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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
207 
sentences may not be exactly correct in their spelling or 
grammar. But this does not affect their real value. Let 
a “Farmer” write what he knows about steaming food if 
he has learned anything new. 
LAST MONTH OF THE 
Yalifoble 
iPUing Man sure.— “ S.,” Nelson, 0., wants 
advice about his manure pile. He uses 200 bushels of 
sawdust per week for bedding for four horses and sixteen 
cows, and has the manure piled in his yard, where it gets 
what rain falls on it, and no other water. Ho spreads 
half a bushel of plaster on it when he perceives a smell 
from it. Is he doing right ?—Yes. We would, however, 
scatter the plaster iu the stables. It is not probable that 
a manure pile of this character would ferment injuriously, 
except in dry hot weather. 
Concrete BS«ail«lsMg - s.—W., Albert Lea, 
Minn., wants to know the modus operctndi of making 
cement for building, and the cost. In the American Agri¬ 
culturist for March, 1S72, page 9G, will be found an article 
on this subject, giving directions. The cost depends on 
so many contingencies that no accurate estimate can be 
given, useful for all localities. Hydraulic cement is worth 
about $1.75 to $2.25 per barrel in St. Louis, Louisville, 
and Chicago, and at this price for cement, if everything, 
including labor, is to be purchased, the cost will be from 
10 to 15 cents per cubic foot. 
C©«"M isi E>a‘ills.—“ W. A. L.,” Elliota, asks 
if there is any gain in sowing corn for fodder in drills 
rather than in hills or broadcast. Generally the yield of 
corn in drills, when well cultivated, is fifteen to twenty- 
five per cent over the yield of hills and double of that sown 
broadcast. See last month’s and this mouth’s papers. 
SiretcJaes 1st SJicejp.—“ D. M.,” Union 
Grove, Wis., has lost several sheep by “stretches;” he 
wants a remedy. The cause of this disease (which is so 
called from the sheep stretching itself out) s costiveness. 
Anything that will prevent or cure this will be a remedy 
against stretches. Roots are especially useful as winter 
feed, and we have heard sulphur named as useful. We 
always give sulphur to our sheep, and feed roots, and 
never have trouble with stretches. 
C8aap=l?Iasasaa-e.—“ F.” asks if chip-manure 
is good to mulch fruit trees with. Yes, better, if it is 
mixed with some limej which will help it to rot. 
ISitlmey-Worisns ita Slog's. — E. W. 
Tidd, Independence, Iowa, writes that his hogs are very 
weak in the back, and have lost the use of their hind¬ 
legs, which they drag after them when they move. What 
ails them ?—These symptoms are attributed to worms in 
the kidneys, and turpentine rubbed on the back, or ashes 
given in the feed, is recommended as a cure. Half to a 
whole teaspoonful of copperas, according to the size of 
the hog, given daily in the feed, is another useful remedy. ■ 
Valaae «f Peel.—“W. McF.,” St. Peters, 
Minri., asks which of the following articles furnishes the 
cheapest feed for cows, viz. : brewer’s grains at 8 cents, 
oats 30 cents, corn 40 cents per bushel; hay, $7 per ton ; 
bran, $15 per ton—milk being worth 20 cents per gallon 
and butter 25 cents per pound Certainly, the most money 
can be made under these circumstances by producing 
milk for sale, and then hay, bran, and grains would be j 
cheapest; if for butter, we would use bran and corn-meal. | 
$BSiaajJnaess iaa BSoi*se@.—“ X. Y. Z.,” 
Iowa City, asks if, when a horse’s eye is constantly water¬ 
ing, it is a sign that he is going blind, and whether the 
other eye will suffer by sympathy. This is a sign that 
something is wrong, which, if allowed to proceed, will 
probably end in blindness. It may be ophthalmia, or 
inflammation of the eye, causing an excessive flow of 
fluid, or it may be the result of a stricture of the nasal 
duct which prevents its escape. The first may possibly 
be remedied by giving a pound of glauber salts, and put¬ 
ting the animal on soft, cooling feed, as bran mashes, and 
bathing the eye with cold water as often as convenient, 
and covering it with a rag kept wetted with a weak lotion 
of sulphate of zinc and water. The eye should be pre¬ 
served from any strong light. If the latter, which can 
only be ascertained by a capable veterinary surgeon, a 
simple operation, such as forcing a passage with a syringe 
and water, may restore the duct, and give early relief. It 
is almost certain that sympathetic action will involve the 
other eye in time, if no early remedy is procured. 
C3rsil»s mi t5a« lEaclc ©f Cattle. — “A. 
B. F.,” Sturbridge, asks us to ventilate the subject of 
“ grubs.” Does A. B. F. read the American Agriculturist ? 
If so, he will find “grubs” or “warbles” have been 
written about very often. So lately as the March number, 
page 85, they were “ ventilated.” There is no prevention 
except in keeping the cattle in stables during the summer. 
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