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ring is fastened to the bottom, upon one side, by 
which it may be hung up when, not in use. When 
used, the liquid is poured into the horn by means 
of a funnel, the small end of the horn is inserted 
in to. the mouth of the animal between the jaws, 
where there are no teeth, and the head being held 
up, the medicine trickles or gurgles out of the 
horn down the animals throat so slowly, that it can 
be easily swallowed. A very good and cheap sub¬ 
stitute is represented in figure 1. It is made of a 
Fig. 1.—A DRENCHING HORN. 
large common hom, the small end of which is sawn 
off at the proper place, and, if found necessary, is 
bored to make the aperture large enough. The 
large end of the hom is closed with a piece of wood, 
Fig. 2.— A DRENCHING HORN OF METAL. 
neatly fitted and secured by a few small screws ; or 
it may be covered with a piece of sheet copper, the 
edges of which are turned up around the horn and 
secured by screws. For cement, a little bath-brick 
dust, mixed with melted rosin, and a few drops of 
linseed oil, may be used hot. A hole should be 
bored in the bottom, to be closed with a plug when 
the hom is filled, and removed when it has been 
properly placed in the animal’s mouth, if found 
necessary to allow the liquid to flow more .freely. 
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A Swinging Door for a Piggery. 
“H. S. S.,” of Iowa City, Iowa, sends the ac¬ 
companying illustration of a swinging door for a 
piggery, which is intended to be used together with 
a feed trough. The engraving is intended to show 
a portion of the front wall, or partition of the pen. 
The door is hung upon hickory pins set into the 
frame, one upon each side, and may be swung back 
as shown, so as to permit access to the trough for 
pouring food into it, and at the same time closes it 
against the pigs. The door is held in place by a 
A SWINGING DOOR FOR A PIGGERY. 
bolt sliding in a slot, when in either position, as 
shown in the engraving. In a piggery, the pens 
would be most conveniently arranged on each side 
of a passage way, with feed troughs opening into 
the passage by doors of the style here described. 
An Improved Package for Butter. 
The demand for choice butter, put up in cakes 
ready for use, and the production of such butter to 
meet this demand, have so greatly increased, that 
there is a wide inquiry for the best methods of 
packing the butter for sale, and the best kinds of 
packages. Several kinds of packages, suitable for 
shipping choice butter, have been described from 
time to time in the American Agriculturist, but in 
these, as in other things, improvements are always 
being made. When at the Centennial Exhibition 
we noticed something new in the way of butter 
packages, which we here describe, it being the time 
when the business of shipping butter is beginning 
for the season. This package was exhibited by Mr. 
J. G. Koehler, of 503 North Second St., Philadel¬ 
phia, who is well known as a manufacturer of cedar- 
ware, and whose tubs and vats, of enormous size 
and capacity, were so conspicuous at the Exhibi¬ 
tion. The butter-tub in question, is oval in shape, 
made of seasoned white cedar, and therefore in¬ 
odorous, is strongly bound with galvanized iron 
bands, or brass hoops, and is well adapted for re¬ 
sisting rough treatment in use. The shape of the 
tub is shown in the accompanying engraving. 
Within the tub is a tin cooler, having a removable 
ice chamber at each end, (also shown in the engrav¬ 
ing). These movable chambers are a great im¬ 
provement on the old style of fixed ones, as they 
can be filled with ice or emptied of water with far 
greater ease and convenience. A series of ledges 
is made upon the inner side of the cooler, by 
which wooden shelves for holding the butter are 
supported. These shelves are made in two parts, 
as shown resting against the tub, and are perfo¬ 
rated, both for facility in moving them, and to allow 
the circulation of air within the tub, to equalize 
the temperature. The prints are laid upon these 
shelves. When rolls are packed the shelves are 
not used. The cover is hinged in the middle, as 
shown, and has a fastening at one end, and a hinged 
hasp at the other, so that it is easily removed or 
placed, and may be locked for transportation. The 
many advantages of this package will commend it to 
A TUB FOR PACKING BUTTER. 
those of our readers who are engaged in shipping or 
taking to customers choice butter in rolls or prints. 
Maturity of Beef Cattle. —If we compare the 
rate of growth of well bred and well fed animals, 
from their birth up to the age when they are gen¬ 
erally supposed to be mature, it will be found that 
the most rap’d increase is made at from 2 to 3 years. 
This is now ine age at which there is most profit to 
the feeder. After that time the growth is not only 
slower in proportion, but consists chiefly of fat in¬ 
stead of flesh. Our best stock now reaches full 
maturity soon after arriving at the age of 3 years, 
if skillfully fed. If fed improperly, the period of 
ripeness may be postponed a year or more, or the 
animal may never reach the weight and condition 
which it might otherwise have done. It is not to 
be understood that we refer only to the present 
most popular breed, the Short-horn. Any of the 
pure breeds of beef cattle, the Herefords, Devons, 
or Black-polled Scotch, are all subject to the same 
rule ; and not only is it true with beef cattle, but 
in a corresponding ratio with sheep and swine as 
well. A wether should come to market at less than 
two years old, and pork is most cheaply made 
by feeding grades, of any of the pure breeds, for 
one year only. No pork can be more profitably fed 
than that of a well bred hog of 250 to 300 pounds 
of one year old or less. 
A Handy Frame for Sawing Wood. 
G. McAdam, of Egmondville, Canada, sends a 
draft or a very handy sawing fame, contrived by 
Mr. Jos. Stevenson, Egmondville. This frame has. 
A FRAME FOR SAWING WOOD. 
in this locality, altogether superseded the buck 
saw. With one of Boynton’s cross-cut saws, there 
is no trouble to cut cord wood ; the end where the 
saw is inserted in the pendulum should work in a 
slide. The accompanying engraving very clearly 
represents the frame above mentioned, so that one 
could be readily constructed from the illustration 
without the need of any further description. 
An Effective and Simple Wool-Press. 
Where there are only a few fleeces to be handled 
at shearing time, there is no necessity to use a 
wool-press for the rapid tying of the fleeces. A flat 
table may be used, upon which to spread out the 
fleeces ; the sides and ends are first turned in, and 
iho whole then rolled up neatly and tightly, and 
tied .; three twines are put around it, no more string 
being used than absolutely necessary. But where 
hundreds, or thousands of fleeces are to be packed, 
a press that can be quickly worked should be used. 
Such a press is shown in the accompanying en¬ 
graving, which represents a section of the table. 
The presser consists of a fixed board, and a sliding 
A CONVENIENT W'OOL-PRESS. 
one behind it. The slide is moved forward by 
pressing the foot upon the treadle, and when 
