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New York 14609 (716) 482 - 0300- Phone (716) 288 - 5989 -Fox USA FIRST EDITION. Price 50 Cents. prmn A Book for Farmers. Issued by THE NOR'-WEST FARMER, WINNIPEG, MANITOBA. s o M E P O I N T R S POINTER No. I. The NOR'-WEST FARMER is edited, printed and published in Winnipeg, Manitoba. POINTER No. 2. it U the only farm journal exclusively devoted to the interests of Western Canada. POINTER No. 3. it is issued on the 5th and 20th of each month, the regular size being 40 pages each issue, exclusive of the increase in special editions* POINTER No. 4. it is well illustrated with views of western interest POINTER No. 5. it sees things through western eyes and its utterances are calculated to help the farmers and ranchers of Manitoba and the N. "W. T. POINTER No. 6. it enjoys the confidence of the agri- cultural community and presents very much information from the ablest men in the field of practice and experience. THESE ARE SIX POINTERS but we wiu make it seven and say that you arc too poor to try to get along without the aid of this paper. The Nor'- West Farmer, Box I3J0, "WINNIPEG, MAN. I SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 PER YEAR. [ / «►», First Edition. THINGS WORTH KNOWING A Book for Farmers. Published by THE NOR'.IVES7 FARMER, Winnipeg, Man. WINNIPEG : The Stovel Co., Printers. 1000 Ld'K'if /^^ h '7P>:, Things Worth Knowing. INDEX. / LIVE STOCK. Ca f Feeding Devices ... 18 Gate ^^''^n ?'"8^ ^^^^ Buii";;:;:: 15 calves, To Dehorn . 17 Cattle. Warbles in .:;; 24 Collars, Fitting H Cookers, Handy Feed '.";.■ 13 Cow Kicking, To Prevent a".' 12 Cuts and Wounds, Earbed Wire 16 Draw Out the Horse's Mane 34 Express Rates on Pure Bred Stock H Feed Box for Greedy Horses 27 Feeding Devices for Calves : 9 Feeding Device for Motherless Pi^s " A 1^ Feeding Lambs by Hand . ^'' ^ 20 Fitting Gollars 22 Freight Rates for Pure Bred "stnrV ' pV i ' ' ' J 13 Gestation Table '^' ^^^uced 25 Handy Arrangement" for' Pig Feeding ^^^'^^^ Handy Feed Cookers ^ reeamg gi Horses, Feed Box for Greedy 12 How to Throw a Bull 9 Hoven or Bloat in Cattle 18 Live Stock and Other Associations " .' J§ Memorandum Gestation Table ;., 27 Milk Strains Among Hogs 101-112 New Brand Regulations in N " W "t ^"^ P.gs. Feeding Device for Motherless ." J^ Quarantine Regulations . 20 Reduced Freight Rates for Pure Bred Sock II Reduced Rates from Ontario . . "• " • B Registrars of Pure Bred Stock .'. ^b Ring the Bull Calves Early 24 Scalding Trough for Pigs . I" To Dehorn Calves 20 To Encourage Breeders ...'.'.'. 24 To Prevent an Animal Sucking .'. 1^ To Prevent a Cow Kicking .... JJ Warbles in Cattle ••-... lo Things Worth Knowing. VETERINARY. A Bean ^'''^ Abortion, Causes of .... H Abortion, Epizootic ^l Abortion, How to Prevent .*. ^^ Abortion, Tlie Bull and '^l Afterbirth. Removal of Anthrax or Blackleg, Symptomatic' '.'.'.'. Back, Sore Barbed Wire Cuts and " Wounds '! ." oY Barrenness ^* Bean, A ^"^ Birth, Premature !!!. jl Blister, A Good "t^. Bloody Milk 'f. Boiled Linseed Oil .'.,', '^^ Bog Spavin 90 Bone Spavin oq 58 5G 48 40 Bots 29 34 28 57 30 30 46 o Bull, Tammg an Unruly 40 Bum, Treatment of a 40 Bursal Enlargements o. Capped Elbow o! Capped Hock "^^ Cattle. To Drench '.'.'.'.'.'.'..'.'.'.'. Causes of Abortion .... P? Qiafif in the Eye !.'..".".".'!.'.'.'.'.'.'.'." .' " Choking Chronic Cough .....'. . Chronic Diarrhoea ". ' . .'.".'."."." , ,, , J). Chronic Grease 34 Chronic Swelled Leg .. ..........,,, 30 Clipping Horses ..................... 50 Colic in Horses ...*.....!..!. 51 Colts, Hand Raising 50 Condition Powder, A Good 29 Contracted Hoof 43 Cracked Heels 33 Curb, Treatment of 30 Daly's Lice Remedy 37 Dandruff 29 DiarrhcEa gj Diarrhoea, Chronic 62 Difficulty in Passing Water 47 Distemper !!!!!!!!!!! 46 Dislocation of Patella or Stifle 42 Don't Spend Time Trying to Cure 62 Elbow, Capped 34 Enlargements, Bursal 31 Epizootic Abortion 68 Eye, Chaff in the [[ [ 30 Eye, Pink 44 Eye, Warty Growth in 38 Eyes, Sore ,'.'..'." 4(5 Feet, Sore 44 I F t P Page. . 47 . 57 . 58 . 57 . 58 . 56 . 48 . 40 . 34 . 54 . 47 . 56 . 2!) . 54 . 50 . 29 . 29 . 29 . 49 . 49 , 31 34 34 28 57 30 30 46 62 34 32 50 51 50 29 43 33 30 37 29 61 62 47 46 42 62 34 31 58 30 44 38 46 44 Things Worth Knowing. g Fever, Milk ... Page. 60 50 86 39 40 31 6C 62 30 34 50 Foal, Milk for a . Fork, Prick with a Formalin for Warts Gall, Saddle . Galls, Wind Garget " Glanders " ' Good Blister, A Grease, Chronic .' ." Hand-Raising Colts . ." rleaves • • . . Heels, Cracked'".'. 62 Hernia, Rupture or 34 Hock, Capped ... 47 Hog Cholera •■ . 34 Hoof, Contracted 62 Horse, To Drench . 43 Horses, Clipping , . 28 Horses, Colic in 50 Horse's Nose, Warts 'on 51 How to Give Medicine 39 How to Prevent Abortio'n ' .' 1 ! 28 intiuenza 57 Itchiness ........'.' 45 Jaw, Warts on 36 Keeping Shoulders 'Soun'd ^9 Lame Shoulder . 41 Lameness, Stifle .'.".". V. ' 41 Laminitis 42 Lampas, or Lam'pers ^^ Leg, Chronic Swelled 45 Leg Mange 32 Leg, Swollen 37 Leg, Ulcerated ....'. 31 Leucorrhcea 31 Lice 59 Lice on Sheep. To 'Kil'l' Ti'ck's 'and E Lmseed Oil, Boiled 38 Lump in Udder 50 Lymphangitis 60 Mange, Leg .....'.'"■ 31 Medicine, How to Give 3" Milk, Bloody 28 Milk Fever ... 54 Milk for a Foal 60 Nose Warts on Horse's' '.'.'. ^0 Old Sore, To Heal an ' 39 Open Sore, To Heal an '.'.['.'.'. ^3 Ophthalmia 43 Passing Water, Difficulty' in".'.'. fS Pink Eye 47 Pin Worms 44 Powder, A Good Condition v.'. ' f^ Premature Birth 29 66 Things Worth Knowing. Prick With a Fork .. Protruding Vagina . . Raising Colts by Hand Removing of Afterbirth Ringworm Roaring " Rupture, or Hernia .".'. Saddle Gall Scours Page. . . 3G . . 56 . . 50 . . 56 .. 39 . . 30 . 47 . 40 Scratches ^^ Shoulder, Lame ... ^^ Shoulders Sound, Keeping". !} Sore Back .... 41 Sore Eyes .' 40 Sore Feet ... 46 Sore Shoulders '.'. 44 Sore, To Heal and Old '■■. fj Sore, To Heal an Open f f opav^m, Bog ^^ Spavin, Bone ....... ; • ~^ Springhalt " 29 Stifle, Dislocation of' Patella', ' or ". ". J? stitie Lameness ^^ Stocking 42 Stoppage of Teat '.".'.'.".'.'."'■■ ' Ji Strained Tendon "".'.' ^J Sweeny 44 Swollen Leg 41 Swollen Udder ►! Symptomatic Anthrax or' "Blackleg ". 40 Symptoms of Tuberculosis ... ]« Taming an Unruly Bull . Jq Teat, Stoopage of ^X Tendon, Strained ^l The Bull and Abortion tt Thoroughpin T: Ticks and Lice on Sheep, to Kill To Drench Cattle To Drench a Horse To Heal an Old Sore ....'.' To Heal an Open Sore ...[ To Kill Ticks and Lice on Sheep Treatment of a Burn Treatment of Curb Tuberculosis. Symptoms of ' . . . . . ." " Udder, Lump in Udder, Swollen Ulcerated Leg Vagina, Protrudin, 38 28 28 43 43 38 49 30 48 60 59 31 Warts . ^" Warts, Formalin " for '". ". oq Warts on Horse's Nose oq Warts on Jaw oq Vvaity vjrowtn in u.ye .. 00 Water, Difficulty in Passing ".! '.'.*.'.■.■.■.!■.■.;■.■.■.■.■.;■.■.;;;; '. 47 Things Worth Knowing. Page. . 3G . 56 . 50 . 56 . 39 . 30 . 47 . 40 . 61 . 33 . 41 . 41 . 40 . 46 , 44 . 41 43 43 29 29 30 42 42 31 60 44 41 31 59 48 48 49 60 44 58 31 38 28 28 43 43 38 49 30 48 60 59 31 56 38 39 39 39 38 47 Whites Wind Galls ....'.".'."."".".".'.'."..".'.".' Worms .'.*.*.'.*.'.*.'" Worms, Pin Wounds, Barbed Wire" Cuts . ■. Page. .. 59 DAIRY. Change Rubbers in Cream Sdparators . . Uearmg Foam from Separator Skimmed MYlk Dairy Briefs 31 39 40 34 63 63 63 POULTRY. A Convenient Coop . . ^^ A Drinking Fountain ...."." J? A Home-Made Brooder ... r,j{ Colds '^ Diarrhoea l^ •Frost Bite J^ Gapes '^ How to Fumigate a Poultry House . 79 Length of Settine- Period . .".".'.'.'.".'.' 65 ...'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. 65 72 67 72 Length of Setting Period Preserving Eggs Pip Simple Contrivance for Testine Eeffs Scaly Legs ^ ^^ 79 80 77 80 78 FARM. Bluestoning Wheat Cleaning Brome Grass Seed V. Convenient Bag Holders Formalin for Oat Smut ]'. Insects in Stored Grain Measurement of Hay 4i Seed Per Acre ........■...■.■.■.■;■.■ If Shrinkage in Faria Products . 74, The Manitoba Grain Act . . 7^ The Way in Which Smut Grows .""..*"" ." 79 Three and Four Horse Eveners 7e; To Subdue Weeds 70 To Thaw Out a Pump 77 Vitality of Seeds 70 Weight Per Bushel of Farm Seeds ...'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. 73 GARDEKT. Bees in Manitoba 01 Best Varieties of Fruits .......!........!.'" 1 gl Coal Oil Emulsion 84 How New Insects Reach Us 33 Poisons for Cut Worms in Garden and Field . '....'.'.'..'. 84 i /■ I Things Worth Knowing. limber Regulations . ^^ge. To Kill Caterpillars . 82 To Kill Currant Worms 83 82 MISCELLANEOUS. A Legal Fence in the Territories Building Pointers . "'ones gg Box Measures .. 98 Capacity of Cisterns 96 Drive Wells ... 97 hZ ^cu'i;^/ pS"';°'^'=^"^' *= n' w: t:- ::::;::;::: : si Land Measurement 89 Poisons 96 Poisonous Atmosphere 'in Weils ^^ Promissory Notes .. 92 Salting Beef . 94 Salting Hides . . . ". 91 The Farmer's Library 92 The Rule f the Road . ." 99 Various Measures ' " " 86 w:;gtfa^fts^2?^^^^^^ .Vhere Pure Water Cannot be Obtained ■::::: ::::::::; 93 ILLUSTRATIONS, A Convenient Coop Bag Holders, Convenient " ". '. • • ^^ R' f ^"^'"^ Device for Stable ■;.•.' 7^' J^ Calf-Feeding Device for Fence ^^ Drinking Fountain . 15 Egg, Sh;^ing Air Spaceat-bifferenrPeriodsof-fncuba: '^ Egg Testers 68 Expert Methods of Testing' 'Eggs ^"^'12 Feed Box for Greedy Horfes ^^ 69 Handy Arrangement for Pie Feedino- ^ Handy Feed Cookers . ^'^ ^^^^'"^ 21 Home-Made Brooder 12, 13 T|ow to Throw a Bull .70 Kicking Strap for a Cow " .' 18 Three and Four Horse Even'e^s".'. V. J? To Prevent a Cow Kicking .. ^S, 76 To Prevent a Cow Sucking Herself ' .' ' JJ Things Worth Knowing. Page. 82 83 82 88 98 96 97 93 85 89 96 94 92 94 91 92 99 86 96 98 97 93 66 ... 77, 78 15 15 71 cuba- 68 .. 67, 70 69 9 21 . . 12, 13 .... 70 ....'18 .... 16 . 75, 76 .... 17 . . . . 10 Feed Box for Greedy Horses. without being ground The Ln ^ J'' '"^° ^^^ stomach but little impression on th. hnii "f digestive fluids make is the food wasted bu^ nd,VpJ ' °^ °^^'' '.9 ^^at not only to follow. Sn^ng'' tU g fS'TomSm.'"^'' ''' ""''^ '^' eater, and putting a few fafr si/ed «Tni ' T'^^ ^ ^""^^dy the horses to eat"^ more s^y and car fufi'v t/'''^ ''''''' thing equal to a self-feedino^ hnv fn. • ^' ^^^^^^ '^ no- The acco.„pa„,i„, cu,;faV"f„ f "L^e^T^CoTo^tl S inch n depth and exfPnHc ,i .u^",",. °"^-^"^''ter of an box or as long as desired Thf h^' ^l t"^*^ °^ ^^e feed tom helps throw the grab ou^^ tS' ^'"^ ^"^'^ ^/ ^^e bot- is that the horse musfeat s"owly ''^^'"''^'- °^ '^^ P^^" no? se"e'iS'rovL;Ss inloTne," Z ^^" '\' ^^^^ ^^ -'" this is an ageTp"roVr:sr"n7HTii°!!T^^hod. Remember all the good things nnr n '^l^'i -'^^^ "■"" °"^ '"^" has 1^ Things Worth Knowing. To Prevent an Aminai Sucking. calf^iurWn^'f^^'^ nose-ring is said to effectually prevent a cat sucking a cow or a cow sucking herself It is maHe of o"ther'°The"spike'h"H^l".'^^'"^ '^' ^^° P'-- "-' e'-h oiner. ihe spike is nvetted in one set of holes and after the ring has been placed in the nostrilc: fii« UffU u u • .Pc^^J"^"^^'" ^^'■"?^'" ^^^ ^°""d the following device suc- cessful in preventing a cow sucking herself:_''Securiig l^'oodTou? 1^ ?'" '?'^' '''°- 'if P'^"« °^ ^°""d light wooa aDout 1^ mciics long ana IJ inches in diaraeter7 I Ing. ally prevent a It is made of es cross each 3les and after Things Worth Knowing. and stSks ?o suif tL 'n"^'r^ u^^^"""^ regulated the knot! der) I tied ?he end ofX^'^ V^' "'^^ ^"^ ^J«° the shoul- accimpL^'inf if,"u'st?itS ^ho^sT'r^ u\'"V^r^d ^'^^ ESTo^Ppl'd%re\!E [-/^^^r^eV'^flaS'^dT^^ butter I send i/ /n n it "T'- ' '^-^^ ^"'^^ ^ few pounds of in like circumstancesf'°" '"'^'"^ '' ""'^ ^' "^^^"' ^° °^hers « ♦ ■ little bolt is md the bolt. :o prick the device suc- — "Securing Warbles In Cattle-Prevention and Cu re. ces1funn\"inrng"j;L'bLs'on the b.'r '?l' '^^". ^"'^^ -- ing them with srroni sal? bri„. f ' ^^k'"' '^"^' '^^ ^^^h' The effect of the wash in <^ I /I '•" f^^ruary and March. it comes oC /looking a^^ood° den M'i"P '^' ,f''"'^ ^° ^^at leaving no irritation of t^.ci -^l ^'^^,^ ""^^'^ 'h^^n and also sfys?hat f the cat^J^^'' '^" ^^*'u/K" application. He way about the mddlen? T. thoroughly brined in the same the eggs are laid) ther'^-frr ^^^^^ \^?"^ the time when following spn'ng^' The use nfL"? ^f '•'^'^^ '." the cattle the the cattfe w^hen^the^S^ i^y^l^t.^'LTl^i^VTcoSSed^" » o » Draw Out the Horse'a Ma ne. 3und light iameter, I back upon'efeTck in.o'.hi""'' '" T' ''"' ="P '^' """ draw the mfne Sut from i „derh''"l,'^ ""' """""^il """""y easily with the end. nf hie u f '^' *h^" ^ "i^" ^an walk his feet ^ ^" '''^^ '^^^s under the soles of « ♦ » fo?rrLf^^'it1ot";;nf;"f;.s^'td^ Tr '^^i^ -^^ ^^^ organs, but in some case tts inili 'f "P''" ^^.^ ^'^^^^'^^ producing a condition known a XHet "'to" '^'- !^'^"^^^' stor ng a healthv ound 6 or 8 'f the box, set ind the sides ; 5r four inches ly be put on. :essary, and a each into the loose. If you Vance will be ot of bran or o wet it tho- le in a few iH be ready e stable, or >nly a half Instead of g sides, is It straw in :'ss of Jong lil will lift uble cover L morning e evening; Iter, cover idy to go ;ciate it. Things Worth Knowing. jg tha^'for ^mpHcih ''.Tchinn''" Possessor of a feed cooker to its usefuT na u e we pubffh'd'rawin^"'^ ;\ ''''''• 0^^'"« This cooker hr, ic r P!^^"^" drawings of the cotitr vance. It consists of simovr.o.?'i°K ^''1 '? f'"°'" ^^ *« 2 hours the hea ng appS? L ?n 1 ^^"■''' '"^o which is inserted serted into the ba?re th.f.Pr'!;''^K" ^K ^^^^'^ '« ^^^^ *"" in and the barref fil L .o fu'' '° ^^ 'f^^^^ '^ then poured A— Rivetted iron pipe, 7 inches in diameter. B — Tin pipe conduc- ting air to fire, 2 inches in dia- meter. C— Iron plate to keep heater off bottom of bar- rel. D — I ron rods to hold heater so- lid while in bar- rel. hiif *i e:a j°^ *^^"- ,-^ne heater proper cost Mr Reillf^v but $1.50, and was made in town for that ndce ^ wa^s' L'^r^vided" wfthTfinr^ "^^ ^"^'^t ^"^^^ should al- arrLter. '"where'the piprn\"i"?arHe?'into'f ^S^^^ ^P^'"'^- outside, a laree slid*- Hnnr ^^ X ^^^.]}^^ '"^o a chimney, or used for pu?t?ng in fuet '" '^' ''^^ °^ ^^e pipe could be ■ « ♦ ■ — _ Fitting Collars. mmmmm fitted. ■ ■ sno.iidcr. J^evcr change a collar once it is ,ii! ^^ Things Worth Knowing. Milk Strains Among Hogs. to'^Z. 'im.iT^Zt'Jl'Z^t^y, ^-^^-^ -d farmers things to be tfken in rcons.dcAtion^'^ T''- '"^"^ >"-"' "^ ^11 this characteristic "the most f.nn " f ''''^'.'?8^ '^■^^^^s sows function ol a brood sow am nZl''"'" . ^^.^''^'•"ity is the she fails to fulfil thnunctionnl.'" ^°°^ "^''^'"S ^^P^city, sow that is the k dest 1110^^". Did you ever note that the one that gives the bggest flow of'S '"^M^*"' '^ ^'^^^'^ ^'^^ frequently, and she most L^^dlv ?li ' ""f ^^^ f °^ ^^at gives little fellows for a Imc as o f.n ^^r."^' *° ^^^ "" ^^ the careful and grateful to tl em for tL -'^f^ ^^''>"t it. She is other sow finds no si ch comfort fm, "^ ^'^ ^'^^ ^^'- The no need for that kind 'f rdilf on S !""' ''<"'' '^^ ^'^' demands of the ha '"-starved nilrsnrl? 'T^'""^' ''^^' ^'"^q"^"! becomes irritable and cro's at ^ e.r pe sfsSff"S!° l"''' ^^' She would rather be let alone i off t! i ^ ''fi'' ^°'' "^"'"e- and lie down undisturbed -vil/c^. ^ ^''"^'^' ^^^ ^er fill her own back instad of on t at of hern?""'' '^ '"^° ^""'^ °" time, you will find her in ?"e ttv loo A ^ ^ u^°' ^' ^^eaning all runts. But tl e o her sow^nH f^^'v ^^''"^ ^'^^ P'^^ arl look ? Just the reverse ^'^^ ^'"''■' ^"^ ^<> they - • » » in .he worM, of w&cf [fc" sla.^^rplf^^r^o^Ko'of"^'"'" densed form and at t ,e same ,L; ",? ',° ""'<« "> ^ con- .^o. .„e pHce s„ch '^'J^ZiZ^^^^^J^f^.S^^!^ ^zr:trz si-£^ ■? £f Have-a cet .:^r"H?,1! dange. of se..i„, A.^/oX' ^Jdrg^'ff?,^t'i fnot^t '"" Al'Z\oZffn heat e?Ir:"?h;i?'= ^T' ^""^ ^^ -'■"'• es.'"„"„',ber"ffTea,riV7, tlf '^°°^^ ""' ™"- *= «™'- round body, a short' I ead stial ea-M?,"? P°^=«""S => 'o^K. not care how big they are ^otS;, H^ Y^' ''™^- We do selecting a male pig for " breede/J. ("n '"V" ''S'' '" and find it proves good We ako In!^t ? °f *= '="« '■'" a. hog. We' want ? gMd.Tne Se k coa^tV" *' 'i"'^ <>' will not prevent us froin usinTa nil „f S ' " ■',°."«'' '"at the other Poin.s.-Poi;?.s"Tlm^ rB^e'eS^t S^t^'^^^^^ ^" ■. srs and fanners and yet of all ng broods sows /laternity is the lilking capacity, r note that the , is always the : sow that gives the call of the mt it. She is give her. The !■, since she has y, the frequent tit to her. She calls for more, elf, eat her fill t into pork on So, at weaning ile the pigs are how do they f all the hogs 'er 122,000,000 00,000. produced in •ket in a con- ducer a profit )r in the open i of charcoal, shown that to it. Half- is safe from enough. ome in heat, nty-one days, 1 time, if you St time. It 1 it. Don't th the great- ising a long, )ne. We do to legs. In e same idea the hair of rough coat if.it fills all lerienrp Things Worth Knowing. Calf Feeding Devices. 15 Arrangement for the Calf Pen. wl'fv?^ inches high, with a shelf for the pails eight inches p la e ThfTu fo"r^f ^°'T^' '" J""""^ '^ ^^^P thTpaUs in Place, ijie shelf for the pail is about a foot wide On fhe o en/l^n"-^'-.'^" "" " P^'-^'""" ^""^ through from enj to end and in it openings are made just large enouSi for tj^^' ^A^^i ^"^ ^° ^h™"&h and reach thfpaT Cross KSes%fti?e%ea;"'nr"^ 'S'^^^^ ^^'^^ -"'• <^^tTnd tL^ u u ■ ^^^^- ^"'y °"«^ calf can get in each Dlace then, by having a short piece of rope or a chain with -iS/n narrow openings for the head prevent them feachinS each and the chewing'^of thfrneaf iir^atPfy 'the SiLlS? causes them to suck each other. ^ craving that Partitions Built on Inside of Paddock Fence o. a fe.ce or other co„ve„ie„'.'pllce=in"the'1>;".u°?eo"r%i;l^ m 16 Thing. Worth Knowing. •= "■•" strive succession, at the s-im^ vL .'^' ^^''''''Kht upward in r^nWt reaches the len^h o 'h r' a"lter''Z"^ l>-c'nch holes flat- ! TJ getting: at the Jrs can be drawn should be made oo larce a piece slide will make device will save ■ry calves' heads >g- ous and nearly lich experience I drawn tigihtly >pe tied tightly 'K the Cow to n all that was : following de- she will strive ward, in rapid v'ard until she rt struggle, in . she will give I Thing! Worth Knowing. ij nvet a broad piece of strap aSout S incir' hm." ^RiveMt Another Simple Device -Handy to Put On. trWe'c^e o?;lo°oV'.;SThe''r^ '\^'i'' [V contrivance, place just over the gaXei io nt wfh h"^ ^'^' ^'^'^ ^''^ ''''"^ the front. Novv, by put iW th7 ?f. ^ ??.^ ^"^^ '^''^P ^o from behind the str?n inn u ^^ u'"""^ between the legs leg and butJoned on 'he screw S\^T'^^'' ^°.""^ ^he the right length the loon will ^ust n;;.l" r' "^P" '^ ^^°"t ner of the elbow formed^ by he iofnt V^^ ^^^'^ ^^^ ™'- Jiisted, it stiffens the cow's lee so th^f cY''" ^"'P^rly ad- bnng her foot forward to" Lclf ^Neithl/'cL'rhr^erir^f^ e induced to The strap a half wide, '■way of ' ,' 'fJ "nbuckje simple le- ile : — nches long, holes f^at- a IJ-inch ing a half- RJng the Bull Calves Early. sir^igt^;? belligtLV'^'Mr ^'o? t' '^ ^.^^- ^° ^'^- they are that old and should hll/. -^^"^ "'^^^ '* before When they b^'coL very ob p^ner-'f v"^ ^"^ '" ^^'^' "o^e. a -in • in their nose and ff^fL'^"'' '^ '' ^ ^""^ P'^n to put a snort chain'o the mang'r The'notT"^^ ^^^" 'Y '^ -"^ they are voung than when older w.? "'°';^ ^^'^^^'^ ^hen the inevitable and be guided by the dt"^ 'm"/.'"'"'^ *? ^^'^'^^ son that is as quickl? forgotten Fv.r ^fT^^'l ''•'* ^ '«" more easily controlled bv the r?ncr -^ ^^^'L ^^ '' ™'^h bulls sTnrMii^ !,.,.„ i.:.."^ the^ing To avoid trouble, all have Use only a coipp, a ring put in bei-re they are er ring, a year old. / Things Worth Knowing. How to Throw a Bud. Chest, and pass it under STltXt":.^ .1' ""^'ernoatli the ^-icE:;'V?:?^.,r-^^^^'- shank to/;,, for^,,;^--;;^ ^rt,;e"V^";^ ""'^^^ ^^^ J-'^e,. have ,iold of tlie loose end Af ft, ""'"^ ^""^' the men wlio wards and down die "nimaL'^P' '" '^'"' ^^^^ai«Iu bS •'''niRRlo. Keen Jiis u>nl V ^°'^^'' &^'"erally witJiout n rule the ^niruZt ^:i^i/2Sl lllllh'll^;:?'- ^-- an3"as that lie sliould get un wl.n /lV» ^"'^".'^ V'"^ '^^ it 13 desired gets none tlie worA' for , ' c 'th^f '^ '^''^''''"^' '^"^1 ^'P ^'e The heaviest Iiull may l)e c-ns/ n /i,- no one should tiiink niWstuiSr ^•"' 'T^^ ' ^"t. ^f ^-ourse or in any otJicr. T, ose wlfo h'r '" '^'^••^'■^'^^^'- ■"" this way the p«st in irinimin^ trirV, dls- V;',"'^?'"''"'