Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1869-11-04
A9riculturaI,
FARM, GARDEN AND HOIJSEHOLD.

SWELL ED LEGS. Coarse horses, POSSESS
ing considerable development OF Circular
tissue, arc very comEonly subject to drop
steal enlargement Of tho extremitics, usual
~ denominated as swelled leg. The nature
OF this swelling may be readily detected,
and distinguished from that of the phleg-
mon, by pressing it with the fingers, when
it pits; that is, the impression Of the fingers
are lett for short time. It is, in fact, a
deposition of the water portion of the
blood in the cells of the membran :; the alb.
sorbents or Emphatic vessels are unable to
take up or carry into the circulation of the
serum SO fast as it is deposit d. 1t may
arise from the weak state of the lympbatics
from cold applied to the legs, from the
phletoric state Of tho system, or from the
redundancy Of serum in the blood. It
exists in various degrees; sometimes the
legs are merely filled as it is termed, pro-
ducing no lameness. and but litt,eapparent
Inconvenience; at other times the limbs are
immensely gorged, and attended with con-
siderable pain and stiffness. Between
these two extremes the disease NAV
exist in every intermediate degree.
1t may thus appear in an
asute or subacute form; and may be pro.
duced either suddenly or gradually; when,
however, it exists in q severe form, it usu-
ally appears suddenly. The horse perhaps
is we'll over night, but tho next morning
one Of his legs Is amazingly swelled, and
on handling it the horse often catches it
up suddenly, and SO violently that he
nearly falls. If the disease be not very
soon relieved, largo assesses either form
in different parts of the limb, or the skin
gives way, the heels are affected with
/ grease, OF the vessels become enlarged and
the swelling organized, and the horse has
for life a big leg. We often see an animal
with one of the hind legs twice 81 large as
it ought to be; the poor brute, in addition
10 his accustomed labor, condemned to
drag for life this weary load, which, in
niue cases out Of ten, is to be ascribed
either to the negligence or'ignorance of his
owner. These big-legged horses usually
belong either to poor men or to farmers;
the former neglecting them from poverty,
and the latter>bscause they prefer treading
in the footsteps Of their forefathers, and
employing ignorant empires in preference
to skillful practitioners. u ::uj.tu,n,
PIE CRusr.--No matter how delicious
and nice ones materials, If the result id
heavy, tough, greasy crust, material is
worse than wasted, 81. n .,::,u:;,. %
Perhaps no form of food in common use
is more indigestible than the ordinary
method of making pie crust, If we; will
have it, great care should be taken to
make it as nicely and delicately as posi-
BILE. =. -. 49, &,
A few things should be carefully observ-
ed in its preparation. The lard or butter
used for shortening should be of. the very
best quality. Salt should be freely used
with lard; neither should ever be in the
least degree melted. A cool room ,(if hot
weather. cool moulding board, cool hands
and cold water are indispensable. A bowl
OF lce-water to dip the hands into, as well
as to mix with, is great help. "A marble
board is best. and cellar or cool milk
room to prepare paste, if hot weather.
When the water is added, mix first with
| q spoon or knife, just sufficient to make ali
adhere together; touch not with the hands
until ready to roll, then cut With knife Z
piece large enough for the sis9 Of the plate
knead none ut all, but touch lightly, and
roll but one way, never back and forth. Ex
perience will teach about the size necessa,
ry tor one crust, and thus one will not b.
necessitated to work over again many bits
which would form . tough, disagrceahl,
crust. Pieces. however, that are left should
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baked, without: rehanding, for luncl
crumbs.
a pint OF -four rightly managed, vii
make two crusts, and piece of shortening
aciepe Il YOU desire f more sS; faiv 80 viii rai
the trouble of puf-paste, spread soft but
ter or lard upon the upper crust befor,
sending TO the oyen.---C6r. Country Gentle
man. -,
CULTIVATE YOUR APPLE TREEs.-A cor
respondent in Montgomery county, Pa.
informs us that he can succeed with Iii
apple orchard in obtaining crop as vel
4 as any other field product upon his farm
He commences his orchard by seleetin,
his trees himself in the nursery, as farm
er selects his seed before sowing; helps II
take them up, as q farmer secures his seed
haufs them home late in the afternoon o
evening; puts them in where they are To. b
planted until next day; has the groun,
prepared beforehand aud che holes dug
removes and sets the trees az he needs then
in the most careful manner, applying tw'
buckets OF water to each tree-one whel
the hole is half filled up, the other whe,
entirely filled, leaving the ground aroun,
the tree bowl-like. Stakes firmly; mulch
es; waters occasionally; keeps all cattl
and hogs out; and when the trees are
few years planted, twice . year, spring an,
fall, scrapes the trunk, scrubs il severed
with cow-urine gathered in q tank from sh
stable. using about half bucket to eac]
tree, and gives them thorough examina
ton to ferret out any worms, 20. He say
it is not nearly as much labor as any othe
crop on the farm, while it is Just as SUR
and more profitable
Farmers, do you hear that p German
to,on Telegraph. .'''''.5
ORIGIN OF TIE PorATo. -There are sew
eral species Of potato described as growiul
wild in Mexico, and one of these, the sofa
mum telruc0suna, is said to produce yer.
palatable but small stuhers. Our civllizet
species probably came from Chill. r.:
The word potato comes to US from th
Spanish battata, and the Spanish got it frop
the Indian papas.
The date Of the introduction of the DO
tato into England is rendered uncertain
probably by confounding the sweet potato
with the common potato. There is NJ
doubt that the potato was cultivated j,
South America by the Indians, before tn,
discovery Of Chill by the Europeans. m,
cultivated plant found it's way to the Caro-
linas and Virginis, and Sir Walter Raleigh
took it to England in 1885, e: g.
The tuber Of the native potato never ex
coed two inches in length, and is insipid Il
the taste. but not bitter. lthas been sup
posed to be naturally sea ahore plant
peculiar to billy and rocky soils. Thu
first particular cannot be true Of all eou
lent native potatoes. The potato love,
such cool, uniform, moist and long season
80 may be found in some parts and. alti
tudes of the tropics. But its wonderful
constitutional vigor has enabled it to BIZ
transplanted in all parts of the earth, unit
It 10 now considered ''the most important
Of all esculent. roots, and next in value tt
cereals as an article Of human subsistence
UNniPREaNATED EGes.-There seems t.
be sufficient evidence that eggs from hens
that do mot have the cock, keep much
longer in a fresh condition than impreona.
ted eggs. Geyelin, in Flints edition OF
Poultry Breeding" says:
THE shell Of the egg being porus, to ad
NIT air to the chicken during the process
of incubation, allows also part of the LIQUID
to evaporate, and the air t6 permeate when
they are not used soon after being laid, and
the air acting on the animal matter pro
duces early decomposition and putrsfac,
lection. particularly SO in a fecundated egg,
in which the germ is first deccmposed.
Clear eggs. the produce Of hens who have
not been with a cock, keep fresh much
longer. This can easily be exempted by
putting an old tecundated egg and an old
clear egg under q hen whilst sitting, when
it will DO found that after the twenty-flrst
day the Inundated egg is putrid, and the
clear egg fit for use"
Transmission OF Mental Disease.
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