Farm Notes And Queries
Bne&k tJhia calvas to t4e wlueiii they are youug, as it is tba bct time. Cows allcwed to shriint in. Jaly, or August will not to as well affter, ƒ mul. er how geBianoinsly cl. Plaat tilia t patcit of fcwMer corn to help out tibe pastuinei shoald) there be a diry gpell in August or September. De iit 110 v. The Texa,s fly tó a graat amnioyauee to cat'tlo. Wa iomotl last buiumer goiinig over the oows ouoO or t ice a week witili 1 a oner' (fisb oil), kep't the flilas away. Ib paya. A aaiigthibor's ffeid is a poor place io" youa sheep at any taimö of tJie year. If tliere is a riing-L&ader in the fl'ock t.h.at perstets iia being on the ot.h&r sidis of tbö feraiee, inake nn.'t ton. oL lit. Th,e best way x.o reaaove warts fnom eow's taats is to smsar tlLwa a fe:: times wi'th. tornmoa pius tar, vl:,ícli will iJry themi uip so they can asMy be riibbed off wlfch tiie liaud. ot a brush. To ruto tliem daijy wiltli castor oil, wiiU also. oauee tliem to disappear ini time. Keep the maug-ers clean. As he fveatber gnows warm partieleg ol meal will stick in the corners and will becoin'e nousi: G-o at thiem wiitih' a stirí brush and hot wate; onse ii a whiile. MEdk ata regular tiitme aiid in, regular order. If a cow is diïappoin,ted in any way ilb wjlj result, ia less ntólk. Don't ohange mMkei's any mrore frequemily thiam is posi.tively neoessary ; it usulally. resulta ia loss. A Ma ry land farmer writes : "I have a gradie Jersey cow that. is ten years old ths firat of febiis miontti. She has bad eight calves and never h,ad twLns, and is oanylng her ninth, aud &he has navier been dry since she was fresh', that was wlien. isba was eLg-hteen iruontlis old." Teil yo'ur readers to raise KOme stock of all kind ; jiothing; interests ch-LUlren more than young stock, and if they aire toteneatea in fia mi Hfe they wiü not, w-ant to g-o to the city. Give eadh ome a lanib or pig. a brood of eliickens, etc, tp nasie, and let thoni tave 'chei money tbey oau mafce out of it. It did not take mj foiir-yeair-old g1,rl long to ï'ind thai "the calí had -ceeíth below but bad none on %hei upper e&üe, but the colt had teath oa both sidea" Tg remova cliafif froin the eye of nwiisee, cows or ocüer animada, take as niuoh pulverlzed alúm as wiH lay on tto point. of a penkndfe, maker a a funoiel of coiumon writing aper, plaoe the alum ia email nd oí fumnel, and blow it int, Cha eye Wthere cliiarf is fastemei. If necessary repeat evety three days uniil ciiaff is remiOTiea. It s a pogiicive, remidy in even-y case, Wiieu a layer of nuenibrane tas formed all over the eye so tinat the ajniimali has been iilmü-.-st tobally blind. To cure barb wlre cuits or amy otdier oM sores on horses, procure et any d'rug store one-half pint spirits of alcohol, one-half pint spirit of tu.rpen'tAnie and oma ounce pure glycei'ine, mdx all toget.h'er. B&fore using shake thie bottle well, and; apply on siare by a or sural 1 brush' llwice a d&y, nigfrt and mornimg. Alsu wash th esore clean every mornin'g with castile soap amtf eoïü water before, applying medScine. I beeve kmown this remedty te cure half &■ score of cases of standing, some more ttan a year, af ter all ot.her remeídles had failed. In order to set,tle a íoolíslli' argument, I t,ake the Hberty to w.nite you to laquire ii pure-teed! Jersey cows are all of a uniform, color, ia every respect, w&bh borms shaped'and crooked just the same ? I eomsider taiere l,s mo breed of caft.le tii.at vary ia color in shades more tïian Uva Jersey. A friend says pure bred Jersey cows are all of a uniformi shadie of color, amd sihape of liorns are all just iilike, amd says in conclusiaa, "I am suii-pirlsed a j'our ignorance, Iiavimg 'been born and' reared on a farmv" (Eüitiorial eommemt : Pure-bred Jersey cowe do -vary ia color and shades of oolo.r, anrl tiiere is a difiéremeO alsö in ttte Bhape andl crook of tlieir horas. The color, accordias to Flint, is, "gememally cream, dun or yello-w, witlh, more or leas wihite." Some breedfers take pride in wlhat tdney cali "solid colorsi," in wirieli thOre is süuiply a sbadingi off to -mhite ; otoer are eatisflled' witli irregular connectjon of the cream, d'ini or yellow yirth. tune white. We are also asked1 ü' Jei"seys are more lüable to consumptjiom tlian other cowb. The answar is, only as thy aro more closely sfcabled1, as t'hey are api tío
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