^^ ^'-""''l^^ ■'" tins method of castiifg for 't, a 'purpo e ^''''^' ''^^'''^^''^ Hovcn or Bioat in Cattle. do not'StS'te7o qnickirnf"" '"^f^iments are not at hind l^' left side, ha,f vv'aTb w ;wL^^"^'f'^,■■"^° the rumJnl p;Sy-& sS^^^f i£f f^iSv,°Ut%rS annnal on light 'diet for a fo«/^Says. "' " ''■°^'^'- K^-ep II. end and pass it R neck, ]ow ..'own ''de, pass it over t nnderne.itli tlie le rope so as to n>(: bacic, pass it •t^'iy, close tc the carry (he rope '""Ps, one close iks. >lcls the hnlter , tile men who ^straiyht bacK- ''y without a 'inn, and as a -s It 15 desired le'l' an:l up he 'nt, jf course, er in this way "d tronblc. iii tly capprcciale not at hand, le rumen on the point of id allow the duced, gfive aluable ani- the owner, 'lit proceed 'car. Keep Things Worth Knowing. Wcw Brand Regulations in the N.W.T. 19 withhisownbrC^"" sTSo7 .'iT^'.°'" ''^'^ brands without the author tv of hp.? ^'"'^' l'^ '' ""^ ^''^ owner, alters any b?and ie^K^rs hiriirV"//''"^'^''''- ^^^^"s o^ Q r-., T. '^^"dcrs himself liable to a penalty of $200. shoulS n?s"a,ul -^'-'L^attt'?"'^ ^°^ ^''^' ^'^'^^ - '^ft mits of the prompt ZiSratin^ a system that per- tle brands, as novv alfot S " .^"n '?'"' of certificate. -Cat- fully selec ed letter ado,'. ^"•*''""'>: ,co"s.st of one care- cle or half diL\oTid":atr o'^a.r'V? i'^^' ^""^^^ '^'^- feature of th s system tint i]u^\,ur / ^ ^" important --under any ^ircum^J^-J^ t^^Xj'Ul^^ ^^^t^ niiy^be^SnXte a^'ll^-it^r^i^ ""''' "^'^'^' °f -"'^ paragraph 4, dealfng witlAiorse BrandT'"""" '"^^^'^'"^^ '" th^po:rt?oi^l°7he^^nimaf fo'r""/'^ ,^"?"'^' distinctly state to have the brand recorded The '5 ' '^' "^.'P'"^'-^"^ ^^^^''"^^ cant^wKc^'^na'^oT^coirse^'b^fr' ^l'^^^^^^' ^^ ^^e appli- for cattle) may be recorded nr 'V'',"' ^ '■*^''^^>' '•^gi'^tered careful search'^tha? irdoos nnt^r'fl "^ ''• \' ^°""^'- ^^^er a recorded. The f^ for such fs *l\ '', '"^'^ '^''^"^^ ^''-'^^^y tion It is absolutc-Iy necess^v wien^f ''"' 7'^'' 'PP''^^' apphcation to describe nhinw J K ^oi-warding such an the po.sition on the animal p^fe'red'Tn .r?"".^ '''"^ ''^''' necessarv delay and rorrrsnnn i7 „ o'^^''^'' to save un- contain a list of at easrfivoTrH?'"', '"" '-^PPli^^ations must choice." "third choice "eVc so tnf '^'T'- '"■'>'"'^'^d "'^^^^^ from these, in the order nmpd ' "" ^''^'•^.^tion may be made not be accepted for record V/" '•'? ^''? ^''-'^^ ^''""'^'e can- that the brands co°isistinP-nf i -^'^''^ ?'''^^ ^^ mentioned of the DepartmeS o A.ria It.l'i!^''''''^ "^"^ °" ^'^^ '^ooks there is. therefore ve,^ 1 tf i V ^ '""^ ''^^^ numerous, and there are, howe^e?.' a lLr4 nLbernf "^ obtainin^^ such : letters or two numerals nr J, t ?I ^o'^hinations of two available, and the e are the efore th"''* f*"^' k""^ "'^"^<='-''^'- ply for, especially if time is nn ^K- ^^1^ '''''' f^^'^f brands to ap- brand. Design s\vi II 'on I;^fe sd^c'tcd^bvlb'^^T^'"^"^ °^ ^ 'f the applicant distinctly 'makes suet 1 r/qties't department Of ti;^1Sn? -;!rS-^-^^ tn^;^'"1.T-?S 30 mitog. Worth Knowing. l^y^'TJp^''^ "-ds is re,uir=d.'a ,„„h. ,ee of , 7. Transfers.— Tran Scalding Trough for Pig,. The followine- instnrrfJr.,,^ sit wi'de'"a'n''j f , °re'S'"lh'"'^K °' "^-h'^p ° Tf ,?' ,t? nailed on to the framP' ?\^ ^2"°" " made of sheet iZ' mmmmi A Feeding DevIce_forMotherIes. Pig,. Many a man loses a h'ttpr nf cident to the mother and ,> V °"",^ P'^« °W'"g to some .r Lambs are SlJ k?"^ °' .""'k and thlirZjl 't ??""? P'&s could e-et a ^,",^^7 '""r "^ '"vented by whiVhTC"" " nt .s given of ?,ow° dTtLhI" '?. A^^'ican oTZ' S"e;"v°S' I ^™ "f '^ow DrjLd'a"„The4"'^- "Vices of a mother immediatflv Ser wi'l"^",'^ "'* *= - nirta. A registered ed, a further fee of with previously re- ■ provisions of the .. registered in the Jon thereof on the 1 of any recorded low as heretofore ^ brand for horses ' distinct transac- be filed (accom- isfer of each sep- tnessed by a Jus- tiissioner for tak- id on application in view of the fact 1 vents. The vent ' paragraph 3 (a) ipression thereof ession of a letter ^liy (lazy) below whether on hor- y recorded vent, he same side of \Dash, Hilles- 3l'ows, of sheet ink, 6 ft. long, e of sheet iron e of stone the build a bench ch I put a pig a- I he water e P'g-, so that ? to some ac- a question if ich the young ^es be saved, an American the director d a contriv- ise with the ^ registered Things Worth Knowing. 3^ doToneTay^rTcent'ir'xt n^ol^^ °^ P'^^ ^^^he sta- and was unable to suckle^er nff° n"" ^%' '^K'"" ^'°^^"tly ill small tank was made which Ln^^ff ■^^^"' ^^^ ^''' ^ay. A at the bottom, and six inches abnlf.f'!,"' """^^^,'; °^ °"tlets each pig. A smal tX f I the floor, to allow one to cork, was inserteTin each of thf iT'.^f '^ i'"^"' ^^^^''^d with nursing nipple wls"aUactl^Vh"en'\he tirfiu'r ^^^^^ placed in the pen the ni^s ereft it ,,,"f u well-filled nurse is appear to have the same nffLL T^'' -'^"i'^'^ °f delight, and a more animated mother '^''''°" ^""^ '' ^^ey would have for Handy Arrangement for Pig Feeding. inJ'appar'aTu! Ifll^rZ' thtlT' ''' ^"^"^'"^ ^^e feed- George Little, NSwa',1s^5bo^uTr^gS"fst\"'::!.^^^ '^ In Position to Receive Feed-Keeping Pi,s Out of Trough. Allowing Pigs Access to Trough. w7th\!r?otXtd^'^h^otTfhiV^'^^ ^^^°'^'^^"^^ •^• until it catches. Affor emV,?HnVtV - ?'"^ P'^'''''.^" ^^^^ with his toe and the "narHHnn^ • 'u""""', "^ ^"^^ '^e catch that anyone can make it! "^' ^^^^- ^' '' «° ^'"^P'^ / f'i! 22 Things Worth Knowing. Feeding Lambs by Hand. fork, two can be ferl L Putting rubber ninnle. ni I snould be fed at blood hent- rl 1 ,^'^^" every hour I and l, ^" T''^'"'^ '^ more to be Lfn.^ I ^°''' ^'^^^ "^ '« not 5,b'e o take two pints of n^ 1 ^° "'°"^hs old shot Id h^ ewe. Tf I '','' especially necessan ,wl^ Prevented from m.lk and feed it from a teasjoon t/'I 'f ^'"^^ some of the hour for a half dav or so most'vvJ /'? a teaspoonful every enough to eet at fhp t^o? .T Y^^'^' ^^mbs will he .fr^ and her lam^^houM be tnt',?'^'''^- I' Po^^ble' thf ^^f east three davs. It gives th. ll k ^^"l ^^ themselves for^t to run around. ^ '"' ^^^ ^^"^^ a chance to eain >^om dl up. the/rst'1nima/'t"go''"^\^^^^ tuberculin are- *^ no . words, $14 00 fnr 5u ^ ^^^ head for thp nl . n .*^-^^ ^or over 10 in .; ^^^ ^'■st 10); 50c JrL^If 9 (•" other tuberculin iZl'^- '^'^ ^he owner oAheS^^ "^ """'''"'' ^-e at iS' c:n';?p^? ^o^^^^^^ ^^^ ^ 'parr^, ^.Y V^rKul^ To Dehorn Calves. Caustic nntacl-i , MI harm. For this iff; ^^^^ ^^^^n to bunt fnS ^f'^' •'"^t let the horn tSsU " "'"'"^ ^^od cattle L^"^ ^^" ^^ great oJd, then remoTtfJt; ""^^^ *^^ animaf is at le^a^t^'"^^'" ^° t , it Begr.trar, for Pure-Bred Stock. Henry Warip P-.^j- , G. W. demons S. r " """'' °f Sheep. "- of .he Ca„adia,fHSSKSe'^i'„- «cre.ary and „.i,. ''<^sian Association. ring. ? to 10 inclusive. 75c. each; from 21 up- ; from 2 up to 5 in- 'si^e, 6c. each; from up to 50 inclusive, 'to 5 inclusive, 50c. ^ ; trom 11 up to 20 "elusive, 12c. each; ulin are: $5.00 for 'ea"d fn ^ ^'" °ther ead for any number catWe pays cost of rtment of Agricul- Things Worth Knowing. ^6 Reduced Freight Rates for Pure-Bred Stock. of the horn on ■esults unless too i^eJopment of the rrow a poll, just nn can do great nagers prefer to t Jeas*: two years "gh to take just n to bunt. The the calves are a •r the horn but- e. moisten it a ton is red. raw. ,.tne caustic to ling the calf. Ck. to, Ont., is the breeds of iheep. V and ree-is- on. Effective May 9th, 1900. shPpments'of vT.ZlTT v'!^ ?^ ^'''^'''' associations thaS car load lots ar^ r?rH °'' breeding purposes, in less toba, Ass niboia Albert/ s.f. ^k'^^''"'" ''^^'°"^ i" Mani- bia, 'at oneS^te rSular fa?ff ^'"/"^ H'''^ Colum- weiRhts by the Canadian P.rifi^p i''^^" ^^^^^ following and the Ca^nadLn'^N^trrn'^Saf '^ ^"' ^^^ '^^^"^''^-• tio^ns^o''tCa"gen?s"?o a'^cceT^ \' T ^^^ instruc- \-/3lVCS — ■ Under six months ..„ ,. Over SIX months and under one' year :::;:: l,o2o Ibl' nulls • Under one year old i nnn ik Over one year and under two ..■;." S f^ Over two years old ... . i'a^^ P^- Two bulls over two year . y. l^'^X ^s. Three bulls over twJ years .. .V .V ;; ;; :; ;; l'^ it rpmales — One animal Two animals . f'^^ 'bs. Three animals . ^'^^^ ^bs. Each additional aiiima'l '. '. "i*',S lu^' TT 1,000 lbs. crI?«"'a.tSl'td'Ar^ "'"^ ™»" -™^l^. i» boxes or ing^SSeTl'he'"Siilq ''^ISrt";,^/ •'.^'° »'■"•-' be- charged:— '"' "wing will be the minimum weights If t exfeL^orfdo'Ts'' "'^ °^ ^°^' ^^^ '^^•' ^ -^"^1 weig1,t, to^rm\ltignt1ro\l^t' ^T T ^°^J" ^he same car, 200 lbs. ^ ' ^ ^'''•' "'^ ^'^t"^! weight if in excess of ^^^^c^nleT^^^^^^^^^^ and swine to tion must in all cases be nrodlf^ ^, '^^^.^'^'^ate of registra- is pure bred, and admitted to full'/. T'"^- *''^l*^^ ^"^"lal cord established for tlS! breed ^'^ ^^ '" ^ '^°'' °^ '■^- I i . ;! 2^^^ Things Worth Knowing. Joint FrliX rL"%P''°y'^'^d for valuabfe .f'',^'-*^^ ^'^'^hts No instructinn »!^"^'°" current a" ?i^^^''"f^m Canadian &ard to reduc;?! ^^""f ^''" issued bvX° ? "P'"^"t- Horses, Mules, etc — Or,e'a„T™T "" ""'"*= Twoanmi, 1.000 lbs. Three S'^,;;. ■■■•■■••■. i' '^ IS iV''' S.al,io„s''a;i?'jJ?«=*er.. .. "^ ■; ■• .. I.|00 ,bs. .In cases of disDiifP , Mfi, . ■ 4,lD0 lbs. C. N. R-^PR-. and ,0 D. B. «lTsl%^SS!« > tw"t" , '''"^^ »« swallowed 'ongue may be" em °l- !' ^^ "-efuses „ S. " "i* "o^e, ,o be 3 ' circumstancei th, „ J""*'"' liberated ?, " """roduced, Nothing can be ga Sed^sf?"' 8™tl«ess™„„"' °"«- Unde.: "" by ^patience or by harslf,'"'''^'"''- ^? French Cattle x F'"Zi',%^. u^rJ--'more^m^nr■■^■r ^ "«"= .-^ ttd^Ti^t'c^S^ij- ..e Sr^ moitti, at itf ai ''.P?'"- ^e conter^fs^*;/ £'"> ^!"ating"t cboHng. '"= ""^hmg stops/''o.h?.°w?s"e 7X1! ^^-^^ ""^i^e IS danger of Jwlng. Things Worth Knowing. 29 ARY. ns. ^e t Farmer is con- and contains much 'nters are gathered other sources : — • method of giving ;od Butthifcan^ 'Sf to eat the mix- ' then to be given ;"e a horn is al- breaka by the '^.the head with .j-'ffht hand pass ;" and empty its are svvaliovved. the nose, to be ■ the m.„-h, the orn introduced ^ °"ce. Under >t be exercised arsh treatment. '"e a bottle is e, and one is \Perhaps thus iJy enough to •ihe bottle -ihe tongue at and effica- ^Vthe animal seize hold of fi^ head and ejevating it 'ttie into the ^- ^ Let the 'e arenching s danger of A Good Condition Powder r^ r one part each ; ginger sTltn^'tT "V'?' '"'P^^te of iron, part each. A tab!espTonfui'Th^'e7 timts^rd"aT'' °"^ ^^'^ A Good Blister Tho f„ti blister .--Powdered canThnriJ«""o^,' " ,^ Prescription for a Mix. dip off .hrLst5";!.i%; ^t^ij-^.^is!"-''- Dandruff. Dnnrimff • cells of the skin wh ch tlk?'!;^° -'^-^^ '^^ '"'""te outer nothing like elbow geasfand l.l t 'k '" t'f''' '^^h'^'"'^ i« sicdbe ana a good brush for it. vvh^en*'"i;;J^a're'''nuit"e'^„"L^'"^^ '^ °"'3^ ■"i^rious till the next sprine'^lV ''T''^' °"'>' f-^^"" course of events fheimn 1 P^''" ^^'''y >" tion of carbon''bisIlfe'^^Jus^°r' '^ ^'' and on an empty stomach '^ ^' ^'^'" to the horse they may be harm. The one summer the natural e administra- in a capsule Bone Spavin The riir,r,„ c ^ taker to mean the cure of the ?am^ene°ss' ?.'"'" '^ ^'"'''^^y enlargement is another thino^ nn^T n ^^^ removal of the as the patient grows olde? ?h. "'i"'"^ "^"'^ ^''^^"'t. but smaller and ma/finallyli appear Rnf'"'"^^^^^" ^'"^^vs cured by firing, which is th tL.^ ^ '^^''^'"^ ^^-^ often most certain wf^. Other means LTrM??''''-^ ""^ P'-^babJy ent remedies, etc. ^ ^^^ blisters, tenotomy, pat- beaTo''?„'^L';rrsi.°is^'r=j„- w. ^'-.^ ''^- -" "- in stall she drags the foot ^n^' • ."^^king her stand over «*eftuf;Lyrm°pT=,'?°'w5,r,h?'oZr ^""""i "" ""^'^ can detect any enlargemem at iL 1- °"°' ""'' =" *' y"" on the inside toward! t"eront A .nf-""'-,,"' *= '»'"' cause lameness months befoHiy el?gTir'i'a„=r?Je"n" Bog Spavin 0~WV.nf ,-c. *i, u spavin in a colt 2 years old ? '* "^^^ *° ^"re a bog -inutef? ^!Isfe'; c'^S "'o'f^Tnfi'"?/"^ "'^ >"• ^^ ten Tie the colt's head sT^ort for 24 C^f ""^"^ '".^ ^^'^ 1 to 8. hck the blister off. A? he end of ^V '.• ^^'^ ^^ ^^""^^ blister and smear fl,« >,'i^ 1"! 7 ^j^^t hme wash oflf the every ten days untif the bog spavin Is cure^'d'^'"' '^' ^^''''' / 80 Thing. v„„ «^"rc a curb ^"'^'-Q-WiJI you p,eas. . „ , A.-Jilister the curh , , *''' ""<= ^ovv to ''^^ washed off T "* ^"'' repeat an ««« '"«ry surgeon'"' '^ ' ''^^'^^ ^^^^ ' 'may be fire^"/ ^^'^^^^^''^ nrccj by a veter- Choklng__jf . Take lime. Do n^. " .'""'^ '"anipulat A '"^f' »'^c s'"all S'; ^''^' •>'^ieS hctwe^S^ ^"° "'"chtrce°"b^''^ ''^''^^'- J^'ct towards th« :r."^*^^" two b ocI<-^ rfard'?oT.'"^b^^d%i ui'd ^r'n' '"'"^^^d. "som^ jY^'f '"^Pection^o °t ht t'^' f'7^ ^j"^ effi^ts of tl^ ?' ^>^'^Ph V there s anv ,-Ll Painfu part i,-,!.^ °^ *he horse tn here drop a^-ttl^co". •" ^"PP°'e ti' ^-^^ ''^^ ^''^fi^'l^y .n^- ^" a f^^ minute. .IT' '°'"^''o". "o per^ "^ay^ still be and you ran ^ '""V'^es the eve wHi V, • P^"^ cent., intn fh« ^ha/wilhX S"o7 '^' ^"^- " e'cessar:""'^'^^^"tSu J ii'^^^y 's present the Sinf '^°°."- When sS\,f ^^Pe off the .^«t.on of calome a I S ''^" ^' removed b' H J"-^ ^°''"'^" *he eye once a day. ^'"^' *° ^e blown on to th "^ ^^P''- I owing-. ' P'<^^»* tell me how to Things Worth Knowing, «''th hand ; if below V ^o not trv tn Try to work the ob be removed, it vZ't lnv„ ^ *° ^ Pro- '»c, Jeet in enirth ^d gently push"S;5 ''but Vh ' ''"'••"^ •■" ^cs M^' symptom -"• Nearly always rds of the Iprynx 'orates ,n tJ,e pass- ■'''■'•'^o of tho nerve ^ Jarynx. Medical "fi'tion can be re- ' ^!\^} Jn dispute :'"W,npr St. Vitus' "the muscles of f"'S. It is not disqualify a stal- e the film from ' "or poulticing •face of the eye '"^pved. Some- fl^S of lymph " the horse to ■ the difficulty ^ "lay still be r5"t., into the 'f've to touch 'crape off the 'at no foreign le daily appli- he surface of Wind OalL-Bursal Enlargements n i u « years old, with a wind kuIJ .,n hi. u 'V;~^ ^^^"^ » horse, has been on about three months '^''''^''""'K take it off? It usuaiiA^me^Tf !ithc;;^u;;i;pr'^tt^i^'^; '^^^"^^- ^-"^" - for tiie nature of the swcllX ,'. ,tJ-^ "''""V '* mimaterial, galls at the usual i tuatiun^v fhe ftfi^ T"'^^^. '^ '''^ ^^"'d' ments are caused bv a Imnl , i ^'^^P9^- These enlargc- contains s mov a, or "jomt ? .i '-'.'"."I"'"" ^^ " «^<^. ^''^'^ joint, They are very Sen in J" '"'""""''^ "" '^'"don or a tendency to recur^ Fr 'i ntl r'"''"' f"^ ''^v^' ^ strong "lany cases remove then? vlunLr'Y'"^ ^^''^^'^ ^''1 •" appearance, but o d chronic "'?f''''' '"°," ^^^^^ ^''^'ir tirst ^"cnt by means of re si"rc -innl ' l f '"'""^"y '•^"'P'-rc treat- constructed truss. ' "'""^^ '^I^P'^'-'d by means of a specially ^" — ^olt about three mnnMic ->i i u pastern joint, a bog spa^^^nd Ittr ^ i^'"^'^^^'" °" ^^^ same leg. They ail grj^atcrbirll. «r"^'''''P' .^'' °" 'he caustic balsam about s x vveeks .in i^''f«:'^^'d. lightly with .VVlKit treatment wouhl ;ora^;irto'?e'm'ive''1h;?e ^u': ■•'rc congenital, that is^ , esem Jl '.^' ^''^r'' ^"'^ sometimes should not be lool e Up;;' t^L ^"- ^'^''^^ '-^'''^^'^ they as. they would be in ol ^an n als ? h' °' ''"'"'^'^ J*^'"'^' arise roni unusual laxitv or on«.n!> ^'''; ^^'^ ^"""R they rounding the bursa, allowing irfo S,1 "^ ''''' -''^^"^^ ■^"'•- where It is not cov:TedT Li „em. f °"^ '" ^^e parts will disappear as the colt crmv. ni {" '"^"^ ^^ses they to trust to a spontaneous cnr ml""' ^"' '^ '' ''''''' "°t nature by judicious tr?a „u ,t Rli'if ^'?."' ^"^ ^'^ ^^^'^^ peatedly every two weel « «, IV -^''^^er the swellings re- This will ha/e the cffecro7 hiA'n'^"'^'''^^^- .^r tly blister, the swelling, causing pre si?rc o,^h""]^' ^^' ^i^^n.^^nt over disappearance. Pressure on the bursa and its gradual rougCn"f ^^"■~^~^^''^' -^ 'he best way to treat a tho- weticsyorTr"ee'o?^f:fur^iS'es'''rofr' repeat. every two rpughpin truss would be i?a uirer i r°"^ standing, a tho- -e. I would not advise itsTe^n a'che^^ fee.'" ^^P^"" 4n^^-^^f oU, t:S^^r^^^,^-l«« - ^--ted swelled from the knee down T^ f ' n ^'^' has left hind kg the colt was put in the sSe aftefr '^ -"^ ^''^ ^^'"'^'- ^he? • summer The colt was pu Jn the S'"^.""" *^'' ^''^^^ ^'^ and put back at once. When thp l ^' H °"' '« ^^ater broke out in two places Wo /.^ J^^ .'"^elJed up first it S3 ^"togs Worth Knowing. N ^f chop three ti^ ^^owing. bathinq- with hi, svvclh'nq. L /. "t ^eod manv nifc creases. ^^'^^'^ •^.-. Ban .^".VcSe^r.e'ir'Lr ^^ '^ '^^^^ Q— I have a rmr. • , ' ''*^°'^'""ff ^vorse on off t^ ^ '" ^"a' whfch Ji.^ With concentrated Iv. -^ ^<''^''>n to stnr/ ' * as soon is ^^7 -" .'^^ --^^^^^ wo I i 4'^i;,^'»'c or" n'o"fe-", ^ ^reatcS ,. Q.-I have a m, 7 treatment "' ^'"^ "■" daily limtl ler "7 ■; mare, three year, „u ., °"t at leacf part Knowing. 'way from theZ.ui^ ^^^° ^"S the swelHnf s in '"^ •■ains; and Vn. "','•'''"'"•• ^' rfon't eed nf '"-"''"•''•' ; ^ brisk ri biWn ^'■''^"ent ' riiDijing, with a , I'Tt to do whU * 'e hock? Sh. /'' "]^'^ '' '"es fi-o down '■'■' bad so Jnm " -^''cn she ° 'amc „po„ that leer r. ■''"- 'amcness has s standing- si,rj, ^ „ . ■cratches h^f c • the n?^ '"^'^^ "f ;;^ p^-^'-birrffe?: ,y ^'.'J make it a '"* ^'^e her daily I Things Worth Knowing. ftocks up ;„ left '^ ""'y if she has ^shR-ht hitch or nM"" apparent ■ «'y and turned a four-year-oid ind feed nnsnit- 'f chronic hr,T,. ';'y remain per- ,?^' y, 'f -she is It at least part 33 I ol llZlsntZ: dS;rvi^'"i.;l^L?Ie''^ /^"^ ^^f'^'^"^ °^ -dido i food or drink In ^110,, f. m • '^'''^'''■' ?"^ ^^^'-''l to her ' help greatly to q-?v? In.iV . ° /'"' ^'^"*^'"^' treatment it will ; rubbiSg' then frfqueX ^T^"' Iv '^'' '''"^ ^'^'' ^and I water bathing fX^'bv'' in :r'""'^ '^ persistent, hot camphor, csneciX m^ f^^ ["hbnig m some hniment of inside of th?'high ' ^""'^^ lymphatic vessels on the ' InSleg arTh? ankl^'l \lf ^,f^ f ,V '^'•°'- «"^ °" the left day anf poultfce'd Vjs 1 g'wi h"br' n' *\fl"" °^ °^'^f ^^^^ yet and sometimes brc-ikt n,,V l.u " "'^^ "^^'-''' Scaled seems to sweat all the fin!. n„ .''^ '•'''^' ''^ ^" the hock and ling season ifut not so bd i ^"L'"^^ ''"""^^ l>is travel- liind leg the same w-Tv .11 '^' ^'■°'>.'" ""^ «" the other ■nternally powdered sulphite "iron '"]'''' "';''''''<'• ^^'^'« and evening, in his feer fJn,i i • ' „^ drachm, morning hay. with an occa nl br.n J ''V ''''L°" ^^^^^ "ats and cool before feeding ° Von n?i' ''^''??^' ^"^' ^""^^d to daily. ^ '^- ^°" "lay give him gentle exercise Scratches n TTnren u. 1 , and I have tric^i zin° o ntment'nnf ''V,'''" ^°'' ^^""^^ t'"'"^. fons, but without cnrt° Hi' e^ In'i", '^"^^T,"'''' applica^ are no signs of grease le/ Shml. 1"' ''^''"- '''"'I ^bere gfiven for the blood, and whnt wo ""' '""'^' "ledicine be A.— Yes. an interna re, p.i "n ^' •^°" recommen^'n& the heels to get oi the scar once a day and t hir%°'" -"^^^^ °" ^ach sfde you lake her in from ^pasture '"" '" ^°°^^ box when mo^ntls' agrhe c'urhimSf^r the''" ''•?' P^""^^- Three cose to the joint, justTh?ou?h th.%K '^^°^. ^^e bind leg >t s arted to get lame and s^follen t'"" f" ^r^"'&bt late? worked at the same time for two " wLi"''^ ^°'^ ^ater and I had to let him rest for about on. r«' u^ ^'"'"^ ^°rse. on, but the swelling did not 1 Hn ""^ ^"^ P"t blister ameness disappeared. I started f^" ^'^°8:ethor. but the ^"^"^ worse than before ^° '^"''^ and the horse tion extended" nToTh'e 'Sbo!^''"-^^ ^"^ ^^^^ -^amma- ntis. You will have ?o gite un n^n ^°-!?^- P';°ducing arth- horse or some time nerhan. h^ ^ '1*^^ °^ working the not painful to the touc^h yo^u sZl?°"*'^'- V '^'^ ^ is painful, do not blister unt^fth? .^ . '^P'^^ ^^'^ blister. If fom_ent with hot water "nstead'.,^^"^!^^^^^ ^s passed, but ■" ^ Jitdc anodyne linimenf -^tr^IZu" ',"''' ^^^'^ bathing rub Phor, two drachL; SX = rn"m ''/•r' ^'"^^^m : cam- or origanum, half an ounce ; methy- ■ \y 7 36 ''^ovSi'^a °"^ P'-nt' The ^'"^"''• Jt and got Uuo^J^-r -f have htfu 5 f' ^^ink of m "^°"^h ag-o. /"y. a^d-S"-" wound near , ■ • "'"'"^ ™?h ^he svveJJin ' l^as escaped y?' ^'"e injured ^ * ' ^^ ^eJJ .'l^ood vesse! ^rT'^^' ^^you^' ^'^°"'d certain^,"' ^'""'^^bly the knife it t°\'^'' some irren. f^^ injure Vhl/.not open to handle ft %^^ "'^ed at aJ?t''\^^^ ^^mlg.Tn iu""'.' ^"t a canthari es ^ 9 "^ ^"^ ^ub fn ,i^P> 0"e Chn ff' .heroic rL ^f hours, durini ^-^?" niinutes In °""^«. t,,[ • -Powdered ^^s biting if ."§^ ^hicii the i^' ^^^ovved to r^J. • should be ^^ -'^ '"'i' o^"U'su^= -« ^t^f;?;^ HB" -'-vis ^ and sinear- ^*chiness.^A„ ., , "~" — ^ ""ences c^i, " 'tchy sJffn ^ looked for f^entify thl ^°^ 'n horses f°'"'^onest. T»,L ^f '^ent'°'^Shoj;'d' '^^"' -r i?"t£ -hie? ^^3^1 ^"°"^h to' °^ a change of 5-^°" ^^''^ to Joi, ''°"dition of ,.\?'"