Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1872-11-22
Gbe Staur1ton Uinaitator.
FARM AND FIRESIDE.
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REARING CoLTs.-ln weaving colt from
its mother, great care should be exercised,
so as not to stop its growth and so stunt 1t
as to affect its after growth, thereby ma
king poor and weak constitution, instead
Of the strong and noble animal, the pride of
its owner. 1t is good plan to commence
earessing the colt as soon as he is able to
stand, by gently stroking with your hand
it head, neck, shoulders and legs; do not
touch his sides or back until he is two weeks
old, and then no weight should be allowed
on his back. The curry-comb should never
be used, but good stiff brush may be ap-
piled to two weeks old colt every day with
advantage. Commence now to give the
young animal little good, sweet wheat
bran, two or three times day, and as he
learns to eat, increase the quantity, always
feeding him out of a little box or pan in the
hand He will soon learn to look to his
owner for his regular allowance, and become
docile and even fond of his master. Moth
ing heavy should be fed until cool weather
sets in then, by degrees, few oats can be
substituted for the whea. bran.
| A quart of oats, with plenty of good fresh
hay, per day, is sufficient for an eight
months colt-after that age little moro
oats will help make the horse. If convent
ent, good horse stall should be prepared
next to the mares stall fer tho colt, be will
feel more contented and easy alongside OF
bis mother, which will tend to promoting
| his growth. In this sort Of management,
the colt is gradually weaned. He learns to
eat and does not feel the loss of the mothers
milk, but keeps steadily growing.
Care should be taken to keep him vel
supplied with good, fresh water, at least
four times day in warm weather.
AS ne grows older, say one year old, if
you wish him to look sleek and shine like
new tin pan, in addition to the the oats.
give him, once day, quart of wheat bran
with about one quart Of COW s milk mixed to.
gether He will not get troubled with worms
| so long as he gets that, and will grow like
weed. When old enough to shoe, care
should be taken to have the shoe little
wider than the hoof at the heel it will pre-
vent contraction of the hoof, and is not al
ways beating in the hoof, causing corns &c.,
but as the hoof grows, it naturally expands,
and soon the shoe becomes nice fit, and
will, if the nails be good, last until the shoe
is worn out.-Journag Of the Farm.
FATTENING TURKEYS. -Christmas is not
far of, and the sooner we begin to fattsn our
turkeys the heavier they will become, and it
is often quite as profitable to send them into
market in that time, as at later period 1t
is well to commence with light feed, such as
oas and buckwheat, given in equal quanti-
ties at morning and night, scattering all they
can possibly eat. In q weak leave out the
oats and substitute corn and the third week
drop the buckwheat and feed on corn alone.
Dough once a day, made of boiled corn
meal, is recommended by some breeders, but
turkeys need no other mills than those
they possess with which to grind their food.
Their gizz ards work with tremendous pow
er, and the machinery is of such character
that its workings are essential to the health
of their bodies Give taem now all tho corn
they can dispose of, and if fed % dry
smooth turf, it can always lie within their
reach, and as they will never clog them.
selves by over-eating, it is better to keep
large supply always at hand, and let them
pick up the kernels at their own pleasure.
It will make great difference in the val
ue of the food given to turkeys, whether
there is an abundance of pure water always
at hand; if they are stinted in the supply,
the corn will not digest as readily; and,
when the weather is windy and chilly, they
will not 60 even half dozen rods to procure
as much as is needful for fattening purposes;
SO the farmer will find it to his advantage to
supply it in large quantities. Although tur-
keys are very hardy fowls, yet they should
always have some shelter provided at this
season, such as a sunny-shed, on the south
side of board fence, for they will rather
sit for day on the sunny. side Of barn
than walk two rods when the north wind is
blowing hard.
1t is also important to beguile them into
roosting under some shelter at this season.
1t may be done by commencing to feed them
under it the first night that food is thrown
out to them, and always having corn thrown
down for them in that place at night. 1t re.
quires certain amount of food to produce
the needed amount of heat 4; so the less they
are exposed to the cold, frosty air at night,
ard the more comfortably they are housed
! the more rapidly they will fatten. Quanti-
titles of food, plenty of pure water and COM
Portable warm quarters, will fatten turkeys
expeditiously without resorting to any shnt-
ting up Or examining process.
| FooD, DRINK AND CLOTHING --Dio Lewis
writes: What shall we eat and what shall
we drink, and wherewithal shall we be
clothed, includes pretty much the entire
field of health discussion. I only have space
here to say:
| First. You should eat mutton, beef, fowl,
fish, stale bread, and such vegetables as you
prefer in moderate quantities, with thorough
mastication.
Second. You should drink cold water
freely on rising and on going to bed, and
coffee and tea, weak and small quantities,
with your meals
| Third. You should wear wooden next to
your skin, and just clothing enough to keep
you comfortable at all seasons of the year.
SWEET PoTATo BALLs.-First boil the po-
tatoes then carefully mash the farinaceous
part. Boil pint of milk, put in some lemon
peel, couple of small Jumps of sugar and
little salt. When the milk boils, take
it off the fire and add the potatoes, SO as to
form tolerably thick mush When cool,
make it into balls cover these with crumbs
of bread and yolk of egg, fry to nice brown
color, and serve with sugar streved over
them.