WOOD ASHES FUR STOCK.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 10294, 29 April 1895, Page 4

WOOD ASHES FUR STOCK.

Mr J. M. Stahleajs he hsa raised swine extensively for raoTe than 20 years with« out ct olera and swine plague, and has not ost 1 per cent fram disease. He k. Eps wood ashes and charcoal mixed with salt constantly be'ore his cwine ia a large covered box with holes 2 by 6 inohes near the bottom. The pigs work themix'nre out through theso holes as f att as thsy want it. H9 telecta ashoa rich in charcol, and mixes three parts of allies to one of suit. Tbere is no danger of «he Bwine eating too ranch of this mixture, or of pura salt, if it is kopt const intlv before them, and they are provided with water, A little W"od ashes given to horses is also, ha maintains very beoefcial. In many years experience hi has lost but one horse, a:d thia was overheated in the ho.se power of a thrashing maching during his absence, and the oily "condition powd r" he has evar used has been clean wo id ashes. The ash may be given by putting an cv» n teaspoonful on the oats twico a week, but ho i>refers to keep the allies and salt mixture constantly bofore the horses, and has mado for it a little compartment in one comer of the feed box, His experience is that tha best condition powder U a mixture of three parts wood ashes to one of salt; and that when it is given regularly, and reasonable care aud intelligence are used in hand ling- the horee, other medicines are hardly ever necessary.