254                THE WISCON

for inflammation of the eye we take off the
haw, why not for inflammation of the lungs
take out or take off the covering of the lung?
I think if farmers would study their own in-
terests they would purchase some standard
work, and study diseases for themselves, and
if they cannot practice. they can oversee and
have it done right.
  In another article in the same No. an inqui-
ry was made about the cure of colic or stretch-
es in sheep.  If the inquirer will purchase
Cole's Veterinary work, he will find the causes
and cure explained. Wlt. 11. MoCna4'tcaN.
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SIN FARMER.



animal. She went up to it, patted it, and it stood
quiet as a lamb, and we could have done any-
thing with it."  Oh. that people would try
kindness I  It is a mighty care.-Stock Jour.
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           Holes for Nose Ritsa.

  The Maine Iarmer recommends boring the
noses of all domestic animals of the ox tribe
-cows, steers or bulls, and says that "it is
very easily done-occasions them but little
trouble, and is often of great service when you
wish to handle or control them, by putting
your finger in, or a rope, or a ring. ,'he best
way to do this is to take a carpenter's gouge,



                          _                ~~~~~about half an inch widec
with its edge ground
         The Most Profitable Sheep.       circular, that is with the angles
ground off,

  Thtle (tenesee F:dr7fler for F'ebruary has a alid the edge passing up the
sides a little way,
                                             thus D. 'Make it sharp-take
hold of the nose
good editorial article under the head of "What
                                             of the animlal with the left
htand, holding the
breed of sheep shiall I keel) "  After laving lower part of the cartilage
between the nos-
given the characteristics ol different breeds  lowit the thne canfinger and
then pla
the following summary is presented:       t   with the thuA  a  fi,…nger,
andthen plce…
                                             tue  gitlige  a  sittitt  tout
 ,  .ag ul rw v H e g ite



  "The advantages of the Merinocs are:-
1. They prodttce ttore wool for the food con-
sumed   , it 2. Thei r wool iustally comnInands
a munnt l i.her price. The atdvaniages of the
lung- wotd.d suet-ip fyre: ]. They afford more
mutton for the food consumed; and 2. The
mutton usually brings a much bigher price.
  11 Under olditnary circumstances it is not ea-
sy to determine wvhich of these two classes of
Oieept are on the whole most profitable. As
before said, it depends mitcli on the character
of the soil, on the location, the tvystem of ag-
riculture the proximity to market, and on the
taste of the breeder.
    It may be asled whet we mean by the long
wooleti sheep.  lit England sheep are gener-
ally classed as * Long-Wools' and 'Short-
Wools.'  The toriuer incitde the Leicester,
Lincolt antl Cotswolt: the litter the different
varieties of the Sotuth-Down, such as the Sus-
sex. Hlanipshire artd Shropshire Downs.
  - We think that so long as the present pi-ice
of eoarse wa ol is mnaittaintd, the English sheep
are the most profitable.  Bit we would not
advise those who have Fine Wools to dispose
of them attd purchase tCoarse Wools ; for by
the time thev have raised a flock of Coarse
Wools, tine wool nay and probably will be
again in demandud

  Kttttt'.tz.- lWe once had a very awkward
Ito Se to shoe," said a smith. "and I wAs pun-
ishittg it severely to make it stand still. My
shop wvs just before the kitchen window, and
my wife who is a kind-hearted woman, came
out, and reproved me for my conduct to the



and with a litile pressure turn the gouge round
and it will cut a round smooth hole through
Ic:isily, and withbot an: :pparent pain to the
animal.  Anitna's thus t reated can be broken
easily to lead or to stand hitchled quietly, thus
saving much vexation and trouble.


THIE BEE-KEEPER.

           Lee's Patent Bee Rive.

  Experience has demonstrated that the Bee-
keeper need no longer trust to luck for success
in keeping bees, but may as uniformly secure
rich returns for his labor and skill in this as
in any other department of husbandry.
  Bees need intelligent attention. The man who
is unable to give this for wvknt of time or abil-
ity ought not to attempt to manage bees, or if
he does so, need not expect great success. But
the greatest skill is often rendered abortive by
the want of a proper hive, and the most intel-
ligent and successful apiarians in the country
admit that the best and most uniform results
are only to be obtained by the use of a hive
better adapted to the wants of the bee than
the common box hive. Says Mr. Quinby, who