THE WISCONSIN FARMER.



creased demand for Lincoln wool for mixing
with alpaca, and the manufacturing of fabrics
of a lustrous appearance.  The result of this
great demand fbr Lincoln wool has been to
change the relative positions which fine and
coarse wool formerly occupied, and enhance the
price of heavy Lincoln wool far above the fine
South-Dowen; so that at the present moment
South-Down wool is selling in Bradford at Is
8d., and Lincoln fleece is selling at IE. lId. per
pound. Having had thirty-five years' experi-
ence in the wool trade, he had never known
Down ewe fleeces fetching a higher price than
they did at the present moment, evidencing
that all kinds of wool participated in the pres-
ent brisk demand.
  Such was the extension of the demand for
worsted and woolen manufactures, that there
seemed to be no limit to the consumption of
sheep's wool, while obtainable at a fAir price.
Last year, whilst the home growth was esti-
mated at 157,000,000 lbs., the importations
amounted to 147,000,000 lbs. The estimate of
the wool produced in Great Britain was based
on a supposed average yield of 4j lbs. per
fleece from 35,000,000 of sheep. He thought
the average was not less than five pounds, and
if that were the case, there would hp produced
annually in the country 175,000,000 lbs. of the
value of £10,000,000 to £12,000,000 sterling.
It was almost impossible to exaggerate the na-
tional importance of this branch of our indus-
trial enterprise. It was equally important to
the interest and success of the grazier and
breeder of sheep, to endeavor to ascertain
what description of sheep was best adapted to
produce, in the locality in which he might be
situated. the most delicate flesh combined with
the greatest weight of carcase and fleece-in
other words, the greatest value of wool and
carcase combined.-Brroson Cultirator.

           Pure Water for Stock.

  A good draught of good water is, probably,
as refreshing to beasts as it is to people. But
in the month of August nearly all domestic
animals suffer, far more than we imagine, for
want of good wvter.  Sheep will thrive far
better if they can have a plenty of pure water.
And if mildb cows must drink stagnant water
wherever they can find it, how is it possible
for them to give their usual flow of good milk ?
It is impracticable for them to do it.
  Some people allow water to stand in troughs,
day after day, and compel their animals to
drink it all up.  Did such people ever drink
water from an old dirty slop pail, after it had
been allowed to stand in the sunshine for two
or three days? Let. them try tbe experiment
of such water, and wait for the 'resdlt; and
then tbty will be pretparedtto express a correct
opinion whether or not such water is as good
for stock, in the sultry days of August, as pure
cold water would be.



  Water troughs and water tanks should be
cleaned frequently, during the hot days of Au-
gust, and fresh water pumped into them sever-
al times during the day.
  Milch cows require a vast quantity of pure
water in hot weather, in order to produce their
nsual flow of good milk.-Country Gent.

  To CURE BLOAT IN CATTLE.-John Baker, of
Baker's Corners, Lenewee county, sends us his
experience in curing choked or bloated cattle,
as follows:  Take a stick about the size of a
large sized rolling pin, or about two inches in
diameter, and, after fastening a string at each
end, put in the animal's mouth, and tie it with
the strings around its head, so that the stick
will act like a bit and keep the mouth open.
In a very short time the bloat arising from eat-
ing too much wet clover will abate gradually:
and where the choking arises from a potato or
piece of turnip, it will work itself either up or
down when the mouth is thus kept open."-
SMich. Farmer.

  BLOAT IN CATTLE.-H. D. Court, of Bedford,
writes that when cattle are bloated from eating
wet clover, or horses from eating green clover,
he has found a sure remedy in giving to the
animal an ordinary charge of gunpowder,
mixed with about the same quantity of fine
salt in the hand, and thrown on the tongue ev-
ery fifteen minutes, until two or three doses
are given. He says: " In the summer of 1S.58
I had five head taken at one time, two of which
were severe cases, but this treatment saved
them. The same week the hides of forty head
were sent into Battle Creek, and all from ani-
mals that had been lost by early wet clover."
-Mich. Farmer.



THE BEE-KEEPER.



           Practical Bee Culture.

  In a former article on the 'Wants of the
Bee," in which a few of those wants were enu-
merated, promise was given to show how to
supply some of them, and how to remedy cer-
tain difficulties.
  This brings us on to the ground of practical
bee culture, where the matter of primary im-
portance that demands attention is the ezease
of honey stored early in the breeding chamber
of the hive, thereby, ax shown in the for~mer
number of the FAIxIn, retarding breeding,
and seriously reducin4 the strength of the col-
ony.
  As hives are commonly constructed, the



comb;s must all be attached to the top and



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