Year: 1879

The great profit always comes from early


feeding, and it is retained by full feeding


afterwards. p s5-t-'H


For bruises or sores, boil smart weed in


chamber lie, add a little soap and wash


twice day.


| Neither Rarus, Goldsmith Maid nor


H3petul We're bred at any of the fast horse


breeding establishments
A solution of carbolic acid in 800 parts


Of water has been found effective for scab.


A strong decoction of tobacco is a good
! wash also.


For throat distemper, crate fine a small


green wild turnip, or, if dry, give heap


ing spoonful, mixed with bran or oats.


Never fails. Good for cough also.
The manure of cows and pigs resist de-


composition for a longer time than that of


the sheep and horse-both the latter being
dryer than the former, and decomposing


more readily in the soil.


A Michigan lady says that to kill insects
she uses one teaspOonful of kerosene to a


gallon of water and sprinkles it on the


plants with hand-broom. It DESTROYS


green flies and other pests


A good wax for grating purposes and
Tor covering wounds in trees Five parts,


by weight, of rosin, two parts beeswax,
two parts of beef or mutton tallow or
enough to make the wax soft and easily
applied


Common purslane chopped up and
mixed with scalded corn-.neal is excellent
green feed tor fowls that are confined.
Corn and oats ground and fed to poultry
is very fattening. After chicks are a
month old cracked corn and wheat screen
ings is better for them than dough-


A successful dairyman feeds his cows
night and morring the year round, and in
each feed puts teaspoonful of salt. He
considers this method of sailing cows pere-
ierable TO the usual one of giving animals
salt once or twice q week, and thinks his
method adds largely to the amount of
milk given. ,..--.-....,


The English dairy farmers get immense
returns from their grass lands by free use
of bone manure. One Cheshire farmer
says that by this he can feed forty cows
from land that formerly gave him product
sufficient to feed only twenty. The En-
glisn farmers believe in "boning'' the
grass land especially.


Early lambs may be pushed forward by
giving them a little cows milk They
will soon learn to drink this from pan.
The milk should be given warm from
fresh cow, quarter of pint to a meal.
Do not Overfeed any young animal; that
retards instead of assisting growth.


The Science of Health says: "If farmers
would avoid suddenly cooling the body
after great exertion, if they would be care
full not TO go with wet clothing and wet
feet, and if they would not overeat when
in that exhausted condition, and bathe
daily, using much friction, they would
have little or no rheumatism. isf -. ;


Charcoal, pulyerized, and mixed with
water, is now highly recommended as an
agent for relieving cattle suffering from
bfoat or hoyen, etc. This should be re-
There Is no doubt of its eff
cacy, lfabundance of concurrent testimony
can be relied upon. 81 ~ 80 -. -
watcheu wneh turned TO pasture, lest they
be attacked with quarter This is the
effect of too rank and watery food, which
impairs digestion. An ounce Of EPSON
salts may be given with advantage to each
calf when turned out. as precaution
against this frequent danger.


A farmer in Holden informed us that,
being much annoyed with crows pulling
up his corn, he placed a large umbrella in
his field in order TO frighten them away.
Imagine his surprise one wet day in find
ing a flock seeking shelter under it from
the rain The umbrella is now used for
another purpose.-[B Bangor Me.) Wing.
i Two weeks ago thirty good-sized shoats
were quartered upon three acres of ground
which is about equally seeded. TO alfalfa
and clover. At this writing the grass-has
gained upon the pigs and the pigs have
gained amazingly. This is our way of
solving the problem OF how to raise cheap
pork Kansas Agricultural College
Paper. geod sffar s9s 3 81.


Collect some SCOT from a chimney or
stove where wood is used for fuel. put into
an old pitcher and put hot water upon it.
When cool use it to water your plarts
every few days. The effect upon plants is
wonderful in producing rapid growth of
thrifty shoots. with large, thick leaves and
. Pliny Nichols says: There is little
trouble in making thoroughbred short
horn weigh 1000 pounds at twelve months
I have one on hand now that pulls 900
pounds at eleven months, and three others
I weighed to-day, consisting oftwo males
and one female, their aggregate age is
seven months and their aggregate weight
is 1000, and these are no better than
quite number sold lately. i '';.''


The practice of washing sheep before
shearing, says an eastern sheep raiser, is
very disagreeable and is unnecessary
is gained in the price of the
wool; in fact, the unusual deduction made
by wool buyers for unwashed wool leaves
an advantage with the seller. The prac-
tice isdangerous to the health of both men
and sheep, and may as well be abolished.
Guinea fowls are the most active de-
stroyers of the Colorado beetle, q writer
that one guinea hen will pro-
tect an acre of potatoes Whether or not
they possess such surprising capacity of
gizzard, they certainly prey on the beetle
lay more eggs than other poultry, and
their eggs are unequaled for cake and
other culinary purposes. s.5 .t.6s s
e Cows that have access to water at all
times will drink often, but little Mt time
and return te their feeding. Cows de-
prived of a sufficient supply of water fail
in milk and flesh; and when they are al
lowed to fail, not only in milk, but in
condition also, it is impossible to bring
Them back to their proper yield of milk
and condition of flesh, at least without
extra expense and trouble. 'H2@.. if 77sl-i


A Vermont farmer recommends the use
of sawdust as bedding for cattle, to
keep them clean and absorb the LIQUID
An experience of twenty years
in using on large farm shows that it docs
not injure the soil, being freely applied in
this way. Some soils, no doubt would be
by the addition of sawdust:
others might be injured somewhat for a
time until the sawdust decays.


A farmer says: -Four years ago INV
farm was fearfully infested with rats
They were so numerous that had preas
fears of nay whole crop being DESTROYED
by them after it was housed; but having
two acres OF wild peppermint that grew in
q field of wheat cut and horlnd Nth tho