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Show i t I Cause ef Scabies or Mange. Bcablos, or mange, of the ox Is a i oonlagluiis disease cauaed by a para-sltlo para-sltlo mite. Cattlo are chiefly effected with but two varieties of theso parasites, para-sites, or mites, which belong to tho class Arachnoldea. These are, first, the Psoroptes; second, the Symblotes. ( The first Is the one which most fro- quently affecta them. It lives on the surface of the skin and gives rise to ' great Irritation and Itching hy biting, V and la most froquent upon the sides ( of the neck and shoulders, st the base of the horns, and at the root of the tall. From these points It spreads to the bock and sides, and may Invade nearly the entire body, Ita principal j manifestations aro more or less nil- J morons pimples, exudation, and abun- 1 dunt sealing off of the skin, falling cut J ot the hnir, and the formation of irr f gray-brownish scabs. In the course nf . tlmo tho skin becomes thickened, stilt, wrinkled, and acquires the constat- I ence of leather. When mange haa spread over a larffo turfaca of the) body, tho animals loae flesh and become be-come weak and anemic, rendering them cnnalltiitlonally lesa able to withstand or combat the effects ot tho miles. At tho same time the de creased vigor and lesaened vitality of tho affected anlmnla favor the mora rapid multiplication of the mites and ' the further extension and Intensification Intensifica-tion of the dtsuasn. Thus we have cause and effect working together, with tho result thnt scahlcft, or mauge, In cattle may In sunie cases prove fatal; fa-tal; especially are fatal terminations llnblo to occur In the latter part of a severe winter among Immature and growing aulmala, or those of adult and full ago, when In an unthrifty condition condi-tion at tho time uf becoming Infected. Thero havo been noticed vurlatlona In thn progress ot the dlsoaso depending upon extreme seasons aggravation In wlntor alternating with Improvement Improve-ment In summer. Uuletln 162, Department Depart-ment of Aurlcultiire. Horse Shortsge In New Hempshlra. Prof. Charles W. Hurkott. of the New I. mpahlre stallun, says: There la too little horse power Ij the state to properly till and cultivate tho sol). We have thousands of acres of tillable land In the stato (and wbat is said here Is true ot all New England) Eng-land) that hsvs not felt the ploughshare plough-share for a long aeries of years, soma fnr decades, some for a half century, 1 j Soil will not remain productive tf ; untitled. We have not enough horses 1 or wnvktna nntta tn the slate to no . f the regular fnrn. work and to carry . . on tillage aa It should be done. Prao- , tlcaliy the o ly supply of borsns Is from other states; yet this state Is qulto able to supply Ita full needs and i could have to spare for demands else- i where. The work lies with ths farm- ; ers themselves, not only to Incroass i : the number of working horses but to Improve them and make them more serviceable, . . Py using the better grade of mares for breeding purposes and having ths service nf some pure bred sire of some draf or coach breed of good type and conformation. It would be but a short tlmo until the rhsracter ef the whole horse stock were changed Into a bat. tnr and Improved one. Good draft aud coach stallions rsn he secured for about five hundred dollars. Several j farmers could purchase a stallion of ' the type desired, and thero could be . engaged soveial mares for the first season at a moderate charge for ear- j vie which wouid pay not only a high j rate for nioney Invested but would go ! a long ways for paying the full colt. j Sheep snd Wssds. ' I Prof. Thomss Bhaw: Of the 00 I woods and grsssos growing In ths : I Northwest, It Is vstlmsted by those f that have made a study of It, that 1 ) sheep will eat 670 of thero, while I horses consume but 82 and cattle only j 60. The fact la, aheep prefer many kinds of weeds to grosses, and weedy fields and horse pnstures are lm- proved by turning a small flock of f sheep Into Ihitin. When sheep devour the weeds thoy do not charge any- J thing for the work. On the other I hand, thoy pay the farmer for the privilege of pulling the weeds. They turn the woods Into muttun, fresh, i Juicy and crisp. A sheep's stomach Is the most perfect receptacle that was evor made fur wends. It Is aura j death to evory form of weed life. No , J weed seeds retain the power of res- . urrectlon after having been burled In ' that living sepulchor. the stomach of ; a sheep. A mure suitable receptacle j for thnm It Is than a Uoheona or a j ' Tophot would be. Eithor of them j would deprive the woods of the power . to grow, but In doing so they would , consume all the nltrogon In the weeds. Only tho phnsphorlo acid and potash would bo left lu the ashes. Hut when aheap consume weeds, thoy lake out somo of tho uitrogon, a little of the .- ; phiiaphuriis, aud the potash to supply . their own needs, aud the residue they put back over the land to stimulate , tho growth ot the crops that shall yet. J be sows. |