ISSS 
THE BUBAL 
fluenza is so readily contracted during an 
outbreak of the disease, that if the colts should 
have either disease after entering the stable, 
it would not necessarily follow' that they re¬ 
ceived the disease from the building. They 
might easily contract the disease from other 
unavoidable sources even if all possible pre¬ 
cautions were taken to prevent it. Fortunate¬ 
ly either disease with simple treatment and 
proper care—and more depends upon the care 
than upon the medicinal treatment—usually 
runs a favorable course, and is not to be es¬ 
pecially dreaded. 
LOWEST COST OF MILK. 
A. ./. 771, Dry den, N. Y .—What is the low¬ 
est price at which milk can be sold and a 
profit made in making it? 
An'k.— So much depends upon the individ¬ 
ual animal used and the conditions under 
which she is kept that it is very difficult to 
give a correct answer. Many experiments 
have been made iu w'hich the cost has ranged 
from three-fourths of a cent to 2% cents per 
quart. A very careful test was made by Pro¬ 
fessor Roberts at Cornell University in March, 
1884, on three cows in which the milk cost IX 
cent per quart. In this the food consumed by 
the throe cows consisted of 41 pouuds of clover 
hay, 14 pounds of corn-stalks, 15 pounds of cot¬ 
ton-seed meal, 14 pounds of corn meal and 14 
pounds of malt eprouts, and the prices were 
given as $.8 for the hay, 81 for corn-stalks, $26 
for meal and $14 for the malt sprouts, which 
were at least extreme market rates, and no al¬ 
lowance was made for the value of the man¬ 
ure. We think that with an addition of some 
green food to this ration and a proper allow¬ 
ance for the value of the manure which was 
made, aud which Professor Roberts shows to 
have been worth at least !50 cents per day af¬ 
ter deducting 20 per cent, of manorial elements 
as the amount retained in its passage through 
the cows, that the actual cost of the milk 
would have beeu reduced below three-fourths 
of a cent per pound, Of course, to do this lib¬ 
eral feeding must be adopted for the reason 
that the milk is a surplus product, aud uo mat¬ 
ter how meagrely the cow is fed she must first 
retain from the food sufficient to maintain her 
fiesh and keep it warm. 
DROPSICAL SWELLING IN MARK’S LKO. 
77. IF., Minaville, N. Y ,—The left hind leg 
of a mare swells from the knee down—most 
iu the aukle joint. The swelling disappears 
wheu she is worked or driven, but reappears 
when she stands for a few days. There is 
some swelling also under the stomach, espe¬ 
cially near the teats. She had “scratches” 
first; about a year ago; but the swelling has 
stuck to her since; otherwise she appears in 
good health; what should be done for her? 
Ans. —The swellings appeur to be essentially 
auasareous or dropsical, probably due to un¬ 
healthy dietetic conditions. Look over the 
feed, care and stable to make sure that each 
is as it should be. Faults in either may be 
the cuuse of the difficulty. Give daily exer¬ 
cise—a short dtive or a run iu a yard—wheu 
not at work, and stable in a loose box if con¬ 
venient. Night aud morning give oue 
ounce each Epsom salts and powdered gentian 
and two drains each niter and chlorite of 
potash. If the bowels are constipated or ir¬ 
regular add one dram Rarbadoes aloes until 
relieved. Report condition after one month, 
-»♦«- 
Miscellaneous. 
.7. 77. W., Providence, It. I .—Our carriage- 
horse is troubled with an eruption mostly on 
the neck and fore-shoulder. It is iu the shape 
of small bunches and is very annoying to him, 
as he rubs and bites the places through the 
blanket most of the time. When curried 
white scales come off. The trouble began two 
mouths ago, but is now increasing. The ani¬ 
mal is otherwise well; what is the matter? 
Ans. —The difficulty may be duo to discu.se 
of the skin, caused by faulty nutrition, or to 
lack of grooming and proper care. Have the 
animal groomed thoroughly for an hour daily, 
and also give a short drive or ruu iu a yard. 
Twice daily give one-half ounce each pow¬ 
dered gentian, ginger aud sodium carbonate, 
with oue dram aloes. Drop the aloes if the 
bowels become too loose. 
A. A'. 7'’., Chicago, Nebraska .—Which is 
the best way to protect grape-vines during the 
Winter in Northern Nebraska? 
Anh. —lu Northern Nebraska grapes only 
require protection from sun aud wind during 
Winters. For this purpose they may bo laid 
upon the ground aud covered with any coarse 
litter, such as grass, straw or corn-stalks. If 
danger is apprehended from field mice, the 
better way may bo to cover lightly with 
earth. This, however, is to bo avoided unless 
the soil is light aud consequently not likely to 
hold an excess of moisture, which would he 
liable to injure I he buds. 
