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THE LANCASTER FARMER. 



[November, 1880 



yards as to take very little exercise. If roots aro 

 not grown, and there is no old pasture lot on wliich 

 sheep or cows can run for a few hours by day, or the 

 climate is too severe in winter to admit of any rang- 

 iug around, hay made from grass cut while youna; 

 and tender would only be required. If this is not to 

 be had, and Mie forage is drieil-up hay from ifrass 

 cut when dead-ripe, some oil-cake would be the best 

 help. It is a pity the farmers of the United States 

 do not use all this exceedingly valuable food instead 

 of its going over the ocean to England to be sold to 

 the tenant farmers there. One great cause for this ex- 

 portation is the grasping covetousness of middlemen, 

 who buy of the manufacturers at a little over S30 

 per ton for tlie best, and charge more than 50 per 

 cent, retail, so that the I'armcrs across the Atlantic 

 pay less lor it than those here who get it in small 

 quantities. Another evil is the grindiutr it into dust 

 and adulterating, winch the English escape, as they 

 always purchase theirs in the cakes and crack it up 

 themselves. 



Wolf Teeth in Horses. 



The so-called wolf teeth are in themselves harm- 

 less enough, yet the popular prejudice has founda- 

 tion which it would be well for horsemen not to 

 ignore. Most diseases of the eyes occur at that 

 period of life when the milk-teeth are being most 

 rapidly shed, and the permanent teeth are coming 

 up. To suppose thai a horse suffers nothing in cut- 

 ting his teeth is a great mistake, as is shown by the 

 frequentlv slow and painful mastication of food 

 occasionally in a halfcliewed condition, and by the 

 beat, redness and swelling of the palate and gums. 

 That red, swollen and tender state of the roof of the 

 mouth behind the front teeth, familiarly known as 

 " lampas," is but an indication of this teething 

 trouble; and in not a fevv instances it renders the 

 animal feverish, weak and, by virtue of the general 

 congestion of the head, strongly predisposed to in- 

 Sammation of the eyes. The wolf teeth are in the 

 mouth during the greater part of this period of 

 teething, and are usually shed towards i's comple- 

 tion ; so that once it is hinted that these are the 

 cause of the trouble with the eyes, the owner, look- 

 ing into the mouth, seems to find ample confirma- 

 tion of the statement. The wolf teeth are, however, 

 the most harmless in the mouth, having long 

 ago reached their full development, and arc 

 but slightly inserted in their sockets ; while 

 the great and dangerous irritation attends on the 

 cutting of the large grinding teeth and, in the male, 

 of the tushes. The presence in the mouth of the 

 wolf teeth at Ibis time is an accident, and not an in- 

 jury. The temporary recovery often following their 

 removal would have taken place all the same had 

 they been lelt in the mouth, and a latter attack is 

 just as likely as if they were present. The excite- 

 ment attendant on teething is ntjtnral ; what we 

 should guard against is its excess. Any costiveness 

 of the bowels shouhl be corrected by the feeding, or, 

 if necessary, by one ounce Glauber's salt daily. 

 Teeth pressing painfully beneath, resistant, painful 

 gums, indicate the need of the lancet; teeth en- 

 tangled on the crowns of their successors should be 

 removed ; all excessive swelling, redness, and ten- 

 derness of the gums demand lancing; and, finally, 

 all unnecessary excitement or exhaustion should be 

 avoided. — National Lire Stock Journal, 



Fattening Hogs. 



