The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-10-29
Agricultural.
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.

FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD
The WAY TO BLANKET HoRsEs.-But few
persons comparatively understand how e
apply q blanket to a horse to prevent hin
from contracting q cold. We frequently
see the blanket folded double and acros,
the animals back, leaving those parts O
the body which need protection entirely
exposed to the cold.
Those parts of the body Of a horse which
surround the lungs require the benefit Of Q
blanket in preference to its TANKS and
rump. When we are exposed to a current
of cold air, to guard against any injury from
contracting cold, we shield our shoulders,
neck, chest and back. If these parts he
protected, the lower part of the body will
endure a degree of cold more intense, with.
out any injury to the body, than if the lungs
were not kept warm with suitable covering.
The same holds good in the protection
of horses. The blanket should cover the
neck, w'thers, and shoulders, and brought
around the breast and buttoned or buckled
together as closely asa man buttons his over
coat when about to face n driving storm.
Let the lungs of n horse be well protected
with n heavy blanket, and he will seldom
contract q cold, even If the hindmost parts
Of his body are not covered. Many of our
best Transfers protect the breasts of their
horses by a piece of cloth about two feet
square, hanging down from the lower end
OF the collar. This is an excellent practice
in cold weather, as the most important
part of the animal is constantly sheltered
from the cold wind, especially when travel
ing toward n strong current. The for
ward end of horse blankets should DO
Ftu1n M n1,an1v~ nr,ffn1 Nha hpaagN nF n
horse NJ our garments fit our bodies.
Most horses take cold as men, if not
blanketed while standing after exercising
sufficiently to produce perspiration. SO
long as the horse is kept in motion, there
is little danger of his suffering from cold;
but allow him TO stand for q few minutes
without n blanket to protect his shoulders
and lungs, and he will take cold sooner
than men.-Er.
PRESERVING EGGs.-At n late meeting of
the Western New York Farmers Club, Mr..
Quinby, as reported by the American FNI.
mer, gives his method Of preserving eggA,
considering IL timely, as tho season for
packing for winter use is Mt hand. His
practice is to gather the eggs from the nest,
and when two or three dozen are obtained,
to place them in n dish and pour scalding
water over them, and Immediately turn it
of. This process is repeated three times,
by which means the nlbumen is fixed or
coagulated, the pores of the shell closed,
and the egg, as it were, canned in its own
covering. Thus prepared, the eggs are
ready to he packed away in the cask design
cd to hold them for future use. Spread q
layer of salt over the bottom Of the cask or
crock, sufficient TO steady the eggs, and
then set them in a circle, apex downward,
till the surface is covered with eggs. Add
more salt, and proceed az before till the
cask il hlled-the top layer being covered
with salt Tor the exclusion of the air. Put
down this way, eggs will keep as fresh rs
when first laid, for n long time. They have
been found as fresh ut the end of the year
rs when FIRST laid, with 40 p]erceptible
change in their flavor.
The STOCK SHOULD GOVERN THE FARM
ING.-Hog raising demands u certain kind
Of farming; horse raising another, and
sheep raising the third and very different
one. For hogs, you want small fields for
clover, rye, oats, corn and roots; low and
close fences; numerous pens, a feed house
with steumiug apparatus and aliberal sup
ply of fixed and movable troughs. For
sheep, you want several pastures OF fine
grass, some hilly ground, root and corn
and oat crops, barns of n peculiar model,
low sheds, folds, combined feed troughs
and hangers, u meshing room, and if you
can get il, n clear stream from some mouu-
tain source. For horses and mules, You
want corn and oat fields, meadows, pas
lures, stables, sheds, h%ay-barns, d~ry-yards,
and for the brood mares, paddooks with
shed stables. The fences should be strong
and high and the Enclosures of the yards
should have the resisting power of the
stockGdes of q fortress. SO peculiar are
the improvements and the farming requir-
cd by each class OF stock, that the traveller
flying by on a railroad car is ut no loss 20
tell, Mt n glance, what the leading stock is
on each farm he passes.
CURE FOR SHEEP-CHAsING DoGs.-A large
deer hound Of mine, or rather of my ia
Tiers, Ga prize winner at Birmingham),
with not being well looked after got into
the habit of chasing sheep, and killed them
too, whenever he had m opportunity. He
was sharply corrected and kept chained up
for some days, but when taken out he was
as bad as ever. My father happily remem-
bered how he had cured a large retriever OF
the same sin five-and thirty years before,
and we have, | am pleased to say. made u
perfect cure of my deer hound. After one
Of his chases he was taken up to the sheep
farm, securely tied between two old Scotch
rams, and then let loose in the yard. No
soone were they let loose, than all three
being good jumpers, they cleared the wall,
and the dog was dragged about the park
till ali three were dead tired. The poor
fellow was taken home, and / can assure
you sheep-chasing is now the very last
thing of all others that he ever thinks Of
correspondence ofhe Field.
STORING PoTAToEs, If potatoes are to be
stored in a cellar, II must be either natural
ly dry or made so by proper drainage. The
potatoes ought also to be dry when put in
to it that IL, they should lie for an hour
or two ut least after digging before they are
carted to the cellar. II makes them clean
er, of course, to knock all the dirt from
them while picking them up, and keep that
which settles to the wagon hoor from going
in the cellar with them; but they will keep
better in the bin if these precautions are
not taken, aud a considerable portion OF
dry earth is allowed to go with them.
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