HINTS FOR FARMERS.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2154, 20 January 1881, Page 4

HINTS FOR FARMERS.

Cots wold Sheet.—A correspondent of the "Ohio Farmor " says that ho has found by experience that six Cots wold ahoep will not consume more food than a cow, and aro more profitable. He estimates that six ewes will produce eight lambs per annum and 501 b. of IMPTJKB Wateb.—Not only is tho blood of animalß who drink impuro wat.or liablo to be poisoned by the bactera which such water frequently coutains, but these putrefactive gorms will impregnate both butter and milk^it Eermitted to coruo in coutaot with thom. The oiling water, whioh should always be used in washing dairy utensils, will destroy the bacteria ; yet, as butter cannot bo washed in boiling water, it is in tho first degree important that t;.e cold water it is washed in should bo pure. POTIN £o"£bßte. Tho practice of sowing rye for pasture and as green manure or gras* crop, to turn under, to be followed by corn, is too'lightly estimated, and has not yet received the consideration of even tho most progressiva and wido-awake farmers in all seotions of tho country that it should. It is a cheap crop to grow for tho purpose mentioned, as there is no exponßO connected with the harvesting of it. The green ryo, during the wintor and early spr<"ng, regulates the system, consequently the blood is in good condition, and the animals that feed upon it grow with great rapidity. Every bushel of ryo sown will pay for the cost of the seed and the preparation of the ground a hundredfold, if used exclusively for pasturo. It will pay equally as well if it is ploughed under in the spring, or if allowed to grow until the other pastures are sufficiently grown to form a good bite, and the grain is allowed to grow and ripen. Bye affords an excellent pasture for sheep and young calves. All the trampiag they will do when the land is not exceedingly wet will do no injury, as the inanuro dropped by tho animals will more than make up for it.—" Farm and Fireside. Tho " Williamotte Farmer" enumeratestho following miseries which are every day inflicted on horses by the use of unsuitable harnens:-Ist. Abraded breast. 2nd. Infljtjtofid, back from defective saddle or harness lwHKjrd. Sore mouth from a too tight gag M<v severe bit, or both. 4th. A sore tail fcplH too tight or badly made crupper. s!;h. * Wh ahrssion under tho body, caused by a too Itight or badly fitted belly-band. 6th. Irrsta•vtlbn.of the eyes from blinders being strapped . top/dose together, or allowed to swing around, *JL.ji".ffiMsfriking one eye and then the other. 7th. <-?> mfa- chafed by the brow band being placed - too high, or by metallio rosettes with a sharp *" •' outer rim, the base of the ear pressing aoross this at every motion. Bth. The excesmive *"•• fftifcne of all the structures of the neok under tne>|Kjienco of the bearing rein. The boar- " ' ing rim, if' made tight, and kept so for iny ■ ' considerable length of time, is a sourcti of • ■ gre&h'tliscomfort to all horses, and an iniuftorment to many. A taut rein can be used"* with entire propriety, on horses of fine easv up carriage, especially while in motion, but if tho muscles and bony structure of the neck extend forward horizontally from, an upright shouldor, rather than striking out from a slanting shouldor, then tho most intense suffering will be inflicted by straining the neck up to an angle entirely unnaturnl to the animal, especially if this strain be long kept up. To strain a culprit up by thumbs, till only his toes touch the ground, is certninly one of the severest admissible punishments that oan be inflicted upon mortals, and the cheok rein is undoubtedly akin to it, in its extreme application.