^^"JJy possible, s?me ron/^' ^^'^ing- less ' ^^^' <^a""e trvfJ' '"^"- eve^ day. "^^ -ots, especifn^-^^f-n^ ^ore Z^af/?. ^#refee!;T%-^ -oub.d ... r"'"°°-^^^-e <3"ite a scurf u- h'nd ie^s f^^^'^h itchiness under the beJiv ?s ¥ ^°^aJiti«s !i^" ,^^0" '""b it ^^^^^^ is ?"ay remain nn li^ ^"""^ on th^ ,^he skin of thl u-^ sheep. ^n the wini'o^ knowing-. iiniment will u ' t^'nk o[ tn ^°"^^ 3ffo. surgeon, ^ ' u't T^^'^'^^^ ^" good spiri/s .' S"^^d ^^" the sweJj!,^"^.eats svveJiing might You do n ? ^ ^*3ble injured hi '' ^? teil '^"'■^' the joinf °P^" ;ope?iV° ,5,^ ^eg. Jf '^ ^^te^;^ work'.'' "^'^ to rei^?°"^d be be t?ed to^''"^ ^°'- washed an/'''''"* ^ and smear- f by external in- ''• There fs .i^J.^^Ss and ^'•fite, much me family gg 'f bind Jegs he body, il ■ "o trouble foe xvintpr Things Wortli Knowing. tl " ®^ SrL"retion%r"m°?hi°[i„V'"seb\c;o;s'tl ^f ^^'^' ''-^ - rhese pour out an abundant sp..?. ^ ''"''' °' the skin, but m winter their orodnrf- ic '*'°" '" ^arm weather obliged to bite "hi skin to oh^^i"''^ ^- '""^ '^'' parasite is such cases is rendered "as °er if tl" f ''^'"^- ..'^'"'-^atment of creolin in wate,^ %i'^£ l^^:7'iiLr^i Se^'"'^ °^ Leg Mange n _ Om- i, ween the hind legs. "xhey'S ^S ^V"^'"' «"* bet- When out loose tlfev are hiHn "chy all over the body bably mange. For the cure n ?v ^' *^' .^'■°"ble is pro- horses and then rub them III n *^'^J°" should clip the ment :-Creosote, 2 ouncS ufohur'"^'' '^' following^lini- oil, 1 quart. Where the skiA i, & °''","' ^ ^^^ ^'"seed In three, days repea the Treatmen.^ff'/'"^^''."^ '" ^-^"' places with soft soap and warm wat'er '' ^''^^'"^ ^^^^^y Lice — A Nor'-Wp<;f T?o, ,- and proved to my own sat sfactioni^'.'P' i." '^ bave tried a horse will cause the fee on °n/^^ *° thoroughly sweat of the hair. Then I tak^ ^ J'lu ^° '^^"'^ out to the end and rub over the hal where the 'lief 1"'"^^'^ ^'^^ ^°aVo"il oil will destroy them q nt ^^ b^ve come out. The ColtsItreatby'^pSgonablaS ^^em out! c:nd driving the colt around a ciicW'^'.T"f-'^ d°^" ^'gbtly ter shank about 30 feet of rono n -^^ attaching to the hal- thoroughly sweated -then rub ovi?"'vi,^^ ^ '^P'^ ^^^t' "ntil the heated animal to cool "own hr^^ ^'^'^ "'^^b. Allow 3n animal until it is throughly cooled off '' "° '''^""' ^^*''- co|r7d'^;^i\h'1L:^'Sed'iU"epTo' n?'- "^ ^^'-^ became medies,_but without success Wh?? • °".t "'J^^ "^ber re- eradicatmg these pests ? ^''^^ '" *be best means of A —Apply fish oil to the calvps ^^^ i work where, they are n the habif n^'^M' "' *° ^be wood- rhe disappointment often caused in ^u '"''^"■'.^ themselves, bee lies in the fact that mant J^.i^' "''. ?^ remedies for mature parasites have no effect anthf' "^^"^ '^'''"'y ^be when these hatch out the an mal i^ / '^^' °[ ""'''■" ^nd For this reason the remedy sele^^VL '°°u" ^' bad as ever, more than once. ^ selected may have to be applied Thos. Daly's Remedv T^u^ with two. qiLts orSTrmilk °R„h'"' °^-^u^^ "'' ^'^'^ ^'^^ the skin is wet. ""ermuk. Rub m with a brush until 88 ^^inss Worth v„ leraJlv .„.. . ^- and -'" r?!<^ .after "shJa"' "eck to\t ;;; about a we ^''^Vi"^^^ ^"d t^l l^^^f -"nd ^,^ace cautenVp? -^.^^ sffced off •^^" days r; ;. ^^^^ wart ^^on. Smo/i '^ ^e done nr,^ ^ ""on. ThL^ -'^^ and thf. ^£^S?f^^sfe^-^^c.,.3.ad "' ?o about tfet^f''%°^""e^/^?^ on her javv. cnest and are a Uhu ^^y are exten^-"^^ o<" a ,. , ^-Procure fm ''"^"^^ than th "^ ^°^n ^very oar/- L!, " ^ith it -ru- '"""sh. Awj^ appJy U tn „^artJ?;/,°^Jhe wart ft'con.^5'? ^^^"'d ^'u^stic' wS^^> ^^e °??s ^^ sides PPiy kerosere '■'' ^^'^^ » Sheep. __ ^. . 's,-^^^«« Pests^^'^Pi"8, is six weeks nCf "^ ^^st & f J>ath where S'^st a I ^'""^sion Is an f'ff"'"^"^ ,°"e quart of c ?^^^"ai '^^";^y agitate H^^^^ ''"f' ' dilute by adw-'' ^^°'e -''Cjsrt^r^^-^- 5"'^ch/arger^"'ted. / and tie t^ tT '■^""d sharp kn?f. ^ 's "« naesthesS K ^"^ ^"d s '•nem With had wart"! n« u eTxt?/d^^^- o " J^"dforsn,J fL /^^ 'arger the toue-h QrJk d'-opped off ''^ f ag-o my cow etc V ^ 3" )Ics HI. ^°^ 't ni'^e rotten ,^ .3"d rubs it ' "^ diameter. Tilings Worth Knowing. gg gouslSmiLSef ?atLr' freauen?' ^''"^^'^ '^"°^^" as Fun- curable by any b^t surgi ."Shod.'^f ?^ ^'''^'- ^' «^ i"" calving you have her opi'atd^uptlhe' b'etJe" '°°"^'' ^'^^•• ia^; wtne7er?e";;tfwarr th'^^ ^ "^^^ ^ ^^e side of his VVha^can I do for ft ? ™ ^^^ ^^P ^°"^es off and it bleeds the waft^ taking tr?no??o"torr.^ ^" ^^^^ ^he surface of three or four days nick off M? surrounding skin. In tion as often as necessary ''^ '"'^ ''^P'^^t ^he applica- a PeaTlStif^'r!''"! r.rapJ,[°J rf/^ --"^ the eye on but with no apparent effect^ '^°' °'' '^^^"-al times, being ciSl tT?c!^;;t°rt^^e^t fnTo Vhi'^ve^"^^^^^ °^ ^'^^ --' /^ y~< . " Hit eye. oil of tar, 1 partT?ard 6 plrts K"?'^'' °^ ^^'P^ur, 1 part ; up. what you think will'beSeh^n r"' ^t'""'"' '^ "^ake twice and do it. A week Ia?er r.i • '' ^^^"^ thoroughly and three parts of col^a oil ^ '" °"' P^""' °^ Paraffin Worms. o T ha six to ten inches long"!' SheTverJ"? ^^'T ^^'-'^^ ^'^^n ravenous eater. She always sweat^ JZ '" ''^f ^"''' ^"^ is a "^J^"d her bowels are aTwaJ^ loose ^ ""''^^ '" ^^^ ^"'"- for the con5it?on""f°;ormare"and%f°r%^^°"'^ ^-°-t ness. It is not alwayreasv^o flH^ l,*'"' tendency to loose- n r°T^- ''i^'"^'^' 's dually s^ccessfu?' P r'"'\''"^ ^^e for physic by feeding her bran m/<"h; P':!^are the mare t\yelve hours ; then give her a dn-^?^- A? '^'^j'^"^ hay for nine drachms, according to size Th,-= '°l'' ^'*.°"^ ^^^^eti to or in a drench, as may be most Jn "^^^ be given in a ball jng bran without hay until th. '?"^.^"'^"t- Continue feed- be in about twenty hour" As soon -".K°P''''''' ^'^'"'^h will gtve the vermifuge dose conktISJ S ^' P^"a?es are loose a half ounces of turpen ine m i n.-«/ """c^ "-V"^^ ^^ one and after this is given the mTre mav Tfl ^'^^' '^^^ hours diet as before. This trStmen^ fi, iM ^""^ ^"^ her usual two weeks to remove the S brond ^t-'-^P^^ted in about from ova left in the intestines bv^h- - "^ '"''^ ^^^'^' °"* A CO t chould h-— , " s Dy the mature wnrm= ^^neV-^-^ adult. "'"^ "''^•^ ^^""^ ^»e quarter the dose give^n'to an ''ijiiiiil i^"^ ^'^ the hor, ^°^'e'- a/ter -, ' °" ^ horse tI'^ '^^^ best « po hn wl- ii Knowing., ^r^ative be^ns !" '^'""'^ be '- pint. Tu7 , ' o'' o[ " ^ack on lw/?°"''« after Things Worth Knowing. 41 Sutrafe'^Sf zinV^h^lftro'uS .^''' /^^ ^°'"°-'"^ '°tion : ounce ; soft wat^r, one pint As' fn"'^'' °^ ^^^'^' ^alf an and shows a tendency to scab ove? , °" ?•' /^ ^^^ ^"^^ uP on It every day. '^ °^^'^' "^e a little zinc ointment 111 h^ V -^ ^o 'contents of /i^^ u°^ ^'^e ^'^"ceitfjj^bovvej, ^"ence of ;5 , ^°^oi-, '"^'' tJie usun • ^°'" 3s s m the feed / • "'^ topped purging 'e.^'^Thf^^ -^^^ best ^eks' rest /T ^°" i "^^aks and a lard^ '^' three ', '°re on the "S tied in the ^'""es unheal- Sweeny. n T in sweenied The dcpSon SThe 1^,1^". °'^ ^^'^^ was Can she be worked, and alsn il '''°"'^'='" has not filled up. the^ cavity in her shoulder to fill upT''""^ ^" ^""'^ *" '^^"^^ the musSHf^Jhe^^slfoTde'; ' Thf. '^'^ '''^'"^P'^^ ^'^ -'-^^^ing of two causes : 1st a str ,in Af I.^" '"'''y ''''"'^e f'--*« either of 2nd, any long ''con'tiS^ameness'^ir'" °' ''^^ ^"^""'^^ ° In your mare the first is donhn! lu """^ P^*"* "f the leg ness has ceased and only he effeS. • ' f.'"''u ^^'^ ^^e lamf- niusc es remain. To restore th^ '" ,^^'' ''^'P^ "^ wasted condition they must be stiSila^'d .;h'''\*° r^'^^''- "^^ural b.ngvvithsomegoodembrSo 1 "^ r ^^ frequent rub- repeated blisters? and in nrlrHf;! °^''•y ^'^^^ ''^"d frequently mare should be eJerc Led T i J? /° ^''V" '°^''^' treatment the heavy pulling, willTo h r goof but 'h; "^'^'^ T^"'''^^^ "° avoided, especially plowine Tn nn ^^^V ^"''^ "i"st be the wasted muscles wil7 take some fime.'' '^" "-"toration of Lame Shoulder r)__Q.,^ii . Caused by one day's hard rS '/ '' ^^™^ '" shoulder, pack, which was divided in fJont .n^ T.'^'Y'^r"^ considerable h.m out for two months so that h. V''' °f saddle. Turned slight stiffness in the imb Th? fir., f'^""! ^^'^ "^^^^Pt a again was to cut out a wilH L. t *'"?<= he was worked running he fell and becam'e^ ^Tll'r^"' '^'- ^''^ ^"^ while rwellmg from the knee S^wards^ h,Tfi, ^^^'"' ^^^ '^"^^ ^^S fined to the shoulder. Smreth'fi! ^^V'f"'^^ ^^s con- ^^elhng coming on point of shoulder''^-",' ^''" ^ ^''^^"^1 of a hen s egg flattened, but is not sor.T^'^- '' "r^ ^^e size TL-T^' l^me in the shoulde? *° ^'"'- ^^ ''' how- of his bice^s^tr^irplsferoleV^th'^^ ^"^^^'"f^ ^'- ^--'o- Rest and repeated bli'^^eHnJJ wiH K^°^5^' ""l '^' shoulder, treatment. Clip off the ha^r from i ..f ^^- ^-'^ '""^"^ ^^ meter over the point of he Tn.L^^" f"" '"'^hes in dia- niinutes the following Mister --Powd'. 'f '""l '^ ^""^ ^^" drachms ; lard, ten drachms fTe ftt 5 canthandes, two can't get his mouth to thrnart nnH S^^*^ '''°"' ^^ that he wash it off and smear the part wfthlo^i"" ^^^"^y-four hours as soon as the skin recovers f^om Vu^' S'P^^* the blister one, usually in eight or ten days '^''^' °^ ^^e first Pofs!bS?o teeTt^es^Totl^^^'^ Sh0ulders._Q._i3 it how? W^a^ yP"orses shoulders from eettincr cor- -nr^ when they get sori^i^ ""''' '"' ^"''^'^^^t way To%u%-'tht^ 42 illi 1 "^-Keep ho """" Knowing '■eguiar h .li '^^^'ar work f^ , . ^ "lay bp^, "'^^ ^^ sever • ^'^h In astl^^""^ beg'n/°'" 1 "« Purpose a W^JP^'^'^^'db' fnc. on?Pi^,„^i'f foUaJn^ fotiV'^) spo^t ^" ^'"^^^ can be forty ounces ?r ' ^^^^a^e of '°'J ^''equently -^c, , ^ '-^ffervvork ^^ ^"'''^0. We/ Jff'' °"e ounce J^^^^^^' of O rr P^'^ ^'th this' .-m"^' .^^^^'■. .^Hr-Horse haH '"^"^ed ateJv and the ^rnu-^l '^^'"edies are „ ^° 'nterfere TM " Work b f "fle^Ttlh^re^- ^^*'"^S^.«^ extended, bu";?/ ^''^ ^^'Se jofff "" , ^^ "^o?' '&T^'ch cor- ,*^ ^'>aments w^-'^T'^^nts r^m h^" the Jel f ^fl^ "P and t^e strength of i^^ '""^ ft tofi!" "^^ to side pL^?''?^ and both these r^r^U-^^^^ ede-e of /? "^"^i positSn ^^/^^essive if^ animal ^niM^ °^ ^he pate/z/.T^-^'^-^ of ?he"f^ ^^^°"^« ^'le horse is suffi. f I a h c d w cc cr ar fo dc ( pa frc he( of of « Knowing-. ?'^"d the nS„^"' shouJdeV' ^'s '^ay be apf"'■^°^ severe ^ purpose a few"|P''^^^'ci by Tilings Worth Knowing. and toiig-h- i^ Pi'ff, as it in "'^''•' "o ^ ^,',"'^ sticks to ,'i!"'^^'' '■" I 1 spot. ""nter can be '"'■equentJy .^c,., . one ounce • sor?''^*^ of tnis immediately ' appear to'^teSfe' ^e'Si/e" \T', ' ^^^« 'hen harli ^ P^^^ nard work be- 48 cient to restore the oatella tr, ;f„ times the aid ofThe^sur«eon .f r""'""^ P°''^'°"' but some- has once occurred it is^ve?vanr^.""'''^- ^^^en dislocation stretched or ruptured liLmemf ^h °'''"'" ^»^'" ""^'J the and are able to nain a?n tlu h ""^ '""'""^ their function After the patella h S'en r nfac^°d"'; ? ''I Ff-''^'' P^^'^'^"- applied over the :;tirie t£ I ' ^ ^""""'^ blister should be swelling produced vvill assS fn fc ^ 'Tu'^^'^ ^^^^t. The and the pain of the blfsti vlm'^S "^h''' ^''^"f '" P"'-^^^' he leg as little as possible TV L« . ^ ^"'"^^' to move hed low and the toe long and if^sho?.' '"'''''^'y ^''^' '^^ project a little at the toe '^^ '"''^ applied, let them occu^VfrTqt'n°lV,3sbrh'='^°r '^ '^' ^^'-^tion tion of a stifle sh^oe to th foot of t'hT^"'^'^^^ '^' ^P^^'^''^'- ary.shoe which has we ded into the n '^^ ^^'' '' ^" °'"^1'"- proKcts some two inches and s .ti-^hr .^ ^"5" °' ^'""^ ^^at ed in front. With this Vhn^^^ fi^ r '^ ^"''"^^ »P or round- ficult for the patella rob„.isnb5.'/°°' .'' .^'■" ^e more dif- Rradually shorten and keeo the h' n' ■"^•.^'^^ Hgaments will and then the shoe can b? luL. 'u '" -'l' P^'^P^'' Position, blister over the ioint^^ill tl^'rertinTacu;'e" °^^^^'°"^' ^^^eira.lrch°'c?^ mav K " sP'teof ^ay become dfs- ,^,f teJfa to be^ ^'•action of the >^ be excessive ?hr? ^^^°"^^s the femur. !„ r?tu' ^^'ff and J^^turns to its "orse is suffi. To Real an Old Sore "wr-, u *u until clean, then with a sharn pH^o^ ^"""^ "^'^^ soap and water of it until' the outer fayer fs rl-ln 'P°°"i'.'""?^ ^^e surface Now wash it with an nnLllf T'^-'^'^ ^""^ 't bleeds freely. two antiseptic Tablets of ' SosivrTubirn^t '^ ^'"°'^'"^ boiled water. This solution cV/rf^T? sublimate in a pint of to 500. Use a clean Hnenr, to i^i^' ^^^^^i '''''"^'^ °^ ^ to bathe f with the lotiSn unti? t^. h/* T^^ ^"^' ^""^'""^ dust the surfa:e with a oLSr .1.^ bleeding stops. Then part, boric acid, one part whifl '""^P^f ed of iodoform one orm a dry scab, under whTchth.^"'' *T ^^^'^ ^his will If the scab becomes ioosetdwah ^it'h tt°' '?• ^''^ '■'^P'^'^- apply more of the powder iSn f^f i,^^ '^"^." again and he can't lie down until the wounrf.'^ i°^'^ -^"^ "P '^ *bat caused by the irritation nf^u u ^^^'^^• The swelling is disappear when tha? is better ""''''''^ ^°""d ^^"d sholald To Heal an Open Sore wr^.u ^u water, 1 part to 40, then dust tS^ m '"r^ '^'*'? <^''^olin and composed of boric 4irl fin! "^^7 ^"""^ace with a powder crystals, 1 parr This mav be^t.?,?'^^.''''^- ? P^'"*^ •• iodoform and blown on to the n^ol^t .nrK. "*°i,^" '^'^''^ P^^der g"n form a healing and pro ect W .. '^^■"■' '^^'" adhere ind done once or twice da^ly^ covering. This should be Contracted Hoof I7r.r pare the foot until' the soIe°T/1^*'1 hoof, remove the shoe, rog with the knife. The f L i^n A' ^^^ ^^ "«* ^ouch the heels open, and it is the lif fn^^ of thl 7 ' ^l^^^ ^° ^^^P ^he o the ground which fsn c" nf-o«cn ^'■?^.ab9ve the surface of the causes of this condido;^"^^ -,-Jn^?^rSs^?| 44 Thingr. Worth Knowing. {avors contracted heds Fr.. I'lisccd meal poultice tA *; i " 'rt'quent y with chv or hoo the corL,e should h.''l!}''*'!''-' ^''^ K'-owth o a Jarcer weeks With a flv bl s cr 1/ hi« f ""' '"'^ '"tervals o two Strained Tendon.— n ~i u. ■-v., „o„ an, a.a,r TtS'u SV>,»e'-s^S.cn, in ■nclurc of arnica and banda™ l, l'^ "'™' "''' in a Met " rTSn!i,;/;-,-<.£S«^o;\'o;7,r,t^„'';>i,7,i!iH I-aminltls-Sore Feet -In ^ that got an over-fecrl r,f"r,.^~, ''^'^ '"^ "lare, 4 years r>l^i If Spn^n"'°f '"^ her fore Ws fi?c " '" ^T^' ^^^ich she it driven a m.Ie or so, can scarfeiv nn • ' ^'''^'^ ^''^ other. f«n^""~?°'"^"^ss in the feet i, \ . °^'*^^ '* o" her. ^^d of .heat, and often remainr"'°" •'''^"^' *« an over- Your mare is young and has^Tn / Pe'-"ianent condition or ifM^r «^^"d on an earthfn ffoor'"'' ?^ ^^"''"^ "v"r by tuffinV^.."°* attainable, keep her Vil ^^^"^ "^ ^'•'^"ks, .vifif . ^ ^^^^ ^vith linseed mL I ^^^*. ^""o' and moist Wm ° iS „f ""i """ ">t spr"^e wort "" ''"" ^'^^ '>™ = -on^n'-J^nlnT^a',, i",,";?.' f JV^'^" ^is'sE i,'ff''»W° '"wed by rubbing i^ Se "iS'^'en'^ '"" '""""."ons, 7ol! swing. 're tends to cure them. ^■ " shoes are recniir- ^'b e, to allow the frog ■ stand on an earthen •equcntly with clay or ic growth of a Jarger at intervals of two "<-nt IS earned out the shape. rse, seven years old, ^'^^"^. driven, rtands ii^ ; also keeps lifting- it be a strained tcn- ■nfler, bathe them in tnem, rub in a little with a dry woollen o.thc touch, blister ointment composed Id one and a half 'PP'iiR off the hair d or the strain may Thing. Worth Knowing. mare, 4 years old, nt'xt day was very It as far as I could 'd her a little stiflf ' minutes after she 1 front, which she ^ then the other. It on her. equel to an over- nanent condition :e of g:ettinpr over place of planks. :. ^oo\ and moist 'nto a stif^f mass fl to the coronets eness. ^ng--. A year ago n stiff ever since e strikes his toe he cords ii the 'd worse vhen chronic lamini- rrom tenderness rkiTifr him any- ;" on the road. hout caulks, so can give him a ^ver, it will do hoes off. The lentations, fol- is that lampas is not a disease rn'r"' k . ^ '■,'^^"" fo-" 'his of severe derangement in the momh ' '» °"'^. ^ ^^'"Pt^"" ■t as the "cause." when in r.nTi? 'i °' stomach. To treat some other trouble i the iSil^'' '1^°"!^ '"'" "'f^'^^" o\ niany cases by the local wisea?S!!h'"'*^"^P"'-^»^''" '" too your horse is not thriviW f?f'f ^'^^^"^^y have heard that points to the fiilln of^he ^uSfri'^''."'T«''^'"^"'''and ••'"'I says confidently, "He h^s^ the I.^ ^"'' .'^' "PP^-" '^^'h, M.fflcient to account for anyJhi, e If"'^''' ^ '^ '[ *'^''^' ^^^ hink yourself proficient in hor ^^-n^ T." '^°" ' '''''PP'^" to y bow before his super or horsL«''?'^''u ^^^ '""^^ like- to be anced with a kni e oHci 'd !. iff"'' u"^"^'^ y"""" horse '^-bly though don't HI anvoneWn ' "" ^T' .""^'^^ "'^ P"^- oiit with a red-hot iron Th' jJ ^avo the lampas burnt anything:, and if he afterwaTcI ho:^ '''^''^ ^'"' '^^'^ '^Y condition, why, the lampaTr ' HH •. ^7. improvement in fry to point out the Krdi tl n<= n' ^^ '' ^^'■'^'^ "^«s- btisiness. aosurfiity as well as the cruelty of the 'a-nSL i;ttturTcon"liZ''''°" "^ ^'^ ^""^« ' food should be cS; brn; ,. 'T^^'' ■''''''"'^y clothed TlJe oats. When the swcningTppe;\t"t Tl''\r"^^'°"^"3/'boSj lower jaw endeavor to brincr 1? fn V'' '"'^''^^ "'^ ""der the '"ff Iiot poultices, frequcn fv r.n.*'' ^cad quickly by apply! discharges cease poult?cneanH ?"''''• ^^en the abscess Chronic Cough.— o tj night. Give hlm't^ii a"iav tf^' T^ '' ^^'"^w. unless at iiateTf'"^' '''^^^^ Sv' ''onr'.^'" ^oHow^ng p^.^! "lunate of ammonia, one drachm. """'" = powdered Ophthalmia-Sore Eyes~Tr~A , ness""" Tf"? ^i'^^^^^^ "^ ^^e 'eTesThl'^!.,?^ "^^ ^^^^tle are suf- The d,seascc. „„es sho-l'^brco, ^■''^^••'1"!, *= -»S. ' '" Sheds or shaded lowing". for influenza of a severe weakening disease and 1 he disease is seldom 'id not be neglected on r fatigue from working 'not f .,ii complica- salts to horses affected 's much better, and is red camphor is a good prostration, given in ep the patients warmly Things Worth Knowing. nursing is equally, if 'he patient should be vyarmly clothed. Tlie th occasionally boiled e tliroat or under the ■^^ilj'ickly by apply- When the abscess with warm carbolic )cation is impending the animal may be IS tracheotomy ■old filly which took nflammation of the cough at times ever 5'ng well, excepting t'on of the lungs is "fi the following a ■ 0"nces; fluid ex- rlycenne, 1 ounce- ice a day. c. has had cough drinking, or after ed straw, oats and s straw, unless at he following pow- ruple ; powdered my cattle are suf- s complete blind- iJged out and dis- :e IS covered with lation of the eye eparate the heal- d of the malady, sheds or shaded 47 yards until the nriif« o*-^ separate from other cattle^milil ?hf '''' '"'^ ^.''""'^ ^^"^^'n discharge. With wild c" Ue ft wm k^h'^;^'''; ^''^ ^''^"^ ^"^ farther than this, but I'f vou caT Lnif "^u"'* ^° ^''^^ them of the following lotion n^oth?! ."^'^ ^^^"'' ^''^P ^ little 'ng away all discharges Sunhpff' /T' ^- ^"^ ''^^'' ^^^^h- tilled water, two mfnces TK. °^ ^^. ^^P'"' ^ grains, dis- camel's hair brush A very^ ttl/i.^^n^'^'"/ ^''^PP^'- "'^ ^ or three drops being sufficient! "''^'"^ ^^ ^ ^ime, two biiSirhaif'cioled."?:^:;^ :lt fir °t ^.y^ •'— p-tiy and slightly feven'sh th^ . i IP^u'^^^^ '" ^^'^ mornings), blood hot.'^Theeye becameTrstiufr,".^ ""'"'K inflamed^r and finally looked exacHvns if H^' ^^-f" T^''^'^ ^^ ^"1°'^^. and run into the rest o he eve Tn''."K'"' >'^ ^^^f" '•"Pt">-«i eye went preciselv throuJl th? .;.n . °"* ^ '""^^^ ^^e other she was going blind Now hnth?^ '^^^''' ^."^ ^ ^^^ afraid as ever. ^ ^- ^°^ ^o^h eyes are as bright and clear n^Tn'Te ?;c"anrex??nc?".;';r'fh?^o?.^^^^^'-''^' ^^«■"- The cause of such attacks are often nh '"" t^ sympathy. Icnce may. on the one hand nro Im^ obscure External vio- I'pon the constitution of I '> ^n? ?^ '^' '^'^''^ causes acting 't- Of the former blS V unoT/1 "'"' 'tu'^^' *" ''"^"cf stances beneath the Hd? or nnn.t ^ ^^'"'''''"- ^^'^^'s" s"b- ball are the most fren lent T^,?l. l''"^ '^°""^-'' ^^ the eye- fend to give the syst"m a I've e ^0;^ '"'5' ■■"^"cnces as 'nto water when heated infccJronwhinfl '" ' '' ^'""^'"^ tism. etc. One attnrl- /c ^r. r ,, '"^ncnza or rheuma- ■^hould be on your '^ Li' for the fi 7'' ^"^ ''''''''■ ^o" appearance, and treafby drono n^ fn?o ^^P^O"!'^ of its re- a day a solution of four eriins nf nfl " ^''^ ^^^^ '''^^^eral times tilled water. This dihte^ n.. ''^ •,"P'''' /° ""^^ ^"ncc of dis- between the iris and lens ^.^^1'' '"^ P'"^^^"^ adhesiin ""til the attack is ov r"\e^Sed\^S' '" \?''^' ^^'-^ble blindness. -i^^pt^atefi attacks usually result in Difficulty in Passing Water A u. trouble in passing his watTr Smt. ^^ -""'•■''e has qnenty and only a UttZ %\ Ti?'T""'', ''SP'"^'"-^" it fi-c- back his penis in the sheath nnrl.n' "'"'"""'r ^'^^"'^y'' bolding ter all over and even un'nong hi b^r^' %' ^''**" ^" ''^'''t^ bis sheath and given siltni. 1 . ^ '^- ^'"^^'^ washed out A.-The troubf^h h ; w^t, nrnh Tf"^' •"" ^^tter. sence of what horsemen c.I -1 be^n' ^.u '""''^^''""^ the pre- .You should withdraw this organ from. V"' t"^ ^^ ^is penis. .