The Princeton union., 1893-09-28
ScOurS in Calves.


writer in the Rural New Yorke,
says: My calves sometimes get scours
but the trouble can nearly always be
traced to some careless act. TO illus
trate: The first calf I ever lost got in
f1ammation of the bowels from a cold,
wet bed, and died in few hours. The
next the man forgot to feed it in the
morning, and at night gave it double
quantity; and, worse, being in hurry,
did not warm it, thinking just one cold
mess would do no harm; the calf died
in great pain within twenty minutes.
The last was given feed out Of pail
which had not been washed and in
which there was 4 little sour milk. The
result was q case of scours which was
fatal in less than two days.
10 cure scours, I decrease the quan-
tity. of milk, feed it as hot as the calf
will take it, add from one to three raw
eggs, according to the age of the calf,
and in severe cases give from fifteen
drops to teaspOonful of laudanum
every four hours. Once a calf was
taken i'll when l was away from home,
and when I returned it was passing
clear blood. For this case-l calf six
months old boiled some oil meal to
mucilage, and gave a pint raw, to
coat the raw intestines, after each feed,
and I fed a quart Of boiled whole milk
and three raw eggs every six hours, and
every four hours teaspoonful Of laud-
anum, gradually tapering off, and the
calf was taking its regular mess ip
about four dys.
Farm Notes.
Never waste time in wintcring weak
colonies.
Keeping the orchard we'll trimmed
will add to the appearance of the farm.
The grub is often the cause Of the
flower plants turning yellow.
Tobacco is a valuable insecticide
against greenhouse pests, used dry, as
smoke or in the form of decoction.
Where the hives are troubled with
ants, a little pine tar on a board placed
next the hive will keep them away.
TO secure the greatest quantity of
pure white combs, remove the sections
as soon as filled and replace empty ones
with starters Of comb foundation.
Many swarms and large yields of
honey will not be obtained during the
same season. The one will be developed
at the expense Of the other.
Cuttings of grapes and currants taken
close to the old wood will be more GER
tain to root than if from long pieces cut
up.
This season seems to be favorable
one for some Of the less common kinds
of insects and they have occurred in in
creased numbers.
possible 1t Will save time in getting
crops in next spring. and will prevent
many weeds maturing in stubble fields.
If discarded apples are removed from
the orchard and fed to pigs or other
stock or the animals allowed to pick
them up in the orchard, many injurious
insects will be destroyed. @.. 10
Examine f1ocks of sheep, and if ticks
are still found on them, destroy by dip
ping in tobacco decOctiOn or in some of
the prepared dips, before they are con-
fined in barns and sheds again. 4-~
Late growth produces tender wood
which cannot Withstand low tempera-
ture, therefore cease cultivating orr
chard trees in time for them to thor
oughly ripen.
One of the best ways Of renewing an
old currant bush is to cut out all the old
growth and the greater portion Of the
new, and dig thoroughly around the
roots and apply good dressing of ma
nure.
In pruning young seedlings after the.
introduced bud has started growth, do
not cut away too much Of it at time
or too heavy flow of sap sent to the.
young shoot may kill the introduced
bud.
Do not allow weeds to mature seed on
the land where potatoes were grown.
They will seed the ground thoroughly
for another year with foxtail, purslane.
pigWefds. etc, if allowed to grow.