-t. L. L ., Hoi'S# sh <>v Haul, Idaho —Whut 
sort of a plum is Kelsey’s Japan? We have a 
plum here which bears heavily a yellow prune- 
shaped fruit, which is a good keeper, often 
lasting till Christmas, shrinking only a little. 
The pits are quite free; the tree is a very mod¬ 
erate grower. From this description can the 
Rural tell the variety ? 
Ans.—N o; from this description we can not 
name the plum. We are inclined to think 
that Kelsey's Japan is a first-rate acquisition. 
Still, we do not speak from experience. For 
illustration and history see the R. N.-Y. of 
Nov. 20, last. 
77. E. A ., Alton, III .—Rugby is a town in 
Morgan County, Northeastern Tennessee 
among the Cumberland Mountains, about 100 
miles north of Chatanooga. It w-as founded 
as an English colony over a dozen years ago 
by Thomas Hughes, author of “Tom Brown at 
Rugby,” a celebrated novel, and other works, 
and was called after the market town of Rug¬ 
by, Warwickshire, Englund, the site of the 
celebrated grammar school over which the 
famous Dr. Arnold presided. The colony has 
!>een several times on the point of failing; hut 
it is still in existence, and by last accouuts was 
doing pretty well. 
B. W, O., Wakefield , Mass .—Where can 
the Sanitas Disinfectant and other products 
of Sanitas be obtained? 
ANS.—Of the Sanitas Co., 636 West 55th 
Street, New York, or of local druggist. 
A. M. S.. Easton, N. I'.—The little book re¬ 
cently noticed iu the Rural entitled “The 
Making of Pictures," will give one a fair idea 
of art. It is published by the luter-State 
Publishing Co., Boston, Mass. 
77. W. C., Bradford Co., Pa .—Who is a 
reliable honey dealer? 
Ans.—S. H. and E. H. Frost, 100 Park 
Place, New York. 
Subscriber .—The fare from New York to 
San Francisco by sea is $80 for first-class and 
$60 for steerage. 
F. D. S., Ithaca, N. Y .—What is the rating 
of A. J. Holman & Co., publishers of tables, 
Philadelphia, Pa? 
Ans. —We otter their bibles as premiums to 
our agents and believe the firm to be alto¬ 
gether trustworthy, as well as reasonable in 
their prices. 
DISCUSSION. 
BOARDING FARM HANDS. 
J. B., Newmarket, Ont., Canada.— I was 
surprised aud vexed to 3ee the conclusion of 
Prof. E. M. Shelton’s letter on Farm Econo¬ 
my, in the Thanksgiving issue of the Rural, 
where he says; “The house of the farmer who 
boards his own help can never be a model 
farm home. I think of no spectacle in con¬ 
nection with the farm quite as unlovely and 
degrading to all concerned as that presented 
by the farmer’s wife and daughters whose 
lives are largely given over to the abject 
drudgery of cooking and washing aud bed¬ 
making for hired men.’’ 
I was vexed because it. shows a tendency to 
widen instead of narrowing the gap between 
the upper and the lower classes, between the 
employer aud the employed. In most, if not 
all, new countries everybody, so long as he 
proves himself honest und respectable, is as 
good as his neighbor. In England there is a 
wide gap botweeu the employer aud the work¬ 
ing-man; now is this condition of society a 
healthy state of tilings? Did God ever intend 
it to bo so? Is it right? Is it acting the part 
of a Christian for a own not to associate with 
another man because he works ou a farm, or 
because lie wears corduroy pauts, or because 
he is not ashamed to carry a pail of milk or a 
bushel of eggs through the streets r I believe 
that all honest work is honorable. Then 1 
ask why, so long as u man conducts himself in 
an honest and respectable manner, is it more 
“unlovely and degrading” for farmers’ wives 
and daughters to cook and wash for him than 
for the other members of the family, or for 
occasional visitors? I am an Englishman, hut 
have worked two yeai-s in Canada, und 1 be¬ 
lieve that laborers here are generally superior 
to those of the Old Country, because the men 
are treated on an equality both by the farmer 
aud his wife. It Is only uatural wheu a farm¬ 
er is kind to his man, that the latter should do 
his best for his master. Again, Is it rot wiser 
and more economical to board the farm hands ? 
If anything goes wrong, for instance if any¬ 
thing should happen to the horses or cattle 
either early iu the morning or late at night, 
the men are close at hand and ready to help. 
Is it not cheaper to pay $150 and hoard a man 
for a year, tliau to pay $280 and let him board 
himself, or pay for board elsewhere, especially 
as the farmer has the grout advantage of 
haviug most of Ills provisions at first cost—the 
cost of production. 
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