Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-01-23
AGRICULTURE.

the failure Of the house plants is that
insufficient attention is given to keep
in the earth in the pots warm. The
plants often get sun enough but the
pots are covered with moss or fancy
work, through which the warming sun
rays never penetrate. The roots re-
main cold and grow feebly and the
plants themselves soon pay the penalty
of cold feet ana malarialo food.
KILLING PoULrRY.-The French mode
of killing poultry. causing instant death
and perfect bleeding, is accomplished
by opening the beak of the fowl, and
with sharp-pointed and narrow-bladed
knife make an incision at the back of
the roof of the mouth, which will divide
the vertebre and cause immediate
death, after which the fowls are hung
up. They are then picked while warm.
In this way the skin presents natural
appearance.
Ice For FARMS. Every farmer should
have an ice house. Upon nearly every
farm is some little stream, or near it q
clear pond, from which plenty Of ice
could be obtained; and an ice house
will fill every summer with joy. DR..
Draper, one Of the greatest men in the
world, says that ice water not only is
healthy, but that it has done away with
many low forms or fever in the great
cities. Every farmer should have ice
water, and he can have it with an ex-
pense so trfiing that the very poorest
could scarcely feel it.
TAKE CARE OF THE SrocK.-Rules for
health for animals, are very sim pie and
plain, and need strict observance at
this season. Observe perfect cleanli-
ness in stable, yard, barn yard, and all
their surroundings; keep the skin
clean; use only clean water for drink.
ing; keep the body and the lodging
places dry, and not too warm; let them
breathe only pure air; eat only nutriti-
Gus and digestible food, and not too
much Of that; keep them quiet, and
not suffer them to be irritated; avoid
exposure to cold, wet storms, and if
this cannot be helped dry the skin,
using considerable friction, with n
coarse cloth, then cover with blanket,
but not before, and give n warm drink
as soon as possible after it. When the
system is feverish from cold, give a
saline cooling laxative.
OVERWHELMING IN THE HoRsE.-A sure
way Of removing this unpleasant failing
in the movement Of horse, in a ma
jority of cases, is to shorten the toe of
the - front" shoes and "lengthen" the
toe of the hind shoes. BY this arrange
nents the horse will pick up his fore
feet quicker, and the hind feet slower,
this accomplishing just what is wanted.
If quarter Of second of time is
thereby gained the fore foot will be
clear out of the way of the hind foot
with its elongated toe. We owned n
valuable horse once subject to over
reaching. He was taken in hand by
several experienced shoers, and every
one adopted an erroneous method.
Being in the stable one day we sat,
after examining the shoes, to devise
some way to cure the animal Of the de-
feet; and the conclusion we arriv ed mt
led to insisting upon the sheer following
our Instructions, the result Of which
was a complete success. Now and then
new sheer would not be aware of this
overrcaching, and would shoe in the
old way. when the overreaching was as
bad as ever, until the shoes were re-
moved. We had another horse cured
in the same way, as had at that time
many other persons. Indeed, we have
never known this method to fail when
properly followed. -Gvmantoicn 1ele-
graph.
CHARCOAL AS MEpICINE-Nearly all
sick horses and COWS are made so in
the first place by eating improper food,
or too much of it. AS soon as the
owner finds any of his animals sick, it
is common custom to begin doing with
medicine. We must not leave the ami
NAL to die-we must 4" do something ~
and so all manner of hurtful drugs and
poisons are thrust down his throat
saltpetre, copl eras turpentine, etc.
quite sufficient to make any well ami
NAL sick, or to kill sick one. This
evil is increased by the neighbors' re-
marking rs follows: "You didn't give
the poor thing enough" "you should
give it oftener;' you can't expect
your beast to get well if you don't do
more for it." My rule has always been
to give nothing unless knew exactly
what to do; and in the meantime at
tend to every exterior comfort practi-
cable. If the weather is cold | place
the sick animal in warm quarters,
avoiding all exposure and giving pure
air and strict cleanliness. There is one
medicine that can never do harm, and
is commonly beneficial; this is pulver-
iynl charcoal As | have inst re-