The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-07-20

For experimenting in the tea industry.
There are large number of plants
ready to be sent out, and those who
are willing and able to assist the de-
partment, may upon application to
James Wilson, Secretary of Agricul-
ture, Washington, ID. c., obtain suf-
6cient supply for trial of their ability
to cultivate tea garden, and will also
receive full instructions and general in
formation how to proceed to be sue
cessful.
collie MIXTURE FOR HORSES.
Every Farmer should cut this out
and keep bottle of the medicine ready
for use:
Take of tincture of Opium. 2 ounces
Ginger. z
g Cayenne a
90 Sulphurie Ether. p "
% Oil of Peppermint. L dram
So Linseed Oil. ..........1 quart
Mix together and shake it well, then
put it into a horn and add three points
of hot Lager Beer. Fix the horses
mouth and pour it down his throat.
If the horse is laying down suffering
from pain, and unable to get up, this
drench will give immediate relief. The
life of many horses have been saved by
the use of this drench.
A YORKSHIRE VET.
When L was boy 1 had to make
sheep powder. This preparation was
the dread of my life, and the how to
make it will show that there was little
fun in its preparation. First, had to
take myself to place some half mile
away from any habitation. Then
when all things being ready, usually
took off my clothing and then put on
my working apparel. Then l would
bind cloth over my mouth and nose
and go into my workshop Sheep
powder is made from:
White Lead. ...1 pound
Flower of Sulphur .. 10
Arsenic. .................. L
Fine LinSeed Meal. 10
Animal VII .................. L quart
This must be we'll rubbed together in
mortar and passed through sieve.
Then put up in bags of 5 or 10 pounds
each. A ten pound package is about
enough for SO sheep, and applied down
the middle of their back, will keep
them free from Vermin all summer.
In the care of sheep generally, clear
running water is the best for the flock,
for the complete exposure Of it to the
air tends to the decomposition and the
neutraliZing of the suspended organic
matter in it. There is nothing the mat
ter with the water of a clear, swift flow
ing brook in which the speckled trout
will live. The water drank is absorbed
directly into the blood. Of course it
cannot help but take into the blood
with it all the impurities that are dis.
solved in it and very many of those not
dissolved, but suspended in it, on &C.
count of their exceedingly small bulk.
Consequently the water must be pure
or it becomes source of infection and
produces disease. Water from sand
stone or slate rock is generally pure and
may be used with safety. Where a salt
marsh exists or some natural salt lick,
ased by deer and buffalo when these
animals covered the plains, there the
water is not only good for drink, but
has an excellent effect otherwise in pre-
serving the general health of the flock.
If food is that which supports the life
of an animal and increases growth and
weight, then water must be food, and
its condition is to be thought of pre-
cisey as we think of the solid food.
We think very much of the quality of
the solid food, but mostly anything is
drink which is water, whatever It's con-
dition may be. This is mistake that
should be corrected at once. 1t is also
true that we'll water may be equally
injurious. Water from limestone, espe-
cially if magnesia is mixed with it,
produces various troublesome Diseases,
one of which is exceedingly common.
This is that swelling of the glands of
the throat which is known as goiter.
The soft, baggy swelling may be due to
other causes as we'll, but it is quite
often due to water containing too much
lime and magnesia. AS the water is of
such great Importance it will pay to go
to some trouble to purify it if there is
any question of it's character. To ex-
pose water to the air has purifying
effect on it. If there is an excess of
alkali in Il this is neutraliZed and its