New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-05-15
HOUSE AND FARM.
Hints For the season.


Don't let few sunshiny days deceive
you in the letting up on the care Of your
stock. February and March are hard
months, especially for growing animals.
The appetite has tagged somewhat, and
the sudden Hchanges Of weather are very
trying. A little neglect will surely cause
them to get a setback; a few set-backs
mean Spring poor" stock; and this
means-well, the butcher or the stock
buyer will tell you that this means, in
language that you oughttto understand,
viz, dollars and cents. u sssgs
Incoming COWS, or ewes need the best
OF care as to feed, dry, pure air,warmth.
and bedding. Slippery watering places,
too high feeding, injuries from crowding
and exposure, are all to be guarded
against. Colonel Waring says that he !
does not fear ever again to lose COW by
milk fever. "Judicious starvation Just
before and after calving, = is relied on, to-
prevent it. s4S;
The hens-and especially the pullets,
are beginning to sing in their cheerful,
contcnted manner on the snnny side of
the barn, or in. the comfortable coops.s
This means more eggs; and unless you
expect to get something from nothing
you know what the biddies require. Only
don't forget the shell-making material
fresh water, clean nests and warm break
fasts.
Barn Notes We must be careful now
days while the barn-yard is wet and
mussy, OF great deal of fodder will be
wasted, It is. now too late in the season,
to feed straw, but plenty Of it will be re-,
quired for beds. The calves and young
animals must be kept clean if they are ex-
pected to be healthy; foul stable will
cause young thing to lose its appetite.
This is one Of the common failings on
farm; to put off cleaning stables; and it is
most Improbable form of shiftlessness.
1t makes pigs scurvy and lays the founda-
ton Tor mango; it gives calves the diarrhea
and makes sheep and lambs sick. The
cows are suffering for lack of the curry
COMB and brush; soap-suds and a sponge
are needed back Of the horns and on the
withers and on each side of the tail, to
clean out the dirt which has accumulated.
The cattle cannot reach these places them.
selves-hence they should often be
cleaned. The itching must be almost I'M
after a good currying and sponging there
would be loud-spoken thanks.
When calves are three weeks old they
will eat little meal We begin with a
handful stirred into their milk At the
end of the week they may be given two
handfuls, and when six weeks old they
will eat quart and do with less milk.
Sweet milk is costly feed to give to
calves. Veal calves are not worth att
tending this spring as there is no sale.
They used to bring SO when four weeks
old, and gradually dropped down to 81
and s.. This year, no demand tssany
price. Cows keep up in price as
high as they have been tor several years.
This is oneaol the anomalies in trade,
which it is hard to understand. 1t must.
be that the low price of grain is causing
farmers to increase their diaries. This
one thing to another. Betterstick to one
trade. Afewy years ago almost everyone
went into hops and after a considerable
outlay were glad to hop out.
Deodorsseps. "a pail of clear watertin q
newly painted room will remove the
sickening odor of paint. Coffee pounded
in mortar and roasted in an iron plate,
sugar burned on hot Goals, and vinegar
boiled with myrrh and sprinkled on the
floor and furniture of sick room. are ex-
eellent deodorizers.
IAe Uses Of the Lemon piece of
lemon bound upon a corn will relieve it
in day or so. It should be renewed
night and morning. The free use of lemon
juice and sugar will always relieve cough.
A lemon eaten before eakfastsevery day
Tor week or two will entirely prevent
that feeling of lassitude peculiar to the
to the approach OF spring. Perhaps It's
most valuable property is its absolute
power Of detecting any of the injurious
and even dangerous ingredients entering
into the composition of so very many Of
the cosmetics and face powders in the
market Every lady should subject her
toilet powder, to this test. Place tea
spoonful Of the susp ested poWae il a glass
add the juice Of lemon. If efervescence
takes place it is an infallible proof that the
powder is dangerous, and its use should be
avoided Jas it will ultimately iniure the
skinsand destroy the beauty of the com
plexion.
Atttcs and Cellars.
Its good plan for a hou ,ekeeper to
make asweekly visit to every part of her
dwelling from s. garnet to cellar" The
attic is often the repository of articles
of littlesValue such as worn out garments.
beding,s etc. IF such: articles must be
Kent. thevs can he neatly nae kef1s in drawers