Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-02-22
Farm and Garden.

Care of Horses Legs.-The North Brit
ssh Agrieuzturist says: "Few men whs
handle horses give proper attention to
the feet and legs. Especially is this the
case on farms. Much time is spent of
a morning in rubbing, brushing and
smoothing the hair on the sides and
hips, but at no time are the feet exam
ined and properly cared for Now, be
it known, that the feet of horse re-
quire more care than the body. They
need ten times as much, for in one re-
spect they a. e almost the entire horse.
All the grooming that can be done
won't avail anything if the horse is
forced to stand where his feet will be
filthy In this case the feet will become
disordered, and then the legs will get
badly out of fix ; and with bad feet and
bad legs, there is not much else of the
horse fit for anything. Stable prisons
generally are terribly severe on the feet
and legs of horses; and unless these
building can afford dry room, where a
horse can walk around, lie down, or roll
over, they are not half so healthy and
comfortable to the horse as the pasture,
and should be avoided by all good
hostlers in the country" -
SmsEng Meat.--There is a prejudice
in the minds of some against the use
of smoke in preserving meats, as smoke
has unpleasant associations connected
with it. Smoke, certainly, is not pleas
ant to breathe, but taken into the stom-
ach, in the small quantity found in
smoked beef or ham, it is harmless, and
to most palates agreeable. Care should
be taken, however, in smoking meat,
not to let the temperature rise too
high, and to use the right kind of fuel.
If the temperature rises above 140o the
albumen of the meat is coagulated, and
rendered hard and indigestible. The
fuel also communicates its peculiar ia
yor to the meat, and this may be pleas
ant or disagreeable. The famous West
phalia hams are smoked With juniper
wood. In this country we more COM
monty use birch. Some, however, prefer
hickory, and others corn-cobs. A few
wintergreen leaves thrown upon. the
fuel while the meat is smoking give a
favor highly relished by some.
Cost Of Keeping Co1s in MEX, Dairies.-
An Orange County" producer on
Long Island thus feeds his COWS ;
namely, ten pounds of hay, four quarts
of corn or oilmeal, and one bushel of
brewers grains, daily. The cost of this
is, for hay Is cents, meal Is cents,
grains Is cents total 4S cents. The
average yield is ten quarts daily, which
retails at ten cents per quart. Calculat-
ing for interest on cost of stock and
other expenses, and proper remunera-
ton for the uncomfortable and uns
seasonable labor necessary. if an
Orange county dairvman is honest,
he is far from being "bloated aristo-
GRAFT" or one who does. not we'll earn his
money.
Productive PLATA correspondent of
the Chaaaauqua Farmer says: l have a
plat of ground that measures 50x80 feet,
lone section of my garden) from which
I raised. in 1871, % bushels potatoes, II
bushels onions, bushels tomatoes, half
bushel beans, 40 good cabbages, one
bushel beets, 6 good Hubbard squashes,
had two hills cucumbers, four hills mel
ons that yielded well, one peck sweet
potatoes, besides strip two feet wide,
the length of the plat for green peas
also two rows of parsnips. 10 feet long
not dug yet. A part of the above pro
ducts was row of peerless potatoes
that weighed SO pounds from three
fOlIrt!1s of a po11nd