The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-12-02
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

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questions posted in some suitable place
on his premises, where his family and
those in'his employ, az we'll as his visitors,
will have an opportunity to read fire.
~quently. We give some of them, but
the list could be greatly extended:
Do your cows feed in swamps and on
Doggy lands?
Have you good sweet running water
convenient for stock, and is it abundant
and permanent in hot dry weather?
Have you shade trees in your pasture,
or do you think that COWS make better
milk while lying down to rest in discom-
fort in the hot boiling sun?
Do you use dogs and stones to hurry
up the cows from pasture at milking
time, thus o~verheating their blood and
bursting their uddersf
Do you cleanse the udders of the COWS
before milking, by washing their teats
with their own milk, and practice
further economy by allowing the drop
pings to go into the milk pail?
Do you enjoin upon your mixers to
wash their hands thoroughly before sit
ting down to milk, or do you think that
uhSICdDlJhCSo II bhIo lCspCCb 10 uOG I'LL
portant for milk that is to be treated for
butter making?
When your COW makes a mis-step while
being MIXED, do you allow your mixer
to kick her with heavy boots, or to pound
her over the back and sides with a heavy
stool, accompanied by sundry profane
remarks addressed to the COW to teach
her manners?
Is the air about your milk barn or
milk house reeking with the foul emana-
tons of the pig sty, the manure heap or
other pestiferous odors?
Good, fresh, clean water, and in
abundance, is n of the most important
requisites for milch cows, and it should
be in convenient places, where stock will
not be required to travel long distances
to slack their thirst. If springs or run
ming streams a not be had, a good well,
with windmill and pump, makes al eff
cient substitute, and the waste water
may, if necessary, be conducted back in
to the well, so as to keep up a constant
supply of good fresh water.
BALKY HoRsEs.-I once heard of an
unfortunate gentleman who had become
insane, put was restored TO sound health
SIMPLY ny causing tne mlnd 10 make a
suuueI reVuisioh; "hlcn was done by
skliliully causing him to become jealous
OF MS vile, VINO was a most excellent
lady and aware of the process.
On this hint we might learn to manage
a balky horse. He is insane on the sub
ject of going, that is self evident. If we
can to make him think ON some
other subject, he will naturally forget
about going and 90 before he knows II.
The following devices have been success.
fully tried to accomplish the desired
end:
.1st. Tying a string around The horses
ear close to the head.
ID. Hitching the horse to the swinole-
tree by means of a cord instead of the
tugs: the cord fastened to the horses,
tail.
Sd. Filling the month full of some dis.
agreeable substance.
18th. Tying a stout Irvine around the
leg lust below the knee and then remov-
ing it when he has travelled some dis
lance.
Never whip a balkv horse for tbe
more he is whinped the craz;er ba will
become. Let eyervtbino he done aentlv
for boisterous words onlv confuse1im
and make him worse. Treat him in tbe
mild manne that Won Womb a cray
man, and YOU will succeed.
olLiNd HARNEss.-A good harness
IS costly, put II properly used and cared
ior VII! last q o o many years. Ii neg
lected 1t Will o need repairs, and in a
short time become utterly worthless. In
caring for a harness one great point is.to
see thatlt Is suitably oiled. work har-
ness IN use on a farm, should 6e oiled
twlce = year, IN tne spring fall. 1t
snoulu Detaken entlreiy apart; the places
where sweat and dirt have collected
cleaned Win CHIP or an old case knife,
then was clean IN warm water, in which
llttie oastlie soap mas been dissolved.
AS tney are washed the straps should be
nunS ou' " uly. :,
Mhen IL eutslde Is nearly dry, but
peiore me moisture Is all u OF the
leather' lne OIL should be applied. This
may ma ah oG uI hn WIN a clean paint brush
Will, 10 Tue pesI tnlng lor tne purpose a
oponSG VI m19ien clo1h. a moderate
qu.y >nouiu pe useu' ana II IL does
I Eoi t aoa 'ne leather enough, anothei
f:sn' ooa!lps may pe appleu When the
thou G ~ ! - ~ wen urnea IN. 5nls is better
nan Gu : PII On great Geai at once;
az 0n.e snoui ~ Oe taheh 10 OBTAIN a good
q4allty ol OIL. NeaGs 1oot Is the very
pest klhd OF oil Tor leather. There are
Iatent preparations IN which a water.
Preoa lngreaient rs d TO the OIL, and
sLso t a nLtie e cGLoLins suosSnee TO MAKE
Lno iea'nei tooA oiach anu glossy; An
ones MIXTURE OF tnls KIND Is better
than the crude Oh. Cheap oils are gen.
erally poor. When dry, the harness
should De RUBBED with CASTLE soap, then
Il.n aary WOODEN ciotn. when his i
Ione' IL may De put together and used
IN WORK seoIla not be neglected until
me hurry OF Planting and hoeing time
puI shoulu receive now.
PoTAToEs-GooD AND PooR.-A cor.
respondent OF the Boston CULiUator dis.
cusses the difference in quality of po-
t0tOeS OF the same variety as fellows