The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1860-07-14
FACTS FOR FARMERS.

SocIAsrL1rY WITH ANIMALs.-An old
Connecticut farmer, with a short sermon
on the care and treatment of animals. which,
point, yet really covers the whole ground
of stock raising. We should hardly know
how to add anything more. Read his SER
mon-lecture carefully:
"You have often noticed how quickly
one becomes attached TO a docile, good
natured animal. Whether it is Sir Short
horn. rich in ancestors; soft haired Devon;
young Pomp. of Black Hawk parentage;
or some delicate featured representative of
Lady Suffolk-tractibility wins the heart.
The fact is. We never get acquainted with
fractions animals, nor they with US. so there
always exist mutual distrust and dislike.
But no farmer has advanced TO the proper
standing who does not habitually put him
self on friendly terms with every moving
creature of his place. Ok. horse, cow. pig,
cat and hen, must be known individually
before either can be rightly cared for.
But the real satisfaction of barn life,
both to man and animals. is only attained
through that good will which exists be-
tween friends. There is :.'Mellow Eye"
and his mate "White Horn" Though
they bear the yoke. and the whip, our kind
ly feelings continue independent of all mi
nor conditions. Trusty upon cart OF
pillow, and persevering wherever tried, their
interest and mine are identical, and so at
work or at play, (for we sometimes gambol
togetber) we feel common JOY. Mellow
Eye has exquisite sensibility of smell. l
never wear a new garment that he does not
examine critically with his olfactories. He
has also very nice sense of honor, and
manifests deep feeling under reproof. We
have seen him when simply cautioned by
uttering his name, look up, scan our face
moment. while his own indicated the
thoughts passing within, then with an ex
preston Of shame turn and walk away
But when winter puts US in daily and hour
ly companionship. how much more agreea-
BILE to supply their wants because of their
genial habits.
1t is a regal delight of cold morning
to march along the alley fronting the stalls
and receive the salutations of my good ma
tured brutes. One after another they scram-
bic up. reach out the muzzle to my prof
fered hand. and blandly request me to do
the honors of the manger. Then, after
breakfast, plainly White Horn signifies his
desire for draught from the tank. He
holds down his head 10 be Embossed, care
fully turns his horn and steps over to the
fount. Notice those loud sucks--an earn
est fellow he is to work or drink. Now see
him pnt his neck against the post, and by
a few perpendicular rubs tells you how
much he should like ''game of CARD
By this time Jenny. Pomp's mother. has
finished her rack full of timothy, and neighs
her readiness for the carrots. Hardly has
her reminder reached your ear before the
shoats, half robed in night gown of straw.
emerge from their nest and run to the trough.
Their allowance is not yet brought out, and
so scratches take the place Of slops. Each
one is impatient for the first attention, and
wbines gentle disclaimer if not preferred.
But miserable is the fate of brutes that
get only brutes for masters. Those men
who see nothing but hair and horns in an
OK or COW, whose selfish hearts render
them deaf to every expression of eye or form,
to whom, in short, animal nature is an in
sensible, transient vitality, never ought to
own or control any brute except themselves.
FAMILY MILx.-A. B. Dickson is authori-
ty for the following: l have frequently
found people who did not know how to pre-
pare milk for family use: never argue the
question with man or woman, if they do not
know that milk can be kept with ali the
cream on it. as it is when first drawn from
the COW; but will tell you how it is done.
You all know that if you can prevent the
cream from rising, the milk will be more
palatabie with the particles of cream mixed
through it. than skim milk, or than milk
from the COW, with the fresh taste and odoF.
To prepare milk in this way, take it while
warm from the cow, SET Il in cool place
and stir it continually until all the animal
heat is ont. and no cream will rise after that |
operation. Try it. and see how much il |
viii be Improved for family use.
DEATH on LrcE--It is not always poor
cattle that become inhabited Nith these par
asites. Fat cattle, owing 20 foul stalls OF
some ether cause. are occasionally caught !