become ulcerated, several doses of oil may be 
necessary, a bout twelve hours apart. I use 
a small mop, dipped In vinegar, to cleanse 
the roof of the mouth, throat, head and 
nostrils; after which, instead of the lunar 
caustic for burning the ulcers, I dip a mop or 
leather in soft soap (which all good house¬ 
keepers generally have) and touch every 
ulcer, 'ibis answers every purpose, is con¬ 
venient, and in its use there is not the danger 
of destroying the membrane of the larynx as 
with the caustic. 
By using the vinegar wash and soap. 
not visit some herds in that vicinity which I 
wished to do. Col. Taylor is buying in at 
strong figures (six young heifers at $8,000), 
and Hr. Richard Gibson has sold two un¬ 
born calves for $2,300 ($1,000 and $1,200), and 
has refused $5,500 for the bull he bought for 
® 4 ’ 000 - A Working Farmer. 
AN ENGLISH HEN-COOP 
The hen-coop herewith illustrated is highly 
commended by some of the English fanciers 
Mr. T. C. Burni;li. says of it“ It combines 
every requisite for rearing chickens success¬ 
fully , and with it no shed or coop-house is 
required, it. also possesses the merit of being 
vermin-proof when shut up, and this, too, 
without the ventilation being at all impeded. 
Owing to an error in shading the engraving 
is not so intelligible as I could wish ; but I 
wil] endeavor to make it a little more simple 
t> 3 ' explanation. Most hen-coops arc entire) v 
inadmissible for outdoor chicken rearing for 
Wo reasons one, that the wet drives into 
the front of the coop ; the other, that in 
heavy rain the wet runs in underneath the 
sides. In Mr. Lingwood’s model coop both 
these disadvantages are avoided, ns the roof 
projects over the open front, and effectually 
keeps out the rain ; while a wooden tray is 
made to fit inside (which should be always 
kept filled with sand or dry earth), which 
entirely keeps the little chickens out of the 
wet - The flap-door, which in the wood cut 
is seen lying on the ground, hinges at bottom 
on hooks, and when turned up and secured 
with a button, fastens the coop up for the 
night, secure against fox or rat. The top 
part of the open front is made of small-mesh 
wire, aud should be placed perpendicularly, 
aud not bo made, as in the drawing, to lean 
forward. This, besides giving light and ven¬ 
tilation, will be found convenient for feeding 
the chickens through on a very inclement 
beet root for cattle feeding. 
-- 
1 ueg to state that sugar beet requires a 
careful cultivation, but how this has to be 
done will much depend on the land on which 
it is intended to grow. The soil must be in 
a well-pulverized state and kept clear of 
weeds; this is the chief obligation of the 
beet grower, and on the head of former ex¬ 
planations as to beet growing in Germany 
our farmers will soon find out the right way 
which is the most profitable to them. Con¬ 
trary to mangels and other roots, beet re¬ 
quires only little manure, and when farm¬ 
yard manure is applied, it should be brought 
on as soon as possible after harvest, for fresh 
dung produces inferior roots. The beet roots 
grow after a manured cereal crop, with only 
a fewewt. of artificial manure, applied early 
ill spring. As to the quantity of beet root 
which can be nrodueeo IlPl' r» ro T 3. 
I cattle, flock of Cotswolds and his pigs ; saw 
! everything in good, substantial order ; every 
animal in natural good health and fat, with¬ 
out any pampering. The weather was very- 
cold, but the sheep had liberty in the day 
and did not feel it at all ; and why should 
they, with such covering as those Cotswolds 
have ? The head, the legs and every part is 
protected with wool. The Short Horns were 
the cattle I went especially to see, and 1 ex¬ 
pect a yearling bull as the result of my visit 
MnrI „ *L _ll 4 . " 
i trucking Fowls for Market.— The Poultry 
5 World does not think that the best and most 
economical way to pluck fowls for market is 
by doing it without scalding. It prefei-s 
scalding, but says “ Jf there are any who 
want to operate withouttho scalding process, 
let them do so, and when they are tired of it,’ 
let them try the following improved method : 
Dip the fowls in cold water and let them drip. 
