Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 94, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 July 1903 — AGRICULTURAL [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

AGRICULTURAL

Water* Heatinie Device. The subjoined diagram, taken from Orange Judd Farmer, Illustrated how easily water can be warmed in a small way where both house and bam are furnished with running water and moderate plumbing arrangements. The pipe marked E F, running through the house cellar, furnishes water to the house and barn. By means of two short pipes, C D,» the pipe from the hot water boiler in the house is connecled with the pipe E F, which, as before stated, supplies the barn with cold water. Then all that is necessary to fill the barn tub with warm water is to open the valve B and shut valve A, thu» letting the warm water from the house boiler into the pipe which goes to the barn and shutting off the flow of cold.

This clever little scheme has worked successfully on an up-to-date farm in Amherst, Mass., and has furnished warm water to four cows and two or three horses for several winters. The only objection is that the good housewife sometimes objects to having her supply of hot water exhausted two or three times a day, ■ <w Rights of Sheep Owners, On the trial of an action brought by Agnes Smith against George Wetherill in the Oneida County, New York, court, to recover damages for the alleged unlawful killing by the defendant of her deg, the evidence showed that the animal was shot on premises adjoining those owned by Wetherill, after he had been chasing sheep. The defendant as/ serted that he was justified in shooting the dog under a statute which provided that any person may kill any dog which he shall see chasing, worrying or wounding any aheep. The trial Justice charged the jury, as a matter of law, that the statute was not a defense, because the dog was not chasing or worrying or wounding any sheep at the time he was shot. The fourth appellate division, on an appeal for a verdict against WetLerill, has decided that the charge was erroneous. “At common law,” said Justice Nash, for the court, “a dog might be killed In defense of or when necessity for the protection or preservation of property. The statute-goes further. It provides for the killing of a dog that wrongfully chases, worries or wounds sheep. If It does these things, It must be killed.”—American Cultivator. Kins of Angoras. America has developed an Angora buck of the highest quality, which is a victory for those who claim that we can breed as good stock as can be found In Turkey or South Africa. Lazarus was bred by D. C. Taylor of Lake Valley, N. M., and was the chnmplon at the recent Kansas City show. He was sold at auction to Col. C. S. Rlch-

aril son of Dubuque, lowa, for S7OO, the record price for an American bred Angora. Kelicvlnn ■ Passing Horse. Most farmer* arc familiar with the hone who puff* end wheezes at Its work. The disease 1* technically known a* “roaring," and la said to be similar to asthma In human*. There Is really no cure for the trouble may be greatly alleviated by treatment and especially by proper feeding. If the disease Is not so deeply seated that the animal cannot do farm work then the work gKe? It should be light and the feed should consist of little

hay and this wet each time. Feed mainly on grains. Take one dram of iodide of potassium and mix with onehalf dram nux vomica. Give this dose twice a day for two or three weeks during each bad attack and during the period let the work of the horse be that which does not require much speed. The care and treatment indicated will relieve the animal greatly, although it is doubtful if It will ever amount to much for steady work.—lndianapolli News. __ A Good i at*. Good oats are clean, hard, dry, sweet, heavy, plump, full of flour, and rattle like shot. They have a clean and almost metallic luster. Each oat in a well-grown sample is nearly of the same size. There are but few small or imperfect grains. The hard pressure of the nail on an oat should leave little or no mark. The kernel, when pressed between the teeth, should clip rather than tear. The skin should be thin. The size of the kernel will be less in proportion than the skin is thick. The color of the oat’is not very material, but white oats are generally thinner in the skin than black. Again, black oats will grow on inferior soil. Short, plump are preferable to large, long grains. Bearded crats must have an excess of husk. Oats are not necessarily bad because they are thickskinned or bearded, but they must contain a less amount of flour per bushel than the thin-skinned oats not bearded.

A Gool Whitewash. Two kinds of ordinary whitewash may be used to advantage, prepared In the following manner: For inside work, to a bucketful of ready llmewash add one pint of soft-boiled rice and a quarter of a pound of white gltie; dissolved thoroughly and mixed through the mess. For outside substitute in place of rice and glue (to each pail of whitewash) a pound of common rock salt, dissolved in boiling water. Thus mixed and applied upon a bright, sunny day', the whitening will remain permanent in color and will not rub off readily, while the application to the interior will destroy the lice may be secreted in the rough wall ana crevices of the inside of the poultry house and stables, if the wash bfe generously dis tributed.

A Desirable Door Lock. Large barn doors are often fastened to a perpendicular bar, one end of which enters a mortise in a beam or

block overhead and the other a mortise- in the floor. The strength of a man is usually required to take out the bar, or put it up. The 1 1 1 u s t r a tion shows a more convenient way to manage the crossbar. A' round iron bolt' holds the bar to

the middle rail ®®cbrk cross bar lock. of the door, allowing it to turn freely either way. Two long gains, one In the floor and one In the beam overhead, receive the ends of the bar when the door is closed. In place of a gain In the beam, a strip of scantling may be nailed firmly to the under side of the beam. The upper end of the crossbar, when set erect, comes on the inside of the strip.—D. H. Shepard in Farm and Home. Tips for Creameries. Milk cans should be washed and sterilized with steam at the factory, and some other receptacle should be used to return the skim milk or whey to the farm. If the cans are used for this purpose they should by all means be emptied as soon as they reach the farm, thoroughly washed and scalded and placed on a rock In an inverted position with the covers off. Dairy markets should be developed by selling products of known standards put up In such forms that the consumer will get the original package and know Its grade or quality.—lllinois Bulletin No. 83. Dairy Education. A. W. Trow, the prominent fanner, creamery man and agricultural writer, of Glenvillc, Minn., has recently been made a member of the educational staff of the dairy and food department in his State. His work will be very largely of an educational nature and among the farmers and dairymen. The S3O,(KX) annual appropriation recently voted by the Legislature, together with th« improved and amended dairy laws Just secured, give Minnesota splendid facilities for aiding In the most effective way her great dalrj and creamery interests.

la Fly Time. A gallon of kerosene, n quart of fish oil and an ounce of carbolic acid Is one of the cheapest and best homemade mixtures for keeping files from cattle. x It should be applied every morning after milking, using a goodsized hand sprayer, paying especial attention to the head, shoulders and fore logs. Spraying for flies Is absolutely necessary to keep up the full How of milk lu hot weather. London has some houses, built of timber, which it Is clslmed are os good aa when erected over 290 years ago.

PLAN OF DEVICE.

LAZARUS.