>ne the end of it. The "bein'^'L n ^i ^'l- ^^""^^^ '"^"f' ^xam- •n a little cavity iustabove .J.^ col ection of waxy matter penis. It feels Hk^rhard Inmo k"^'"'."^J" the end of the ='"^ vvhen large it hitc'r er ""^^"th'the' n '^'' '^'"'"."f ^'^^ ^^^'■ 'nay cause serious trouble TnLl u'""'?/^ "^ """e. and •^nueezing it out or piSg ^' ou^;k^'th'e t'^en "°^^' '^ Bupture, or Hernia n -jxr ,. . i-K- iiircc weeks old anrl fnitn.! VT ' / ",'traie a iitrer of operated „„ ...e of .C -d'-sl J^SV-'^fo'^nT'Ll' .h J 7 48 ■!|!' Things Worth Knowing. Ho^^wilU^^^^ should I have done ? successfulTf pX'Srpe"rformed"^The"' should .have been make the incision as smal U^'n^iM P!;°Pe^Points are to of the sac Avoid dragging onThecorn"'^ ."' '^' "PP^"" P^^^^ testicle. Cleanse the skin wJfV ''^^^ when removing the using the knife, and afterward L ^'^f? '°'"*'°" before of the cut into close coSteverywheS^"^" ^'V^' ^^^^ longer. If the rupture stHl rem./^J ^T ""'u'^'^^ '"°"ths months old, it will be adv ableTn f.f, ^u-'' ^^^ ^"'t '^ six surgeon for operation There i.n.'j' ^'"^ ^ ^ veterinary at^on. and a successful re^uft^^ca^ "be ct"fiTenSrex^;^ctS^^- Symptoms of Tuberculosis Ti,« what part of the animal is attacked K^"??*°?' "^^P^^^ "P°" lungs are the most frequently affec'edL*''" '^'T'^' ^s the of symptoms begins wk a cou^h Th. ^^"\ ''" "^"^' train al dry one and may occur at r^S. i ''°"r^^ '' ^" occasion- through the day. This mav h^?h! ""'/''' frequent intervals some time, but gradualK. - X ^ °"'^ sypmtom shown for cow's condition. She bec'^^es unSfri^'\^^ "°*'"d in the her milk is less in quantity^nd ?hen ^^'k^'"^ *^°"* '^^^ ^leek, From this on to the end th^ nr!." '^^ ^^^'"s ^o lose flesh rapid, and the cow getsThinner ?nT/v^ ^o^" . hill is more When the liver or glands "fth AS""'' ""^'^ '^^ dies, symotoms are usually of ind?4stion.nT^" ^'t" ^^^^^ed the IS the form frequently seen in vonn„ ''i ^'^rrhoea, and this come infected through the mHk ^ '''^'''' "^^'"^ have be- eas^ r; "x^-s^Tn'^'S^^'i^S;"' ^'^* ^'^y -^--Ve dis- tectable. Such case? irp^nT "^ f "7 symptoms bein^ de- and the Post mSm'^'eSn'aTon'o^ \' ^"berculhf teTt. very surprising. ^xammation of such cattle is often . Symptomatic Anthrax or Blackleo. pt i , IS scientifically known, ''s^motom.f; 'TZ^'^*',^^^^' ^r, as it caused by a germ wh cl^S a 'c's.'f .."^V 'J ^ ^'^^^se some ms.gnificant wound fr 'JJl^u'^^.'', ^he body through caused by a gePm wh cl/S ?'c ,'t"*V.^"-K f' ^^^^^ some ms.gnificant wound or scratch .n°, ^^' -5?^^ through in the tissues, producing a chararterl.- ''^'^,1^ multiplies crackling sensation felt on handHnt ^^ "i ^^^^'hog. The ed by the gas which is g ivf n off b^'"l^"' '^' ^^"^- and cannot escape from beSh ,u ^^ , ^^^ ^^^"i-''- Js caused by the toxins nrrf.- *^^ ^'l^'"- I^eath germs, which get into the hinn/T""";' P^-oducts of the lar to snake v^enom As the ger'm n^f'?.^"".-"" '^''' ^''^•- m the soil of infected past'rfs T^ ^ • '^"'''''' ''"'"^'"^ "" ' "^ ^= iniporrant to know wing. t should I have done ? nd should have been proper points are to and at the upper part d when removing the >oiic solution before eful to get the edges 2. Horse hair makes 1 be carefully washed r mmutes. months old, with a 1 egg. describe, will gener- tid you should there- to or three months Lfter the colt is six him to a veterinary iRer from the oper- mdently expected ptoms depend upon he disease. As the •ans. the usual train 3Ugh IS an occasion- s frequent intervals ypmtom shown for be noticed in the her coat less sleek, egins to lose flesh, down hill is more ■r until she dies, ^n are affected the liarrhoea, and this es which have be- 'ery extensive dis- nptoms being de- he tuberculin test, :h cattle is often blackleg, or, as it ■ax," is a disease he body through -apidly multiplies swelling. The irgement is caus- by the germs, skin. Death products of the e an effect simi- disease remains ortant to know Things Worth Knowing. 49 how it can be prevented. The Pasteur vaccine is the most certain preventative known, and when properly used will^en der the cattle inoculated proof against the disease duHng 'he dd""rf Sr./" •^^'■'^ '' '^ "^^^- ^' -^^"'^ ove'r two ?ear vounl stock > w t you undertake to do, be nure rnat you carrv it onf K i-u^ u Vt """"■ •^'"^'- "^' <'S'';h?,'carr: Tt^ '' " """^ bene- Milk for a Foal.-_o W t , sSP" -e&S; ,t: =' s :;. t ! cofus „T'"V*""'<'"'^ -armed trL7o„^"S! '' "-'.><'o'^^irr„ thai when The coi, i '""'""" ''^^S,t°rvl^Tr-,^°T '"^ three or fo„r tta es a d.'"""."' "'"^ y«> S fee/l'!""^' f "•grain, begll,"-, / ,J;7^' /» soon as possib ^tf hi„°t '"'• ^""""'^ "^ 5'»f „^.l't w°f,S™eS'^rofe i?'^° Hand-Raising Colts _n n aTd I^nc^dThlr.^ '''' ^?'h~S'" 'I'h.^lr '' '^ ^he best ^ them to work constantiv on Ih^'^ "^^"-^ '" foal ving. rk wiJI be more than his strength and be n Ayrshire bull, that air, was so wild and "m to the show. A the rope, broke him ' him. It took them >il should never be ^i-d of fatal results ^'^«1 oil ,n mistake I change in the oil Pcniaps the mater- directly poisonous i& Js a most bene- ■avy coat and are ire the liability of Jays following the I causing the coat ig- In fact, it is nas been clipped him looking de- y tell me how I . have near her ? 'ine and how of- ■ Should it get and how much ? ' milk chiefly in "lit half as much e average cow's ?aring a young ■ proportion of the quantity of nd sufficient to 'nilk. To each teaspoonful of _ and when the nree hours for 'gradually, so feed him only ''e get him to l^en from the ole oats. 's to the best "lares in foal Things Worth Knowing. for^natuS?£eSo3, \'n,'To' JluTr 'r\ ' 1^°^^ -^^^'tute mother's milk is us4 the coh nl '''' ^"'^^^t.tute for the would have if reared A the na urnf''^' ''"?. ^' ^^^" ^' he take the foal from its mother nfn ^''^- ^ ^^^ ^^^''^'^ to something to take tl e dace of t u .''i' ' '"^''"'^ ^^ ^'^en secreted, which is a naU ral laxat^ive tn T'"^' "" ^'''' """< and causes a proper evacuation nfr k° ^'^' y°""g ^"""al, of sweet oil may be given for^M. I' ^""''t-r ^^''^^ ^ ^"Pf" to get the foal to 5r!nk Dur n^ fu %''''' ?'^°'''^ attempting should be fed every three hour? Irn^'' .^'J^ ^'''>''^ ^^e foa1 interval as the colt grows older p^m'^"''^'^ lengthening the The milk must always l7e fresh svvee '""'"f '° '"' ""'^''^ ^^^d. be diluted with a little me w.ter .nH """'' V^'j ''^'"' ^^ould The difterence between t^e mi k nf '^^^^tened with sugar, yiat the former contains mo^^fnf.n'', '"'''' •''"^' ^^ ^ c°w is The addition of lime water nnrL'' f^'"" ^"^' ^^'^ casein. It more nearly resembTe mare" m f^ ' '" ^°^^'^'"ilk makes still IS deficient in fat. S ' ^, ^ " 'T-P°''/'°"' ^ut it cream or as a cheaper substiJure hnt. tl '" ^^'^ ^^ape of seeds being strained Sff Li ne wnVer '' ^'"'^ ''''^ t^'-^- the yourself by placing a lumn o? nn^^ r '''" "'"^^''^ "^^ "^^^'e for ma pail of water, allovvTtos?andfor"'%-' ^''^''. ""^ ^ ^rick off and use the clear portion ArU / f \T^ ^"^ ^^on pour to each pint of milk,'^and "'lame .1^ ^''^'^'f p°°"f"'s of this soon as possible get the cnft 'f'^^^^^^^aspoonful of sugar. As h.m a little oatmeS from the han f \nd '• ^'^^'' V offering this he will eat a few crus^.-^.^^^^^-^-^^-eiishe? Colic in Horses c i horses on new grain sIow?ytTtt,fTv^f,^' *^^'" ^o start digestion and colic. What an, ies nl " '' "^^ ^^"P^^"" "^ ''"- cable to cattle put im or fL j^ ''°''''^l,'« ^^"ally appli- ration witha smalamotmtnntil fi'^'"^-- ^^^'" the meal tomed to it. Don't ry to crowd ttVf ™''\'^'^^""^^ ^^^"'- w. 11 soon have indigest on and mT ^T"" ^^' ^''^ ^^ they ollovving article on the subiec nf^nl''"l" PjPgress. The V.S in the National sfockma? i? L '• > 9 ^ ^mead, - that we reproduce it for °he Kfif of ^"""^ ''"'' ^° ^he point In the humorous columns of -imnlr^T'" "'""^""^ readers : A farmer was complaining ^n .n^^ I ^ ''''''^, ^^'^ following : not know what was fhe m"?te? with h?/^''''"^''""!;^^^* he cHd everything he could think of-conV,,>' ''°''^-'. ^^ had tried snec.f^cs-but to no purpose tT' ??'''''"'' ''^"^ ""^^^^ flesh. A stable boy who was sHnW;7 k'' ""* ''"'''•"^'^ '" 'Did you ever try oaL ""' Now I ^^ V modestly asked. occurred, neither do I know thA. ?" ^ ''""^^ ^^here this I have heard farmer , anT tctnsn^nnl"' T'"^ ''' ^^e time horses make such compla" ts nnd fh '^ ' '''^'''; ^^''^^ "^^ned well they fed and cared for thefr^ '" ^^ ''^"^^ t^" ^e how nist how the boy elt for I havP K ''■ ■^";^- ^ ^^" ''"'''^"■ne actly and perhaps said vvhat he did on? '," h''^. P.o'-'tion ex- -I hardly think I have ^hv^v\ Tl.; ? ^ ''^ ''"^ '^ modestly when he suggested ont. ^i n^f • i ^ ''°y ^^'"^^ probably right lots of timeTbut ftd'\o ':!!:' 1^"^% I have don^ that' To Illustrate: A large numLr'"nf'v,'"'" '""^ ^J^^^t I could. -Pa,red digestion. broC^Tn ^1 ^cS'„ 'J tX^'Z^^S! 52 Things Worth Knowing. II I compelhnpr tTiem during the first winf.r r.( .u ■ ,• on dry, innutritious foSd with -. T. t.°^ H'^.''' ^'^^^ to live nubbin or two of corn tn W ^u^'^ t^"^^"' °^ oats or a say. Right there is ?he bLi^nlL n'f"' ^T/ I' ^^e fogie^ ^ The Beginning of Much Colic In .1''°'''''^ '^°"^- horses that are subject to atMH;7;^ r'^^ P^"" ""*■ ^^ the weakened in colthood wh rh r.n^ '°''^ ^he digestion was dainty feeders. A hard drive I^^^^u' ^^T '" ^^^'^ '^^e Httlc excitement and nhvsicki'nih *^'^ '? V'" ^ "^^^1- A little warm, or exposed to a dr--'?'"'^" •^"^"'""d ^^en a the colic. I think it c-in .^.1 if^ -I ^"' ^"^ ^^ey have of the colic thVttxistsTmofgtrseJt d'f to''? ^^^•';^"^• brought on n rn]fhnnri u ■ ""^'''*^s is aue to a condition is thi remedy ?'° F rst th^ev'T,?rK ^'i'""^- ^h^t. then, food that will as far as nossihr^. ^.'i'^ "P^H.^ class of stomach in its impaired s ate .nri'.V''' condit ons of the for colic is produced bv the Wm I'' ^''"'^ ^digestion, That is all there is S it and all tht "°^ S'T^''^ digesting.' pain and stimulate d Jestlon Jn^ .^ '''"«:^' ^°"^ '^ ^o quiet cription for whi?h wilf be iiven bi]n' '%'' " '"'"'• ^ P''^^' ther reader. I know II wef if T J" ;u ^°''' "'^ ^^^^^ ^ro- but few. if any of vo \Jn 1 ' / ^ ""' S'' P'-'-'^cription now, cle, and I want you o^aSwhaTr "h^r' ""'''-^^ ^'^'^ ^••^'- more benefit to vou tlinn f n Jc • J ''^''^J^ ^^'" '"-' of far . hunting for reme^d'es and ra'r rhSlTor f "^'^ ''^'".'^ /'?'^^''^>'^ But in this word lee ure we are ^nPnV / l''^"'^ °^ ^'^^^^e- talk cause as well as cure ^ ^ *° ''^''^ °"'" ^^y ^"d as'i;:te°s^a?ed'^S'?o7n?in"th""'" °"^ °^ ^'^ '" Worses, to eat food like mothv Hv fnr°fn?"' ^^P^'I^n^ the colt with little or no gra^n rJt.on^lil/n ?''' ^^1 °' "'^ "^o^ths, contain nutrition Yn" mire concen/4^^^ 7^'^' ^''■''' ^^ich a form that is more Tasilv Zp«/i4 i"'!'"; ^"^ also in chemical constituents Oats%fe^Sv ?K l^'^'T^ '" '^^ themselves for a colt or horse f.,=fL? balanced ration in that is all. Timo?hy hay cnm^;n<= ^ ^- *°° concentrated, forming elements as is needed .n"^ ^''T i' "^H^^ of the heat makers^ Wheat bran sHi^/"^!^"^ about half the muscle us feed bran two part oats one nfr/'^^''^ proteins), so let one pound of the mixture to evif\'"i^"^"^'*''' °f about and let the colt have what tLn7h^ hundredvyeight of colt, a rule it won't grow So a W<=/ /^ r ,^'" '^*- ^"^ as and habit. If it be clove? LvZthf '?''ty temperament ter, but don't, don't don't fr,7f ^""^ ,*^ ^^,^'^' a" the bet- wholly live upon it. ' It "s too^dk?'"'''."'? J'"'^ ^^""^ balanced as a ration too much of -> 'n^i^ although fairly order to get sufficien nuS'on and'^dL^'i-" ^° ^ '^*'" '" in consequence. Feed the ho?."c' d'^restion is weakened s nothing will take tL place JfoatT.'n^'f'^'P'u^^*^- There titles of about half a oound fn ! °/*^ and feed them in quan- and then don't feed T?he clover^'l""^'""^ "^'l^^' '^^'oh, eaten in an hour's time In fart n A^ """'tf ^^an will be one^time more hay of-an^" k1?d tJ^^^^^^ ^^ - /r^ll/cL?l^Tli: :; Si'se'^n^r^ 'f '^^^'"^ ^ ^ Even horses that were weII^fed'"f.o"r4ru-^°'-rf ^^ '^?.'-^"- tion weakened by bad feeding in m"ature"ifr^SomThS' their lives to live dful of oats or a rt,' as the fogie^ clr six months, at bran, which n. and also in ilanced in its need ration in concentrated, ch of the heat lalf the muscle oteins), so let 'ties of about eight of colt, 1 eat, and as temperament I all the bet- little fellow hough fairly o be eaten in is weakened oats. There lem in quan- :'ght of colt, han will be Id be fed at eaten in an Feeding as a , of horses, their diges- ome horses Things Worth Knowing. 53 Th"es?^ra'ins"w.ln '' °'^'? ''""°' '^' 'y^' ^^eat or barley, centratfd to WH "1^'°""'^ into meal are all by far too Con- or even two Ziu "i' f "^ ^^'". "J'^'^^ ^"h oats equally or even two-thirds oats to one of the corn wheat rve or rS'is'X ^ TW ''''"'''''' '^^"""^ ^^" 'dige?,\n'd the rtsult IS cohc. The farmer or man m town who buvs mixed fo\7?uJM^ r^f"' '" ^^'^ ^^y' ^"d will often say when feed i n =fl/''^ 'I '""''"^ ^^'^ '^^''^ '" his ^erse, 'vVhy I feed It to all my horses, and they don't get sick " True enough, but all horses' digestions are not equal nor alike any more than people's. What is one maS fooS s ano-' ho7seT'"M?n ''?'.'"^ '^' l^""' ^°'^^ t'-"^ i" the feeding Cf horses. Many a horse is having frequent attacks of colic er i';;rd"n'''t'see°?h',t^'?f ^^'^^ "'^^ \'' ^'"'p'^ because the own- er couldn t see that these mixed feeds were the cause It is with c°nli.'^7 f'^P"'/!?'"^ ''''y ^'"^^ ^hen a horse is taken with cohc if being fed on ground mixed feed to change it o oats. But don't do like many do, change it from a fu feed of ground feed to a full feed of oats. I have seS manv nelirthTe'std^'J;.'" V'f '^'^^"^?' ^^^^^^^'^^^ if the'^^Js wer^ newly threshed ones. Always, when a change is made drop to half rations and work gradually up to ••; -ull one to^.ZcSJTl.i G---R/^ht h'ere' Tmust" ca^rattention feJ ,fnH? ''i* i"'-''"^ '"^"'^^ ^"- ^'^- withholding grain Sensed Th'f ^^.°'" '^ l'^"''"^^,- Then the grain is ra$ d y increased. The extra labor and the extra food combined causL'of"coH'c"''N"''^,".^'°"- J'lf^^ '^^ ^ f^- 'f 'he -any causes ot cohc. Now let us briefly consider what eoes nn duc??hhTorble°"H''^ ""' '"^ ^"'^^^'^^^ '" -d- to'pro- food A rlrv fonH '^^ ^^^'"^ '°"'^' '" ^^e character of the ?act aVeen fnnrl P'-^duces an impaction of the alimentary tSon ¥t there^or^^if n7''^ fed. produces gaseous fermen- t?eatmenf tn firl ' .°- ^'^^ ^^^iportance for us in the t^Tcon"diii^°s.'"lfirSl'"dry'7oo'd"lnd'''^^ 'f '^°"^^^ °" believe the secretions "ha^e'^b'een°dr e"d' T a'n J^hS" is 'a hardened mass of dry undigested food m the intestines common-sense will tell us it needs to be removed T ere Good Remedies.— Shall it be aloes ? No never Whv ? Simply because a oes increases activitv 0° the bowels hv ESr^ To'^^'tT-- ^'^" \''' ''''''' either epiom o^ hour repeat, and continue to reDearnntil th.,,^ '? "1 bad cases wrine- rinth.: ont n^ », "/ ,f.-Pa^^age is made. In abdomen. Thisis a ireatlni for'cSTc'of This klSd''. '° "= £4 i ■Ml '-'■ hi Tilings Worth Knowing. of Jo°oTl or loo'SudfvJafen ^Dr/esUor^ ^-^'"^^ ^^^ ^^e class Ped, gases are formed by chemir l 'f • '" "" "Iieasure stop- better neutralize the gasfhan . h ,f ^'^"°"- Nothing will ammonia dissolved in inilTi ^ ^'^^^ °""«:e .of carbonate o f bottle. This wil^eli^eve l^t5?.^^"d poured doTnrom Jiourly. Also if the min T °^^ ^"^ can be reoeateH sent to use hypoder:friniec?i;?;' n'f"^' "« physician Ifp:^ drate of chloral as before re^n.^ °^ morph.a. give the hy- repeat. if necessary, every h',fu" ^''^ ^'''' ^'"^'^'" "^^^ ed These I do not Yay^^own °s 'tl- '■ < '''.' '"'" '^ '"''''"■ the two kmds of colic mentToned tf ''"''' treatments for cures and they will save f i. ? ' ^"^ ^^vc them as good recommended ^^'^ ''^^ °^ '"^ny a horse if given as ^opot7 oTot^lZ^t tinct'^ '^^?^ ^- -"-ciiate nio is and the spirit of n t?e Keeo "n'. °^ T''"^,' ^"'Phuric ether boSl^^^^SS^tj;^!" 1^^^ --'^?^tnte ^as;;rC;a£i- -^^si.^^ ^°- '^^s .-s treatment"; ^^Eke'o n "ouf "ether^ ''''' ^° ^^' ^°"°wing one ounce, and mix wel with Sn ' °"' °""'^^; laudanum, the (lose to be given to Tmof °"u"^'' "^ ^^^ter. This is Peated in one hou^r if ^h^s^m'jS d'o°S s^u"bLcl^.^^ ^^ ^^ Bloody Milk n aa/t, bloodv milk ? The mw ;:''^i'' *^'^ '^^"^^ of a cow giving tion. first calf. Been mHk nJ ll'' ^'^'^ °'^' '" good fondi? till lour weeks ago ^'"^ '^'^^ '"°"ths ; milk was good -i«red'!rtti'fk■■Xn^^rd^t^Ef^^:;'^ ^'-^ vessel is duct.on is active the gland is n^n '\' ^''["^ ^^en milk pro gest.on. All its bloocl vesse s "re hT ^J Phyf-'ological fon- anc^ a very slight blowfs sufficient ^ ^'^tended with blood so-ne of the smaller ones or .'n-*'' ^'''"^^ the rupture of ^•^es place. In treating thscSndit'ion' '"^^ ^^'"^ '^ blood reduce the activity of the mill I'J""'. anythmg which will "} checking the produ tion of ^hln"n^ '"" t""' ^^ood efTec day and reduce the^gedt' mtVa^t^S^^ ""'^ ^^^ ^ ying she co'^meS^Tv';"' ,?^^ '-^^^"^ ^-^ days after cal- '^A!^r[rr^;/"^^^''^t s^;-- «- --^lt the drug store and b'a littlelnto'.^^^"""^ ^•"^•-enf at tvv.ce a day. Mi,k out clean four time! ^^T'"' °f ^^e udder much gram or bran until the uddeMs bett' '"^ ^°"'^ ^'"^ Barrenness O ~.\Aru^4. 12 years of age, t Z?' ''" ^' ^°"« ^° ^et a mare, of hilled by the class n a measure stop- n. Nothing will e of carbonate of oured down from can be repeated physician is pre- liia, give the hy- ith the ginger and le pain is reliev- 1 treatments for c them as good lorse if given as nmcdiate u?e is sulphuric ether ed bottle. Dose, 'our down from 'lorse lies quiet th following nee; laudanum, water, l^his is nd may be rc- ibside. a cow giving n good condi- iiilk was good lood vessel is apes into the rom a trivial len milk- pro- 'ological con- -d with blood le rupture of :i"8- of blood igr which will a good effect ^ good dose "g of such a only once a ys after cal- )ne teat. It ointment' at >f the udder d don't feed a mare, of Things Worth Knowing. 55 ei^Td'ue^'In H?."°' '""V'?," "" ''".«,'^ symptom that might give a clue to the cause of the trouble, 1 can onlv deal with barrenness in a general way and leave you to seSt the Sar cIsfprT.' ^°^ ^"'"'^ '"^^^ approf^rfite to Ihif par! of barrenness 'fn"^' t^^"" ^I'Hun^-Tates the following causes and nnnT. '"T- ^''^ J^perfect development of the ovary of the S;?,^'"'fA°"f ? T ' ^^^ 'y'''' ^"^ ^th^"- tumors ot tne ovary , (c) fatty degeneration of the ovarv in very obes., pampered mares; (d) fatty degeneration of the excre^ tory tobes of the ovaries (fallopian tubes); (e) catarrh of the of7ie' womh"w;>r"'^"7'^"^ "^'''^'^'^^ ■ (f> i-table condt ion 01 the womb with profuse secretion, straining and ejection of sion'n?'."^,= ^^^ r^T^ irritability, leading to the same expul- .Zl ^^ ""^'^ ''^"''^"t = Ci) li'*?'i condition (plethora) with profuse secretion and excitenrent ; (i) low conZion dr 'J'-'T-^'^''' maturation of the ovum and adc of s xuai dffiase's HI f° d- ^'i'^'f overwork, and chronic deb litati^ diseases, as leading to the condition just named ■ fk^ clnsiir^ entj^y^i.'ffl^ ,m^ >r"' '^T'^''-^ ^^ ^I'm,' or'^perma" entiy oy inflammation or induration ; (1) closure of thp Pn trance to the vagina through imperforate hymen a ra?e though not unknown condition of the mare (nT'acauired areTst r to tt'llf"^ '" old.hard-worked^mtesXch are nrst put to the stallion when aeed • (n^ rIi-,no-» Uf -,1; mate has been repeatedly followed by barenness'^%°)^ hv-" bndity. which m male and female aliL usuaHy enia Is^ter- y. The impregnator is a small rubber contrivance for dlatmg the neck of the womb and is only u eful in the of closre'orthe"necT ')' .^'-^^'"^ u^'^h ^^ ' thif condition 01 Closure ot the neck of the womb, f merelv soasmndtV and not caused by disease, may be rectified bvca^efnTdiln Of the other causes enumerated some arp inrnraKIp ^«-i,o^ arnenable only to surgical operations and ome w^i °hem l^neLZT'' ^'^\^PP;9^P'-i^te line of treatment Fatty d^-' !,T^ °" '^ combated by an albuminoid diet (wheat bran fn. ^nd"f^^°";*'!]*• r"/^^"'^ted work; starchv saccha?: oLr "An ^ ^^.°M ''^""'^ ^'. ^^'^■ded (wheat, corn poL- ejection ^^f", ^^f '' '^°"'^: ^'^^ ^'"^^"^"^ straining and the ejection of a profuse secretion, mav sometimes be corrected fatigue' wiir^cttenefic' \f '"^ "^" '"^^"'''^^^^ work E^en ffoi^f .Y act beneficiallv in some cases, hence the orar- Xvl %u^'^^ '■'•^'"? his mare to exhausHon%st before service. The perspiration in such a case like the action of L,^^fiP^r' ^'i^^ abstraction of blood us before service L" e5i^^; ^^^^.^^^^"^.