Then apply flucly pulverized resin to the 
feathers, using a dredging box for con¬ 
venience. Then scald in the usual way, 
l ho resin sticks the feathers together so 
that tlie pin-feathers come out with the 
others, saving much trouble. Apply about 
half a teaeupful of resin to a fowl. Use tho 
common crude article. It is cheap stuff and 
its cost is made up ten times over by the 
laboi saved. 1 Half a teacupful of resin 
dredged on each fowl ! We fancy this will 
not “take,” either with the farmer, or his 
wife and daughters, or whoever has the 
preparing of the fowls. We prefer cold 
plucked poultry and they usually bring two 
cents a pound more. 
Gapes in Chickens.—I thought my experi- 1 
ence in curing chickens of the gapes might J 
be interesting to poultry raisers. I have f 
been very successful with the horse-hair * 
treatment. 1 twist the hair, making a small ^ 
-tt-ii uuio pouJiry dealer recently took ten 
pullets of each of the breeds mentioned 
below, about six months old, gave them a 
yard forty feet square, with a comfortable 
house, and kept exact account of eggs and 
feed as follows : 
The Dark Brahmas ate 869% quarts of 
coni, outs and wheat screening, laid 605 eggs 
and weighed 70 pounds. The Buff Cochins 
at,e -106 quarts, laid 501 eggs and weighed 7.3 
pounds. The C my Dorkings ate 809% quarts, I 
I John B. Poyntz of Maysville, Ky., has 
been testing Thury’s theory of breeding sex 
at will. This theory has been given in the 
Rural New-Yorker. In the Farmers 1 
Journal, Mr. Poyntz says The theory 
has been on trial for twelve years upon my 
lai m. I am engaged in breeding Alderneys 
and Jerseys for dairy purposes. The females 
selling better and being of the most value 
induced me to muke the trial, dividing my 
cows and heifers in lots, and for abundant 
precautions, as to exact time, placed the 
bulls with each lot at the proper date, to 
regulate the dropping of calves aud their 
sex. Herewith you have the result of the 
seldom lose one in the operation. The 
worms are from one-half to one inch in 
length and blood red in color, as described in 
the Rural a number of times.— m. o. c. 
Graves’ Incubator.—Would you be so kind 
as to inform me whether Jacob Graves’ 
Incubator is a humbug or not, whether it 
does what it professes to or not i And where 
one does not like to depend on the uncer¬ 
tainty of the “old hen 11 whether an Incuba¬ 
tor would be a good investment or not — 
Oliver Parry. • 
We cannot speak from personal experience 
He have seen it commended and heard it 
denounced. It is probably a fact that 
CURE FOR ROUP 
NOTES FOR HERDSMEN 
mis disease—so common, so fatal and so 
easily cured is the dread of many fanciers 
As a gentleman from Philadelphia, who was 
treating this disease experimentally, wrote 
,lie • R is B uast}’ disease, and so contagious 
that it can be spread through a flock by 
allowing any of them access to a room or 
house where a patient lias been kept weeks 
Trouble. 
iviiH (i< Cow’s Eye ,—Will you or 
any of your correspondents give me a little 
information in regard to curing (if it can be 
done) a trouble with a cow’s eye. I first no¬ 
ticed, late last summer, a thick, reddish sub¬ 
stance forming iu the back corner of her eye 
which has continued to grow until it has 
completely Covered the eye aud seems thick 
and leathery. The eye looked clear aud 
bright until covered up, but lately there is a 
watery discharge, somewhat bloody, when 
out of stable. She is hearty, and seems per¬ 
fectly healthy in all respects but the eye. 
Any information iu regard to treatment will 
be thankfully received by the subscriber—F 
M. B., Alfred, N. V., Feb. 26. 
Food for Caws.- Dr. Wakefield says 
gieen com fodder, clover hay and bran to- 
p-eriiei* ie *he best food for producing milk 
some danger of its being too re- 
the present day. 
The snow storm resulted _ 
around London being so blocked that I could 1 hiring! 
