i^ THE FARM. 



Hollow Horn. — The first symptoms of the disease are readily seen. The 

 auimal affected refuses to eat, and shows an indisposition to move about. II 

 not properly ti'eated at once, the disease soon becomes so severe as to pre- 

 vent the animal from feeding at all, and death is generally the resiilt. The 

 old plan of boring the horns and pouring in turpentine should never be re- 

 sorted to, as it does no good, and gives the animal unnecessary pain. The 

 horns are not cifected, and consequently need no doctoring. The tongue is 

 the member wherein lies the trouble. By securing the animal's head, so as 

 to prevent injury to yourself from its horns, and then pulling out the tongue 

 and pressing it downward, over the under lip, hundreds of little black heads 

 of so-called flesh- worms will rise above the surface. Take a dull table knife 

 and scrape off these black heads carefully and gentlj'; then throw on the 

 tongue a little salt or pepper, or both mixed together, which will bring up 

 the saliva and set the animal's tongue to working. In a few hours at most 

 the animal will begin to eat, and the trouble will be ended. We have never 

 kno^vn this remedy to fail, no matter how severe the case. 



Taste of Turnips in Millc. — There are several remedies, says the 

 American AgricuUurist, to prevent the taste of turnips in milk, but we be- 

 lieve no one of them can be strictly relied upon as effectual; we wUl, how- 

 ever, give them in order: 



1. The objectionable taste comes from the crown of the turnip. If this is 

 cut off and thrown away entire, the remainder will not affect the milk. 2. Dis- 

 solve a teaspoonful of carbonate of soda in a teacupful of warm water, and 

 add this to six gallons of mUk when iirst set in the pans. For a single gallon, 

 of course one-sixth of the above would be sufficient, and for two or three 

 gallons in due proportion. The turnips ought to be given to the cow imme- 

 diately after mUking. 3. Pulp or crush the turnips so fine as to make them 

 quickly and easily digested after eating, and when fed mis with cut hay or 

 straw. 4. Scald the milk as soon as drawn from the cows. The best way 

 to do this is to insert the milk can into a large pan or kettle about three- 

 quarters full of boiUng water, and stir the milk until it reaches 80 to 90 de- 

 grees of heat, and then set it away to gradually cool off. The cream then 

 rises thick, comes off in a lump, and is churned quickly. All the above 

 remedies are so simple as to be easUy tried, and if they do no good, cannot 

 effect harm. 



Leaves for Bedding. — An economical farmer wi-ites: " In the scarcity 

 of rye straw, and the absence of saw-dust and other material for bedding 

 cattle, we have been forced to use forest leaves to keep the horse and cow 

 in cleanly condition, and on the whole are much pleased ■vvith them. The 

 gathering was from the roadside, and along the walls, where brush and 

 leaves had accumulated for years. A few basketfuls were put under the 

 animals every morning, and kept there until they were well saturated with 

 the urine, and then thrown out into the manure heap. With a plenty of this 

 material, kept dry under a shed, and used abundantly, there is very little 

 loss of liquid manure. As an absorbent, it is much more eflective than we 

 expected to find it. Leaves have a high reputation as a material for the hot- 

 bed and the compost heap, and are worth the labor of gathei-ing, in most 

 cases for their fertilizing properties. Cords of them are going to decay in the 

 sight of almost every rural home, and it is the rare exception that they are 

 utilized. Meanwhile the fields and garden are famished for want of mannrey 

 or supplied with concentrated fertilizers at forty dollare a ton. 



