The Red Cloud chief., 1877-05-31
FARM. GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.

AND hOUS6dOLO.
Group.
An old physician tells us that alum
and sugar make the most effective mix
he has ever used In . of croup.
Powder q spoonful Of the alum and
mix with an equal quantity Of fine 81.
gar, and give in a strip.
Spring Insects.
A correspondent of the Canada
Farmer writes: Melon and cucumber
bugs like radish leaves better than any
other kind. / SOW a few radish seeds
each hill, and never lose a plant.
Earth-worms, cut-wOrms, white grabs,
and in fact, all soft-bodied worms. are
easily driven out by salt sown broad.
cost You can do no harm with ten
bushels to the acre, but a half bushel is
ample. Dry Stacked lime is also effect.
ual. Potato bugs find their "anti" in
Paris green-One tablespoonful; -four,
ten spoonfuls; water. one bucket; mix
and keep mixed, as the Paris green
settles; apply with a watering pot.
Watering Horses.
In regard to watering horses imme-
diately after a full feed of grain. a
writer Of the Stock Journal says: "The
nrst effect OF this is to largely distend
the stomach, and the result may be a.
serious as if the material we're masti-
Gated gram and saliva. But should
TINS danger be avoided. matters are not
necessarily left in a better state. The
sudden and excessive influx of water
ls likely to wash on much of the col.
tents OF the stomach into the intestines
before the heterogeneous principles have
been digested, and fermentation, extri-
cation OF gases, Overdistentions, COLES
and Inflammation result. Even this is
not all. The application of an excess
of cold water ON the mucous membranes
OF the stomach and intestines causes
vascular congestion and violent muscu.
lar contractiOns, so that al tend to d.
gestive disorder ola dangerous nature"
Here you have the result in a nutshell,
and to avoid laundering a horse he
should never be watered, beyond a few
quarts, when heated. In fact, it is not
safe to give a horse any water when
much heated.-T. b. Miner, Linden, n.
j..
Eprains.
Halls Journal Of Health gives a
chapter on sprains, which may contain
useful hints to sufferers from them
Sprains or strains of the joints are very
painful, and more tedious of recovery
than a broken bone. What we call
flesh is muscle; every muscle tapers
down to a kind of string, which we call
cord or sinew. The muscle is above the
joint, and the sinewy part is below it,
or vice versa, and the action is much
like that Of a string over a pulley.
When the ankle, for example, is
''sprained," the cord, tendon, or liga.
ment Gall mean the same thing, if torn
in parts or whole, either in its body, or
from its attachment to the bone, and
iniammation-that is, a rush of blood
to the spOt-takes place as instantly as
in case of a cut Oh the finger. Why?
For two reasons. Some blOOd-vessels
are ruptured, and very naturally pour
out their contents; and. second. by an
infallible physiological law. an addi-
tional supply of blood Is sent to the
part, to repair the damages, to glue. to
make grow together, the torn parts.
From this double supply of blood. the
parts are OverfOwn, as it were, and
push out, causing what we call swell
ing"-an accumulation of dead blood,
so to speak. But dead blood cannot re-
pair an injury. Two things, then, are
to be done; to get rid of it, and to allow
the parts to grow together. But if the
finger he cut, it will never heal as long
as the wound is pressed apart every
half hour, nor will a torn tendon grow
together if it is stretched upon by the
ceaseless movement of a joint; there.
fore, the first and indispensable step, in
every case of sprain. is perfect quiet
ude of the part; a single bend of the
joint will retard what nature has been
hours in mending. 1t is in this way
that persons with sprained ankles arr
many months in getting well. In leases
of sprain then, children who cannot bt
kept still should be kept in bed, and sc
with many grown persons.
The swelling" can be got rid OF in
several ways: by bandages, which in al
cases of sprain should be applied by
skillful physician-Otherwise NORTH
cation and loss of limb may result. A
bandage thus applied keeps the joint
still, keeps an C of blood from
coming to the part, and by its pressur'
causes an absorption of extra blood o.
other extraneous matter.
Another mode of getting rid of tn
swelling is, to let cold water u on TIT
part injured for hours.
Cheese as Food.
We are quite sure that cheese is no
given its proper place as a food mate
rial. We are aware that some systems
do not take to it kindly, and such per
sons should not press it upon their di
gestive economy. We are aware ais
that much cheese because it is pOorl.
madeis ~indigestible. These facts shoult
be borne in mind. And yet as a foo
possessing great strengthening powe