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Husk or Hoosc in Calves.— G. Silleck. Ail 
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calf. The disease is akin to the gapes in chickens and 
verminous bronchitis in lambs. The proper treatment 
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daily, for two days, to he repeated a week later. To 
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burning sulphur, or the fine powder of dry-slaked caustic 
lime in the air of a close stable, is also recommended. 
To Keep Milk Cans from Busting.—“ Sil- 
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Parasitic Skin Disease.— “J. M. E.,” Soufei 
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carbolic acid, is fatal to the parasites; but is it some¬ 
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How to Feed a Calf.—“W. G. H.,” Rock Co., 
Wis. The following method has proved satisfactory to 
the writer: Let it suck for five days; then separate it 
from the cow and teach it to drink. Give it one quart of 
fresh milk at each milking time, and a quart of warmed 
sweet milk at intervals of three hours. After a week of 
this, gradually increase the supply until at a month old 
it is getting 8 quarts a day. After the calf is two months 
old it may have 10 quarts a day in four meals; and be¬ 
tween these half a pint of dry mixed bran and oats, finely 
ground. The meal may be gradually increased to a pint 
a day. A little cut hay mixed with the meal may be given 
at four months old; then some corn-meal may be added. 
Slieep Peeling Trees.—“A. H. D.,” St. Louis 
Co., Mo. To preserve trees from being harked by sheep, 
wash them with a mixture of cow dung and clay or 
clayey loam ; soot will increase its “ keep off” qualities. 
Pea Fowls and Guinea Pigs.—“T. W. S.,” 
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to $30, according to the quality. Their eggs are usually 
hatched under a turkey. Guinea pigs are pretty pets, bnt 
of no practical use. A dry box is the best pen for them. 
