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Breeds Grossing Merinos with Mutton
.— VVc cannot resist the force
ot the testimony, says the National
Live Stock Journal, which ihe cur¬
the rent year affords, in favor of crossing
American Merino with the larger
mutton long-wooled breeds, and especially with the
Cotswold and Leicester.
On all sides the traditions of the past
are invalidated by the results of ex¬
periments, made in many cases with
fear and trembling. Indeed, we have
yet to-sce and hear from the shepherd
who has tried it and is not encouraged
to persevero. Our readers are all
aware that the traditions referred to
told us that breeding a large, long
wooled ram to an ordinary Merino
cwo would, first, endanger the life of
the ewe when giving birth to the pro¬
duce j second, that the lamb would
not be likely to survive, because the
dam would not furnish the quantity of
milk required by the larger offspring,
and that it it did manage to live until
weaned, it would be a weakling, likely
to perish with the first blasts of Win¬
ter; and third, that the fleece of the
produce would certainly be uneven in
fibre, and generally inferior in quality
and value to the fleece of either of the
parents. The peculiar circumstances
to which sheep husbandry iu this
country has ot late been the victim,
induced many shepherds to brave all
the dangers pointed out by many
writers, and to test the correctness of
this theory. Wo have heard from
numbers of them verbally, and by let¬
ter, and have seen many hundreds of
fleeces from the cross thus made. So
far as our information extends, the re¬
sult in every case has been eminently
satisiaetory. The Merino owes have
passed through the lambing season
with no unusual per centage of loss;
the lambs, notwithstanding the drouth
and short pasturage of the past Sum¬
mer, ha\c been as healthy, aud are
fleeces now quite as fat as others, and the
from the cross bred lambs of
1870 and previous years have been
sought for by manufacturers at full
piices, without the slightest objections
as to unevenness of the fibre Add to
these considerations the increased mut¬
ton value of the produce over that of
the pure Merino, and we do not hesi¬
tate to commend the continuance of
the practice until the clip ot combing
aud delaine w’ool, and the supply oi
good mutton, shall ho largely greater
in our markets than they are at pres
ent.
Remedies for Lice on Cattle .—In
your issue c t December 28, J. asks
anyone having experience in giving
sulphur to animals to communicate it,
and in your issue of January 11, J.
Clark gives his experience on the
matter. My experience d tiers some¬
what from his in regard to. sulphur
killing vermin on animals. Sulphur
will undoubtedly kill vermin on cat¬
tle if it is given to them iu large
enough quantities, but to get rid of
them wi 1 i«q lire more than Mr. C.
states (a small tablespoonful every
other day for a week). I have found
by experience that it will take one
tablespoonful of sulphur twice a day
for cue week to rid a full-grown cow
ot lice. After she is rid of them, a
very 6mall portion of it, mixed in her
salt once a week, will prevent them
ever coming back to the animal, But
the cause of Mr. Clark’s success in
ridding the animals of vermin with so
little sulphur, is on account of his
dusting his animals all over with dry
wood ashes, as that is a certain way
of ridding cattle of lice in itself, if
they are not led a particle of sulphur;
and in cold or wet weather I should
prefer ridding them of lice in this
way rather than by giving them sul¬
phur, as animals arc more liable to
take cold when you are giving them
sulphur, andjf they get wet, it some¬
times proves fatal.— A. Charles, in
Country Gentleman.
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To Make a Fig Trough .—Take
two boards as long and wide as desired,
an inch or more thick; have one of
the boards nrrrower than the other,
equal to the amo nit ot thickness; for
instance, if inch boards, have one
seven and tho other eight inches wide.
Plane the edge of the narrow board
straight, and nail the two boards to¬
gether in V shape, and the wide on
the edge of the narrow. Saw the
ends off square and nail to these
boards equal in width, and long
enough so as nr t to be easily upset.
If the trough is long, notch a board
under the centre for a support.
