THE WISCONSIN FARMER.



that will demand better attention than the fa-
vor of an old musty straw pile for support and
shelter.
  I may add that the cornstalks should never
lack consumption, and likewise that the corn
will yield more profit if fed to good milch cows
than to hogs.  For my own part I am reluct-
ant to milk a straw pile cow, for the inferiority
of the milk renders it comparatively worthless,
while corn and cornstalks and clover yield the
richest milk and most delicious butter that can
be produced.  I have had the privilege to at-
test this, for I have been a witness to the dif-
ferent qualities of butter from different modes
of feeding, for the last thirty years.  D. A.

   STOCK REGISTER.

          American Stock Journal.
  After a temporary suspension, for reasons
assigned at the close of the last year, that old-
time friend, the American Stock Journal again
comes to our sanctum, looking just as former-



most gratifying earnest of what is in store for
its already large and growing list of subscrib-
ers. No stock grower should be without it.
  Price, as formerly, $1 per annum, single
copies; with liberal rates for clubs. Address
C. M. Saxton, New York.

The " Blackleg" and other Diseases of Cattle-
                 Remedies.
  aIR. EDITOR:-In the early settlement of
this part of Wisconsin many young cattle died
of - Blackleg."  Having myself lost more or
less each spring for several years, and experi-
menting to some extent upon each new subject,
I finally hit upon a remedy which ever after
proved successful.
  On our return from the burial of a two year
old steer, we found another of the same age
lying down never to rise again without help.
I had observed that the bone of the tail seemed
to be dislocated, usually just above the bush,
in all the animals attacked by this disease, and



that break or separation was much more exten-



ly only a little happier, perhaps, and more 1 sive than in any of good health.
I, therefore,
hopeful; as much as to say, We have sounded served him as I have served all
since, and as



the depths of this before uncertain sea and are
not afraid to trust our gallant bark on its toss-
in" waves once more. '
  Welcome, good friend! and all the more wel-
come for that we have learned during this brief
absence to appreciate thy monthly visits, so
full to us of interest and pleasure. When, in
the better future, the Southern Rebellion shall
have been squelched, and many years shall
have passed away in wealth-accumulating



peace, may we still have the pleasure of wel-
coming thy monthly returns.



  The publication of this sterling journal will
henceforth be in charge of that long and wide-
ly known book publisher, Saxton, which is a
good guaranty that it will lack nothing in the
way of good taste, energy and enterprise. It
is still under the general editorial management
of D. C. Linsley, Esq., who will be aided by
Otis F. R. Waite and a large number of the
ablest writers in the country. The first two
numbers are the most interesting and able that
we remember to have examined, and give a



the darkey approved of treating Satan. His
response to the sentiment in the prayer of his
mttaster that -the power of Satan might be
curtailed,' was -Amen; yes, massa, cut him
tail smack smoove off! ' I cut them off at the
joint or break, which takes the most ornament-
al part of that useful appendage. In addition
to the surgical operation, which has the credit
of being the principal agent in effecting a cure,
I drench with a pint of new milk containing



two tablespoensful of soft soap, and exercise
the animal without stint.



  Should the disease have well nigh finished
its work before the tail is clipped, but little or
no bleeding occurs until the exercise commenc-
es. If the bleeding is too profuse or too long
continued, it may be stopped by bandaging.
  A colt's mane twisted into "1 stirrups for
witches " or loops is a sure sign that the ani-
mal's health is not perfect. So cattle, with the
bush of their tails twisted and snarled, need
treatment they have not received. A prevent-
ative and a cure for the twisting of young cat-



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