Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-12-07
LFrOm the American Farm Journal.l
Care of StOck-What We Should
Eat.
MILCH COWS,

AcSp tiGM QEy anu sheltered, not
only from the rain, but also
from the cold winter winds. Some
shiftless farmers allow their. cows to
stand out all winter, exposed to the
fall of rain and SHOWS, and to the Bit
ing cold II you want COW to pay for
her board, keep her under cover, pro-
tected from the blast, well fed and wa
tered, with an abundance of air and
light in her stall.
The way some people treat theft
colts is cruel Because they are not
in daily use, they are allowed to shift
for themselves Always stable them
in bad weather, and feed them suffi-
cient to keep them in what is called
thriving ORDER 1t will pay we'll in
the end; so to treat the coming
horse
PIGS.
It is no economy to allow the pigs
to run at large and shift for them
selves, or wade through mud over
knee deep. Pigs kept dry and clean
during winter, will thrive we'll
on less than one half that it will
take to keep them in decent order, if
they are unprotected, and their feed
thrown to them in the mud and slop,
when they are compelled to root pig
or die
CALVES.
What has been said of other do
mestic animals above may be said of
the calves as well. Much distress to
the poor creature grows out of neg
lect during the winter. They are Of
ten turned with the colts in the woods
pasture, and there they spend the win
ter; and it is too often the case that
| the old adage is true of such calves:
No knowing the luck of lousy calf,
live all winter and die in the spring.
There are many fine blue grass pas
lures in Kentucky, Southern Indiana,
Illinois, etc., but there should always
be built in such woods pastuue shed
sufficiently large to shelter all such
stock during a storm, and hay and fod-
der in abundance for such occasions
There are many wood pastures, with
the precautions against storms that
would afford a suficiency for calves
and colts during the winter season.
WHAT WE SHOULD EAT, AND WHY.
The greatest study of man is man
himself He is not all flesh and blood,
nor bones and brains, but is compos-
ed of all these and other elements. He
mostly needs good brain and muscle
power. Potatoes contain an abund-
ance of starch, which is full of nutri-
tion for all parts of the body except
the brain. The potato is not brain
feeder. We ought therefore to eat
good fish OF beefsteak with potatoes.
Goldfish when properly cooked is a de-
licious dish, but there are not many
folks in the west that know just how
to cook it. Suppose the next time
you 'go to town. that you buy a good
fresh Goldfish, that will weigh about
twelve or fifteen pounds. Before you
go to bed, have your wife -daugtl,-
ter F'pick up" about pint basin full
of it, that is, pick that much of the
fish all into fine bits, pour on it water
enough to cover it, and let it stand
and soak till morning. Pour off the
salt water, and cook it in sweet milk,
with a little -four, enough to make it
| like thick gravy. Have your pota-
| toes boiled with the 'jacket" on, dry
and mealy, and eat together. You
will find it nutritious, palatable, and
good brain and muscle feeder. In the
winter, one is justified in eating more
| fatty matter than in the summer, as it
| is the fat that we consume as fuel to
keep the engine going, and to keep US
warm. But we should always eat,
| work. play, sleep,-everythIng in such
way as to produce the greatest amt
| of mental and DhVSical Uinor
CROMWELL, IND. A. W. R. NJ.