Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1868-12-10
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FARM. GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.

mt our black prairie soil may be for pro-
ueing crops, Il Is certain that II is a very
oor mateFiaifor cattle yards. II is soft
orous and yielding The rain that falls
pontit saturates itwilh water like 0
PONCE. The feet Of the poor animals
lamp INTO this their own oilal, while their
fine is added to the already miry mass.
Pheif feet are constantly wet,- and the cold
o received extends to their whole bodies.
10 human being can be comfortable with
continual wet feet, nor is it possible long
% remain in perfect state Of health under
iueh circumstances. and the same is true,
hough not p.fhapbltol the same EXTENT
With cattle.
A few yeafsago was toand that the
lorses on the New, York city horse-rail-
-oads suffered greatly from pneumonia,
unp complaints, rheumatism, and diseases
IF the hoof, An inquiry into the matter
BROUGHT out the Bet that their feet wereih
water for a considerable portion Of the
time they were on the road. This water
was in some cases produced by melting
snow by means of salt; it being found
to remove the snow from the track
in this manner than by the use OF the
shovel A similar course produces much
sickness among farm stock; and there can
be no doubt that one great reason why so
many cattle get through the winter badly,
;s ; oy;ng 10 ne fart that thew are rendered
ra'.v = t9coroSortolle from having no suitable
r,Iaco & ON which n stand in the ward.
III n reon;res much more food to keep
stock IN aven tolerable condition. in such
Z var ward than would be required to keep
tbem in oood order in A suitable ward. Il
Il beliaved that there would be enough
saved in hay and grain in two years, in
the majority of cases, to thoroughly pave
\ ward, and to put it in condition TO last
n life time
We are well aware that there is great
scarcity of paving material in most parts
of the West, still there are few places
where some substance suitable for the
nnrnose cannot ba obtained Flat stones
Iaid on a smooth and somewhat elevated
surface. will answer the purpose nicely. =
Bricks laid in mbrtar are also good. A
plank flooring in IIany localities is not ex-
penSlye anu n guy SpeI ,Iot - ,s",Seg sav Do.'v
u aOu Of Of tSeaa ( snrtdrss can he easily cleaned
nE' on5 cottle I'm stand on them with
~, tH.t Sn 80 @y tSamsiivas Sn5 nrof;t N t%e;r
Il mot !, n, That tbe entire
uwnYlS, ',D.I p. ao n coya,eJ hnt ihera should he
yaeN yy''tso;n''t stand;nJ rooro to accommo5ata
~ nirS,eiiu ISn nt,o,, TbSra would he an advSnS
an aa,o o%1 =, T, %ov;rg twd or more nlaces in the
SaSJ ~SJ 90 90 covesed MAT vonno cattle driven
y.n,.' sa,u % 90 S' ,iacs an ta[a Ief1oe ON the
n.Las lJ'a III r. iPsonId he we'll IN have sncb n
Sene;, Suas;n ~ mI ono Of the omen sheds
,,b;ch shonIJ % he in every vardg and one
~hara Il would beexnosed 10 the constant
,mraS;no mnoI wa" ft''F 7
nnnhtIess the Nicolson payement would
h. ~ uarr, bost loyer;no for farm' Yards.
Du U''. 'n e :. & 10 &ovnsSsiSs and patented witbal
~; !, :; 10 ~ i no nractical n usa;t IF
= pi po;ii ~ oTronoe n so os n
Ia.u, ~ VIZ Ju,oti1, srrc,ce l;te severaI
,Vrn ,tran. on troohs nIaIed side bv side This
,IuJS "arTS ] aaorJ poJS 'dyainsgs. and n is
%gnd 'o,,a5 ,hat | nott,e ,befer such q anyface 10
ou , ~ N,.h;ni '' i" ;s "r . byaI p,n;r;e Mrmar
10 "-S1 10 = fNfIT Z UTTT.
CULTURE OF FLbwERs. .-"S. W." writes
q the N. Y. Times touching the culture of
lowers. thus:
,I'read con amore your essay on lori-
culture, David Ihom rs used to say that
t panied him to look upon house plants
struggling for dear life against their would
Va friends. Il once did me good to hear
lin dilate ON the hatchless beauty of the
reat pond-lilly, only to be found in full
,erfection when grown up from vegetable
emains in stagnant water. He looked
u poa :. 10 ,so,,iono oso ~ thot no arisc;ol cn
es nO t,,iS 49, - ,ttoin How often
uto oo"i1 Ivy riarts lon,n;sh.
~ ~ W" IN ~ nat. sfnck ont in
70. 81 an on,bihons monsion M a
rora 80 chow rban thew look worse to the
-, -, ,ovor % ~ Flora Than did the starving
Iowar Ic W., that STRUGGLED 40 hard to live in
,;coI;is rr;oon voyH Wo. have a Gorgeous
,ed Of 1arbenas ;IrSyariepated bloom when
,U~ Torvtb;ng ~ eIae is ,sera and yellow. in our
,aysr n5ing dronoht Leaf mouid meh
: y ,vo =, oet from tha great ,lecidnous leafde-
os;t n onr northern swamps. ia indispen-
abIs 10 tbe nerfeet 6loom Of flowers, Our
oinoroors .C az 10, cISy ia r;cb in color;n0 n,ntter
q oyt;cuIorlv ron IL Z neroxide stale. bnt I
aLe Il tbot M aower IN q potcan mt on
he G 6no fresb tints that IL acouires In the
,ojI IJ -S trooted border IN aoananthns makes
fre show in fnll hloem in n lorge NOT ut
d;stoncS. & " Int MI Il viii not hear close exam
80 ;, .;on "nd NO NJ wander 40 tha sides of the
! ,rgsst not will be fonnd matted on the in
,;t, III tbS sne ,oots of the nlant strno.
i;ng lin "fp! foT more mo- eoysh y -
-iHs 'Oi D'O'' oe' AtlA Z
To MAKE SAUsAGE.-A good sausage
rinder is almost as essential to well Or
cred kitchen as . coffee mill. The pro-
,ortion of fat meat to lean will depend
omewhat on the taste OF different people,
ut there should in all cases, be sufficient
mount of fat in them to supply what is
eeded in cooking. If the pork you de-
ION for sausage contains too little lean.
on aan supply the deficiency by adding
eef which Ii less expensive, and which
,rms with the pork q mixture which is
refarred by many To pork alone.
The most difficnlt part of sausage making
the seasoning. Many housewives have,