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out in a storm there is a good chance for trouble if we 

 undertake to force them to walk through snow to the 

 poultry house. The guineas will take to flight rather than 

 wade in snow and rather than light on the ground when 

 covered with snow they will alight in trees, or if there 

 are no trees they will light on the tops of buildings. 



Many times a severe cough in a horse can be cor- 

 rected by the use of the following remedy: Nitrate of 

 potash, three drachms ; tartarized antimony, one drachm ; 

 powdered digitalis, three- fourths drachm; camphor, three 

 drachms. Mix well, divide into two equal parts, and 

 make each into a ball with a little raw linseed-oil. Give 

 one dose in the morning and the other in the evening. 

 Continue each alternate day until relief is noticed. 



To rid swine of worms, give one dose made up of 4 

 tablespoonfuls of oil of turpentine, one-half teaspoonful 

 of liquor of erri dialysatus and 6 ounces of raw linseed 

 oil. This is suitable for an animal weighing 100 to 150 

 pounds ; for larger or smaller stock change the dose. Re- 

 peat in four days if necessary. Kidney worms are not 

 directly reached by any known remedy, but the treat- 

 ment and management outlined above will have a good 

 effect. 



One of the best methods to take care of the steel plow 

 is to grease the mold board, share and land slide just as 

 soon as the plowing is done. Leaving a highly polished 

 surface exposed to the weather for one night starts a rust. 

 Paint must be scraped off with some sharp instrument, 

 while grease can be wiped off with a cloth, or not infre- 

 quently the farmer can hitch to the plow without touch- 

 ing the share, the dirt pushing off the grease. Paint is 

 a good preservative of wood, but should not be applied 

 to metal which has wearing or bearing surfaces. 



