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man's dog through malice, or anywhere except on my own premises and in pro- 

 tection of my own property, and have not, to my knowledge, received any 

 injury in retaliation for the death of any dog. The plan is just and right, and 

 every fair-minded man must acknowledge it." 



Remarks. — The author can see only one point in this plan which may be 

 wrong. It is in that he put out his strychnined meat only once or twice a 

 month, whereas I should think twice a week would be better if there were 

 many dogs about. 



Fattening Sheep.— An Ohio sheep-raiser, writing to the Rural New 

 Yorker, says: " Sheep picked out for the butcher should be fed generously and . 

 regularly, and upon this point too much stress cannot be laid. Care should be 

 taken, however, to give the sheep only just enough for one meal at each feed- 

 ing time. My own experience agrees with that of most successful sheep owners, 

 that fattening cattle should be fed three times a day, though some of my neigh- 

 bors think twice often enough. It is also very important that the sheep should 

 not be allowed to suffer from want of water; neither should they lack a supply 

 of salt; for although salt is not so necessary to them in the winter as in summer, 

 still they will thrive better if it is fed to them at least once a week at all 



Remarks.— The author would say here that sheep as well as cattle should 

 have daily access to salt and also to pure water. If fed salt only once a week 

 they will eat so much of it as to make them over-dry, and consequently to over- 

 drink, which is a bad thing to do. I have never seen an account of any animals 

 over-eating salt when it is kept where they can have access to it whenever they 

 like; and I believe they will eat only what is good for them if it is so placed. 



Pea e.nd Oatmeal for Fattening Sheep.— As nothing was said 

 above as to what kind of food should be used for fattening sheep, the author 

 would suggest peas and oats, which may have been grown together, or, better 

 still, to grind them together; then cut nice hay and properly wet it with sweet- 

 ened water if you like (see " Fattening Cattle, Molasses for," etc.); then mix in 

 this mixed meal, and I will guarantee the fattening to be quickly and satisfac- 

 torily done. See also peas for sheep, above. 



Foot Rot in Sheep, Successful Remedy.— Sulphuric acid, 2 ozs., 

 water, 1 oz. ; and put into the mixtures old copper cents (I say old, because the 

 old ones are purer copper than the new ones), and when the cents are dissolved 

 it is ready for use. Directions— Remove all the rotten and decaying parts of 

 the hoof with a knife or any convenient instrument — a knife like the black- 

 smiths use in horseshoeing, have the end bent up or around a little, is best— 

 the knife being sharp to cut off if need be any projecting bits of the decaying 

 hoof, avoiding if possible, any bleeding; then apply the mixture thoroughly 

 to every part which was diseased. If thoroughly applied, once will gener- 

 ally be sufficient; but if there is any of the disease between the hoofs, 

 besides cleaning out all that can be with the knife, a piece of soft cord or string 

 must be wet with the mixture and drawn through to make thorough work of it 

 and prevent its spreading again from this part. 



