HINTS FOR FARMERS.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 2116, 4 December 1880, Page 2

HINTS FOR FARMERS.

[[Adelaide “ Observer.”] To Pbbtent Saddle Galls. —Keep tho back clear of sourf and dried sweat, also the lining of the saddle. The greatest care should bo taken to secure a well-fitting saddle. In many oases tho tendency to chafe is constitutional, and aggravated by high feeding on grain, or by some local disease of the stomach, liver, kidneys, or lungs. Therefore, grain, and above all the heating grains, like corn, should be avoided so far as possible during hot weather. Any oostivoness of the bowels

should bs counteracted, and any suppression or unnatural condition of the urine should be corrected. If the subject is out of condition his system should be toned up, and bi» ability to undergo exertion without sweating should be fostered. In many cases advantage may be derived from a daily dose of 1 o*. Glauber salts, 1 drachm carbonate of soda, and 2 drachms powdered gentian root. When a horse subject to such sores returns from work warm and perspiring, the surfaces covered by the saddle and collar may ho sponged over with a solution of 5 oz. tinotnr# of arnica, 1 drachm tannic acid, and 1 quart of water. When actually raw all pressure must be kept off the part, and the sore may bo kept wet with a lotion composed of 1 drachm carbolic acid, 5 or. glycerine, 1 drachm tannic acid, and 1 quart of water. Making Manure.—ln America is issued a book with the unattractive title, “ The Muck Manual,” which is considered invaluable to the farmer. Mr W. O. Snead, of Genersee * County, New York, writes to the “ New York Weekly Tribune ” with reference to this publication, as follows :— •* The author says that one load of cow manure mixed with one load of dirt or muck gives two loads of manure equal to cow manure. As soon as my fall work was done carting muck was the principal job before us. The barnyard received a large number of loads of muck and leaves. The stable manure is not suffered to accumulate more than two or three days before it is incorporated with muck. The outlet of the house drain is contributing its share toward making a few loads of valuable manure. The water- closet is a valuable auxiliary in composting muck. We have one znuok heap near the house that takes all the soapsuds ana other refuse beneficial as manure. Musk is a great absorbent—it fixes all the volatile ingredients of the manure pile that escape in t.be manure heap by improper treatment. We carried along the ordinary farmwork, and drew out over 200 loads of muck and leaves put in large heaps in fields mixed with sheep manure from sheep sheds. All farmers know that this is a most valuable manure. It is perfectly astonishing the amount of work any farmer may do of this sort in the course of one season. How many years would It taka if each would add 100 loads extra to his manure pile to bring up our lands to a high state of fertility ?”