The Republican. [volume] (Maryville, Tenn.) 187?-187?, 1873-01-04

menU we Unlllk nluCn OF the late eDlUem-
les with horses and cattle are to be at
tributed. They are often taken from a
warm stable, freed from blankets, and
exposed to a cold rain for hours. If
blankets are used at all, let it be, out
of doors. We may be ridiculed for out.
old time ideas, but we maintain, all that
our working cattle want, is tight, well
ventilated, clean stable or shelter; al
lowed to be free from a constant draft,
yet living In free circulation, and
when brought in, they should be rubbed
dry, we'll bedded, watered and fed.
A small piece of Assaf9dita tied in a
rag and nailed to the bottom of the
trough is an excellent provocative to the
spirits and appetite of horses. Work
horses should be allowed at least once a
week, or better, every day, to run in n
lot or field to roll and play Continu-
Gus, never ceasing hard labor and con-
finement in i'll ventilated stables, is the
cause of these terrific epidemics with
horses. To be healthy they should be
exercised regularly, not OverwOrked;
have plenty of fresh air, confined as lit
tie as possible, have clean water, access
to salt, and of good food, as much as
they Will eat clean. In winter, if it can
be done, they should have now and then
a feed of apples or carrots. This is the
way horses were treated in the days be
fore steam supplied in n measure their
places, and they were healthy and lived
to old age.
MICH COWS.
See that they are well fed and 7'eq1l-
larly ,CeU miIkcd. A writer, who says
his COW gives all the milk that is want
ed in a family of eight persons, and
from which was made two hundred and
sixty pounds of butter within the year,
gives the following as his treatment.
He says:
eff you desire to get large yield of
rich milk, give your COW, three times a
day, water slightly warm, little salt,
and bran stirred in, at the rate of one
quart to two gallons of water You
will find, if you have not tried this
daily practice, that your COW will give
twenty-five per cent. more milk imme-
diately under the effect of it, and she
will become so attached to the diet as
to refuse to drink clear water, unless
very thirsty; but this mess she will
drink almost any time and TASK for
more" The amount of this drink ne
cessary is an ordinary water pail full
each time, morning and night. Four
hundred pounds of butter are often OBJ
tanned from good stock, and instances
are mentioned where the yield was ever
at high figure.
THE CLOSE OF THE YEAR.
During this month, the farmer him
self has much to occupy profitably his
time and thoughts, although as gener-
al rule 1t is not so busy time with the
farm hands. He should close up his
accounts, see to the profit and loss, and
make his estimates and calculations for
the coming year-get rid of worthless
stock and discharge such of his hands
as have not given him satisfaction, that
he may have time during the winter to
secure faithful laborers, and procure
such stock as will Weld him a profit the
coming year. Let him see that his
teams are in good order. the harness
strong and vehicles in good repair for
winter teaming. See that the roads
which are to be much used are in fit
conditions; provide his winters store of
beef and mutton and his pork for the
year. He can then with complacentlv
await the approach of the festive season
of Christmas, when with n heart over
flowing with gratitude to his God, and
good will toward his fellow man, he will
be prepared to enjoy his "CHristnlas
things" with his family and friends.
Provide n large wood pile-it is pleas
ant to look upon, giving assurance as it
does, that it will afford warmth and
comfort against the rigorous cold of
winter, for "old winter is coming again.
alackl
How icy and cold is he.
He cares not pin for a shivering back,
Hes saucy old chap to white and black
He whistles his chills with a wonderful knack,
For he comes from cold country.
4 witty old fellow this winter is;
A mighty old fellow for Eee,
He cracks his jokes on the pretty sweet miss,
The wrinkled old maiden unfit to kiss,
And freezes the dew of their lps-for this
Is the way with such fellows as he"
DEBT.
In closing our tolls for the year, kind
friends Will pardon us for advising them
to keep clear of debt. 1t is an axiom,
undisputed, that no farmer can make
money and farm successfully if involv-
ed with debt. Among the good resolv-
es for your guidance the coming wear,
be that you will keep clear of debt, and
such rs are already 50, should deter
mine to free themselves, if it takes half
or more of all they have, to accomplish
this desirable end. At the present low
prices of produce and high prices of Ia
Dor, no farmer can afford to pay six per
cent. on n large sum, much less is he
able to pay the present ruinous rates of
ten to fourteen per cent. I'm
Debt is the common curse
of our people-it is the skeleton in
most hOuses-it is the accursed incubus
that weighs down the energies, palsies
effort, and shackles the intellect. 1t
mars all pleasure, increases physical
pain and mental anguish, and often, to
the unrefective and rash, brings ruin,
misery and degradation to the unfortu-
nate debtor, and it may be, to an inno-
cent and helpless household. 1t there
fore behOOves every one to avoid it as
a moral pestilence and those who are al !
ready afflicted should solemnlv resolve /
1t all hazards, to be relieved of it, the |
earliest moment possible.
WINNING GOLDEN OPINIONS. Perhaps |
10 man living has woh more golden |
opinions than DIR. Walker, as the enor-
nous and widely increasing sale of his /
CALIFORNIA VINEGAR BITTERs nttests.
We never look into one Of Ourexchanges,
nut there is panegyric of the Bitters
taring us in the face. Our readers will
ay that there must be a reason for all
his praise. They are right. The eff
acy of this celebrated medicine is es-
ablished by evidence which it is impos-
IDLE to doubt. Among the thousands
Tho have borne testimony to its excel
ence, there is not one dissenting voice.
II very many phases of inorganic disease
seems to be unfailing. All diseases
rising from a vitiated state of the blood
re surely eradicated by it. 1t is an eff
ectual remedy for pulmonary com
laints, bilious, remittent and intermit-
mt fevers, rheumatism and dyspepsia.
purges the body of all unhealthy hu
lors, gives tone to the system, and
here the vital powers are enfeebled.
astores their functions to vigorous and
ealty action. All this it does the more /,
fectually because its operation is not
lterfered with by the presence of alco-
Il rlo