How to Use Alum in Founder .—
H. A. T., Indian Bay, Ark., uses it
as follows: “Make a drench of one
tablespoonful for a dose; give two
doses, an hour apart. Take a bucket
ot scalding water, put in it a tcacup
ful of turpentine aud a pint of salt;
bathe the horse’s legs well from the
knees down—if he flinches, dont go
so high up. It will not take hair off.
This will cure the worst case of foun¬
der in two hours. We know whereof
we speak, for we have successfully
tried it.’*
Having tried the various cures, wc,
after testing the “forty and one cure
alls,” adopted the hot-watcr remedy.
Wrap the legs up to the knee in a
thick woolen cloth (piece of blanket),
and bathe thoroughly in water scald¬
ing hot. No fear of removing hair,
cvcu if poured on from a pail when
nearly boiling; at least use when too
hot to hold your hand in. M. W. P,
Kentucky Short-Horns for England.
—Mr. Richard Gibson, of (Jauada,
recently purchased several head of
short horns from the herds of Abram
Itetiik aud Mr. Alexander for the es¬
tate of Lord Duumore, in the north of
England. He paid Mr. A. $8000 for
one “Duchess” heifer, aud $5,000 for
another.
Suppose that we bad intimated in
1840 that England would import short¬
horns ironi America, we would have
been called “short-born mad,” as we
were called “Berkshire mad ’ ten
years after, and “Kuightof the Cot¬
ton Mattress,” by somo of the little
“X-road editors ” It is astonishiug
with what facility these small men
sometimes take upon themselves the
dignity of Richard the Third for a
night. We say God gives us a cli¬
mate and a soil to grow grain and
grass, therefore cattle, and we have
the prairies and lime soils, and why
not blue grass and 6bort-homs ?—
Why not the blue grass region down
in Mississippi and Alabama ? We
long for it; and though our young men
want to get in tho shade aud bunt
soft plaoes, wc hope there is enough
salt left to save our country.
M. W. P.
Diversified Fanning .—The Ut’ca
Herald, located in the centre cf tho
dairy specialty of New York, has the
following advice based on an intimate
acquaintance with that interest : We
would urge upon our dairymen 'the
importance of adopting a somewhat
diversified system of farming. Every
farmer should raise his bread, vege¬
tables, meat and fruit. Wheat, corn,
potatoes, oats, etc, should be cultivat¬
ed, so that you may not 1)0 wholly
dependent upon one single crop, a
failure in which would be most disas¬
trous. Jf you grow what article you
want to use, you will not le subject
to the fluctuations of the maiket, and
possibly have to pay dear for them,
when you are compelled to take low
figures for your butter and cheese.
Keep a few sheep for stocking-yarn,
and for mutton, and to have a few
pounds of wool to sell or exchange
for cloth. In short, farm it so as to
be independent as possible, and to
keep your hand in, so that yqp and
your boys may know how to do some¬
thing else besides take care of stock,
milk and churn, or run to the cheese
factory.”
We command the above to South¬
ern Planters, who neglect every
thing else for cotton. We have
noticed that planters who make their
own provisions always have the money
to pay for what they want to buy—
while those who depend upon cotton
are asking for credit, buying Western
corn, bacon, hay Ac, which they
ought to raise at home—E d. S. A.
Ring Bone. —C. W. P., of West
Virginia, has a horse lame of ring
bone in the forefeet, and wants a
cure. If of late appearance, let the
horse rest; feed liberally, and apply
a hot bi an-aud-water poulliee, with a
drachm of camphor; afterward rub
with an ointment of iodide of lead,
one part to eight parts ofiurJ; con¬
tinue this for two weeks. An old
ring-bone is incurable, but rest will
relieve the lameness.— Am. Ayricu'.
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Seed Corn .—tbrs of corn that
have been sclectcdtor seed should b *
hung up in a dry, cool place. Taken
promiscuously lrom the crib in the
spring.it is more than likely that the
majority of tire grains will bevo be¬
come injured aud unfit for seed, and
then the while grubs, cut-woim# aud
crows will be accused of d stroking
the young shoots, which really never
existed. There is no better place to
hang up the seed ears than in the top
of the crib, where rats or mice euun A
reach them, and where a constant cur¬
rent of air is passing. — Ex.
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