The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1874-10-08
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

tilt metallic articles may he cleaned
by rubbing them very gently with soft
sponge or brush dipped in solution of
half an ounce of potash, or one ounce of
Oda, or, still better, of half an ounce of
Dorax IN pound of water; then rinsing
them IN pure water and drying with a
soft linen rag. Their luster may be i'm
proved in special cases by warming them
slightly and then rubbing them very
gently: Gilt frames, ETC., should only be
washed with pure water, rubbing very
gently with soft sponge or brush.
TO Prevent Cow Sucking Herself.
Take a hard stick, hickory or maple,
about one foot long and three fourths of
an inch in diameter; put groove around
the center, say five-eighths of an inch in
width and three-sixteenths of an inch
deep; sharpen both ends SO that they
will gradually taper from near either side
OF the groove to point; with a large
awl pierce tue cartilage or septum near
the nostrils, as you would to put in a
ring; force the stick through until the
septum rests in the groove, and the COW
has in her nose a continuance that will
prevent her from sucking herself and
yet permit her to eat and drink with free
dom. After few months the hole may
become enlarged SO as to allow the stick
to drop out, when little larger one NAV
be inserted. There is but little sensation
in that cartilage, and there appears to
he but little soreness after a short time.
-Rural Home.
-bran for Horses.-The Journal of
the f0'm says: Bran, when fed to ami
mails, is laxative, and on this account
should not be fed to horses in anv uuan-
tity when hard work is at all required of
them, because weakness is caused by this
relaxation Of the bowels and great injury
inflicted. The theory that introduces
bran into the horse-stables is as perni-
clOus in its effects as the indiscriminatc
use of bran itself, at the within of the
stablemen, and the theory is that horses,
sick or well, should be fed on bran mash.
es. A little bran, with other and more
substantial articles of food, may, howev-
er. be occasionally given with advantage,
but always taking care not to feed it in
quantities to give rise to loosencss of the
bowels, nor be counted to the poor horse
as so much other solid food, for in doing
so you not only deceive yourself but
cheat your horse.
"A few sheep should be kept on every
grain farm; a great many should be fed
during some portions of the year. But a
small flock is clear gain, for there is al
ways room for them in some of the fields
and something for them to cat in the
winter. Suppose farmer cultivating a
hundred acres and not in the habit of
keeping sheep buys, say, twenty. In the
spring they will do well ON the planting
ground before it is plowed; they will
clean out lane or any rough corner on
the farm, and are one of the best helps
the farmer can have on his summer fall
low. After harvest they will CLEAN the
stubbles and clear out the fence corners;
and later in the autumn they will tread
down the new seeding and prepare it to
stand the winter. In an old pasture
where cattle and horses are kelt a few
sheep will improve the feed. They will
crop the bushes and weeds, bite the
coarse grass, sleep on the knobs and
manure them, which the cattle eat bare.
And the income from small flock of
sheep may be from five to ten dollars
each, yearly.-Rochester Democrat.