Memos for the Farmers.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 128, 25 April 1884, Page 2

Memos for the Farmers.

Tt. should be borne m mind that it is just as necessary to ventilate drains as it is to put a vent peg into a cask m addition to the tap, when it is intended to draw liquor off; therefore, a square foot or so at the upper ends of drains should always be filled to the surface with small rubber stones. Drains thus ventilated, whilst they carry off water more readily m winter, increase the moisture of the soil m summer by the passage of air through them, Large quantities of counterfeit butter have lieen 'sent from Europe, to Rio, Brazil, m tia.can-ilab.elled " Prime Preserved Holstein Butter," with 3 1 circling potraits of a big^cow, a plumj. /milkmaid, and eighty pm^med ils. is said to be-almost as pleasant to taste as cart grease. Fdocl for sheep.~-For eight-monta lambs and young, growing sheep, says the National Live, Stock Journal, ahal. pound of bran, with one or two gills of coin or a half pound of oil meal, will keep them thriving. For fattening sheep to be sold m a late fall or early winter give. 6ije -bound of corn and a half pound ofoifmeal ; this, with part will push them forward fayonrably.-' ■■''- i : '•'--■ Do not neglect the root crops when ever spare time can be suatched from harvesting works. Keep the weeds • down, and* jyr&vent th'ent^ from seeding at :tny"cost. Look upon a root crop as a cleaning crop. The more the hoe is employed at this time of the year among such crops as mangels, maize, &c. the greater benefit will the succeeding crops receive. A Cow'k Ration.-^Thft Staple ration of a cow is 151 bof hay and 51b of meal, or the equivalent; : in£ofch&»;food . A s grass or green fodder contains 75 per cont.' more 1 water* than hay, four times as rauchj;rass or green_ fodder should - be given in-'pia'ce' of hafC that is 601 b with the meal. Some ows will require more, aad very few less, than this quantity of feed : and it will soon be discovered after a few trials how much more any cow can consume with advantage; :■ ; [ -c> ■-„ <% \r ?ff Ankle-guard for interfering Horses. — The cheapest and best ankle guard for interfering horses is made of £ inch new thin.nibb ( ftr T hqse... .Get the length around tlnrank'ti (notMsiMght measure), cut the hose accordingly, and run inside a strap arid. ibutokle.'ni Thus for a few. pence you get a boot as good as one for which dealer would charge six or seven shilliugs. A. simple Vancr effetfiiyo^ method of doctoring sheep for foot-rot is to wet every foot of every sheep, m the fli>ck sound or-Jame thoroughout with kerosene oil, and put what sulphur you can take between the finger and thumb between'the hoofs of each foot. Keep them m a, dry place for a few hours. Repeat tb€P«peration m a fortnight, and no -farther troubfe will be experienced. ;'! Pigs can be made top warm by giving them too much— bedding— a young farrow <. especially^ .: But, it is only m winter time that there 'is danger, for during, a pol 4 night the young ones will crawl over e^ch ojbher, and get hot and steaming with tpd much bedding. The danger is when they come out of the litter into the cool air. they are apt to be affected with rheumatism, also inflammation of the lungs. Pigs can be kept comfortable without • such a great quantity ot straw. " :'.■... Chronic Diarrhoea m Stock. Careful attention to feed and exercise is worth more than medicine *m the treatment ot this disease. >!n horses it sometimes is the result of too greedy appetite. In such a case let the food be of such a nature as ;wjj I • prevent vapid eating. Give m all cases food, easy of digestion, and exercise the airfmal gently. Tonic stimulants, such as tincture of peppermint, ginger, or cloves, are useful if given steadily m moderate doses. — New York Herald.