^he b'ood vessels leL fulk b/leLTnin'. ing the-t^deiic/^' thrij^tS:^^Sd U^s'S's^S'-i «1 Things Worth Knowing. I - 1 these means are ineflfertini n f„ii j 'Jrachrns), or of saS'maj at llmes'°arsis?.'' "'"^''°'- ^'^° Premature Birth n w- three weeks before time W. ^.5°"' ^'^"^'^ ^^^t her calf and water; staWed Cow i^ Lf ^'"^J''^"'^ °^ ^^^^ '^^y cause, and is the disease T„fStfo°us'p'' '"'"'""• ^^'^^ '« ^^e stancTs wnfoc" «/ vvui'.ou'T:;^: i"'''^'''^"^' ^"^ '" "^^"^ i"" of your cow, here is Lf Tn '^"^"'"^ ''^^''^'- ^" the case lil^ely to induce it h„fT ^^ mentioned that would be cas/of abo tirn,'L^"^f^pS ,?rb"frth" Vlf ^^'^ff'^ "°^^ animals the fo ms is a ^ o ^'T' '','' "°^- ^" bovine clays too soon and d erefCr. n ' !!'m^ '?• ^^'•" thirty-five thirty-five days prev ous to tlf. , ^^'' ^'V^''"''^ P^'"^" ^^^^1" not an abortiin\ura"prenKuure''bK. ''"'' °^ ^^'^'"^ '^ Protruding- Vae-irm r\ aim the cure of a mare ImlSTny f * " ^^^ '^"^^^ ^"^ ^l^^t as large as a goose 0^';,^,^:^':"^" '''^'^'"^' '" '' '« ^^'°^' mare lies down She Sf.' ^3 , "'^ Protrudes when the A.— This oro rnJnn f ., ' ^"^ ^^^^^^^s well. is not uncoi^t.^on rmare'^;? en '' ^''^'"^f >^^'^" '>'^"^ down suit of a relaxed condSon of TiL"''; '""t"^ '' "^^'"'^'y the re- and does not calWo" an? tre ttmenf 'a ^' '' "°^ dangerous not stable the mare on a floor l^-f^^' M a. preventative, do rear, as that would hav? a tendencv't^ '^'"^'^ ^^°P<= *° ^^e ble Occasionally a cyst mav^orm L fu ^^^7/''^^^ ^he trou- and protrude at times nf/ v l^ '" ^P^ ^^'^ o^ the vagina tic feel, and the acfof be ine conln ^^^^' ^^ ^'^ ^ense els' other. It may be cured hi fn.;"^"^"^ ° °"^ ^ide or the treatment. '^'^ ^^ incision and calls for surgical Removal of Afterbirth _n ixrt, . • , for the removal of the afterhirTh -I'f .u' *^^ ^^^t method operations which may L nece 2rv li''", '°^^ " ^'^ ^"V A-R.n.^ ,u /^ "''^'^>' difficult or dangerous ? we^loiLlTnl^^o \"lVVe^-f"^ -^ best method. The and the afterbi;th separated f?om L^'^''^'",*" ^^e womb taching the cotyledons from t rierZT^ ^^ ^'"^'^ ^e- ooking growths which pToect from fL''^""'.^''' 'P°"^ womb and are attached t5 it bv a sLi u f"'^^'^ °f *he There are some hundred of th.L ^O'^^^hat narrow neck, birth is attached to everv one ' f^ ^ '''°"' ""^ ^^e after- In removing it the coSnn ,•= *^'^'","?0'-e or less closely, first finger and thumb are "ed^I'n'Pf^- '" 't ^^"d and the The difficulty of this is onlv in .^ "? "^ ^^' afterbirth. IS very close"^ and firm and when ,h' "^^''^ "'^ attachment dons are beyond the ;each "f he hind "'t^"!?'^ ''^^^'- sul^orinleavii^^fT^^when^mte..^ Ig. of^ camphor (two Things Worth Knowing. 57 St hich lost her calf enty of good hay What is the ion. and in many in- luse. In the case id that \vs"- early staRc, w hen pc'rinnf th A '^'"'^^''""K vvrong in the ncss, loss of appedtc Snd ucrhL'V;'P'°"/' '"^^ '^« dull- sacro-sciatic Iiga,„Hu'kno',rfo '^'../'''' '"'^^''^'at'on of the you may be ab e iVv nmn !/ cattle-nicn as "dropping," from taking place, \etis 1^^%'" P''^^'^"' ''»''"'•»'"" 'n a box stali or quie corner vheV^h'" "n'? P"' "'^' ^°^^ other cattle and not likdvfn ./.''' V' '^^' ■'^f^*'»''t f"-""! 'Jose of m(^ie.,,c to n i.t th. n ^J'^turbed. Give her a .o With the othi^-jt/i sssrr^-;itf^- X^r buVn'o 'btr;?.^ ^o'e?;^ '^ ^"r ^"^ '^•^•-'''^ ^f- cow.' and and keep th7cow apar from' . h''"''' '"^".^ .^^'"^'^ ^^'^^ding, ceased. ^^'^ ''^°'" ^'^crs untd all discharge has Epizootic Abortion This Hn,i «f i .• tagious and spreads from animni fn n °"^" " ^'^'^'^ ='^"- dischargc coming from The covvh.fo'"'''i ^^ "^^^"^ "f the sion of the foetus. Tcent rcsearrhn'"- ?^ t^^" ^''^ ^^-^P'"" disease have discovered n'rmi^., >nto the cause of the access to the grnitarpa^s-iS of fh ''^''■'"'"'/^'"'^'' ^•''*"s and gradually invades X utcrn nf '°^' "^"'tiplies there the separation of the p lacent. h °' ""T^^' ''^''- i^ causes foetus) from the womb When L''"'''^"' enclosing the brane has taken plac? the foetus 5f. ''PT'-^'°" "^ ^hc mem- contraction of the womb ''"'^ " '''P'"^^ by the of'Ja^f c"7le'by'^^e"n^s""rSlf'r ^^^ ^erds measures. The former cons st in i hy^'^".'^ and curative o abortion from among the et ofthlu''^ "J '"^^ ^^^^« of the dead foetus, membranes and soiled h'^:,"^''' ^""""'"^ dismfection of the sf^ihl^ k r soiled beddmg. and the of carbolic °cid or some otheT' ""^a^ ^-^ '^' 'i^eral ise treatment consi ts in Te Cref^f"""^ arftiseptic. Curative parts of the cows everv hL , ifu' ^^^^mg of the genital this purpose a ?arrd n,av L^ '''] ''^"t'^^Ptic solution. For cbove the cows and fitted u^Jh^r'^K''" *^" ^''°'- ^^ the loft noz.le. The barrel is filfedvvith .''?'?•'• ^^'^^ ^ ^"'table sublimate in water in thpnr^.^/• l°'"tion of corrosive caw in turn has the vagi^S?/ on/ ' -.cT '^"^ ^^^^ This treatment may entai" a^nn^ /" ^r^^ *^^ solution, has proved successful 'n eradic^Hnl fv ' °/ ^'■°".''^^- but it which had been troubled with ifll'' ^ ''^"' ^'""^ ^"^^ other so-called curative taCnfs iZ IfJ^Tj i'^S^^.^^ The Bull and Abortion Tf i, u bacteria or germs which cauTe inf.^.V ^^^" J°"?^ *hat the mam in the genital nrilncf '"factious abortion may re- period. and Say bV S ° ,^"l. '"^n'l ^°^^ ^°'- ^ ^°"g other females. No symp" mst^'p^.tc^d' -*Se^^"^'^' 4 i- — m.^o ,;. tne maic and e- is seen there is no ner it is over the 'I. you are obser- iing wrong in the 3"is may be dull- relaxation of the '1 as "dropping," prevent abortion s to put the cow >" br apart from <^d. Give her a h as bromide of •f water. Repeat not let the cow lave elapsed. ite the cow. and soiled bedding, ill discharge has 'n is highly con- ay means of the after the expiil- he cause of the 111, which gains multiplies there whuu it causes e enclosing the •n of the mem- expelled by the 3Ut from herds : and curative 511 of all cases 1 the burning Wing, and the the liberal use >tic. Curative >f the genital solution. For 3or of the loft vith a suitable of corrosive .^<^^ .and each the solution. ■0"ble, but it e from herds md in which ied in vain. ind that the • ion may re- ' for a long ansferred to he male and Thinprs Worth Knowing. 59 :•; is not known whether he plays only a passive oart in conveying the infection from /emale to femalf ir no7 n any ca.se, where a bull has been used on ati-'f-cted Female rbirtine'nit'Tt ■"•' "'"',«l-»f'-'^y "» r"^''- for a co'„^■^er-■ a nn e of 1 f .w ' "P""^'':'^' V^ '-^^y I'^^vv long ; it might be a matter ot a few days only, but poss biy of weeks Our iErpoint:;"''^*^^' "• '^^^ •"■^-- -^ ver'y incTmpIete^on wintTwTre7rh''T^-^- ^ ^'"^^^ ' "'"^ that last winter appeared to be always in season, was served twice by a horse this spr.ng. and now is continually strain U and passing water m small quantities ; is ffett i^verv K wl • ".on'nfter No^ "I'^^l'i '''"^'^ f''^''-'^ '^""- VSre" served soon alter No 1, discharged white matter for 1 time then .T'ifthe w"h1?:i^ ' ''"''''''' ^'"^ ^'- sta;te7ag\i^"\S a jns^^h^^rsrtnu^^t^x &';i:-rtrs:^::^s ;« ^shin/mit' dll ^''^'""' '°f' tr^-tment."Tl^s co?S?in twice .^dav To ?^H • '"''' ''] ■'^"ti^^Ptic soluion m,. or twice a day To !o this properly requires a suitable -w.tr^ atus and this is not often available at a f.irmer's estnl' ' Sa ntris^ he T'"^ ''^"•' f '""^ ^•'^ feeE orrubSef no'se wirn a no/zie is the proper appliance to use but an efficient be^losf The'hoT'''""'f^^;!"^^;' ""^ "^ ' pail andTomf rub- oer nost. J he hose is to be fastened to the bottom of the fhi^^ ''f' ^ ^^y }^^^ '^' fl"id in the p.?il will un ou? through the hose when permitted. This Ipparat s i" used tYe hn "/• ^'ir ''"' ^'^'^ t'.'^ '^"•^- then inse?tiSg the end o m're's back The^'Sni ?'%'^'' ""''^ ' ^^^^ or two above the lucire s Dack. i he Huul wil pass gent v throuo-h tVi^ fI14^o and ,rr,Ratc the diseased mticcns membrane effectually j:^ 'c:'ri£ef 'pa^^'^Hif irr'ir.tr'n,s?e"-.hr^ In addition to this local treatment, feed the marc liberallv e'xtra^rof'Y"' f''^? ' ^^^, '" ^''' ^'^^ ^ teaspo^nfSl of fl kf extract of hydrastis canadensis :. a,7;r;'o'„"S.^^ no?^''e"a1le";'„'';'."Cir?oaT'' T,"!:' ifj as general treatment. Get a large svr nge and wash out the FbnTl?'''.^%TV "^^y ^^i^h Ihe foHowing lotion •- Fluid extract of hydrastis canadensis, one ounce warm water one quart. Give her in her feed twice a daf a Tabl?- spoonful of the same fluid extract ■ Swollen Udder._Q._What is the best thing to use to o,^r'<: . '^" ^^' ^?''^ '^^''^"^ '" a yo""g COW'S udder as I ^^^coming in very much swollen ? A.— Milk frequently, gently and thoroughly. After milk- ing rub the udder for somp fim^ ,.ritu ..,i^u„_„. '^ 'Ijl""^, goose oil in equal parts. If the uddeV is Sfcld paYn- 60 Things Worth Knowing. idd,S,T„1f,XtS.tbt^. " """ --"' '■">« a day in balhc 1I.C uddor ll,S?lehIv w?,l, T ?"""'' °' ^Psom salts, l«as.. K„b gently ^d'fo^roSly a ,cTc"-;:c.;t!;H " ''"^■1' soap liiunicnt. Rub until rlrv r- ? " bathing with i" a few days. Ckan tl le uL-^ n' '"""^ 'f 'i'*^^^ «*" salts ing. This not on y ec s tlK mill H ""^^'^ ^'^""''^ '"'"^- sore teats. If t'he tc- ts Lp n. '^''-*'''"; ''"' "^^^^ many iine. This may VaWyo^Sa^rSfS.:^""'' '^""""^ ^^^^- Lump in Udder n _T i,., lias a lump growinL^ in'h/r ST "^ "^^.^'^ calved cow which is very sore when 1"ouched t' "f ^^^'^r^' ^ ^^'^t, which go blind. touched. 1 am afraid that that teat will if th^tTaf if t^o'o so7e TJ'lZt' T "^'"^^ ^ '"'"^'"^ ^"^e twice a day and a terwirdi) .1 ■ ^TV'^ '^'^'^ ^^t water ointment : Iodide of n'^nic-'' '? '"^ ^'"'^ °f the following ounces. "^ °^ Potassium, three drachms ; lard, tw5 on stimulatiS'fooJ e^nosuJo^'f "''",\''-^^ ^^ '^'''' ^-'-^ceding It seldom attfckrthe who e ucl ler'°TI '-^'''■"^' '"J"-"'^^' '"'^'^ swelling, heat, pain and redness ^'iV'""' -S^'^^''^^^^ ^''"^^^ whey-like. and' mixed with M.;.^ i'^ ""'^^ '« curdled, dnce milk-making food Draw h^"^' ..^'v"^^^^ cause. Re-' milking tube if n?ces?a;y. l7The ;eSr^ir'"'"^'^K "f"^ ^ udder for an hour or niore wiVh h . . ^ ^^"""^ ^^^^^^ the tract of belladona, To? glycer nl 9 "" ' ^•''''' ^'"'^^ «^- three times daily with mild fricJon cZ". I """-^ ""'^ ^PP'^ flu.d extract of belladona three imes ^Xn ''''''P^°"^"^« gne Epsom salts, 1 lb.; ginger'.'/o^.^ ^^f/,; l^qu'aT ''*'^' Milk Fever Tiiic /i i j r tative measures tha ^nv ?ftor , °V' ^'^\'! "^'^ ^^^ P'"'^^'^"- to have milk fever, giTe iK-JlSftHi^r " '" ^ " '-"^ '"'^""'^^ fore and after calling Keen h.l k ^ "^^^^ ^'^ "^""-c be- Pated : in fact, it i f good ^nj'^n , ^^^^'^ °P^". if consti- salts before and after cilv.W ^M *? f'^ ''^^^'■^' ^oses of on f^ush of pastt^re or ve-J^i,.5"^^ '^f^^^' ''^^ with cows consists in givinra do e ^f SK ^"^'^'l"^- ^he treatmen along the spine, blanket nnVf' '"^PP'^'"?? mustard paste of s. n and warm wl"er Intern'^']. '''•"^ ^'^^ injections whisKc> every three hours ^"'""'""^ ^'^^ one half-pint of Stoppage of Teat— O — Milrli .^ - . closed up by a small hard h,nm nn.7 ' ^'"^ ^""^'"'^ --^'"^"^t quarter of the udder lrl% \u^ul '^*'^? ^^'"•^ ^ore. That teaspoonfuls of hX'^S .^ .""''"' .""'^ '-^ ^^^ well with electric o\\ h I ST ^^'^ extracted. Rubbed t .Rives a smaller quantiW ormlllf '^S^' •■^^?'" ^'^'^^P^ ^^at thKs the teat was ^cut .i^^^t^ wl'th r^fc/^^.^^-J^ ,r#'* '-^-' that valuable one Thi?Ht •'^'^'' ""'?'" ^he horse is a very m:^-;:^^^ in"d?f?ir"e1.t''a^„iS^ir'. -f. -quires cure under any circumstances Sr^T^t" ",•'' ^''^^"'t ^o extent by avoiding toseTrtJeies of ?^^^ [^''."^'^ to some gravate th. diseasf in anVprrHcular ani'mS''"' "^" *° ^^- th"Xe^as:':'?cnwiie ;7aU"' Lf mo ?"^'"^"'l^ ^^^-- treatment is greater tlnnthfwnrfl T.u'* ^^''.^^s the cost of is not often effected ° *^ ^"""^^' ^"d a cure -To find area of a circle-multiple square of diameter by .7854. To height ro^find content of a cylinder-multiply area of base by the teaspoonful of the I the feed twice a xen, as soon as I consequently gets at would you ad- years old. wing powders :— :ntian, 8 ounces ; Mix together and gallon of chopped See that the hay ass. n ox, seven years lint, that is, they i runs like diarr- hing but hay. mproper food or 1 the water pure, )ssibly it may be when it attacks lowing powders : I galls, 6 ounces; vide into twelve ottle of gruel. :o Cure no satisfactory t some of your them tested by ire so rare, that lorse is a very numicated from » cattle. 1, and requires is difficult to lieved to some ch seem to ag- igiiish between es the cost of nal, and a cure )f diameter by Things Worth Knowing. 63 ^( U. '.?c by the "Dairy. Clearing Foam From Separator Skimmed Milk. sep'i^^a'tortnUoTl.tfteSnV^^^ ^^^'^ °^ ^^e use of able animals by feechng mmf Vn.T' ^™^"s l^^ve lost valu- came from the^seSah^r S^^'^'li-^^'^^f?.'?."^- j»st as it into the feeding pail I renVon.hr ™'^- ^"'■°»&ti the tap this, the foam is left in th™. ^ """^ !' ^^1^<^" i" doi"g with water, mixed with tt p.^^T^ed' ."d n]% '"^ ""/ ^''"^^^^ nothing wasted." ^ ' " "° ^^^^^ done, and This question was discims^rl nf fi, i • ruary, im. Mr lS of h t^ • '''''■^^^^^^^''^"tion, Feb- that the foam vvas cau c d hv J o ^'''^ ^'^''°°'' contended too far from the delhery tube nftl!"^ '^' ^'^''"--"'illv- to fall sel receiving the Vl im m I °1 I s^P'-^'-ator. If the ves- so that the fkim milk wo d hTv! T ?'°'' ""^'^'' ^he outlet to fall, the most of ^^^^^Jt^ l^^T^^^ <^'^^ance ' — « ♦ « — — Change Rubbers In Cream Separators. ^n'^n.tJSonT/tlSl ntl^^oTin""^*?,''^^ ^' ^^^^^ '^ is soon^v and soft, and should he "fn'"^'','' ""^ '^^^ ^^'^"'"e ways ,cst to keep a small extr? l^ZY'"^ '"' ,°""- ^' ^' ^^^ shot. ,1 be changed ahou ev^ry fo?r^ ^S:,''^^^ '''^^r '"'"^^ Ret soft and don't hold the h^ic ?"^^' o"" ^''i«^" they "itist set perfectly Icvc and rnn /""{-, '^^^ separator mission. ^ ^^ ^"^ '^"'^ smoothly to perform its "-♦-^ Dairy Briefs. 50V€ that temperature will be al' the better. 'J^he warm^m;n"'""u^ .''."'.^ temperature will 64 Things Worth Knowing. ^ Many buttermakers spoil otherwise good butter by over- to^get^ rift'hettSilk"^" ^'^" ^""^^ -hat is required 4dr.ScS?^- S^-Sl^?^ crea. should be threl^c,u\Xfora\"'rnre^?'sairt"^^'r ^^-^"^^ ^^-^ taken from the churn ' ^'* ^° ^^'^'^ P°""d of butter granilrsLir f^r^^f Z Si7i"T^'^ ^1"^^^ ^^^ the greasy-a very' undeJirabfe Sitlon^'^^'" '^^ ^'^'^^'^ '^' strfl bSeff°ofsc?;?binrthe7r T''^^' ^""-"-'k scales, a good churn and f of nnvc?""'^''' ^ ^"^^" ^^t of Should mill. u. : ^"^ ^'^^' ^ separator. warmedtt":In\'o?Snrtt9V/'°" ^^"^u^^' '^ ^^ould be I'y the addition of warm wSeJ af 1?0 'I ^^'^ "^'-^^ ^e done ten per cent. ^^"^ ^^ ^'^^ degrees, adding about working of the butter°^nd even fnn^^^^ the cream to the The use of chean ^Jl T Packmg ,t should be used. butter eaciryea ?n our'Sad]r^Al?°"^^"^^ °f P°«nds of good salt is compa?at-"eIy snn S u"'"' ^' '^' =°^t ^i nfice twenty pounds of but "r for thP ^-ff' ^'^°""'"y to sac- one pound of salt. ^""^ difiference in price on cept"""aptaranc" ""usTafr £'%\""^'- '" ^"^ way ex- color to the cr4m of each 1 io . "^, * *.° ^* ^•"^^hms of to give the Prope^tint AlwayfaXlh^^ "^.""^ is sufficient before the churning has comm^nL^ ^^ '^°J°^' '^ "sing it, churn has made bu^t a'UTe'oIuSs""''' '''''' '^-'^ '^ ^^e tlcgrccs. during the sorinir =,T™™ J' ''"' "™r above 58 62 degrees, for the winter moMht T, t'- "' ""r" above tl.orn,ometer should be usedTo"reveaP,£ rCSe*^' = , - «„d circ„„.ren:e-T a'^^-le-ria'SX haM woor^ '" "''"""'' --- " ■•" oil will drive easily in JuS^iM"wJseftii™d'a?"8 700™'''''^''' '" "'""i'^l-a in NoTfh t^%°.' ^%f/l'j;''t -ordlng .o Prof. Ladd, of bran, and six and t>?o-thTrd''n°; ""t" o*--°' '''■ '^''^^' '•" -•" "' ^^ ^"S wcignt in shorts. ing. od butter by over- 5t what is required -, cream should be et demands about h pound of butter e churned past the ■n the product is rainer, buttermilk :er, a small set of a separator. jng-, it should be rhis may be done ees, adding- about r without a ther- ough the process the cream to the It should be used, nds of pounds of As the cost of economy to sac- ence in price on in any way ex- U drachms of ndk is sufficient olor, if using it, liter, oven if the ready to churn, never above 58 nn months, and ut never above operative that a iiperature. capacity. ■ Imperial gals. y diameter by drive easily in Manitoba in ?rof. Ladd, of Jts weight in ight in shorts. Things Worth Knowing. Poultry. Preserving Eggs. 66 Dommion Committee on aL^ u ^^a'nmation before the Central Station ^Ottawa fa reS'"' ^- .^- ^^''^ert of the made by himself and Profess^o Shu?/"" I' °^ experiments nts of waterglass rsilicate of sod.f "/^f .^^^P^^^tive me- The waterglass was app fed in a^f^n""^ P'''^'" '""^ ^^t^r. Tests were made of varying nerioHc^ J^^' ■""*■ solution, and the eggs so treated we?e'utfn ^'^^'".the solution where the temperature ran fr.^^jL" ^ ^'['^^ '"side a drawer pntreated eggs was used for co„?i'- "^'^ ^^ ^ ^^^ °^ |s the most expensive applicLfon?nH''°f!'' ^^' waterglass these two experts agree thaffm.^ .^^*^-'" continuous tests practical purposes. The eggs Thoidd ' /' '^' ^"^ ^°^ ^" fresh when put in the lime water Pr'.f^^ ''""cT'^' ^e quite IS as follows .-—Three or fo„!^ ^ Professor Shutt's recipe five gallons of water stirred ^Z"!"^' ° ^°°^ ^^-^^h linie in Jours and then allowed to e?t'eTh'.^l"'^^^^^ ^""^ ^ ^'^ be poured over the eges whLif u ^\^^^^^ water may then ma crock or waterti|h ' b!r e|^^ ^^' been previously placed tion of a pound or so of Mif T."^-^ ^hutt thinks the addi- mended, unnecessary indeed i^' ^'^ /^^''"^^^•'"^s reC- pf a hmy flavor to the e^^' hi T.f ^'^^^ *° ^he imparting the flu.ds within and witSt^'he eg?""^ '" interchange o! imlS^ta^nT'S^f °-^ ^'^ ^^"-ing two points to be all J. rtl tCSlt^\o^fe^ef :ifh"\^" ''^ ^^^-•<^- -d tLV^. — ---'-on an^'^c'on^/qu^e^Ts^S&l/;^ TakS^^j^^ScH^ri'^f ^1^;^ !S r' --"-t results • sal . Pour on to these ingred^n?/ *•'*"'■' ^ °^«- common water, and put in the ejgs felt i^v "'I ^"^''^^ "^ foiling them m. taking them out as rTqmVed " '°'^' ^"^ ^^^^^ Length of Setting Period. fo^ryi^o fodVst fe^sri^Sfr-- ^"'•^^^^^ -^ pea- days- pigeons. 18 da^.. f^m .f-. ^"^^ ^^^s; ducks. 28 fnR /" *^^ illustration ately. It is only a mall lamo w^'H. ^"'•'^^'y f^"d very accur- opening at the side w thT?aver J *A"/himney having an It and against which tie egg isTeld ' '''"'"''^ ^'"^^^d The vllnstration shows the starfJnl ^f *i, fen.Ie egg looks on the seventirZ ^ *^' ^''"'' ^'^ '^°- ^ Ihe genera] olan is tn fPcf fU-^i' ., agam on the fourteenth-uayT but' wgre-sTdlJd eTgs"can"b^ 68 Things Worth Knowing. cttn 1 ^^^ ^^l""*^ ^^y ^"^te as accurately as the dark- shelled ones can be on the seventh day. When held aealnst the hght m a darkened room, with the big e^d up a ferti e S^es'a^p rfeftTer'n.'^^'^^^^^^^ ^'^J^^^ fns?dl"'this inJi- br S oft a chfrk 'rr^il'^' '^ ^'''l" P'^P''" treatment, will S when helf ;n }l' ^,9^^^^^' .the eggs seems perfectly taken nut rt ^^^ ^'^^*' l^ '? '"^^''t'^e and should be n the hou.e Tn^P ^'^ P^'^^'^'y 8°°d ^"d can be used in the house. Sometimes a germ starts and then dies In such a case a black speck will be seen without anv veins Z *S^°'u^ ""^ °' half-moon of red will be seen dlthese should be removed and can be mixed with the feed fo? growing chicks. *^ ^^^^ '°^ th^'fomee\lh°H.f H^'^t-'^ '^^t ^^^°"^^ d^'-ker. and on tne lourteenth day the chick can be seen to move A test then will show any that have died since the first test was made If the germ is found to float when the eggs Trl sKj be"'re"m^o;eT^ ^^" '' ^^^"' ^' '^ '^^'' -^ -h%gg: Showing Increase in Air Space on sth, loth, 15th and loth Days of Hatching. Besides the germ, the air cell at the large end of the egs A T^h"/^'"' ',^'\°^ '^^ '^h^"^^^ that are taking place tJlu ^^^, °"^y 'hows a very small air space but this t^ral^on fhowf r' ^' ^"5="bation proceeds. The Aex? illu ! and 19th d.v T '" ^'' f " ^r^' °" the 5th. 10th. 15th t?M ; .• ^'-.t. ^^^^ "^"'t be taken to keep the eggs warm to iecome"^ ?r- ^ .''"•' ^ P^^^^*'^^ ^^" «°°" e?fble on^ tSrn ?hf -r^^^ . Ji'^S^-/"-^^'*^^"^- ^* '' always well to turn tne eggs around while held to the light. " as the dark- n held against d up, a fertile le. This indi- ireatment, will Jems perfectly ind should be i can be used nd then dies lout any veins een ; all these the feed for irker, and on nove. A test first test was the eggs are md such eggs Things Worth Knowing. 69 ■h and igth '. of the tss iking place. :e, but this next illus- , 10th, 15th eggs warm enable one lys well to Extcrfs Method of Teslh,e Fcrfility. of Eggs. ordi„i,ry lamp i„ rdarLnc" roL X '° ""^ fi'"^' "' "- the loftl,a,.cl?„d ll.= top'oft sridcd';5i.h'?L di'hf """ An Easily Made Egg Tester. and the same in heSht or hLS ^ ^''°r"^ °P^ ^°°t square ney to come up through a hofe in n"^' ^"'u*'^" '^"^P ^^im- shown at B. The hSe at A l" ^."i" ^^^ ^'^""^ ^" "^^h, as around it is fasten.