The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1873-10-16
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core enough apples to hvo-Peel and .
dish, sprinkle cinnamonS cen budding
where the core came out, &rech ample
white sugar, little piece of Esne fine
about tablespoonful of tapiocN then 1.
apple, over the whole, and I'll IAach
cold water. Bake until the apple nh
der. It is very nice and simple desAl
Consumption of Food.-As general
rule, cattle, horses and sheep eat three
per cent. of their live weight of food per
day-that is, very near their own weight
every month. But there Is vast differ
ence among them as to the profitable re-
suits of their consumption of food. Some
will merely keep alive, while others will
increase in weight and size, or produce
milk in much greater proportion for the
food consumed.
"A horse should not be old until he is
twenty, and we have known many very
vigorous several years in advance of that,
and the secret of the longevity was not in
the peculiar vitality in the horse, but q
genuine humanity of the owner. 1t does
not injure horse to labor any more than
1t does q man, and it is only by Over-ex-
ertion, exposure, and ill-treatment that it
is jaded at time when it should be in its
prime. When we learn to exercise human
ity towards animals for the right of it,
which should be sufficient incentive, they
will find second compensation in the
way of absolute money profit.
The following rule for estimating the
dressed weight of live hogs we find in .
late number of the National Liue Stock
Journal: "From the first 100 pounds de-
duct IS pounds from gross; from the Sec
ond 100 pounds deduct 121< pounds; from
the third 100 pounds deduct 81 pounds;
all over the third hundred is net. Thus .
hog of 800 pounds live weight will give
Assn net weight, and, as general rule,
1874 pounds only should be allowed for
shrlnkage on every hog of 800 pounds or
over. A hog of 100 pounds will net Is
pounds; one of 100 pounds, 1182; one of
200 pounds, 1929; one of $50 pounds,
1924" This, Of course, is only as close
an approximation as can be given for the
general average of hogs as brought to
market. If they are thin there is more
shrinkage; if large and well-fatted, and
especially if pure bred, they will often
shrink even less. We have known in
stances where the shrinkage amounted to
only one-sixteenth of the live weight.
Socially Begets Knowledge.-The
temper of men depends largely upon their
knowledge. Ignorance renders them sus.
picious. A farmer who does not read the
papers, who does not study the markets,
is likely to be suspicious Of whoever offers
him price for his products, and his igno-
rance and suspicion combined are quite
likely to lead to an excess of credulity
when once thrown off his guard. This is
the fruit of isolation. 1t is quite as nec-
essary to the farmer that he meet, talk,
and consult with men of his own profess
sion, as we'll as those employed in other
vocations, as that he should pillow and SOW
if he would be successful. The friction
which intercourse gives rubs off the mold
and rust accumulated by isolation-gives
him new ideas which propagate others for
his brethren's use. Hence the meeting
the pOst-oftice or corner grocery, is not to
be condemned; nor is the time spent in
such intercourse, if it does not beget vic
ious habits, ill spent. 1t is to be COM
mended, rather.-Nev York World.
How to Manage Horse.-A beauti-
full and high-spirited horse would never al
low q shoe to be put on his feet or any per.
son to handle his feet. In an attempt to
shoe such horse recently he resisted all
efforts, kicked aside everything but an
AuV1l, ouu CdLuc ucdI ululSClI
against that, and finally was brought back
to his stable unshod. This defect was
just on the eve Of consigning him to the
pillow, where he might work barefoot,
when an officer in our service, lately re-
turned from Mexico, took cord about
the size Of common BEDFORD, put it in
the mouth Of the horse like bit, and tied
it tightly on the animals head, passing his
left ear under the sfrinr NOT nainfnllv
tight, but tight enough to keep the ear
down and the cord in its place. This
done, he patted the horse gently on the
side of the head, and commanded him to
follow, and instantly the horse obeyed,
perfectly subdued and as gentle and ODE.
dent as welltrained dog, suffering his
feet to be lifted with impunity, and acting
in all respects like an old stager. The
gentleman who thus furnished this exceed
ingly simple means of subduing q very
dangerous propensity, intimated that it is
practiced in Mexico and South America
IN the management of wild horses.