Those farmers who have not already put up their 

 bogs for fattening should lose no time in doing so, it 

 being a well established fact that hogs fatten much 

 more readily in mild weather than when extieinely 

 cold. Every pound of flesh made now will cost at 

 least a fourth less than that made in midwinter. A 

 farmer often puts his fattening hogs in an open pen, 

 exposed to all kinds of weather, but if he but under- 

 stood how much more they will gain in a given time 

 on the same food when sheltered from the cold and 

 wet, he would not hesitate in providicg them shelter 

 Tiiere is a marked difference also in the manner of 

 feeding hogs in fattening them, each farmer pursu- 

 ing his own course in this respect. Numerous ex- 

 periments have been made with a view to test the 

 merits of cooked food witli that fed uncooked — a 

 most i}otable instance of which is given in the Agri- 

 cultural Reports, as follows: An Iowa farmer put 

 up 20 one-year-old hogs, and for the first U'S days 

 fed them on dry shelled co;n, of which they ate 83 

 bushels and gained S.!7 pounds or a little over 10 

 pounds to a bushel of corn. He then fed the same 

 hogs for M days on dry cornmeal, during whit-h 

 time they consumed 47 bushels and gained .5.5:i 

 pounds, or li;!4 pounds to the bushel. " The same 

 hogs were then fed fourteen days on cornmeal and 

 water mixed, consumed .5.^'^ bushels of corn and 

 gained r:il pounds, or 13 l-i; pounds to the bushel of 

 corn, lie then led tlem for fourteen days on corn- 

 meal that was cooked, and alter consliming 46".; 

 bushels of the cooked meal they had gained (iOO 

 pounds, or nearly I.t pounds to the bushel of meal. 

 The above figures were certified to by responsible 

 parlies, and are w ortliy of con.sidcration' by all farm- 

 ers, who generally try to get the most they can from 

 a bushel of corn. 



Cure for the Epizooty. 

 An old veterinary surgeon sends the N. Y. Times 

 the following '-simple and safe cure for the epizooty: 

 "Take one pound gum asaftetida, mix it with one 

 gallon boiling water, stir the mixture constantly 

 until the asafcetida is dissolved, let the mixture cool, 

 strain ami give one-half pint every three hours. 

 This will relieve the horse within twelve hours, and 

 give him a good appetite." 



Swine. 



Pigs will fatten nearly as fast on potatoes this 

 month as on corn next. They do best on cooked 

 feed, and the grain ought to be ground. 



Literary and Personal. 



The Cattle Interest in Kansas.— The cattle 

 interest is most thoroughly and comprehensively 

 treated in the Third Quarterly lieport of the State 

 Board of Agriculture, just issued. This rcjiort com- 

 prises 166 pages, giving the latest statistics relaling 

 to population, wealth, acreage of crops, meteorologi- 

 cal data for the quarter, condition of farm animals, 

 orchards, etc. The special feature of the volume, 

 and one upon which much labor and time have been 

 expended, is the presentation of the cattle and dairy 

 interests. The plan pursued in treating this subject, 

 has been to secure from the breeders of the State, 

 and those possessing experience in Kansas, papers 

 detailing the methods pursued by them, the results 

 of different methods of breeding and management, 

 and to condense in the most compact form the great- 

 est amount of information from those best able to 

 speak intelligently upon the subject. The breeding 

 and treatment of thoroughbreds for beef and for 

 butter, and experience with grades and grazing 

 cattle, will be found in this volume, given without 

 theorizing. The papers on " The Treatment of Milk 

 Cows, and Manufacture of Butter and Cheese," will 

 be specially valuable to those who contemplate en- 

 gaging in this business. Kansas is shown by these 

 witnesses to possess excellent advantages for stock 

 raising, and the information given by over 2.TO con- 

 tributors to this volume cannot be over estimated. 



The w rk here accomplished by the State Board of 

 Agriculture for the farmers of the State, and those 

 who contemplate making Kansas their home, could 

 not be expected from any other source, and will be 

 worth a hundred times its cost to the State, both at 

 home and abroad. The volume may be procured by 

 inclosing the postage (five cents) to the Secretary of 

 the Board, J. K. Hudson, Topeka, Kansas. 



