Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1875-10-23
HOME AND FARM.

HOME AND FARM.
SHEEP DO DEER.-Thc old-time -ilca,
that "shcep do not need drink" i3being
exploded. It is admitted to havc been a
grOat error. Sheep and gopts do drink,
cOpiOusly, at times, whcn-thcy can get il.
And, unlike human beings, these, and
other auimals, are scarcely ever known
70 drink what and when they do not
need, nor more Of il. We are gHlty of
great cruelty, If we put sheep, etc, i'm an
Enclosure and prevent them from having
access to pure water
WRESTLING MEN ARE KIND TO ANNALS.
an old farmer once said to us that he
would not have a hired man on his farm
who did not habitually whistle. He al
ways hired whistlers. said he never
knew a whistling labOrer to find fault
with his food, his bed, or complain Of any
little extra work he was asked to perform.
Such a man was generally kind to chill
dren and to animals in his care. lie
would whistle u chilled lamb into warmth
and life, and would bring his hat full Of
eggs from the barn without breaking one
Of them. He found such a man more
careful about closing gates, putting up
bars and seeing that the nuts on his
plough were all properly frightened be-
fore he took it into the field, He never
anew a whistling hired man TO kick or
beat COW, nor drive her on run into a
run into a stable. lie had noticed that
she sheep he fed in the yard and shed
gathered around him as he whistled,
without fear. He never had employed Il
whistler who was not thoughtful and
economical.
The EPIzooTIC.-Thisd disease Is prevail
ing again, but, so far, in a much milder
form than heretofore, with few fatal ca
sos. 1t seems to affect all classes of hOr-
res, but submits to treatment. 1t behooyes
US to look well TO the treatment Of our
enimals, to the condition of our stables,
to avoid unnecessary exposure.
In speaking of the epiZOOtic Of 1872, an
experienced writer says:
CAT first the disease was mostly limited
to lOw-bred horses, which are generally
badly used and more or less worn out,
and all OF which arc kept in stables where
hygienic measures are very deficient;
where light and ventilation are imper-
feet, and in stables situated on low, mar
shy grounds" This does not apply this
year, and yet the best care viii alleviate
the disease, If it does not prevent it.
WILL Cows FEED IN PASTURE AT
NLGHr?-A writer in a previous number
of our paper, in speaking of the annoy
auce which cows suffer from flies, says:
''Iustead of turning them out late in
the morning, and bringing them up early
in the evening, could we not turn them
to pasture in the evening, and bring them
up In the morning, and let them stand or
lie In cool, dark stables in the heat of the
day?"
A writer in an agricultural paper, in
noticing the article, says;
''If the writer of the above would sug-
gest any way of inducing the COW to eat
IN the night, instead of the day, when ut
pasture, it might be worth while TO keep
her In the stable in the daytime and turn
her out at night. But il she is 20 lose her
food thereby, to a considerable extent,
the kindness is not so apparent" The
question is, will 4 COW eat at night in the
pasture, if not fed in the stable during
she day?
DON'T Cur THE HoRsE's FRoG.-We
have wounded our Society Tor the Pro-
lection of Dumb Animals has not be-
fore this sent out \ proclamation, order
ing every owner of , horse TO look to the
horses frog. What would be thought of
those parents who have the care of chill
dren, If, when they began to purchase
shoes for their little ones, they should be-
gin and pare away the thick flesh from
the heel of the foot? and then say, ''IhiS
needs cutting of; il is too thick and UNI
calmly, and we wish to make it smooth
and even, and cut il down level with the
mans Lhick cartilage OF forty or "a hun
bred thicknesseS upon the heel OF the
foot, was is not to receive the first solid
pressure Of the foot, and by this means
save the whole foot and limb and its
cords and tissues, from such u severe lar
as is felt when one steps heavily upon
the fore part Of the foot alone,
Reason. COmmOu-sense and nature all
tNack US that the heel of mans foot and
the frog of the horses foot are wisely or
doined TO receive the first and heavy
pressure of the tread, and any act that
mars natures plans must necessarily in
iure man or horse.-Coliforuia Farmer.
GrSsENG.-In the Couricr-JournaI of
July 18th, correspondent asks what
ginseng is used for. lie says that he has
asked the question Of a number OF per-
sous, but can get no answers that are sat
isfactory, or that agree one with another.
Let us see if we eau satisfy him and
the public:
The philosopher and Traveller, VIM.
Thos. Raynal, in his History of the East
and West Indies, says of China ana the
Chinese: "China is nation in which
there are fewer idle people than in any
other part of the world, perhaps the only
one where there are none. Though they
have the art of printing and all the gen
cral means Of education. they can show
neither capitol building, nor q beauti-
ful statue, nor any elegant compositions
in poetry or prose. With them more pro-
fit attends the invention of the smallest
useful art, than the most sublime discov-
cry that only shows an excrtiOn Of gen.
lC3. The person who can turn the cut
Tugs Of gaUze TO some use. is more cS-
teemsd than one who can solve the most
di@cult problem. In China especially the
question is frequently PUT (Which is in
dcSd too often asked among ourselves
What is that good for?'' Interest is the
scores or open spring Of all their actions.
ThSy must be, therefore, Of course. adj
dicted 70 lying, fraud and theft. and must
be spirited, narrow minded, selfish
and covetOus. Wherever men are har-
dened TO insults, and do not blush at dis
honesty, the empire may De well govern
cd, but the morals of the people must be
detsstable.' SO much for the character
OF the people who only, ON the face Of the
earth, as nation, use Ginseng.
Chambers tells as that ginscugis 81 root
highly esteemed in China as a medicine.
nelnS universally regarded as possessing
the most extraordinary virtues, uudaa~ a.
remedy for almost all diseases. put ugr-
ucularly for exhaustion OF body urmiu1.
II is the root Of 4 species Of puuax .p
quinquc folium5, of the natural order
araliaceae, and Is native OF Chinese Tar
lafy. Announcer says. II Is not only con-
sidered universal remedy Tor all mails -
dies, but is spoken OF in the highest Terms
IS specific in particular circumstances.
Another: 1t enters into tie composition
OF almost every medicine used by The
higher classes and indeed is 80 highly
priced as to have recciecd the appclii-
TONS Of ''purc spirit of the earth,'' and
''plant that gives immortality BY
Chinese authors, volumes have been writ
ten on its virtues, and recourse is had ~
il in every difficulty. Again .Thc Chi
nese have such an extraordinary opinion
Of this root, that they regard ii as q Ger
rain restorative in all decays from age.
intemperance and disease
Father JartOux in his LettrfS Eaifs.sfas.
sayE: at assists the appetite il dis