Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-09-12

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Into soft depths Of sn> w-white clouds dart =
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a strange, faint numbness gathers round my
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@-' -LippincQtes Magazine.
> : FARM AND HOUSEHOLD Z:
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: SoME horses are habitually costive.
which arises either from q defective
secretion ST the fluids Of the bowels.
or: that the absorbents act too strongly
and take up too much of the LIQUID
contents, BY which the focal mass be.
comes dry, hard and difficult to pass
81, it may. apd frequently does, arise
from Z defect in the formation of the
bile. either as to quantity or quality,
This we know from what occurs in
janndice, in which, from a loss of the
lille by extravasation, there is always
present strong disposition to a costive
habit Some food is prone to occasion
constipation, as whatever is stimulating
or hcatlng< Corn, therefore, has this
tendency Habitudi oostiveness should
got got. be ts counter"cted, by ppagetiyes,. as
attention should be paid to the habit
itself, and the peculiar tendencies of
that should be counteracted.. DRY food
should be remedied by occasional bran
mashes. Green food is particularly
useful in these cases in summer, and
carrots in winter. "A 'costive state of
The bowels may sometimes be remedi-
cd by placing lump of rock suit with
in the manger.
|, .AscoRREsPONDENT desires us to give
him one Of the best remedies that we
know of for wounds. We know OF
none superior to the following one.
which appeared not long since in the
Country Gentleman. Take pan or
shovel with burning Goals, and sprinkle
upon them common brown sugar, and
hold the wounded part in the smoke.
In few minutes the pain will be allav.
ed, and recovery proceed rapidly. In
my own case, rusty nail had made a
bad wound in the bottom OF NV foot
The pain and nervous irritation was
severe: This was all removed by hold
ing it in the smoke for fifteen minutes
and was able to resume my reading
In comfort. We have often recon-.
mended it to others, with like results.
Lately, one of my men had finger
nail torn out by . pair of ice tongs. It
became very painful, as was to have
been expected. Held in sugar smoke
for some twenty minutes, the pain
ceased, and it promises speedy recov-
cry: AS good substitute for this We
will merely add that tablespoonful If
the tincture of arnica, added to a INIT
OF cold water, will answer an excelfent
purpose. .,-..:
WATER may be preserved pure and
wholesome in rain water cisterns nv
letting the supply-pipe connect at the
bottom OF the cistern. The fresh va.
ter being heavier than that already in
the clstern, will force the stale water
to the top, SO that it can I've used before
1t becomes: Offensive. It is we'll known.
however, that cistern-water .beoomes
impure from the organic matter It con.
tains, and ilf1 this can he cot ia - ~ h.
destroying IT'S vitality and rrecipitatine
~ 20 the bottom, it will leave the water
pure 1t Is claimed that there is no.
thl.g better to effect this than per.
manganate of potassa, used III tie bro.
portion OF about an ounce to fifty oaI-
Ions OF wafer. This causes the inor.
ganlc matter to sink to the bottom an
lnnox'ous sediment. But the perman-
ganate must be continued as long "a
the water has a purplish appearance.
indicating that the offensive matter has
not all been pteciPitatedt :Thddxhsthiss
is not poisonous drug. and we beli.ve
in no way hurtful, still no more should
be used than necessary. Every druo-
gist has it for sale. Care muat be te.
ken to have the cistern thorouohlv
cleaned out lat least twice q wear ~
we'll as the troughs upon the bull dinos
supplying the water:
The journal of Chemistry. spt,ak;no
of the effect of cold water on cows. savs:
g During the past summer, in the hot
days of July and August, the animals
resOrted to the lake to drink. and az
ter shaking their thirst, tbcv Wonld
wade into the water and remain soma.
times an hour or two with the legs half
immersed. This habit, it was found.
invariably diminished the flow of milk
ut night, and, in order to leern the ex-
tent of the diminution, careful observa-
tions were made. It was ascertained
that standing in the water an hour al.
the flow to the amount ef q
or ten quarts in herd of thirteen COWS.
The loss was SO great that whenever
they resorted to the water they were
driven away to the pasture again at
once. We have learned that from sim.
ply turning the herd into the yard upon
q cold day in winter, and allowing them
to remain fifteen minutes, the flow of
milk was diminished to a seriona az.
tent, and consequently the animals ara
not now allowed to leave the worm
stable during the entire winter, except
Tor a brief period upon warm, sunshiny
days: Water is brought directly from
y we'll into the barn, and the drinking
vessels are arranged 50 that the ami
mails have to move but step or two
TO supply their wants. The nature of
The water supply, and the convenience
OF access, are most important points in |
the management of mich cows. Al
lraugl't of ice-w water taken by COW in |
winter cuts short the milk yield for the |
tay from one to two pints.
A CORRESPONDENT gives these direc-
ions as to how to timber prairics Let |
Every man that lives on the prairie out
If reach Of timber ask his friends in
tho East or elsewhere to stop O. few
when in the woods, after seeds |
lnd nuts have maturod, and gather auv
md all that might be Of value as tim
Der, or As ind-breakers, aud send to
him by mail or by express, and then.
When the proper time comes, plant and
'ttend to them as he would a crop If
Irain. Thus the prairies would soon
put on more genial and home]ike ap-
'earance, and in time these numerous
mail forests would have their infiu-
nee on the climate-rains would be
nora certain, crops more regular, and
~ q result tho whole country would he
benefited. Those of us living where
w can get all such things should make