Electko-Magnetic Jouunal, published by the 

 Electro-Magnetic Brush Company, Cincinnati, Ohio ; 

 sent to any address on receipt of six cents. This is 

 a royal octavo pamphlet of MS pages, and illustrated 

 tinted paper covers, exclusively devoted to the de- 

 scription and illustration of electro magnetic a|ipa- 

 ratus, and especially to the magnetic brush, wliich 

 seems to be a new invention in the application of 

 electro-magnetism to the human system as a cura- 

 tive agent. In short, the " Illustrated Magnetic 

 .Journal " contains practical advice on the curing of 

 diseases, and the prolongation of human life ; also 

 illustrates wonderful scientific inventions, among 

 which are the electro-magnet ie brushes and the 

 family battery, tiy which nearly all diseases are 

 effectu.ally cured. Among the diseases mentioned in 

 which the electro-magnetic applications are espelially 

 effectual are mental despondency, constipation, 

 neuralgia and nervous affections, headache, mental 

 taxation, kidney disease, rheumatism, catarrh and 

 bronchial afteetions, skin affections, toothache, 

 nervous headache, general and local paral^'sis, hair 

 diseases, functional diseases of the heart, sofiening 

 of the brain, apoplexy, dyspepsia, nervousness and 

 sleeplessness, lialdness and other cogenerie affections 

 and afflictions. The pathology of these several 

 diseases is given at some length, and the mode of 

 application in the respective cases. A short dedica- 

 tory introduction, and a history and explanation of 

 electricity as a curative agent, and espeeiallv the 

 effects of the electro-magnetic hair brusli are given 

 in detail, winding up with the usual characteiistic 

 testimonials. Whatever the result of theac inven 

 tions may ultimately be, it is very apparent that 

 electro-magnetism as a curative agent is looming up 

 as it never has done before, and the afliicted are 

 availing themselves of its advantages. 



Keport of the Entomologist of the United States 

 Department, of Agriculture, for the year ending 1H79, 

 by J. Henry Comstock; with illustrations. (Author's 

 edition from the annual report of the Department of 

 Agriculture for the year 1879.) We are under ob- 

 ligations to the chief of the Entomological Depart- 

 ment for an advance copy of his annual report lor 

 1S7S), and although this is some improvement on 

 waiting for the general agricultural report through 

 congressional distribut oi in 18 1, siil, there is 

 r.xnn lor further rclorm in this respect — at least it 

 would be very dcsiralile that the report i)i one year 

 shouhl be issued and di^tnbuted during the first 

 quarter of the succeeding year. Of ctjurse those 

 who are best acquainted with the practical details 



of the office ought to know best whether such a de- 

 sire is realizable or not The report itself covers 

 nearly 100 pages, octavo, including five full page 

 plates of illustrations, and an alphabetical index. 

 No report has perhaps ever been sent out from that 

 office containing so many entire'y new species of 

 insects, or so many in which the farmers and fruit- 

 growers of the "ountry are more immediately inter- 

 ested and more practically instructed. We must 

 sometimes wonder that, considering the large 

 amount of scientific literature issued from the press, 

 and diffused throughout the country, so little of it, 

 comparatively, is appropriated by the people, even 

 those whom we might suppose, naturally would be 

 hungering after sucli knowledge. We notice that in 

 this report all, or nearly all, the illustrations are 

 "original" — without regard to their quality or their 

 faithfulness to nature — and we confess they have a 

 freshness about them which yields a momentary re- 

 lief, at least, from the monotony of those popular 

 forms whose duplication have illustrated so many 

 publications during the last decade. In new books 

 people look for new pictures, even when the animals 

 representeil are the same. 



"The Farm." — How much more pacific, demo- 

 cratic and progressive that title than the Kanche, 

 the Haciendo , or the riaiitation. Perhaps there is 

 only one other title more significant, and that is 

 "The Farmer" — "A title more honorable to the 

 possessor than any an emperor could confer; for 

 while he turns the furrow or scatters the seed he 

 feels that he does not labor for a master — he knows 

 that no tyrant will reap the fruits of his labor," (so 

 far as it presumably relates to the Union.) "This is 

 the blessing for which our fathers fought, and it is 

 a blessing enjoyed by the freemen of many inde 

 pendent States, which, like so many brilliant stars' 

 compose the constellation of freedom" — at least so 

 the play goes — a title that comprehends much more 

 than that of" Rnnehero or Planter. 



