Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-09-19
FARM AND HOUAEnULp.


SoME horses are habitually costive,
which arises either from defective
secretion of 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
or, it may, and frequently does, arise
/ from a defect in the formation of the
bile, either rs To quantity or quality.
1 Tins we know from what occurs in
iaundice, in which, from loss of the
bile by extravasation, there is always
presenta strong disposition to a costive
habit. Some food is prone to occasion
constipation, as whatever is stimulating
or heating. Corn, therefore, has this
tendency Habituai costiveness should
not be counteracted by purgatives, as
they generally Increase the evil: but
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. \ costive state of
The bowels may sometimes be remedi-
ed by placing a lump of rock salt with
III the manger.
A CORRESPONDENT 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 allay.
ed, and recovery proceed rapidly. In
my own case, a rusty nail had made a
bad wound IN the bottom of my foot.
( The pam and nervous irritation was
severe. This was all removed by hold
ing 1t in the smoke for fifteen minutes.
and | was able to resume my reading
III comfort. We have often recom-
mended it to others, with like results.
Lately, one of my men had finger
nail torn ont by pair of ice tongs. 1t
! became very painful, as was to have
been expected, Held in sugar smoke
tor some twenty minutes, the pain
ceased, ana it promises speedy recov-
cry. As good substitute for this. we
will merely add that tablespoonful of
the tiucture of arnica, added 10 Il pint
of cold water, will answer an excellent
purpose.
WATER may be preserved pure and
wholesome in rain wafer cistems by
letting the supply pipe connect at the
bottom of the cistern. The fresh wa
ter being heavier than that already in
the cistern, will force the stale water
to the tops that it can be used before
1t becomes offensive 1t is well known,
/ however, that cistcrn- water becomes
impure from the organic matter 1t con
tains, and If this can be got rid of by
81 stroying It's vitality and prccIpitating
1t to the bottom, it will leave the water
pure. 1t is claimed that there is no
thing better to effect this than per-
manganate of potassa, used in the pro-
portion OF about m ounce TO fifty gal.
| Ions Of wafer This causes the NOR
| ganic matter to sink to the bottom IN
innoxious sediment. But the pcrman-
ganate must be continued rs long as
the water has purplish appearance,
indicating that the offensive matter has
not all been precipltated. Though this
Is not poisonous drug, and we believe
IN no way hurtiul, still no more should
be used than necessary. Every drug
gist has it for sale. Care muat be ia
ken to have the cistern thoroughly
cleaned out at least twice year. as
well as the troughs upon the buildings
supplying the water.
THE Journal of Chemistry, speaking
of the effect Of cold water on COWS, SAYS:
During the past summer, IN the loot
days Of July and August, the animals
resorted to the lake to drink, and, af-
ter sinking their thirst, they would
wade into the water and remain some.
times an hour or two with the legs bali
immersed. This habst, it was found,
invariably diminished the flow Of milk
at night, and in order to learn the ex-
tent of the diminution, careful observa-
tons were made. 1T was ascertained
that standing in the water an hour di-
minished the flow to the amount ef 8
or ten quarts in a herd ofthirteen 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
a cold day III winter, and allowing them
to remain fifteen minutes, the flow Of
milk was diminished to a serious ex-
tent, and consequently the animals are
not now allowed to leave the warm
stable during tho entire winter, except
for brief period upon warm, sunshiny
days. Water is brought directly from
a well into the barn, and the drinking
vessels are arranged so that the ami
mails have to move but step or two
| to supply their wants. The nature of
the water supply, and the convenience