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spring of the year, as it improves their appetite and agrees with them wondeaw 

 fully. I should try it under such conditions whenever they occur. 



3. Salt as a Vermifuge, its Value for Cattle, Horses, Sheep 

 and Hogs. — The New York Woi-ld, speaking of salt for stock, says: " If you 

 want to keep your cattle, horses, sheep and hogs healthy, give them salt regu- 

 larly. There is no better vermifuge than salt. Much of the so-called hog-chol- 

 era is due to intestinal worms. Plenty of salt would prevent the accumulation 

 of these worms. All animals desire salt, showing that it is a want of their 

 nature, and imdoubtedly for wise purposes." 



Remarks. — Who can fail to see the value of salt for all stock, and that it 

 should also be given regularly? None, certainly. 



Cows, Accidentally Over-Eating Meal, "What to do.— When a 

 cow has accidentally eaten her fill of meal, do not allow lier to drink; and as 

 soon as discovered, according to the size of the animal, give a (hink of from 1 

 to 2 lbs. of Epsom salts, dissolved in warm water, and repeat the dose in 6 

 hours if it has not operated; in 6 hours more, if has not yet worked a hole 

 through, repeat half as much more, and so continue until a movement is obtained. 



Jersey Cows, the Best, Large Amounts of Butter from them 

 Yearly, etc. — The Live Stock Record says: " Our opinion, and also that of 

 the principal dairymen of the country, is that the Jersey, commonly called 

 Alderney, is above all others the best cow. They are easily kept, very docile — 

 a point not to be overlooked — and beautiful ; give milk of superior richness, 

 from which is produced finely-colored, solid butter, having an equal texture 

 and flavor. Butter made from such milk has been known to keep when placed 

 in a dry (not cold) cellar without the use of ice, and when taken out was in a 

 hard, firm condition, and was then sold 12 to 15 cents per pound higher than 

 best ordinary butter. The cost for Jerseys is not much more than for scrub, 

 and they will more than make up the difference in price in a few months." 



Mr. R. Goodman, in the Rural New Yorker, makes the, following statement 

 as to the superiority of the Jersey over all others. He says: " The Jerseys of 

 the present day, all over the United States, are not small or ill formed, but larger 

 and much more symmetrical than was the average Jersey of 20 years since, the 

 production of milk also being greater, and the yield of butter surprising, la 

 the latter respect the breeders of all other classes of stock, and even the ordinary 

 farmers, who have continued to swear by their native cows, are forced to admit 

 that the Jerseys are superior to all others." 



Mr. Goodman, after speaking of some very large yields of milk, one herd of 

 65 cows averaging 295 lbs. of butter each per year, one of 17 head, averaging 

 225 lbs. each., and one of 15, averaging 281 lbs. each; and of the great Jersey 

 cow, " Flora," owned by Mr. Motley, making 511 lbs., 2 ozs., in one year^ 

 *' Pansy," 572 lbs., etc., closes as follows: " It is not always the Jerseys of the 

 largest yield of milk which make proportionately the greatest amount of butter. 

 Those more moderate in quantity are apt to be richer in quality, and a cow giv- 

 ing 12 to 14 qts. of milk per day is usually a more profitable buttermaker than 

 one giving 20 qts. We have in our herd Jerseys which produce, when flush. 



