Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1869-10-28
Agricultural.
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.

Agricultural.
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
The WAY TO BLANKET HORsEs.-But few
persons comparatively understand how to
apply Il blanket to u horse to prevent him
from contracting q cold. We frequently
see the blanket folded double and across
the animals back, leaving those parts of
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 in jury from
contracting cold, we shield our shoulders,
neck, chest and back. IF these parts be
protected, the lower part Of the body will
endure degree of cold more intense, with.
out any injury to the body, than il the lungs
were not kept warm with suitable covering.
The same thing holds good in the protection
of horses. The blanket should cover the
neck, withers, and shoulders, and brought
around the breast and buttoned or buckled
together as closely asa man buttons his over
coat when abou: to face a driving storm.
Let the lungs of horse be we'll protected
with heavy blanket, and he will seldom
contract cold, even if the hlndmost parts
of his body are not covered. Many OF our
best Transfers protect the breasts of their
horses by piece of cloth about two feet
square, hanging down from the lower end
OF the collar. This is an excellent practice
in cold weather, MS the most important
part of the animal is constantly sheltered
from the cold wind, especially when travel
ing toward strong current. The for
ward end of horse blankets should be
made rs closely around the breast of a
horse as 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 few minutes
without blanket to protect his shoulders
and lungs, and he will take cold sooner
than mon.-Er. ----~-. -.-
PRESERVING EGGs.-At late meeting of
the Western New York Farmers Club, Mr..
| Quinby, as reported by the American Far
ner, gives his method of preserving eggs,
considering it timely, as the season for
packing for winter use is ut hand. His
practice is to gather the eggs from the nest,
and when two or three dozen are obtained,
to place them in dish and pour scalding
water over them, and Immediately turn it
off. This process is repeated three times,
by which means the albumen 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 be packed away in the cask design
ed to hold them for future use. Spread q
! Il ~ h H. ~
crock, sufficient to steady the eggs, and
then set them in circle apex downward,
till the surface is covered with eggs. Add
more salt, and proceed as before till the
cask is flled-the top layer being covered
with salt tor the exclusion of the sir. Put
down this way, eggs will keep as fresh as
when first laid, for a long time. They have
been found as fresh at the end of the year
as when first laid, with no perceptible
change in their flavor. '''
THE STOCK SHOULD GOVERN THE FARM
Ma.-Hog raising demands % certain kind
Of farming; horse raising another, and
sheep raising the third and very different
one. For hogs, you want small fields fol-
clover, rye, oats, corn and roots; low and
close fences: numerous pens, q feed house
with steaming apparatus and aliberal sup.
ply of fixed and movable troughs. Fol
sheep, you want several pastures of fine
grass, some billy ground, root and corn
and oat crops, barns of a peculiar model
low sheds, folds, combined feed troughl
and managers, a meshing room, and if you
can get it, a clear stream from some noun
tain source. For horses and mules, YOU
want corn and oat fields, meadows, pas.
lures, stables, sheds, hay-barns, dry-yards
and for the brood mares, paddocks with
shed stables. The fences should be strong
and high and the Enclosures of the yards
should have the resisting power Of thu
stockades of fortress. SO peculiar arr
the improvements and the farming requir
ed by each; class of stock, that the traveller
flying by on railroad car is at no loss t.
tell, at a glance, what the leading stock il
on each farm he passes. ',... .'>'s
CURE FOR SHEEP. CHASING Doas.-A largI
deer hound of mine, or rather of my "a
theirs, "a prize winner at Birmingham)
with not being we'll looked after got init
the habit of chasing sheep, and killed then
too, whenever he had an opportunity. H
was sharply corrected and kept chained III
for some days, but when taken out he wa
as bad as ever. My father happily remeu,
bered how he had cured large retriever o
the same sin fve-and thirty years before
and we have, I am pleased to say. made
perfect cure of my deer hound. After ont
Of his chases he was taken up to the sheel
farm, securely tied between two old Scotch
rams, and then let loose in the yard. N,
: sooner were they let loose, than all thre
being good jumpers, they cleared the wall
and the dog was dragged about the parl
till all three were dead tired. The poo
fellow was taken home, and can assur
you sheep. chasing is now the very las
thing Of all others that he ever thinks Of
Correspondence Of the Field. -, ] -,
STORING PoTAToEs. If potatoes are to b
; stored in q cellar, it must be either natural
ly dry or made SO by proper drainage. TIL
potatoes ought also to be dry when put in
to it-that is, they should lie for an hon
or two at beast after digging before they ar
carted to the cellar. " It makes them clean
er, of course, to knock all the dirt frou
which settles to the wagon floor from goin
in the cellar with them; but they will kee
better in the bin if these precautions ar
not taken, and a. considerable portion {
dry earth is allowed to go with them. |.s>.
RoAsT NECK OF MUTTON. Take o geo
neck Of a fat sheep, as fresh as possible
put it in an earthen pan; pour over it bot
tie OF claret; season with salt and pepper
and leave to soak; and-twenty hours
put it to roast. :basting it with the wine
with little butter. After cooking, serv
with the gravy separate. T.; H.
COnundr:ms from Salt Lake. az,
r. Here in Utah, where the social relation
are establi shed upon the barn yard primo
} pies Of ma trimony, we have relationships
both of affinity and consanguinity; that ar
not laid down by Blackstone nor any othe
| author; we therefore ask a few question
y upon the subject, and respectfully ask on
swers from our Eastern friends: NJ
} 1>t. If a man marries two sisters at on
wedding and has children by both Of them
what relation are the children to each 9th
or? Also, in such case, is not their mothe
also their aunt; and if SO, could they no
be said to be born without a mother, beinI
; the offspring of their aunts?
I'd. II man marries two of his owl
nieces (sisters) at one time, and has child
rem by both of them, what relation are thes
children to each other, aud also, what i
the blood relation they bear to their fathe
and mother respectively?
Sd. If man marries his sons widow
who is daughter (by former husband) o
one Of his own wives, and has children b.
both of them, and then dies-snd if thel
; one Of his own sons by some other wifi
marries both these widows, and has chill