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Show FARM AND RANGE SOME HELPS AND SUGGESTIONS J.ittir Ili-ms of lnrcrnnttion That Mit,v l!o of Sri-vice A writer in the Country Gonile-ni;tn Gonile-ni;tn nnil's tin1 l'ollovii:,' timely suggestion sug-gestion as to the care of livestock: STOCK MKD!CI.'K CASK On I'arinH whore livestock is the chief means of revenue the following follow-ing list of dru, disinfectants, worm powders, ulisters and accessories access-ories should be on hand: 1. JJeechwood creosote and camphor cam-phor for horses suffering from distemper dis-temper and inlluenza. 2. Turpentine for bloat in cattle, colic in horses and worms in horses and hogs. 3. Pine tar for colt distemper. 4. Epsom salts as a purgative for cows, sheep and hogs. It should not be given to the horse. 5. Raw linseed oil as a purgative for the horse. (i. Aloes as a horse purge and for dusting wounds. An animal will not bite a wound covered with aloes. 7. Horic acid and burnt alum as dusting powders and astringents. Si. Castor oil as a purge for foals, lambs, calves and pigs in constipation constipa-tion and diarrhoea. 9. Blue vitriol as an antiseptic, astringent and deodorant. 10. Sweet spirits of niter to reduce re-duce fever given in doses of a half to one ounce. 11. Carbolic acid as an antiseptic in washing wounds, abscesses and fistulas. It is best used in three to five percent solutions. It is also given hypodermically for abortion, in doses of ten cubic centimeters of a two per cent solution every ten clays to two weeks. 12. Calomel given with santonin for killing worms in horses and hogs. From one to two grains of calomel and a half to two grains of santonin constitute a dose. 13. Blue ointment to free cattle from lice. 14. Corrosive sublimate poison probably the best and cheapest antiseptic, anti-septic, used in solution of 1 to 1000 parts of water. ' 15. Potassium iodide for ringworm ring-worm and for reducing sprains, cap-, ped hocks and elbows and bog spavins. 16. Glauber salts as a mild purge for cattle and horses. 17. Olive oil and vaseline for overcoming ov-ercoming inflammation and irritative irrita-tive conditions. 18. Blister for ring-bones, spavins and splints: 1 part red iodide of mercury, mer-cury, 1 part Spanish fly, 8 parts vaseline. vas-eline. 19. Worm powder for horses: 3 ounces iron sulphate; 3 ounces nux vomica; 3 ounces American worm , seed; 1 quart linseed oil; 3 ounces turpentine; 1 ounce aloes. 2 0. Thermometer with pear-shaped bulb and chain. 21. Trocar. 22. Cotton and bandages, i An anonymous writer in one of the farming periodicals has this to say on a much disputed question: ABOUT HILLING UP CROPS General farmers do not practice hilling up their crops as much as they once did, having been taught that level culture results in less evaporation of moisture, because a smaller surface is exposed to the sun and air. If potatoes are planted four inches deep there will be no danger of sunburn, and ordinarily nothing is gained by drawing the earth around corn if constant but shallo,w cultivation is practiced. The great need of the farmer is to keep the soil tilled with moisture, and that is best done by using level culture. It is somewhat different with market mar-ket gardeners, however. They practice prac-tice irrigation pretty uniformly now, and are more desirous of getting a warm feeding ground and so hastening hasten-ing growth than of conserving the moisture in the soil. Accordingly it is not unusual to find them hilling their crops, with good results. Lima bean growers sometimes throw up ridges running east and west and then piant the seed on the south side, in this way obtaining protection pro-tection for the seedlings from cold north winds. Good crops of potatoes can be grown on wet land if hilling up is practiced, where level culture would result in failure. It is a common com-mon practice to throw the soil toward a growing crop in order to smother the weeds, and then to cultivate cul-tivate it away again. In Maine earth is sometimes turned over the potato plants when they appear, covering them entirely. This was believed to increase the root growth and therefore there-fore the yield. Vegetables that are bunched can be more economically washed after they are tied. As they are tied the bunches should be thrown into tubs or tanks. For washing the vegetables vegeta-bles clean, a brush is absolutely necessary nec-essary an ordinary scrubbing brush will do. All soil should be thoroughly thor-oughly removed. |
