Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1873-03-21
FAnG7 AND FIRESIDE.
ADVERTISINC RATES..

W '1A "oauS sel7c' Que tuat can walk last
A slow walking stallion will be likely to ge
'Ew walking coils; while the stallion thai
has long rapid spirited stride, will be like
ly to get colts of a similar action. Thed
there is great deal in breeding to borst
with spirit and ambition. These cold, bloolec
horses will beget cold blooded colts. The
nearer you can approach the thorough bred
even for obtaining fast walker, the better
There is game there, and spirit and endu
rance and sttmiua and style. There ar,
The neat bopy heads ana prominent eyes
the smaH ears, the capaeious Dos'rils, til,
Urge luogs and chests, the we'll developed
muscles, the bones as dense as ivory. Even
f)r walk' rs, then, get the nearest to thorough
bred possible, and the same for trotrrs.
,ud OF course, the same for runners You
have then horses fit for am company, an
tor any purposes-to haul the plough, or
buggy, or carriage, or to carry you upon
their backs. Breed large. 6ue mares. to
thorough bred horses, and you will get colts
that you will not be ashamed to have your
friends see. ..-I
OILlNG THE HARNESS. In these times of
poor leather we should clean and oil the
harness at least once year to keep it in
good condition and to reduce the wear aud
tar as much as possible. Don't LIT the Job
nut to the harness maker, but some of these
stormy days when the harness is not 10 use
lust take it into tao workshop and commence
operations. Take the harness all apart and
scrape of all scurf hairs and dirt. and wash
the leather clean with soap and hot water.
Then heat two or three qu,rts of Deatsfoos
III in long shallow pan. and draw each
piece of leather through it slowly, bending
he leather backward and forward and rub.
oing the o 10 with cloth or sponge Hang
rear the ire to dry, and repeat the process
notil the leather is saturated With oil mix
| little lmpbl TEX with clean tallow, and with
/ cloth rub it into the leather while warm,
nnril the pores are filed and the surface be-
comes smooth and glossy. If harness is
oiled in this way it is never gammy. and
will therefore keep clean long time Some
'mes linseed oil Or adulterated oils are used,
out they dry ON the leather and make it
summy, dirt and hairs stick to it and the
nar"ess get1 SO filthy as to soil everything it
touches. After the harness has had good
olliug an occasional rubbing with tsllow and
'ampbl'ck will keep the leather tough and
pliable and prevent it from cracking.
FEEDING MILK Cows.-W. H. Tanner
says: The most profitable feed for COWS
giving milk during winter, aud that is used
IN all the best dAiries producing milk for
New York market, is good quality Of
wheat bran and corn meal mixed as follows:
Eight pounds of bran and corn meal for
each COW daily. II the above can be thor
ougbly cooked with cut bay it increases It's
value about oneifth BY a;tual experiment.
| produced from fifty cows FIVE hundred
qual is of milk daily on ten pounds of feed
mixed as above and thor aughly cooked. {
hen changed to dry feed. When it took Is
pounds OF the same mixture to keep up the
flow of milk. Brewers grains produce an
cufericr quality of milk. and woul be very
much mure expensive thao other food at the
prices named. Ii not so situated as to cook
he food used, considerable benefit would
be derived from soaking it, even 10 cold wa.
ter. from six to ten hours before feediog.
HOG CuoLERA.-D Horne, the veterina-
riau, recommends the following treatment
for cholera: Remove them at once to fresh
quarters, where they will be warm and dry,
with plenty Of pure, fresh air. Separate
them; give pleuty Of clean straw; procure
some good hard wood charcoal, pulverize it,
,prinke the bedding with it pretty thick,
lay one half pound to each hog Sprinkle
re hog also Be sure and keep clean.
Procure the following: Anthracite coal,
iour parts best ginger, one part salt. one
pa,t; ph osphat' lime. one part Pulverize
thor 'ughly, mix and give tgo ounces every
morning in it,ls oatmeal or ether feed.
II the hog ref lses t, eat, mix with suf6.
;icnt cows milk aud drcnch him Procure
promo chloralum, to be ha6 of your drug
list; m x with tour psrts water and wash
he bottom of tumors, and all the tender
places about the hog. Let them run out
through the day fin moderate weather
CRACKS IN Stoves. will crack,
and it is very handy TO know bow to close
up the crsvices. The following is very
valuable recipe, and is very easily Done -
Take good wood ashes and slit them through
fine sieve, adding an equal quantity OF
clay. which must be finely powdered, to-
gether with little salt. Molten this mix
ture with water sufficient to form paste
and then fill the crack of the stove with it.
The cement Lever peels or breaks away.
and becomes very hard after being heated.
1t is very suit IDLE cement to be made use of
10 setting in the plates Of stove, or 10 Gt-
ting stove pipes. as it seems to render all
the joints perfectly tight.
MILK.-Milk of average quality has in
every 100 parts about the following COM
position water $40; butter 3.43 +;
casein IL; milk sugar 10; mineral
matter (ash) .93. Milk varies in compost.
ton from a variety of causes sometimes
having less water and more butter. Very
rich milk contains from I to 3 per cent Of
butter. and will not unsrequen,ly show a
percentage of lnore than Is parts of dry
matter. while that which may be called of
fair average quality, will Yell no more .hap
IL to % per cent of such matters.
INDIAN PUDDING. Boil one quart of milk