^ a thi^k kver of Holf °^. I" '^^' ^"^ ed as to fit closely aga nst the eL TU^ or felt, so arrang- are to let in air to the lamn ff ^^ oP^nings at C C 70 Things Worth Knowing. A Home-Made Brooder. "' can make a good >M' !' -I'jscription gives Any farmer's boy handy with '< brooder for young clucks. Th a good idea of how to make -p l '- ^^ the sheet iron in whfte ead f IZ 'l^' '^^'.' ^''°^^^- ^^^ sheet iron the floris o? rL -hTh VL^'' V^''^' ^bove th^- a 5-in. drum opening in o the ,n-'^"^'^^ "" ""*'' '' the sheet iron. ArounS ?he um^^f .^^^T"" '^^ ^"'^^ ^"d that let the hot air out into ^ broSjen"'^. I^-'^,;:,?: ^ZH. fl^ouSX a'fllL;;itn^i; ^T'-^ ^^^ ^^-^ -^ from space with the drum i tl e entr^"fhi"^ '■:'"^ ^ ''T^'' ed" up every 3 inches tL rl^f. i r ^,"'"''''" ''^ ^^'^sh- cover can be DlaccH for . -."^u ''"^ ^^o^s wherr the used out of door 1t mus? have .' .In^^^'""- ^^ ^' '^ ^ ' be lights of glass cither in the ro\'^ ''"^^'"^ ^°^^'-- P^t two ^ Not more than 5?c icks shouM °k '" "PPP^'te sides, hatched, and two weeks later n.l ^^ "'^^^^ together when ber should be brooded' f;nr]or'H^'%^'\*-'''^ """^^ hatched, the brooder shoi"dT H^ : > // ^' '^'^"^'^^ "^^ ?heet iron top of the cover ho, Id'h-, ''' T""'^ "^ t^e inches. The ventilating h^Ies"^ one n.h'''"'' " "^ ^0 Cut rectangular openings in the ■ , es anH fi. '", ""^'l'"- inner and outer edee<; nf fl 1 -.^f • ^^?. "* ^'^^s to the double windows A smnlL-r'^."'"^'- F^is will give tight brooder, but the regu a too s^ "'1^ ?' "^l'^ '"•• ^^is from any poultry ipp,y Jouse re b;"er^'' ''" '^^ ""^^^ th?i?^e^t^,t's^;s^:r^?:!;!4i:?:"';^ -^° °^^^- suggested in make a good scription gives 3le one : — >n that secure- i' above. Bed It. Above thf 1 the centre is the floor and aro '-"^ "^gs U' (.up ot the J n, and from }g a circular in is "slash- s where the it is t ) be r. Put two : sides, rether when !f this num- chicks just- re nd the ne( !■ of 20 1 . .itneter. lass to the 1 give tight ed for this b( ought things Worth Knowing. ^^ H^f ^^SfS^'^- Jl^of the incline being re.ov- du. m the ground for th^e^^ol rn^^nrt^JV- .5f '"ging the brooder proper down level with tu run in and out'a Zf %V\Z"f; '° '^'' ^-' ^'-'^'^^ <=^n push ,t along under the middle nf \u'V ^} ^^e nt and tlu> cover in front. The am„ pL ''k ^'°^^^^^ Then close - front and at the real' l^y'Zotots'ltTA ^liT'^'^' A Drinking Fountain. fr^X);:;t^1^;a;^t'^:ir" ^^^^-^ ^^e chicks by taking a tin can. f, ot" \ P''\^'^'"^ '^ around is made holes on opposite sid abc ,.f thr '' ""'^ ^"^ ^^o small from the edge. Fill • . ^.^^''""^ three-quarters of an inch wri' r, place a flower pot '''m7'°'''he'sm:"'hSuLrh^^ *h^ -^^^^ -'" oi them. This make^ 7 ^ i • '^ °" ^ ^^vel with the too but for them the holes shmdrP""' ^'^'^ ^^'^ ^dult ow's • edge, so the water w 1 fanj^about'T *^-° T^'' ^^'"^^ 'he saucer. ^^^"° about two inches deep iu the m 'o obviate rgcstcd in .,uar_e_,oo. if .'own ' » aH.t'TSld'lHe" ^^ '' '''^ 73 Thing* Worth Knowing. How to Fumigate a Poultry Houst. fini ^ ^^' ''??" who wh.tewashes his hen house four times a year need have no fear of its becoming infested with insect verniin nor will it be necessary for hun to fumigate as there will be no object in doing so since there will be no insect life to destroy. The own- of a poultry hoiAe tha? needs fumigation should set about it in -♦- dr Dlarrhoea.-Check by giving boiled milk to drink and Pip A condition of the tongue accompany! "s? diseases when the bird is obliged to breathe through the un^ilh tJea the disease: wet the tongue frequently with glycerine.' nnTvnr,^ of!"~T'' ''°1^''''' ''iT'y ^^''" ^•* three times a day a spoo s 'fir ' }"?• hve tablespoons; glyc vrine. two table- ^i:ih;'Z:.:t un^Z'^rr ^'^^^'"°"- ^'^^'^ ^'- ^-^ fewT^n^W ""i '^''T' '", ^''"^ windpipe. Place the birds, a lew at a time, in a large box covered with coarse cloth ind having a door ,„ the si.le ; dust air-slacked lirn^ n ?le cloth their hoM'''''^? '" ''^ ^''^' 'r*'^ '^•'^"^^ the worms to re^ax their hold, and they are coughed ulp. srfr^t^nf^f^^"?'"'?'^,''^'.''' '"'t^ which burrows under the scales of the feet and shanks. The crusts can be loosened by soaking in warm, soapy water, or by a vigorous brishin^ with an old tno.h or nail brush. When they have bee e? ^011.''^"^ ' '"'P'^"'" °'"''"^""^ °'' ^ '^i^t"'-^ oi lard and Colds.—Give aconite in the drinking water Anoth^-r good remedy to keep on hand ready is : Equal part? of cayenne peplper ginger and mustard mixed as sti% as pos- sible in lard, then flour worked in to make a stiff dough • form into slugs or pellets about the size of a small hazel nut ^ give by opening the mouth and dropping down the throat < 'Zfj'lf^'^:;' °ften cures; if it does ?iot, follow bvanot I. ' uose !.•■ ii iiuurs. Thlngra Worth Knowing. 78 1ou««. hen house four ig infested vviili to fumigate it, here will be no Itry house that Uowing way : — lat is portable. 1 sonic burning 2 up the doors, 1 remain so f(T oosts and nest ash the house up is very use- the roosts and lie acid to the from vermin it rly and taking ling. to drink and riyi"s? diseases i uu/nth; treat lycerine. times a day a le. two table- Vhen the feet e the birds, a irse cloth and ? in the cloth, orms to relax ws under the 1 be loosened rous brushing have been re- : of lard and r. Another ual parts of stiffly as pos- stiff dough; all hazel nut ; he throat. ^ w by anotj THE JSrM. Weight per Bushel. Following are the commercial weights per bushel in gen- dffr"from\ f/°""'7- ^^' '^^?' '''''^^''' '" some c!I« diftr from the figures here given, but in business such vari- Snd?rstandw' i disregarded. To avoid such cases of mC- I?^ ".! . . ^' ^.""^ or greater convenience of computation the cental system," i. e., the quotation of prices bv the pound or hundred pounds, is coming into use ^ Barley ,, - 48 ucans QQ Brome Grass '.'. . U Buckwheat 48 Clovers of all kinds .'."."." 60 Corn (shelled) 5Q Corn (in the ear) 70 Corn (sweet) 45 J'lax * ,(j() Millet (common) ...'."."," 60 Millet (German) SO Millet (Hungarian) 48 Oats 34 Orchard Grass 14 Pe-'s 60 r^otatoes fio J?y^" • '•'.'.'. 66 Isorghum 50 Timothy '.'.'. 4H Wheat [[][ fio -•-»£>■■< Vitality Of Seeds. The ollowing seeds. 1 properly kept, may be safely plant- ^ up to the ages mentioned. If the seed is older, only \ -rtiun of It will grow, and the resultinjr croo will 1 .v. f.« ed port vigor g"Jey 3 years §'^•''"8 3 years Buckwheat 2 years Clover 3years gprn 2 years ^!^,^ 2 years Millet 2vears g crop will have less Oats 3 years ^^as 4 years i^ape 5 years 5.ye • • 2 years 4,'"io.thy 2 years ^"rnip 5 years Wheat 2 years The estimated area, in acres, sown to crop in Manitoba in Jax oTli.^^^'-^i-i-.^^^-^lS; oats, 572.950; barley. 178 .?25 ; 'ey"as-I^inst i;082i)06t;erb^o;^ " "^'''' ^^^^ ^"^ ''''■ 74 Things Worth Knowing. Seed ptr Acre. Barley .. '** IJ bu. Brome... If bu. Buckwheat ".'.. 10 to 15 lbs. Flax (for seed) i bu. Jf '?,x (for fibre) i bu. Mi et (for seed) 2 bu. JJ'Ilet (for hay) i bu. Oats "^ ^bu. Orchard Grass *.* 2J bu. Peas 2 bu. Potatoes ....■ 2 bu. Jf ape, in drills"" ,V^^ bu. J^ape. broadcast ' 7 to 2 lbs. Timothy . . 4 lb Western Rye' Gni'ss' ! ! ! « V f^ ,^ o to 10 lbs. Measurement of Hay. nic?rc°deer°!r'o/'l';.l>ntr w-r,?' "' ' ^7 ^^^''teen feet or or the mow about five 1 u dred VnV '%''^''^"' ^^'" '-^^^'''R^ ay IS heavier. Hay cut when J i'"" -'^ ^" ^°"- F'"?r tliat cut green. Hay i„ TT , """'^ /'P^' '^ J'g-hter tlnn "^"'•c space per ton l^,n „'\ Jill fill'^''^''^ "^"'P'^^ ' ittl" or HI a shallow bay at leas JixT i '1 r"°'^- On a scaffold hav ;' '■'T/''''^^ ^^^ ^ ^on ' Dover t^;^ ^^ °^^?."^ t'^^^thj "ay from the grasses i,qi,oH ■ .^-^ '^ "i»cb ghter th-.n o eight hundre^'c nbic ^et L'n'T"'"'"^^ ^'■^"^ «even hnndrJS omewhat n.ore if t In , '; l,^,^ '" f ^^^"- '^"^^ '""- ^' \"'k m measuring hav csneri • ^""^ ''' "i^^-'i (?uess J^^".Rtb of time it his .'ton V ^ '° '" '"^ sfaclv where the wcig-ht per cubic foS ^' '"•"^'" ^ ^ij difference to the I Shrrnkage of^tn Products. and somcwhM also i„ "u,2 "'*">J"'' liMvily ,•„ ^1' "[■ gr. • . H bu. ••. 1« bu. to 15 lbs. •• i bu. • • J bu. • • 2 bu. • i bu. • i bu. . • 2J bu. ..2 bu. .. 2 ..10 to 2 . 4 6 bu. bu. lbs. lb. lb. o 10 lbs. 'Urteen feet or '. will average -r ton. Finer ! ligrhter than "pies a little On a scaflfold pood timothy ' lig-hter than -ven hundred "ed mow, or miicli j^ue.ss ck where the T'-'nce to the >ehveen the "■'ng, about id-summer, now, before .thereafter. in weight, moisture. by rot or warm wea- Thlngs Worth Knowing. 75 Three and Four Horse Eveners. lowst^I^t'filSr^don'A'i^ '*"'^'- ""^^ ^^ "^^^e as fol- 15 inches in fengU, and i. hnl^!. P'f'^,°^ ^"^^"'"^'^ ^ar iron, the binder as poss blJlO nrh ^ '° ^''' ^^"S"'^ ^' '''^' to five inches on ?he other Bk^%'°"^ T ^^'^ ^'^'" '^'^"^ ^"d long, placed across the tongue h^f. ^'^'^ «,^-'"tling 6 ft. 6 in. is a stay 12 inches lonl imM^n '. , J "n^ ^■'"'^""^^^ ^^ ^t. C end. The lio lef n C 1,re lO iS. h^/ '^° '"''^^'^ f'^^"' ^^ raised above B at G Yml k ,T between centres. It is thickness (as shown in th. .ni^ "^ ^''''^ '""-'"''^ °'- '"o'"*^ in to allow of he fr^? nhv of Ji.f "^^'^ "' ? '"^"^^ i" "'"^l^^'- c^ch 28 inches long One onS n^° ','''". '?'^' ^' ^'^'^^'^ ''^'■^ ed to A and the other 1/? ^r ''^''' °^ ^^'"^ '"o^s ■« bolt- thus be see^ th 't CrUZ 1 "^ /'" ',""^7 '"^"'^ "^ C. (It will a little at the ou er^enfoVfi t G) "Th"".^,r^^ '^ "-f'^^'^^ and the two rods D arra!l l^^n^e^j brone'tl't^^'i^' ^ smetir arrpoinVjrinThes'fJo^'tT;; 'llf ^'''^'\ ^' ^^ ^^^ to B to A, one above ami one below ?' f n'^S^'^^^ "^"^''^ ^"^ >n their oroner nin.. ° '.u'^!- ./^o hold the whiffletrees in their proper nl-ce on I,, f ''■ ^"^ ''°'''' ^'^« vvhiffletrees B at G end a stout Tather ^."^"^ '^^ '''"^P'^' '^ ^"^'--" '"to staple and Inickl -d aroun I \ u toL.'fe ^'r,'-' ''"■^"^^'^ ^'''^ the side draft. It shot not J p^ I ^'? '*'""'I^ •'^^'J"-''ts tongue, but the wl c^^^e i "n s omM ?" '? ^^P ^''^^'"^ ^'^'^ strain comes directly'^n t'hS itn ^v^rer'""'' '° ^'"^ ^" th^"o?se.S;sjs;;;;;:s-^r b^e ^iriu^^^^^^ ^i! where it unites with l^;"?"i!,°"f,fl;^ forked at the end, hand end and m inches from'theV^h^er'nT Tis Jhe' dot- W Things Worth Knowing. ?h;TJtkM\i°"LZ ilil'Sff"- .C ■- a short inches long D are HnnM! • ^ ^'^ ^^^^ ^ole and is 74 ble-trees which so on h(»r<» tj, then E is also^a pair of roJs |oT' ^"^'^ ^^^^'^"^ ^H toge- pther double-tree toes in n ' it '"v ^°"ff' ^nd at X the iron. The other tvforeq tire to h"^ ^ '^°"'^, ^' ^''^^y ban will do The fork m The end of R°"F' °f ^^^^°" t''"^-^ inches deep All measurements are w"'? ^' "'^""^ ^' holes, to make allowance for ends Th^ ''"^'■? '^ ."^"^re of trees are fastened at the point tnarlJedx'° ^^''' '^°"''''" « ♦ « . The Manitoba Grain Act. to'i^ovi^s.^'si^^s^tt^srr ^-'^^T- -'"■>' P^jbhc grain warehouses vvfthinfr.vr ^"y^^a"cl sellers at tr-ct. A copy of the Act i s n^ L tn"i'°''' ^"^P^^lion Dis- "nrJer its provisions. A hr^p'^n n. a ^^^'"y. Person licensed he Act is also supplied 1 v fhe^Pn "^ ■'°"'''^''""^^ ^ <=0Py of 'n a prominent pla?e inside enrh""^'""'''' ^° ^e pit up person delivering grain can th.r. Y"""'")''^' , '" that everv provisions. It if there ore unneesarrf ^"^ '^''"^^'^ ^" 'ts It here. But we mav e^nU^ -1 I ^°'" "^ to reproduce that even fronr cleaned win t Z^ ''\'''''' ^° Section 55 to deduct from such ne well ^^^",1?^°"''"^^" '^ ^"titled age," due to loss in handC .v^r ''"°^\"'=e for "shrink- but that deduction must be noted on'^VT. rT' ^ ^'' «"*- the seller. "°^^" °" the ticket supplied to the field with a t«m and «?e'r%rin!r&'' ""^''' ^"'"^ «^' ag. lal. C is a short aw hole and is 7J ting with C at X, the ordinary dou- fastcns all toqe- ?, and at X the be heavy band Id waggon tires d be about In tre to centre of ?airs of double- Jiament mainly and sellers at [nspection Dis- 3erson licensed ing a copy of to be put up so that every iimself all its to reproduce to Section 55 an is entitled for " shrink- t 1 per cent., :t supplied to II do as much ^ going over Things Worth Knowing. To Thaw Out a Pump. 77 round it lust fmfi^K'i*'^ ?J^^ moistened with kerosetie rouM It just a little below the spout and set dm to it If It s a wooden pump an old blanket soaked with boiline water will do the job, but much more slowly, Ts The woCd IS a very bad conductor of heat. Just for^ thaf verv Tame reason the old blanket wrapped aroind it dry will do S la'yTbetr^tT::, ^e.^^ ^ ^°°^^" '^-'- ^-ven^tion^t Convenient Bag Holders. Where some kind of a patent bag holder is not in use upon the farm a cheap and convenient one may be made as shown m the accompanying illustration. The devke is so simple that anyone can see how it is made. The upright sdt vour W. ^'t '^'" '""'l''' ^^'^e and cut the leng'^^h^o S os^a.^jfawn^'^^ir^"'^'"^' ^'^h ^ P'^"k nailed firm y f c^i-!i 1 1 "^^ u" Illustration, are better as a base than a solid plank, as they adjust themselves more readiJy to anv unevenness of the ground. The whole shoiild be sSlid^v nailed or screwed together in such a way that the toos of the upright boards must be sprung together to rece ?e the 78 Things Worth Xnowing. "^--^ ^: - -se^-u.^^^ ent''fe;To;l;",rt°^.a1e"L'^"^ -"^^er very conveni- ^s not quite so easy to make 1 ^h."'^ '" /^^ &arnary/T accustomed to the use of tools c.n^ '''"' """', ^"^ ^^^"^ ''oy viceable one. '^ ^^" soon make a very ser- To Subdue Weeds. 1. Keep uncultivated land seeHpH tr. be either mown or pastured *° ^""^'^ ^° that it may PurclS^t^otlSS *'='=' "'"= "' ^™" »■• other material app'ea^s!''^ =P'-' effort .o exterminate any new .^i .ha. beforf'so'S.g^"'' ""P"-"^ '^"- all seed by the fanning mil, Insects In Stored Gr«rn. rem?;y'rbtu°phi5e ofc*bi"„'""l!^ ''°'"' S"'", the best ran bo purchased of ?nydr„.iis, '}"''>' ""'"» liquid whrrt Pour the liquid over tlie Sn !T ,t '"" ""'^ an ounce flam„,abre and explode vioSnll^w^' ° '""'^''^ '« very in - Care should therefore be aken-^oli/" '*' l''^''' '« igm'tS '" the v,c,nity where it is being «sed """ ^'' °^ ^"^ ^^^^ ■ing. slightly V-shaped, •r 2U cents. t her very conveni- the garnary. It 3Ut any farm boy nake a very ser- ' so that it may e- Rye is good ;ason. r other material new visaed that he fanning mill ram, the best r liquid which nts an ounce. of, say, four '• Cover im- ; The vapor in and pene- n is very in- 31" is ignited. of any kind Things Worth Knowing. 79 The Way In Which Smut Grow.. Considerable misconception has evietPri 00 <.^ u •The wheat berry is the seed of fl?. ^^^"^ ^' ' ^e grown, smut ball contaiL m Ihons of the seel 'o? .PJ^"'' ""^^^<^ or the black powder on tie heLls nf fh ^- ^^' """^^ P'^'" innumerable seeds of "hrsmufnlamR^.?'"'^ "'"^^ "P °^ small that it is invisible to tL n . , "^ ^^'^'^ ^^^^^ '^ so there As the whp.f t u' ^^'^ '^^ ^^^^ "^^ss and grows and try i produce seed ^ but if hT'"^' i" ?'"? ''''P '^- '"^^^^ plant /f the^tore of food that it has' kidTl '^'1 ^^''' seed that the wheat plant is unable to L =. -^t,^"' *°'""'^'"& plant gathers ud the ^tnrl\t\; a . 1° ^°- , ^^^^ ^he smut Plant ?f and ufes'it 't o°7orl t'seed'^buT'^^' '''' "'"^^ wheat, and no use to man , r!iJ •: • ' ""^ ' • '^ ^'""t not stone,' or formal nhirseel"n?tlu.' ',° J'"'^^ ^il'-"^ ^° ^'"^- Professor Bolley, of tL NoVth D^tnl ^'^'■°^' ^^'^ H?'^''^'' says it is impos ible to detec fmnt. Experiment Station, magnifying gl^ss because the smSs too^'s'l if f\^''^ " even bj a very good mic scop^ *°° '""^'^ ^^ ^^ ^^^" .-t^oor seed is not accot..;,ole for smuf Tl,. u* ripening of smuttv hparlc i. „ \i \. , ^- -^"^ lateness in effect of the p"esence of f^ ^Z''^\ ^"^ *° ^^e weakening the grain Smut grabs or^nnr"' P'^''"t sapping the life of name is, falling on the ^rom.H'';,.''r^^^ '°'-'"^^t scientific winter. thou,"fthe mljoritv of '.r""' ^'"/>;" '^^^ °^'^'- the in contact with a gS of wh-^"" ^''e l<>'led. and will, if and enter the wheat But fl' J' f "^'"'-ite in the spring is from the sm"t on the"^ ed g Si lEself""'?.^^ "4'°" the greatest danger lies It i. tnUi i, ^^'^ '^ ^^''^^''^ clinging to the wheat berry and whirh *''''' '"^"'^ ^P^''" naked eye, aided by a good ma^ fvin ' f '^"'" ^'^''^^ ^^e them, that bluestone or^rmal n^ " S ^ ' ''""°* '"' Bluestonlng for Wheat. Dissolve the bluestone in hot witer fh.. ■ 1 to make two or two and a half pail of ll f'"'-''"-""^'^ ^"'^ one pound of bluestone r"i f- 1° 1 •'''""' ^^ ^ '"on. out of tio, but the best pi .'fill 5 pfinkl iff! "M aiid turni anis to take a-tub. two f;et deep ng will made 80 Things Worth Knowing. openl^sh^d !ackll\i;i Tn^fa bust? \''''^''- ^ake an of wheat. Souse the bair in if f« ■ °^ ^"^hel and a half a board whose end lies ni^ri' ^^ "»""te, then set it out on sur^plus water back into the tuh A "^ '^' ^"^ to dr^p tS^ or two. While it is drioDinl h';^-'''^ '* ^'" ^o in a mhi utc pound of bluestone to efghT^btfshe/s"o?°^5''" '''''■ ^bo" all wheat not very smutty If hnH °? "^^^^^^ '^ enough for stronger, say one pound [o five bushdf ' '^' '°^"''°" ^ 'ittic Formalin for Oat Smut. commenrg^iormat^rsS^^^ has been re- oat s„,u. Of this treatment^he sav ° ' W '°"' !?' ^'"'"«- malm mixed with 10 gallons of rnM . ^^ ,"'^ ^^ "Z- for- Ipwed to steep in this linnM ?r, c^ ''''^^^^' the oats are al- then drained back n o tie barr.^'^" l!"^^^' ^^e surpfus is spread on the floor to dry inTe /.^Jl *^' ^'■?'" afterward, sidered necessary to soak the oats in h/^kP'"^',""^ '* '« ^^O"" hours, but equally good resfltflJ u ^''"^'^ ^'^^'d for twu mental Farm at Brandon ?o''..°'''''"'^ °" ^^e Experi- from the longer period With "? fair v H^f '""''^ ^^^^P'"^ ^^ te.J^.f lions Of liquid should t^&X'\7::ytZV'o^ samr;t:brd%;'iVfn"tt%J?;ti^5?^- ?,"!'•« "-^ in the the smut, is all on th! o"jtside of S K ^" ^^^H^ "^^^s, as to work into the husk of the oat '^' "^^''^ '^ ^^^^s Cleaning Bromc Grass Seed. So many farmers are e-rowino- r^ ess quantities that a knowledge of th^'K^*?" '" ^rreater or the seed is important. If the lra„ i! ^^'} ^-^^ °^ ^^'^^"'"ff the sheaf can be threshed by puSn J LT J'*^ /'^^ ^'"de? mill and draw ne thpm ^.i* PJ""'"? the heads only nto the very light tha^gf ea?ZicSt7has be^'''"^- ''^' ^^^^ is so mg It. Consequently to nreven? ,> I " ^^P.t'-^enced in clean- chaflF, the fan of the senar.tor ?^;n •''^'"^ ^'°^" °ver in the he seed brought doT^fe/the siLes" ^^?^V"^^ and all 's also turned backwards in cllaning the sJed' '""'"^ "'^^ ke? w^e^J ':rull^%Xr^ to keep a mon- Jost S. A. Bedford ha solved ^M« ^° P'-e^ent its being tonly with his teamsters. To one ' f^ H ^'T 71'^ ^^^isfac? of the team harness is fastened TL^r u'^ backhand straps js snapped a nine-inch Acme wrench "^J ^'^ ^"^P ^"^ in this handle IS a rod twisted anT with fin " °""J" ^^'^h the always handy when the telslf w^an'tT?t ^U'Ll-e^o^E;'^ he liquid. Take an r bushel and a half i, then set it out on the tub to drip the vill do in a minute ler sack. About a leat IS enough for he solution a little Things Worth Knowing. THE Garden. 81 Jt. ford has been re- stone for killing e use 4i oz. for- : the oats are al- es, the surplus is gram afterward'^ ovinces it is con- ^<^ liquid for tvvu i on the Experi- ites' steeping as mple of oats the •hirty bushels of i is used in the that it needs, as while it seems Best Varieties of Fruits. wh|ci°L;^e beef fo^unrr SLctLl"''''''' ^^""^^ ^^ ^^uits in Manitoba :— ^ Practical experience to succeed Stra,,berries^Wilson, Crescent, Gandy r>^, ^ ""' "-rescent, Gandy Jl™s-Se,ec.ed sorts „, ,He native („„ others are an. Crab-apples-Transeendent, Hyslop. Id. ' in greater or 'ay of cleaning ith the binder ; only into the rhe seed is so need in clean- 'n over in the awards and all ■ fanning mill keep a mon- ent its being v'ery satisfac- kband straps ? and in this in which the - end. It is never lost. Bees In Manitoba. J- J. Gunn, Conor Man u *^;»^r; .?':;'briore\rtt''*=jrrT' --^ -- °' among the blossoms. ' f^t.l.zmg work of the inserts m^J^;,'iSit';'hal7,;'"5„t?rt't"d'' 'r"' - "'"- if any brood and moths have no, been seen" '""' "''' "' ^ .he S'CVn1„-\°'^-os. Manitoba honey is better than therrh;4T"?r??J'„„l5."„!,t S;j "/ 'he writer's experience was more than balanced bvotK '" "'" ''""'y "4. whic|° cron vvpnf ^„ u:_.. ^" PJ other sea.snnc txrUp., ^iJ i " hive, spring coun?" '^ ^'' P^""^^ of extracted' hone^per ' J^l: 82 Things Worth Knowing. To Kill Currant Worms. but not enoiiKh so n Pn7 ^ " Poisonous to the insects applied dry by dustine i t fh' f ^.''"''^"'^ ''^^- ^^ can be A little Hour added wilm^l.l.''"'