Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-11-05

A writer in the Live Stock Jour-
nal states that feeding dry meal has
been highly recommended, and I
have tired it faithfully, but am not
satisfied with the results; had rather
put the meal in a pail and mix it
with water. When horses are obli-
ged to work very hard it is not only
right and just but for the pecuniary
interest OF their owners to see that
they are well fed. Horses ought not
only to have good feed and plenty of
it but also it should be given to them
wet. a great many horses are per.
manently injured by being kept in
the SUMNER, when they work, upon
dry hay and meal. Just what injury
will result from this course of feeding
cannot certainly be foretold. Wheth
er it will take the form of derange-
ment Of the digestive organs or affec-
tations Of the throat and lungs will
depend somewhat upon the natural
tendencies Of the animals and the
quality and condition of the food
which they receive. But injury of
some kind will likely result. 1t is
but little trouble to wet the food,
which will render it better and safer
than to feed it dry. For a horse that
is at work most of the time, cut feed
is the best that can be given. But if
the hay is not cut 1t pays to throw on
little water. All horses must not
be fed in the same proportion with
out regard to their ages, their consti-
tuition and their work, because the
improperly of such a practice is self
evident. Yet it is constantly done
and is the basis of diseases of every
kind. Never use bad hay Oh account
Of the cheapness, because there is no
proper nourishment in it. Damaged
corn is exceedingly injurious because
it brings on inflammation Of the bowels
and skin diseases. Clraff' is better for
old horses than hay, because they can
chew and digest it better. When a
horse is worked hard its food should
be chiefly oats; if not worked hard its
rood should chiefly be hay, because
oats supply more nourishment and
tlesh-making material than any other
kind of food. The better plan is to
feed with chopped hay, because the
food is not then thrown out, and is
more easily chewed and digested.-
Sprinkle the hay with water that has
salt dissolved in it, because it will
be pleasing to the animals taste and
more easily digested. A spoonful of
salt in bucket Of water will be suffi-
cicnt.-N Y. Herald.
Before commencing to sweep a
room, take out all the chairs and
light pieces of furniture, and cover
up those which cannot be easily re-
moved. Draw back the window cur
tains and pin them up as high as you
can reach, opening the windows from
six to eight inches, both top and bot
tom, and then close the doors. Hang
cotton cloths, kept for the purpose,
over the pictures and mirrors. Now
the room is prepared for sweeping,
and dallp tea leaves should be sprin-
kled all over the carpet, especially in
the corners; if they are not to be had
bits of brown paper, wet with water,
can be substituted. But one or the
other should be employed to keep
down the dust. Sweep all carpets
the way of the pile, j. e., according as
their breadths are sewed, and not
across them. If the fireplace is in
use all the ashes should be removed
from the CRATE before the carpet is
swept, and, while the dust settles, the
CRATE and hearth can be cleaned.
Then fasten a soft cloth over a long
handled hair broom and sweep the
cornices and curtain fixtures. Before
returning the chairs and small arti-
Giles to the room, dust them thorough
ly with painters brush. Carved
wood work can be cleaned with a
short hair furniture brush, and china
ornaments with soft cloth, but a
feather buster is the best adapted to
cleaning raised china and gilded
work. Piano keys can be busted
with a piece of old soft silk, kept for
the purpose.
A correspondent of the Cincinnati
Enquirer says what should be read
hv every farmer who raises hoes