These refleetions have been elicited by the recep- 

 tion of the November numl)er of the T^arm; a jour- 

 nal for the farm, garden and household; published 

 in the city of Dublin, Ireland; "price two pence." 

 A remarkably well executed and ably edited quarto 

 of-O pages, monthly, and adapted to the civilized 

 world, outside of "Auld Ireland." If the "Green 

 Isle" possessed nothing else, this literary represen- 

 tative of its farming interests would be sufflcient to 

 give it character abroad. Its contents are solid, 



and on the whole it is 

 foreign exchanges. God 



practical and thorough, 

 amongst the best of our 

 prosper auld Ireland. 



Specimensof Illusthation of R. Worthington's 

 New Juveniles for 1S80 and 1>S1, an 8vo. pamphlet 

 of IB pages, each of which contains a beautiful full- 

 page illustration, representing the following popular 

 juvenile works : Chatterbox Junior, Sundav, Chat- 

 terbox P'cture Book, Little Pr.attlers, Baby Mine 

 Picture Book, Chatterbox Stories in Natural His- 

 tory, A (iift for a (iooii Child, My Own Pet's Book 

 of Birds, Aunt Charlotte's Picture Books, Christmas 

 Box, What Kosa Did, Little Folks' Play Book, Little 

 Chatterbox, Little Tommy Tiptoe, The Peep Show, 

 Little Red Riding Hood, Work, Kate Greenaway, 

 Trot's Journey, and others of similar character. 

 These specimens alone constitute a book that in 

 hundreds of thousands of families of our Union 

 woidd be hailed by the young folks with joy, and in 

 point of artistic excellence would "hardly ever" 

 find an equal. The Cliatlerhox svnes have a repu- 

 tation that need no commendation of ours. Pub- 

 lished by R. Worthington,770 Broadway, New York. 



Breeders' Live Stock Journal — " Economy of 

 production and value of product the standard of 

 merit." A royal quarto of 16 pages, published at 

 Beecher, Illinois, by the Breeders' and Live Stock 

 Association, at ?! .00 a year. S. L. Miller, President- 

 and E. S. .Shockey, Secretary. No. 9, Vol. 1, (No, 

 vember, 1K81,) has reacherl our table, and is replete 

 with matter interesting, not only to breeders of live 

 stock, but to husbandry in general. The illustra- 

 tions of fat Poland-China pigs on the first page, 

 however, are about the )tiaximui)i of obesity without 

 entirely obliterating tlie porcine form. Remove the 

 feet, the ears and the tails, and we have three svell- 

 stufl'ed sacks of lard that only need a spiggot to 

 draw it out. 



Thomas Brothers' Musical Journal, issued 

 monthly, at No.ol:i Main street, Catskill, New York, 

 at §1.1)0 per year, postage free; single copies, 10 

 cents. This is a royal quarto of Ui pages, ten of 

 which are devoted to the latest compositions in 

 printed music. The Musical /oiira«; is devoted ex- 

 clusively to the musical literature of t'le period, and' 

 from the class of readers likely to patronize such a 

 journal, it should be aflrst-elass advertising medium 

 within a certain sphere. 



The Sugar Beet for October, 18S0, comes to 

 hand with its usual amount of practical sugar lore 

 and the economical inanipidation and transportation 

 of the crop from the field to the manufactory by 

 means of improved machinery. "Even Persia hasa 

 beet-sugar factory in conlemiilation." We must not 

 let Persia and Russia get the start of us in the sugar 

 business. Better more sugar and less tobacco. 



