the animal is rough look
lug object. The scabs that form in
the progress of the disease are OF vel
low appearance, and these are
scratched off leaving bleeding sore.
The scabby sheep fall off in condition
rapidly.
The treatment consists in dipping.
there being various dips for the pur
pose The mercurial and arsenlcaI
dips should be avoided. They are
poisonous. There is no more effectual
dip than tobacco, sulphur and water,
Take four ounces of tobacco, one
ounce OF sulphur. and place in a gal
Ion of water. Use cheap tobacco;
stems are as good as anything.
Bring the water to boiling heat and
steep the tobacco in it till the strength
is all out. Then stir in the sulphur
Reduce to temperature of 1870 degrees
and the mixture is ready for the sheep.
In the quantities named, We have only
given the proportions. There must be
enough of the dip made to completely
immerse the sheep and saturate the
wool. Break up the hard crusts and
remove with care. Wash the raw sores
carefully and thoroughly. Let the
dipped sheep drip somewhere where
nothing that is to be eaten shall catch
the drippings. In ten DAYS after the
first dipping dip again. This will Kill
any newly Matched insects.
Because corn is now worth ST.
bushpl is no proof that the growing
crop will he worth Iuore than forty
cents. The prospect is for a large
yield and low prices. Farmers should
therefore take care of their young pigs
with a view to marketing their corn
on 70 t.
Scientific and practical farming are
synonymous terms, though commonly
used TO express opposite systems. No
farming is scientific that is not practi-
cal. Much of the so called scientific
agriculture is mere theory and wild
speculation, which only requires a
practical test to explode it worthless
pretensinns.
1t is much easier to keep up than
catch up with work on the farm. This
is particularly the case with cotton. 1t
should be crowded from the day 1T is
planted till the last ball is picked, but
never be allowed to crowd, the farmer.
The delay of day in chopping or cul
tivation may involve great labor and
expense at future time, and some
times entire loss of the crop. MAKE
hay while the sun Shines" is good
old maxim, but there is another which
implies the same idea and a great deal
more - Never leave till tomorrow
what should be done today"
The diseases to which the horse is
most subject may be judged by the
report of new York horse insuran. 70
company: ~, D.
Out TIA horses that died within the
past five years 1873 died of collie, II OF
inflammation Of the bowels, "A of kidney
trouble, oil OF Of pueumunia, 90 of sun
stroke 30 of piukeye. 81 OF lockjaw, %
OF broken legs, 2 of epizootic, 10 Of
heart disease. OF blind stagyers. 8 by
drowning, 9 by lightning. = by burn
ing and 1873 died OF undetermined dis
eases.
The st. Louis Journal of Agriculture
asks: How would a farmer or planter
have come out under the subtreasury
plan if he had borrowed 80 per cent OF
its value on his cotton and storage,
insurance, interest, etc, up to this
time? Nov. ID, 1880, middli0g cotton
sold for GIG cents, April 1891, it sold
for 8 l-16, a decline of l2 cents,
A 400 pound bale was worth last No
vember $39 25, the same bale was
worth, April $, $32.25. If he had Dor
rowed 80 per cent OF its value he would
have gotten $1,000 Now, he woul
certainly have had to pay at least So
for storage, hauling, insurance, etc.
Add this to the amount borrowed
and it would be $32 80, present value
S32 %. He SCI his ba e now and lacks
% cents a bale OF paying what he owes
on it.
Would it not have been better to
sell outright for s3S -?