Show caos from the F chronicle breaking down with a hone conits of a sprain of the ligament by which the fetlock joint loses support in bad cases and bomea to the ground the treatment consists of bandages blistering and rest but it is so serious that the eer vicea of a competent veterinary surgeon should bo procured large quantities of potatoes of alie early rose variety are now being planted on land just out of the water on the sacramento river corn for fodder has also been and is still being planted freely on land similarly situated some farmers are planting the egyptian corn as an experiment intending to cut the same to be fed to stack while green for a good whitewash slake say one peck of lime and while hot and of the thickness of cream add a quart of linseed oil and a quarter pound of glue let it stand a day before using rains will not it off nor will it prove such a nuisance on interior walls as common whitewash it should of course be thinned with water while using or ily toads according to professor miles live almost entirely upon slugs caterpillars beetles and other insects making their rounds at night when the farmer is asleep and the birds too and the insect are supposed to be having their own way french farmers tand these facts so well that they pur chae toads at so much a dozen and turn them loose A vermonter writes in favor of guinea hens as valuable in the way of guarding the other fowls from the hawks by day and polecats pole cats cats and human thieve at night A slight disturbance about the premises sets these sentinels to giving the watchword and it is not easy to quiet them until order is restored they are easily reared and invaluable in this direction the french ministry of commerce has for the first time published the statistic of the imports of cattle and and pigs into france the return applies to the first four months of 1880 and shows that head of cattle thiep and pigs imported of these only oxen 1045 sheep and 26 piga were brought from america the principal exporter of oxen being italy much trouble can be often saved by marking tools with their owners name coat over the blade a thin layer of wax by warming alie steel and rubbing on the wax while it flows when hard mark your name through the wax and apply aqua fortis nitric acid after a few moments wash off the acid with water melt the buc and wipe it off with a soft rag the letters will bo found etched into the steel the practice of bonding water for stock is to be condemned from its stagnant condition it necessarily becomes impure especially during the hot season and when drank it is a serious injury to the health of tha stock it ia one of the causes of bad milk and not aly the cause of malarial and typhoid diseases in the farmers family provide fresh living water for all cattle if you would keep them healthy and thrifty cabbage containing as it does a large per cent of phosphoric acid makes one of the most valuable kinds of food for young pigs callea and chickens all young animal require a bountiful supply to make bone clover is next in value to cabbage X having been offended by a friend sends him a challenge to fight with mothers in law with mothers in law says the other perplexed ad certainly I will send my mother inlaw in law to stay with you and you send yours to spend the time with me and the first man that begs for quarter will be assumed to have been run through the body not much said his I apologize humbly and respectfully |