Salt And Ashes For Stock

Feeders of stock, oí iarge observation, inform us tliat to mix salt and pure hard-wood aslies in equal proportions of weight, combined by barely enough water to make of them a solid mass, become a most attractive relisli t'or all (lompstic animáis. Farmers, therefore, should have several troughs or water-tiglit bonen at points where they would h'ave their iiocks and herds resort. These troughs, or boxes, should have an elevation suited to the convenience of the horse, ox, cow or sheep, and they should be made a strongly flxed and permanent institution. It will be neeessary to roof them carefully, so as to prevent snow apd rain from falling upon the mass, for if exposed to rain the salt and ashes would immediately becoine an alkaline pickle. The solid mass of salt and ashes beeomes particularly attractive to animáis, because they can get it in very small quantities by diligent licking. Care should, therefore, be observed in so blending and mixing the ingredients that a solid mass shall be formed, not ensily broken by the animal or dissolved by the changing seasons. The experiment will cost tne tarmer, the dairyman and the stock breeder but a trille, and the advantages to their stock in health and punctuality with which they will come tor their loved relish, will not only amply repay all the necessary labor, care and expense attending the preparation, but save many a vexatious tramp to bring home animáis which have been by varióos means enticed to wander.