Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1874-10-29
Axrlcu1tural items.

1t is the practice with many horst
e men TO give their horses no water VI
J, I'll after they have eaten their allow
T ance of food. Concerning this prae
r tice veterinarian writes: A ful
I drink CT water Immediately after be
ing fed should never be allowed b
: horses. When water Is drunk b.
them the bulk of it goes directly Il
: the large in,estines, and little of it j
retained in the stomach. In passinl
; through the stomach, however. the
water carries considerable quantitie.
of the contents to where it lodges IL
, the intestines. II, then. the food q
horses stomachs is washed out before
il is digested, no nourishment will bt
derived from the feed. In Edin
burgh some old horses were fed with
Isplit peas, and then supplied with
waterimmediately before being killed.
| 1t was found that the water had car.
ried the peas fifty to sixty feet into
the intestines, where no digestion
took place at all.
KEEP WARM.-Thesc chilly and
often damp dsys'are just the thing to
give US the ague, rheumatism and
hard colds. Don't fail to put on the
fannels st once. Some are afraid to
take of fannels if they have once
put them on in the fall, or to put
them on if they once laid them aside
in the 81 r.ng, and so they swelter in
the heat or shiver in the cold. We
put ours on or of each day, accord
| ing to the weather, and believe this
is the best plan. But by all means
keep warm, especially during the
first chilly weather when the system
is unprepared to resist the cold. II
the stoves have been taken down.
would have them put up at once,
ready for occasional use; and if the
feet are cold, dress them more warm
lly, and use hot footstone.
To the villager who wishes early
chickens and early eggs, the Dark
Brahma is, perhaps the best, either
full bred or grade, and if he is not
particular as to the purity OF the
blood, but wishes the greatest pecunia-
~ returns, a cross between Brown
Leghorns and White Brahmas, or
White Leghorns and Dark Brahmas,
will pay him better than any other
stock. The half breed feathers and
natures earlier, begins to lay young
er, and lays more eggs than the full
blood Brahma, is larger, more quiet
and domestic than the full blood
Leghorn. and makes g good setter
and mother, which the Leghorn rare
II becomes.-Mass PlO,giman.
A gentleman, long resident in Me1i-
co, says that a good way to manage a
horse that will not be shod, il TO take
cord the size of a common BEDFORD;
put il into the mouth the horse
like bit, and tie it tightly on the
animals head, passing his left ear
under the string, not painfully tight,
but tight enough to keep the esr
down and the cord in its place. This
done, pat the horse gently on the
side of the head and command him
to follow. 1t subdues any horse, and
he becomes as gentle and obedient as
a dog.
| To RESTORE Gnr FRAMEs.-Take
one ounce of cooking sods, and beat
it thoroughly with the whites of three
eggs. Blow off the dust with pair
Of bellows, or brush it out with fea-
ther duster. Then dip small paint
brush into the mixture and rub it all
over the gliding, into every tiny crev.
ice, and it will render it fresh and
bright.
The worst toothnche. or neuralgis
coming from the teeth, may be speed
ily and delightfully."- ended by the ap
plicshon of q small BIT Of clean cotton
saturated in a strong solution OF
ammonia 70 the defective tooth
Sometimes the late sufferer is prompt
ed TO momentary Laughter by the
application, but the pain has disap
ed.
| A Coop MoTTo.-Grangers d,
you want motto? Take this one
cut it out and post it up where th,
whole family will read it ten times
day:
1t is no: birth. nor rank. nor STATE,
But the CT Up and sir:hsi makes men great.
The grape loves g deep, mellow
soil, which should be thoroughly Pul
verized. A dry subsoil is an sbso
lutte necessity if this be . compac'
clay, retentive Of moisture, the rene
dy i. draining.
Ifevery farmer and farmers sor
would plant one tree each and every
year, and every farmers wife and
daughter cultivate halt dozen flow
ers each. how much brighter the coun
try would be.
One COW of herd may be dear q
twenty dollars, another cheap at 5000
Different COWS in the same herd
same feed and treatment every day
often vary 100 per cen. in their prof
its.
Never strike colt when you sr'
breaking him. Push him sideway'
or any way. Let him 90 just ~her'
he will. Let him iall down ifhe will
. but don't strike him.
Adyices from Northern, Texas "a.
the crops are very fine in that sec
tion, and travel to that State is yer.
heavy.
| Tla man fhat tar set hin, zelf 10 TOY|