^" ^^"" ^^^ ^'^h dew. method of app^W it s i ""nt ' "'°'' '^'''''^^- The usual It soon loses ilsstrenih.nHf' u^ ''""'^? !° '^^•"^^ gallons, be obtained. ^ ^'"^ ^'"^ "^^^^^-'al should always faf'ataCd" but '' aTwl/'^" successfully before the fruit is though more cffeo ve vlT'"- ^^"^^erous than hellebore, are attacked bvtho.rrn^"''"^'"^ ^°''"^^- ^^ the bushes when walking - J^ris ireen 'T'T'''' ~ ^°™^ '^'^' 1°°? bore does no! see^n/'^^^tron^'^^n^o^^hV;^^^^^^^^ ^^"- sulX and d S °on ?."' t'' '' \''' "^'^^^ ^'^^ a -little th/m" S:fthal'tt^o a^t^ Ten c^v'eTed'S iT'" 3T°^ «7i>V. a i^f^Tf i /7^ duster, or a bakmi? powder can with a lot of fine holes punched in the bottom Wh.f; ■» ♦ » ■ . Timber Regulations. due. on oak are'$3 i^?".holaS'' " "=''™'™^«- The Things Worth Knowing. How New Insects Reach Us. 88 nedy for killing s to the insects fe. It can be wet with dew. ve. The usual three gallons, should always ifore the fruit is than hellebore, If the bushes irms that loop because helle- lem. 1 with a -little 3 will destroy h it, and there St the powder r powder can m. What is iece of coarse [f not washed - hatching of application. freat import- rritories, the ), will be of :ut 3,000 lin- 12 inches at Iry trees, in ken. He is ce posts and titry are not y of timber, idian Pacific obtain free 5wn use on all mills in to incoming luare timber ve been re- ■ment. The in.1S,T'^;;e""^i.rLt?I^Sl^^ '-"« 'fat .heir crop pests as by nMivl oiief Tl^iw"?'?""' ''" '°«'8" i"s«ct ready a long one aSd fn Jtl i , ?,' '■?P'"-l=f the have probably^?eached us bv f? °P' 1"^. ^^''^h America Hessian fly, the wheat mi2^ !, ""'i!^"^' including the ^nt^cS^S-Scli- -^-" Se-^^^^ Nol^];!^;;; E^=ii;^r^,:- ^?e tnis^s"}?::- -' ^--' To Kill Caterpillars on Trees. sig'^n^o'aTat&fthe^'eSt ^r",^'^ ^^-^-^ ^^ at the first laFs gather in 'Cents'' at St .h°"'f ^.'^'"- " ^^^ ^^terpii- wiped out by usfnTa ?L or L^ ""^"'^^^ *=^" ^^ burned or This kind feed durfng thi dJZMf ^•^^"''.^t^d with coal oil. bright weather but la E^Hn^','''^"^""? '" a" directions in Burn or wipe them o^ut^ '°^'*^" '" ^""^^es at night. be'L'ndler^;;trwlrttnnt",;a"^^^^7.^.° ^^^ ^^ev can be covered with soSh ne th^t l^T' ^^^^'' J°°d> ^^ould ing with the^ Borde^.iv W^ . T^^ ^°''°" them. Spray- especially when Paris grSnhl^ hf ^^T. ^°""^. '^''''^^^' thorough dressing with th^ nU .^^^" ^"^"^^^ ^^ ^t- But a of Pari! greeT'n^d l^ur mmc? 'fr'^a^im^l^' .^^^''.r""? water, is, in many cases, very S^tual^ hn? Ji ?^"°p "^^ green does not dissolve, the wateT S tn u ^^e Pans loufu ^ "^'•^ f ^^*"^' spray" if madi a? folloS"-^^ rul7ts^^frtrr^°^aTJoTen°^;^^ln^rffu^ °^ '^^^^ ^" ^^^ atP of e^-4v. /t/^ _ . /^ ."^^" .P^l'' and four ounces of arsen. ........ ,,, ^^^ ^^.„, p„j.j^^^^ .^ ,^^ ^^^^^^ ^^ water in 84 Things Worth Knowing. warm water Pour thl J i ?" ^^" ^^^ hastened by usuil: lonsof waUT aid tL ins tcry ?'?/'?'" ''' ^°p ^^^ ««'- any of these solutions oterth, 1 '^''^ ^°' "'^- ^^ ^P'-^'^d is needed, but such a oum. « ,, ^''^*'' ^ ^^^'^ ^P'^ay P»nip ment if the tree, are sS^ed^ ^'■'''' ^ Profitable invest- Polson for Cut Worms In Garden and Field. ^rain cTopT^dur'f ^ tnf.T f'l^''^ *" ^^^^^ -^ 'J hey work at nig In ad en? 3 i°^ ^^-''^ ^"^^ ^^•"'y J"ne- surface of the ground Th^L ^ """^^ -""'^ ^^ ^'^ ^^''^^ the ally in a half g^rowns^Uc and Tt!?.' P"'' '^' ^'"^^^ ^^"^'- tack any green tiling " ^^''^ 'P""^^ ^""^ '"^ady to at- eti: but Sy\"e'p?iso"i°i;' i ^°""^ ^^"°'^ -'J -ion^. - weeds, grass aiSrlnf ,1 ^^f"^' succulent vegetation into a stro^ng miSc of 1^ is gJee^ T" 'ii"^' succulent- pail of water. Now soread iV.nJh^c f w °""" ^'^ ^'^^ ^o a den a few feet in-irT %^,*-f\^""ches of this around the gar- ed baits ^tnikT'^^^^ fJJ ^rfh'^ ''°["^f ^"^ ^^ese poison- they are very fond of nmrvn^"'; J^ ^""^ ^^^" fo""^ that with Paris green and svvP^^n? °^.^'''" ?"^ shorts mixed sistency of porHdge I ?bl"' "^'^'"T -""^ ' ''^^""^ the con- , >- . P rridge. If th.s is spread in little heaps, about pounds of bran anrl e1i/-,^fo ; ',i, ; »' ~. — "^ b'<-'.ii lu . In the fields the vvormsV^^^^q"' '^? right proportion as lamb's quarter ")m ^M-'. 1^ P^^"" '"""P "'^^^ Pl'-^nt" fields of grain l^e mo^t %,J^'''"''^ '^''''^y ^^hole destroying them whe^n,l"K sive for field methods. ^ '''' '' *°° ^^°^^ ^"^ ^^P<="- » ♦ « Coal Oil Emulsion. treatment of a number o?thl in/i .^"tomologist, for the trees and bushes .^Coal oil ^V.t •"""''"' ^'""^^^ attack hait-pound. Dissolve soin in ^ l'' T" w'^''?fr'"' ^ ^^'^ '^'^^P. fire and. while hot tiirn '^n hr. , ^^'i''"'' "^ • ''^'^ ^'^^ for five minutes To be dinted h^^n' °''-^"^' ^'^"'•" '^'■''''^'y of water. ^ ^""^^^ ''^fore using with nine parts iolves ra'her led by using ) to 150 Kal- • To spread spray pump table invest- d Field. :ardens and early June. • below the nter gener- eady to at- md onions, vegetation ucculent — r two to a d the gar- se poison- found that Tts mixed : the con- ips, about ilants it is it in prc- ivill never en to 50 portion cy plants '>y whole lethod of icrs is to n 10 feet of using d expen- Thlngs Worth Knowing. 88 sor Jas. for the I attack I.: soap, ce from briskly ic parts MiSGELLANEOUS. Game Laws of Manitoba and N.W.T. MANITOBA. Deer-15th September to 1st December. Ducks-lst September to 1st January. No^vlter ^'''''"' '"'' °^^^'- «-"^e_lst October to 15th Pheasants and partridges-lst October to 15th November to IsTjanSi'?;'.' ""'"''' """P^' "^^ sandpiper-l.t August anfn?ai?mt belhof at T^'mr' 7 ''' ^^^ «^ --^ •"--ethan^.,,of^Sj^U-/-,-i^-^™sM^^^ san'5rV;"pStr-;;,?es'''h?l?K\S';';^'^^" '' °^^^^ ^-"-' P'-- son, nor Lr. tSn ^Hi J.'Je^'^Cfrci? TSne ^y" '' ^^'^^ ^^- sh?t°;;? kiiie!i\:?°;:nTe'zf t;'"^'^ °'- ^■'•^^^^ "^^y ^<^ before sunrise, nor on any'sr/a; " '""''' '"^ °"^ '^""^ D^^^f Sr4- ff- a,P;;;-t^t.^shoot from the ./ngSSst!,^ &s dur?;L^re^!r'°" ^"^ °^ ^'^ ^°- J-^ay be kept for' Vo^dlf iayro^^?;- J,^— ^cl^^^^ ^^11^:^^ for^7om°e4\?i'orfo"r"wt"h V,r^^^^ - ^-^ -ay be kept cured from the Minister'of^:igS?u%\S^^;;^.,-^^^^^^ NORTHWEST TERRITORIES. Deer-October 1st to February 1st. De^cemb'er'lS'"' '"^ °''^" grouse-September 15th to Wild ducks, sninpo ^^a ^^n-i^ln^r^ \ ember 3oth. ' ' ^andpiper^-^August 23rd to Dec- MICROCOPY RESOLUTION TEST CHART (ANSI and ISO TEST CHART No. 2) tii 2S 14.0 2.2 2.0 1.8 A ^PLIED INA/1GE 1653 Eost Moin Street Rochester, New York 14609 USA (716) 482 - OJOO - Phone (716) 288- 5989 - Fax inc 80 Things Worth Knowing. Mink, fisher or marten-November 1st to April 15th Muslcrat— November 1st to May 15th. Otter or beaver— October 1st to May 15th excent Fn.f ern Assmiboia, where no beaver may be hunted trapned J; killed at any tmie until November 1st, IJOl ^"^^^P^^ °^ exf4dhf/jlOO^'"?.f^ ''"^^'°J^ punishable with a fine not exceed nl $50 with .n^f'' '^'^''' violation, with a fine not cjs.cttumg ^.ou, with costs of prosecution. No person shall be allowed to kill or take more than siv ^nlJ^' ^"^' '"°°'''' ^^""^OO' antelope, deer o^ the r faun Zn^''" ff^P °r goat, in any one season, excem for the purposes of food for himself or his family In that nart of of 2n'^M 'T-' °^ Township 23 and east'^of Range 24 Se^t pI^a?r^?^rSS^ i^^- ^^.^ — P-trid.es. the^eg^grofVnv'sn' ^'l fT'!"' '"^"'■^' ^^^^er or take eggs oi any sp. . of wild fowl or birds mentioned. No person or corporation shall at any time or in mv rHmipihr^-?S^.^^S-^°^/^^^ trave'llef 'Sf'"^ '7r!^'"^ hereinbefore contained, anv mav kill'aiv hk^I "' °th^^ P'^'-son in a state of actual want S/o eees^ he °inh "/""'' he'-e.n mentioned, and take any :F.' f ^^ .hereinbefore referred to, for the ournose of sat.sfymg his immediate want, but not otherwise ^ No person who is not a resident of the Territories dnil hunt take or ki 1 any of the aforesaid animal or bfrdsrn le s he has obtained from the Commissioner of AgrLlture tween" AugusfCr.^id^ n^''- Juch license is onirJalid bc- ^^XniJ':--^-.^^- ;he year of is.. in M '^'"' ^^P"-ation of two weeks from tSe fi'" dav hunt^ "by Ss'ideC^oMheT"-. ^"^ ""''^ •f"^>' ^^ ^^'^ ment of the'dll^rLaLn ^ne':Y7ollow1n"g""^ '""^ ^°"^"^^""- • o ■ The Rule of the Road. one usiL^h roaS^nTf • • ^ ^^'^il^- ^"^P^^tance that every ed by'a^ixed gent^aT ruira",fd'h^ ?''^f''"^ ^\°"^^ ^e guid"- of the law bearing on the ma"ter tf^u' ^'*^ 7-'^ P°'"* or neglect of thi. th.i "^^tter. It is because of ignorance take nfa?e It s mnnr. ^ .^lu"^ T^"^ preventible accidents I" „ P;f.^- , ^^ *' -mportant, therefore, that everv nn. «hnuM know th. change made during the 1900 session of The Mani^ toba P: Victoria In ca in charg more ar shall tui lowing 1 In ca in charg upon a to the r son trav on the t In cas charge c taken b] speed, tl; right an( Any p shall tun a collisic the perse than one In case way upoi as afores person s^ alio;,' the so overtE left so fai In case or a tricy travelling person tr; other pel tempting or horser allow sue] travelled : In case meet each In case travelling turn to th pass on tY Persons of the mic Persons intersectio the rifrht 1 if turning street and way. ' in any 1 out of e, part- o, ante- Things Worth Knowing. §7 to the rfiS ?om the 'S.ntre'of H '' ''^T P'-^^^'^-'ble. turn sh''iau^n"ourt:%?r;ftlo"fa/r''" r^'^^'^ ^^^ '— -" a collision w th the vehid. nr f^"'''^ ^' necessary to avoid the person so ovcrtnl pn « f.i? ^"L''"'^" .^'° overtaken, and than^ne half of the road1'ee."°' ^' •"'^"""^^ *° ^^^^<^ "^^''e way^^ro;Vh[c^°?,e^^o^^1[^;lc?J h^'"^ rr^''-'^' - ^^'-h- as aforesaid, or horsemin ?' /1 ^^^''^^'^^n by any vehicle orl^Hc"cle'o\"°t'ak"s".'^nv"^hi?^ "" '^/^'"^•^•^ - ^ ^^-^-<= travelling at a le sneed or n ""' omtheg"m/d thSi cin';'/'"'.''^' -''^^" '^'^^''^'-^^" '"<=hes side of th? A Me rail not -n.,'"-^ ■'"'"'""^ °" the other ground; °^ '"°'^ ^'^^" twenty mches from the fiv^'flc?!;:?;;" ""^ "'^"'"^ ^° P-'^ -t more than thirty- to^l;L^lSc^.;^^ o^^^f^ri^nS"""^^^^ -'^^'-^ dce^'ld'flawS ?ence"iT'^' f ^"^^ ,°^ '^^^ '°^ ^'--" ^^^^^11 be provisions .nH\!f".'f.// 5?!'1'""_^^^^ ''^'^'^°^ding to the above such prov.io„3 a„d si...te„ no. .^r .hanTn ' ffeJ-fJL, 2i acres in a day mean a wTlk of ifZ-n"^ P'°''' '"^ '° P'°^^ than two miles an hour '''^ °^ ^^ '"'''^' ^^ ^ ^peed of less I. ?h is legal imber, the le ground r - than six - wires to not more not more not more not more not more droppers thickness diameter or poles even feet :sting on led by a rnily se- ess than n inches lie other rem the 1 thirty- uf'ficient shall be e above m such e fence : public such ises the 3m the ■ walk- plow of less Things Worth Knowing. Home Cured Meats. 89 own .^ n?.^[ T?" "^ ^^"^V' ''""^" ^°^ t° kill and cure their me?trnn;i « !r^ IS a ways a good demand for home-cured ^^.t'r^on^ '\^ ''"'' P-'^'"' ""''"'y f^"-'"^^ '^^" have nice those fmn.V,.^"'^"''"^ """y^'' ^"'^'' ^he home-cured to tnose Iron: the packing houses. DRY SALT! JG. Dry salting is a very satisfactory way. and some think- more rapKl than brine salting. We give two plans :_ Je'^lj\ delicious hams, shoulders, bacon and dried be., are cured by the dry process or without brine. Take one n^f'r. tn°'''" ,'"fm '° ^''/ P^^^' ^^^'' ^"^ One ounce of salt- petre to each 100 pounds of meat. Pulverize the last finely or' tX .^'./"fther thoroughly. Lay the meat on a bench SmK H P''^'^ '''^'',T' '* ''''" "°^ ^'■^^^^' but will be cool. tl\l Preparation all over each piece and pile the pieces together, but not over four high. In a wick repeat the fiw"'.'; V '''''^" the pieces are piled up this time reverse their posi ion, and the sides that were uppermost the first thTth n-?''"^ l"^-'''^ '"'■","' ^'"^^■"- I" '-^""ther week make the thud application, and in a week or ten days more the pieces are ready for the smoke house. Beef should be smoked a httle only or nnicli less than pork. Such meat is sweet, juicy and will tickle any palate. 2. The famous Virginia Smithfield hams are cured by the following process : — -^ The hams are placed in a large tray of fine salt, then the un% II T '' ^P""'^'^^d with finely ground, crude saltpetre ^.^ fi f "' ''''' ''' 'T^^'t'^ ""^ t'^°"gh covered ;,y a moder- ate frost-or say use three or four pounds of saltpetre to !luJ. '•'"'' ^°""[^' ° ^'■'^^" h'-^"^-^- After applving the fhil^l-^ immediately salt with the fine salt, cover'ing^ well he entire surface. Now pack the hams in the bulk, hut not in piles more than three feet high. In ordinary weather the hams shonld remain thus for three days. Then break bulk and re-salt with fine salt. The hams thus salted and rtsalted should now remain in salt in bulk one day for each and every pound each ham weighs-that is, a 10-pound harn hou d remain m ten days, and in such "proportion of me for larger and smaller sizes. Next wash with tepid water until the hams are thorough- with fin^?' '""^ after partially drying, rub the entire surffce with finely-ground black pepper. For small lots use to 100 pounds meat six pounds fine 11^' (r. PO""ds brown sugar, four ounces fine saltpetre and fo r ounces black pepper. Mix thoroughly and rub in rieat Sr, '^' "^'^'V ^"^, "P^^'^"y ^^«""d the bones Repeat his twice at intervals of several days or a week it betted -th^an'irit is Sr^p.'= *^^^""" ^°' '^' ""''' ^'^' '^''' 90 Things Worth Knowing. BRINE SALTING Many good farmers prefer brine to dry salting. The fol- owmg are well-tned recipes for making the brin^e. A good tub or barrel is necessary for this, and it must be sweet. fniv^j' w ?^ ""^v^ ^^^ ^?,^" ''"^^'^d ^or twenty-four to lnd^sTmM.^^7'' but not allowed to. freeze, and the hams and shoulders trimmed, it is packed tightly in a barrel and covered with a brine made as follows 7- suJ.''r''r^nT P°""^^°^ '"^^t 7 pounds fine salt, 5 pounds sugar .j ounces of saltpetre and 4 gallons of water Mix SnHI nn'r"r '' P"'-^. . fresh rain water is used, and skim until all dirt or scum is removed. When cooled pour . f f.,. i .t ^^ ^"""^ ^^ ''^""^ be noticed on the brine after a few days the meat must be removed and thoroughly wash- n npw ''"'''*''■' ?' ^/r"'" b°'''-'d «"d the barrel scalded or ?hnf,M h P''°^"'"^d- After ten days or two weeks the meat should be rernoved and repacked, so that all parts of it may .InnTf.'^'K'^- -^^ I P'J"" °f ''''^ o'- ^ )°"g knife is run in fo?nf ilL V" ^y^^""^' "^"^ shoulders it will insure uni- orn saltmg For hght hams and bacon four weeks of salt- w-fnterl fn"rM?- "fu ^"dfor heavy hams and meat that is wanted for keeping through the summer, six to eight weeks |s required. ^ After _the meat has been salted sufTicfently re- X J'rT ^'1^, '^""'-* an^ hang up to dry before starting the smoke. The meat should be lightly sprinkled with black pepper after thoroughly draining 2. A prize South Carolina recipe is as follows :— To 100 pounds of meat, use four quarts salt, four pounds brown sugar and three ounces saltpetre. The ingred ents hoiiM be well mixed the salt having been beaten finf When the meat is cold, rub in two-thirds of the mixture and pack meat in a cask. The next day rub in the rem" ining third boftom ""iVfr '" ''''^'■' ^^r"'"^ '^' P'^«^ fronf top to onceT'wr^V the";-, '"emam three weeks, reversing pieces fll .o 1 I •■, ^^ ^^^- <="'' °f tw° weeks pour ofif liquor in the m' at ae.in "\f 'tT ''" ^'^Yv.^"^ ^^'^'^ ^°"' P""" °-S ine meat again. At the end of three weeks wash meat in ani Eng'^r^ ''' '''' ^"'^^^ ^^^^ --^-- ^f*- whTch bag cou" ?*" ^?'^ P°""^,^ "f b^^f Of" pork, use eight pounds of salt, five of sugar (or five pints of New Orleans 3..pO hvo ounces of, soda, one Sunce of saTtpet e f^i^ta,rons of soft water or enough to cover the meat. Mix Sart of mixtur'l"" W-nf f ^2 ^l^ """^ '^'^ P'^^- °f nieJt Jui the ah and nar'lThi'n!!". ^""''T ,°f '^^ ^''''^ ^' tub with hdit, and pack the meat as close y as doss bie Affpr narl^ \^L'^' mTow!Ve''' d""^T"^, -lt^nd''suga^'7n^to'^t adH fn ft K • .^n-^^^"^ ^"^ saltpetre in hot ^vater and the'' brine over"?h.^/r '''^' ""^ ^^'^^'^ ^'' dissolved. 'pour hfs down r ,1^ J?^"**- ^°^^'' ^'th a board and weight this down so that the meat will be held in place and be If.'Xo-'-'^-Z'^'^ '" *'^ V'"^- ^' there is"^ not en"ou.h nnn.., mo.c nni.t oe prepared. Do not use the brine warm. Things Worth Knowing. gj will°cuVm?rl/nnl'iI"" P'^"sa"d light hams and shoulders Sen out of th^ K • '^ ?^f'' the heavy ones and should be applies to smnWincr^ q' ^'^°/' ^'^^ ^^^^^^ °"*^^- ^'^^ ^ame uStil spdng '" " '"' *^' P°'^ ^'" '" '^""'^ SMOKING MEATS. by'^smol!in"/'Thh'^°t!''^t" ^"^^ hams are much improved r/i! tu "^" ^^- ^T^""^ house should be tight ; the tirrhter n't V^n.nT'? ''"''^^y ^^'",thc work be donf. If you have- wood cS in sS' n"'' ' '^T P^'^^'"^ ^^^^- Good i)?rd- wooG, cut m small pieces, makes the best firr St^rf -. hr^ Ihe fire making n fn . L^ ^' ^ ",' '^'" Partially smother reoiiiroH „ n 1 ( ■ '"■"V" 's "<" tlie best. The time doing so it ?s ivell ,„ ,„^ ""'^. '" " '''y Pl»«- Before snon'k PnpJr.'s^Vera \S„;r'Lre"be,t'er'""^ '" 'r" whitewash the outsirip r^n.T i .^ better. Some r'ien or bin of ^^'^T'k^^^r^,^T,^^J;. » ""''' SaltJng Beef. ^^^r^S^r^^::;:iZ^1:'^^;S.t^ -^ing. when coo,, with brine, made as follow. T o'" .barrel ; now cover di-pperful of salt * ol safee ^nd Mb 'of °^ '7^'!; '''^^ ^ This will cover 4b to S lbs of ml t 'h_of granulated sugar, solved in warm water, but n ust be u'ed cold ''pi."'" ''' -^t on top to keep the meat tinder the brine lfS.i:V'''''f' oomes blondv-looking chan-c it Thi ^^ i ■ ^"^'"^ ^e- to three weeks after first nnffil .^''i^ may show in from one be used and the fir't^pu ZT^ KoJ\r' ^'''^ f'"'"^ ^^ould may be taken off and tlie meat kent in an afr .i^hfK T Keep always in a cool place and .be''m"at\vin'ke?p'"a,h';,m: A plant evaporates from 200 to 250 lbs of watpr frnm u,-> soil for every pound of dry matter procluceS and yet fa^mSs allow weeds to grow on the summer-fallow .n/Ilc^.h!" no HmiMo !'' ''''"'' °' '"^'^^"''^ ^""^^ '^ though there waS Things Worth Knowing. Salting Hides. f"-' locks also the Jicad enrs nn'r/ f ^ ^'""^ '''^"'^s from cliceks only. Lay the iiides fh/ ^""^ ^"''^^S' ^^^'iving the ;- ''"«, on a clea^;, floo ti h a 'liule ^lon^^."^ V/^ other^nm to drain out. " ^ '""'^ ^'ope, to allow the brine ^-^^'^^^c^lu'^ll^l,^^^^ ten to fore be.ng taken up; w en Mko, n'*' ^""^ ''^^^ ^'^ys be- sat and sweep the hid« h fr'r i r^' ^^'''^'' °"f Hn- surplus sailing varies aceordi ^^'to J e .Ik /hf ,"'' ^'' r^'^^'- The should be spread .venly over b t n r' r*;'' "^ ^'^^ !"^'^- ^"^ A great loss is oftni occasioned 1,1^ ' receiving the most, pounds of salt (a tnfli, g co" ' ,^ i se IfV f''".', °^, ^ ^''' ^'-^^ra sl'PPy or lonse-haired. cfuX the'' I ?'/"' ".' '^'^'^^ ''^<^0''"e '"ournng a loss of h. to'lll^r ''■ '"''^ ''' ^■''"">'- and iJe^nly thing required ti^'g/;-;!;e';;i!;:-,S^ 'h'£;:'^S"t,:?^&t;;?^s'sr';^ ^° ^ ^-'^^- ^'-- tlie s dos to be thrown Tn meJult n '['"'' ^'""^ ''^^' ^^'^^her. and then rolled tightly -o„w,t"f .' <'^^ /^ntre of the hide fuo pieces of strong lashine \ ..H ',"'' '"'V^''-^ ^'^^ ^vith P-ece of leather or Un with own. v. '"■'•, '-^^'a^hing to same a and an address label "' '"'^'''^''^ '"'"■J^^d on in ink Poisonous Atmosphere In Wells. pfcIncLrimo' wells'LnSinrf '"i^^ ^"'^''"^'^^^ °f ^"^0"^ focated in consequence The"?^-"' • "i '"^' becoming suf- sence of carbonic acid" gJs whTch "i,'' ^'''r' ,°f '^^ P'"^" than common air. and which IS ^^op^iderably heavier portions in the atmo phere is htnT ^"'n'"'^ '^^''^'^ ^'^- on - safe course with old wel h 'I L "^ ''" ^""l^'-*' ''f'^- The bottom. If that burns clear tie weU ; 'V "" il^^^ '"^o the a bucket should be lowered to the hoHo''^^- • ^^ '^ S°" o"t. two drawn up and carefully turned hnr' '" ^ "^'""^e o^ tance away. The anmmnfi ""^"^d bottom up some dis- the foul ai?, which aSTn'thi^ vvTv't d "^^^' ^''^ m.d\.il with pure air that con ains fl-,!^ ^ '^'■^'''" "P and replaced A light lowered after", I,! ^'^^^^ quantity of oxygen directly show ?hat i h/s "be"n'1ffe° ti "^this^rocess" will I^fom Ignorance or carelessne^, Tr. J''' '] ^^refully done, principle, several livp^ hT I " regard to this simnle the N.W.T., and wil be Igai^sol"''^'^^ '" ManitobTand mam what they are if tf. " ° '°"{^ ^^ nature's laws re- teach us. ^ "^' 'f ^^ are careless about what they of curing i; this af- supposed. ^'iks from ^ving the tlicr, butt the brine Ti ten to days be- - surplus !t. The 'litle, and he most, -w extra hcconie ilty, and liness is of flesh ; throw wither, 10 hide, 'd with same a in ink. Things Worth Knowing. Drive Wells. 98 pum;.Slerfa^ t'o°The m.fen^of^f "' ^^,f ^°" ^P^^-' terest to many farmers in 'fcointry'-' ^'" ""' °^ '"■ cyLrr%?i^i"fe with^n"'rhat%S" 'Vl^^ '' -°^'- - ^^e point, in order to lift wafer An " "^/^e end of the drive made up by diJslnJ th^^l' "^ ^'"P.^*^'" distance must be the top'^and cSrn'i in the"f''7 ^^^'^ional distance from cylinder down Sow e^noSgh "'^ '"'"""' '^ ^' ^° '^t the thLrme?iL'aTfhe't".'nt""tlfenTal' °lrt'"-^^>' ^^ ^'P^' and a sledge hamme? and dri^e k Hn ''i^t °^ ^''"■^' ^^""^ pipe till you have the point down n.?o' """'P °" '''^^''"^ get a supply of water TI p fo^ . ^ '''' .y°" ^''1"^ 't to be about two e^t above ho bLf"'' °^r^^u" P>^' ^'^""'^ then on the cylinder LclnimnnrT.°^^^\^°'^- Then put the ground. Then nift'on thl .'^ ^" J''\''^. ^'^^ surface of way. P"^ °" ^he pump head in the ordinary coa;<^tavd's;;,^:^i zril^'^^i' r'^" r" ^-- - ^-- at not more than 20 'or 25 feet If h (IT^ -^"PPlv of .water work, as the sand n°ll suck uo iito H."' f'"^ '* ^''" ""^ choke it up in a short ime \nd if tin •, '''."'^ P'^'"^ and to drive the point is f^rm iV -n I '? '"'' '^''^^''^ y"" ^^ant It is very 'mpoJtant tJ^ul K ^"^ I'^P^ssible to drive it. the snrfaJ^..'^ra to'm?ke s?,;; '^n tb ''^ '''''\ -'^ ''''^ enough. "^^ ^^ "'^^ the pipe is driven far :;rsons g suf- ; pre- eavier • pro- The o the > out, te or dis- with laced 'gen. will one. nple and re- :hey Where Pure Water Cannot be Obtained. sum) and other miner-Tfs Of ^i '"'P^'^tc of lime fgyp- Cheim.t, Cenrr';i"'^^;p:l^i^.e?t.r^;;r^^;fs""^^; ^''"''• fand animals) can be h.S-TtJd to ".^"^'^^ '"'''"y individuals no injury to health However if ?b!^^^1, ^P^P"^ '''^'' can get. I should advise you to obt.in '^' '''n' r''' ^^^ still, which will furnish von unt.rf 5 -"V?" household free from all saline mat erTi'?^'' ^°'' ^'•.'"l^'ng purposes cheap and easy o? 'management'' "^ ""^ Practically automatic. wate;\enrf?om"';t ^arrof^Chnn' 1 TK''''^' ^-p'- -^ Chemist, Central FvneHmenfnPp '^' ^°..^^' ^^'^'""^ "f the alv.ed nnd renSfod'nnnn '"/.l/i',':"\ 9tta'va. will be an- healthful ness. pminn alsoi 1)cing gi ven as to their 94 Things Worth Knowing. Promissory Notes. conditions attached it i. ,,n\ l f ^ "^^'f ^^ ^'^^''e aro contract ''"'''^"^^' '' '^ "°t a note pure and simple, but a A note given on Sunday is void, and notes due on Sundav day \Vh.^'"^'^. ^""'"^ /'"^ '-'"^ P^y^*^'^ o„ the foUowinK day. U hen a note is made payable at a definite dato thre^ mem'kt?'' ^^^,^"°^-l ^^y-d that time t mate paT nietit Notes payable on demand are not entitled to grace til n?" payable on demand or on sight draw no interest un- ided that'Th"'^ °i: f,'-"^"^^^'^"' ""'<^«« on their face itt'prS- firlc. u \ ^'-^ '''^'' P-'^y '"Merest. If a note is to draw in- teres higher than legal interest it must be so specified If with ntcrest,' and no rate is specified, it draws the leea rate, which has recently been reduced f^m six o five pe cent, per annum. ^^ .Jn ^ ^i"'" '''? H^" ^'*'*' "''s'aid, or destroyed, it does not release the maker from obliguion, but the holder must make he formal demand, offenng the maker a sufficient indeSy in the event of his paying the same nuciiinuy Poisons. little S iett?r ITv''^"^ ''°J^ '".^'^^ ^^"S"^g^ ^han this mtlc six-letter one— Poison. Few of us, however, recognize and chUdren'frnJ, '"''''T '° *^°"f^"^^ °^ menvvfmen sonous. ''^'' "' "'' ^"^ '^°'^S^ °^ things poi- In many families bottles are allowed to accumulate with out abels, and poisonotis medicines are perrSitrd to m nSe POISONS AND THEIR ANTIDOTES. nafanfextIrnSir"~^"^''°^^ = ^'"^^'"' stimulants (inter- Arsenic (Arsenious Acid") — Antirlnfp . t -^ . ■ Pious draughts, emetic of liusttrl'txseeJ^'Sr ^" " ^°- Atrop,a.--Antidote : Emetic of mustard of mSd.'Volfe'f^^^^^^^ - emetic ation. ettusion of head or spine, artificial respir- •Antidote : Fresh air, artificial Things Worth Knowing. 95 nir^l'i^n°^°''"~'^"'''^°'^ = ^'■"^' P"*"' air and artificial res- Corrosive Sublimate.-Antidote : Emetic of mustard or other safe emetic ; if vomitmg does not already exist. Hoth volk and \yh.te of egg mixed in water, administered in large quantities. Whcaten flour and milk. Cotton Root.—Antidote : Emetic of mustard n other sate emetic. Cyanide of Potassium.- respiration, cold ef!usion. Digitalis Tincture.— Antidote : Take often strong cofTee or tea without milk or sugar; lie Hat; produce vomiting by a teaspoonful of mustard in warm water. Donovan's Solution (a solution of arsenic and mercury) —Antidote : Limewater in copious draughts ; emetic of mustard or flaxseed tea. Laudanum (ticture of opium).— Antidote : Strong emetic ot mustard or other safe emetic, with stomach-pump ; dash cokl water on the face ; keep awake and in motion ; strong cofTee and artificial respiration. Morphine (morphia).-Antidote : Strong emetic of mus- tard or other safe emetic, with stomach-pump ; dash cold water on the face ; keep awake and in motion ; strong cof- fee and artificial respiration. Nux Vomica Jincture.-Antidote : Emetic of mustard ; relieve spasms with chloroform or ether. Oil of Pennyroyal.— Antidote other safe emetic. Emetic of mustard' or Opium -Antidote : Strong emetic of mustard or other safe emetic, with stomach-pump ; dash cold water In the face ; keep awake and in motion ; strong coffee and arti- ficial respiration. ' wJ^t^L^""^^" (an arsenical preparation). -Antidote : Lime- water in copious draughts, emetic of mustard or flaxseed Emetic of mustard or other safe Phosphorus. — Antidote emetic. Strychnia.-Antidote : Emetic of mustard or other safe emetic ; relieve spasms with chloroform, ether, or opium Veratrum Viride Tincture.-Antidote : Emetic of mus- tard or other safe emetic. The British Government, is the owner of 25,000 camels. In 1896 Canada's cattle trade with the United Stafe^s peTh"e d \ZV'''' head valued at $8'87o''"or abouf $1 $14 per^'hekd. ' $x,2.3,uuu, or a little over M Thing. Worth Knowing. Various Mcaturci. Th Tc re ii^^'T' ^"^/'."P^" '=* l> inches. T c f -itl onfii 'f ? •'"i''*^'^ y^'^' *•• a mile. of a man! "'"' ' ^^^'^' '^ ^"^'^^^ ^'•'>'" the full grown length An Irish miles is 2.240 yards LAND MfiASUREMENTS. J-O-' inches constitute 1 link- loi) linbo i i • - poles, or titJ fe.,. and 80 d,. ins 1 . ^a ''''^"'' '^ '""^^ or l^ square poles, and 10 smn '. . "''''• ^ "^l"^''^' chain is are an acre. eachco.Uamh"'7>lM ''*'"' ""■" ^. ^^'■'-*' ^""r rods is li'^^'^J^l ^f ^^-- ^-^« each is a rood, and a pole foot 2 n,ches each vva;'; and facrS'are m^arS.'" T""' ' A square mi t. or a section of lV,..i f"'-"l yards cacli way. yards ead, way: half a me or «l *\' '"\'->"^'"S ^.'^ acres; a,,„ar.er\,f a „,i™.;rTn,™rre'^^ "'"^' '' '* or farm o. ,,, aeros; and a 'urJ,g,';\"'|;„'-i',,r^icl;\Jart sc^h'^^i^s.'a^wri^sirof^.I'VK^f^ -'" -- ^ BOX MEASURES. m^:;:;^\.^'^„-?;|-^„f[;;-- will And a series of box one who iHulerstan • tl e t o^fcin nA' '■''''^','^ '"^^•' "^^ ^"y- saw an k''' ^eU Nine feet in diameter holds i.^, \y.„^u Ten feet in diameter holds [[^ barrels Square Cisfern one foot in depth. Five feet by five feet holds n hnrml. Six feet by six feet holds ....;..: «* ^^S Seven feet, by seven feet holds ..::::::::.'.'.[:"' ]n Inm-s Fi^^ht feet by eight feet holds " ' i.^| Jar d Nine feet by nine feet holds ./aj ?ZloU Ten feet by ten feet holds ! . . .' ! ." ." ." ." ." ". ." ! [^ b.Hrrd.s tnin''4Twr'::i''^f'''''"''7/''^'''" ^' ^r^ '" diameter will con- tain -i^ barrels for each foot m depth; if 10 feet deep it con- tains (-IJxlO), equal 45 barrels. ^' » ♦ « Weights and Measures for Cooks, Etc. ] pound of wheat flour is equal to . . . i nnarf- 'pound and 2 ounces of t--'- • • - ^ pound of soft butter is e pound and 2 ounces of h pound and 1 ounce of f pound of broken loaf su 4 large tablespoonfuls make . . ". . V"" '^ " T'o-Vll large tablespoonfuls make •- large tablespoonfuls mak Common-sized tumbler h( Common-sized wineglass :eacup holds 4 fluid oum Teaspoon contains . . . . -.arge Wineglass holds . . 1 Tabiespoonful is equal to Voz 60 drops of water make a teaspoonful. 98 Things Worth Knowing. Article. r i Clay Lb^- Larih, Joose. ' " HV Mud ^'-j Sand, wet, about .'.■ "" loy Ston^e,^ common, aboui." if:^ Mortar '.] j^ Brick.. .. :: J,J Water, rain.. ." ; :; •• \^.j Water, salt .. al Ash Wood ro Cedar.. •• ?.§ Chestnut oo Cork ... f° Ebony .. ■.: l^ Hickory, shell-bark " 43 LiRnum Vitae Wood ." 83 Mahogany . .': Maple .. .:.■;. •• •• ^l^ Oak, Canadian . . . . " " 51 Oak, live, seasoned ." " h Oak, white, dry ' ka Pine, red .../., V '• 3' J Pine, well seasoned .' ." 30 P '^'■^'"^P-. Lbs. 1 Hie, white 34 Pine, yellow ... ' " " 31 i5ll>ruce ... " ' ' ' -J I Willow .. ir r°d.. .. ;; :: :: ;; f^ ^'•"< •• ■•":.■:.■:.■: S Oil. Linseed. . . kq Tar .. . f. .V"^^''''' 67 "7^^ 90 ^''\'^r 64 ^?1^ 1.2032^^ Silver ^pC^ Lead, cast " " 7^9* I^latina .... 1 '^lo Steel Plates.. .". ' ' ' 487a Iron, cast _' " 45Q* Iron, wrought . . '.[ ." 4^,^ ^inc, cast. . . . ^.ig Glas Window . .'." " I65 •-OPP". . cast 547 Coal, Lehigh .... ' Kr, ^"^ :.■ 57i Building Pointers. them on. ' "^ ^ ^^^ -^^ shingle nails will fasten be?"oT%tr7eefors.frhcSTb^ '^ "^^^.^\^^- ^^- ""- lap in the siding anf nSing^° '^ ^"-'"^d, because of the ^ils wilf^;;:i/^^^Sr^^^J?-: -Jfac^ ^^'l.^ ^^^ ^f .ath els of sand, and 1 bushel of »?n V -n^ ^°?^ '""^' ^^ l^"sh- mortar to plaster 100 sqnire v-lrds' ""'" '"''^' ^"^"^^ g°°d sa|.^ w;lit;^s?;?'c;:is^f5e?^;^^i,''-- ^-^^ ^ -'^'^ ^-^ ^^ and 12 inches long, and 8 brirk. J^o ^ ^""^ -f, '"^^^es wide 8 inches wide and 16 inches tni ' '°"''' ^'" "^^^^ ^ fl"<^ yar?sT[nJh'";S.%"? s^r^'^'^^^'^, T'] 'T'J' ^^^"- square yards Hnch thick X^Wif.i^"''^' ^''"^^' '-^"^ 6| will cover 2i fquare yaJds 1 inch tlic? ?"''"' ""^ ^ ^^ ^'-^"^ thick, rnd 4* squ..re yards i inch S ''^""■' ^"'"^'^ ^-'■"<=^^- Lbs. .. 31 .. 34 . . 31 .. 36 . . ^^ ^^ The Chemistry of the' Fa;m".- :.•.•.• .By' Vv' WaShSo? } 00 The Fert.hty of the Land .^By I P Roffic 1 2^ Land Dramaije p at , ,^^. ^ ^ '^^ First Principles of Agriculture: ::Byi^ b' vLd.' S 1 Z Agriculture Bv F H Stnrpr 187^ voorntes 1 00 Barn Building .^ ' ^^°'''' ^'^^^ g^^^|' 3 ^°Is. 5 00 i"&orina°;/'"-' ■•■■•■••• ■■■•|"|- |"|i " Farmyard Manure V:::::::"!'. S^' J^i ^ »» LIVE STOCK. Feeds and Feeding p ur a t» Feeding Animals^, i R^^W^-c"""'"^*^ 00 Theory' and Practice of Ca-tilV Bre^d^ng. }^:. .^l!^''''* ' '' Cattle Breeding ".". ^^ ^'"'^5" f \^^.^'^ 2 00 Horse Breeding .....'. 'A ^^""^ M'les 1 50 Swine Husbandry R v F n n""!,"^"' ! '^^ The Practical sRpherd .V.V V " " " ^ Bv H £^"':!J IS ihe Study of Breeds (Cattle, 'sheep and' S^vine)"':^ ' '' Light Horses-Breeds and Managem^/ntT'' ^^''\' ^' ?wY n'''T~^rit ^"^ Management I Vinton 100 Sheep— Breeds and Management I c!";° i u Cattle-Breeds and Management j ^'""- -""'' Pigs-Breeds and Management, bv Sanders Sppnrer 1 M The FS'"' ^'''P p--w--^>' "• Stewart i 50 ^"^ ^^'^''P By Wm. A. Rushworth 150 100 Th Things Worth Knowing. 3 00 50 uccessfu] Farming n^lA W. Fulton ^"^ ^^"^- Rennie, Sr i 50 A„, . DAIRYING. Aniencan Dairying ■'^^ H. Snyder I 50 POULTRY PractS! Poult'r'J'';? '""^ ^^-ding. Bv r . New Egg Fan7 ^"'P^'" • Bv f ^.^^".'^ ^0 Poultry Culture-: :;::;::::: ^^ \ h Vbtr 2 o'; ^y J- K. Felch ifiO r HORTICULTURE SIS-— "-"v^^^Tl^^- -0 The Nursery Booi; By L H rT" I ^5 HorticuIturist-rR , ' r- " •, By L h' ?''• '^ ^ 00 Landscape t^^^^^^^ Growing. . ^^ t. g Ba ey ,5 Outline^s of F?rest"y '"^ ^"^"^ • • • ' "'"" ^ ^y E. J."HousVon 1 ru r. APIARY, ihe Honeybee . Manual of the Ap/aVy '.•.;. By Langstroth 1 40 __^ ^y ^- J- Cook 1 00 NoXesVfee^-^Spt^e^/ent ^ ,e ofHee of THe Presen'Tb!^ "'"'^ SUBSCRIBERS, according to X ^S^^ - ^ ^he^ W^;,^ -%-ber^o Books valued at from $0.30 to $0.65 for In k 65 to 195 ^.^"^^ subscriber. 1.25 to 1.75 " i "^"^ subscribers. 1-75 to 2.50 " I ^"^ subscribers. 2.50 .. i "ew subscribers B.OO i. I "ew subscribers" y new subscribers' 'ey 1 25 50 00 35 00 Ml O y 1 o 3 4 5 6 .7 8 9 10 .... 11 ^13 ^^.... 14 ..... 15 1 16 .. 17! 18 19 20 j 21 22 23 1 24 25 26 27 . .* . . 28 29 30 31 i 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 50 50 2 00 1 00 50 5u 2 00 1 60 2 00 1 25 1 00 1 00 75 1 25 50 I 00 35 1 00 MEMORANDUM GESTATION TABLE. (For average duration of pregnancy see next page.) __^___ •JANUARY. / 6 Y'^ NAMEOFAmMAI.SKRVF- ' ^^^^ Animai. IS DUH. 'ED. 1 2 3 4 5 fj 7 8 9 Mare Cow | Sow Ewe .;.* _ ^u>e_ ^ 10 11 ^j^'K- ■■ / ..:, K f^"\'"i" If) 17 18 ! 19 I 20 j 21 j 22 I 23 ! 24 25 2(3 27 28 29 30 31 26 27 28 29 30 31 [an. 1 Dec. 2 3 4 5 6 7 j 8 I 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 I 25 Oct. April 8 I 22 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 ■22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Nov. 1 2 3 4 5 6 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 May 1 o 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 May 27 28 29 30 31 June 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 102 Things Worth Knowing. AVERAGE DURATION OF PREGH^^r. Cow.s-1'82 davq iTf' '■^'nes-307 and iV> Ho *-ats— 40 to 60 da vc "^ ys. F'EBRUARY. 1 1 2 . 3 . 4 5 6 . 7 8 9 10 11 12 , . 13 14 15 , 16 17 ■ . 18 . . 19 20 .. 21 .. 22 ... 23 24 25 26 27 28 . 29 . 30 . 31 . ^i* IS Due. Qe 20 21 22 23 24 OS Things Worth Knowing. MARCH. 103 Name of Animai, Served, Date Animai, is Due. Mare Cow Df c. June 6 I 20 Ewe July 25 104 Things Worth Knowing. APRIL. 5 1 Namb of Animai. Sbrved. Date Animal i. 3 Due. ' Ewe O' Qt 8 p 1 2 Mare| Cow Sow V Mar 2 ■ Jan. 6 Jul> 21 Aug. 25 1 3 ..v:: ' 22 26 2 4 4 8 23 27 3 • • • • 6 6 9 10 11 12 24 28 4 5 6 7 8 6 25 1 29 7 7 S 26 27 30 31 H 9 13 28 Sept. 1 9 10 10 14 2P 2 9 11 11 15 30 3 10 12 13 14 15 16 12 13 14 15 16 16 31 4 1 Auer. 11 12 13 14 15 " • • • • 17 r| 5 1 • • • • • 18 19 20 2 6 3 7 4 8 .... 17 ^' 21 5 9 16 18 18 22 23 6 10 7 1 11 17 18 • • • • • 19 19 20 . 20 21 24 8 1 12 19 20 21 . 25 9 13 1 22 ..:::; ^^ 26 10 14 21 23 .. '' 27 n 1 15 22 24 . 25 , 24 25 28 29 12 16 1 13 17 1 23 24 26 26 30 14 18 1 27 31 15 19 1 25 27 Feb. 1 26 . 28-- .. 28 1 29 2 30 1 3 01 1 J 16 17 20 1 21 27 . 28 . 29 . 30 . 31 . 29 .. 30 .. 18 1 22 1 31 j 4 19 23 Things Worth Knowing. MAY. 105 3 4 •s ► Name of AnimaIv Served. Date Animai, is Due. »c 1 Mare Cow Sow Ewe 1 Apri 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 10 17 18 19 20 2] 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 May I Feb. 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 20 27 28 1 Mar. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 i Aug. 20 21 22 23 24 25 2G 27 28 29 30 31 Sept. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Sept. 2 3 24 25 4 6 26 27 6 7 8 28 29 30 Oct. 9 1 10 2 11 3 12 4 13 5 14 6 15 7 16 8 17 9 18 10 19 11 20 12 21 13 22 14 23 15 24 16 25 17 26 . 27 . 1 18 19 28 . 20 29 . 21 30 . 22 31 , 23 24 106 Things Worth Knowing. JUNE. a S XT : Name ok Animai, Served. Date Animai, is Due. Qu Mare Cow Sow Ewe 1 May 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Mar. 8 9 le 11 12 13 14 15 10 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 April 2 3 4 5 6 Sept. 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Oct. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Oct. 2 25 3 26 4 27 5 28 6 1 29 7 30 8 31 Nov. 9 1 10 2 11 3 12 4 13 5 14 15 6 7 16 8 17 9 18 10 19 11 20 21 12 13 22 ^3 14 15 24 16 {^-«) . 17 26 . 27 . 18 19 28 . 29 . 20 21 30 22 23 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Things Worth Knowing. JULY. 107 Ewe Oct. 26 26 27 28 29 30 31 Nov. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 1' V J J NambofAnimai^Servkd. } Date Animai, is Due. Qu Mare Cow Sow Ewe 1 Juue 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 July Apri 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 May 2 3 4 5 6 7 I Oct. 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Nov. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Nov. o 24 3 25 4 26 5 27« 6 28 7 29 8 30 Dec. 9 1 10 2 n 3 15^ 4 13 5 14 6 15 7 16 8 17 9 18 10 19 11 ?0 12 ^1 13 9,?, 14 23 16 24 16 25 17 26 18 27 . 19 28 . 20 29 21 30 , 22 31 23 24 108 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 as 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Things Worth Knowing. AUGUST 5 11 23 6 12 24 7 13 26 8 14 26 9 10 15 27 oc 30 31 Jan. 10 16 11 17 12 18 1 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Aug. 1 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 June 2 3 4 5 6 29 30 Dec. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 10 11 I 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 V C » t 3S 1 1 .. 2 .. 3 .. 4 I .. 6 , 6 7 . 8 .. 9 .. 10 ... 11 1.., 12 - t • 13 • • • 14 , , , 15 .. 16 .... 17 .... 18 .. . 19 - • ■ • 20 • • • • 21 ... 22 23 . • . . . 24 . .... 26 26 27 . • * • • 28 . • • • • 29 , , ^ 30 L .... Ewe Dec. 25 28 27 28 29 30 31 Jan. 1 2 3 4 Things Worth Knowing. SEPTEMBER. 10!) •58 Namk OF ANIMAI. Skrvkd. I ^'^^^ AnIMAI. IS DUK. Aug. June 8 Dec. 21 Jan. 25 ^^^ Things Worth Knowing. OCTOBER. J E NaMB op AnimAI, SKRVKn. Da- 1 'lar* fB Animai. :.s DuB". i Cow Sow 1 I Sept 2 3 4 6 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Oct. 1 July 8 U 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Aug. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Jan. 20 21 22 23 24 26 26 27 28 29 30 31 Feb. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Feb. 2 24 3 26 4 26 6 27 6 i 28 Mar. 7 8 1 2 9 3 10 4 11 5 12 6 13 7 14 8 15 9 16 10 17 18 11 12 19 13 20 14 21 15 22 16 23 17 24 18 25 19 26 . 20 27 . 21 28 . 22 29 . 23 30 . 24 81 . - 25 26 \ I ) \ MAI, :s Du». Sow ! ''"v. ,. ' Jan. 20 Feb. 24 21 26 22 26 23 27 24 28 26 Mar. 1 26 2 27 3 28 4 29 5 30 6 31 Feb. 7 1 8 2 9 3 10 4 11 5 12 6 13 7 14 8 15 9 16 10 17 11 18 12 19 13 20 14 21 16 22 16 23 17 24 18 25 19 26 Things Worth Knowing. NOVEMBER. Ill ) U:l 112 Things Worth Knowing. DECEMBER. Name of AnimaIv Served, Date Animal is Due. 1 1 Mare Cow Sow Ewe 1 Nov. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Dec. 1 Sept. 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Oct. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Mar. 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 April 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 April 26 27 28 29 30 May 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 1 ^ 3 4 5 6 7 8 q 10 n 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 ?0 ?1 II ?,?, 1 ?3 H ?,4 1 25 H 26 H 27 H 28 1 29 1 30 31 ' 25 H A FLEA IN YOUR EAR!! If you Ate a reader of the Nor'- West Farmer we wish (to use a homely phase) to put a flea in your ear." 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"The west" seems to be synono- mous with aggressiveness, and per- haps that's the reason why a western printed fanii paper simply must be at the top of the tree What Now we have got to the point. Well, you can help --. us greatly by sending us I OU ^ letter once in awhile lit need not be long) giving Can ^^^^^ ""'' points from vrfuii your experience, any in- pi tere.sting observations, J-'U original or useful devices tor use on the farm or raiich. If a few hundred more help us lu that way, it will make a differ- ence in the paper of which vou little dream. Hdp given usreturns many thousand told to our readers. A Word to the Ladies We have a household department in the Nor'-West Farmer. Of course we know you read it,— every lady should. We al- ways feel pleased to receive from any of our lady readers a good, sensible, .serviceable letter on any household subject- It may be a well-tried receipt, a handy way of working, a discussion of social or domestic matters, or, in fact a contribution on any of the many things which lie near tothe woman- ly heart. Will our I^edders Help ? WeThinl(The\? Will! THE NOR^WRST FAPT\;rT7D Box tZtO WINNIPEG, MANITOBA. What is said about The Nririer in the East. OtUwu Ont., July Z^, 1900. The Nov -West Hartuer Winnipeg. Man. Gentl-men-Tlif diversified ua- ture )f the articles and thf ca reful way lu which the difTereut items are arranRed, sJiould persuade many farmers that The Nor'-We«t Farmer is iudispensable to their progress and probperitv. I>utii)» my receut trip through the We.st 1 heard many complimentaiy re- tiiarks about your maK«ziiie. Yours veiy truly, ,, _ , J'*.-^. Fr-HTCHER, iJoni Rnloroologist aud Botanist. Ottawa, ont., July JM 1900. The Nor' -We.st Kariner, Wiunipeti, M.ui. Deav Siri. Jn the character of th'j artiol- « and the ,|-,ality 01 the 1llu.■.t^^,tIOll»T^e Xor -West Farm- er is a hi^^hiy neaitable publica- tii-n i think yoir rompanv von: 8Ul).«tnhcts. your advcrii inK',..,t rous and those interested in aiin ciiUurc-iuiheNoithwe.sti,'entrally are ;.. ix cngrHtulrtf 1 Youtji vti V iiu\\, ,JaS \V R..Hf.H-».SON. l.oiuuiusiotur i.A Ai^riciltiire. THE NOR'-WEST FARMER OfflCtS, Stovei Building M/innipcg. What is said about The Him\ in the South. Bt