The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-01-09
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

soda and plaster. lie used 10 pounds OF
the first and 100 of the latter per acre on
meadow and pasture lands last year, and has
repeated the application this year. He now
reports that he has blue grass on one and
timothy on the other equal in depth and
color to any wheat field.
NASAL GLEEr.-Nasal gleet is invariably
the result of protracted disease, in which
the sinuses OF the head are chiefly involved.
1t is often caused by neglect, imprudent
management, bad ventilation, exposure. IN
sufficient food, carious teeth, etc. Nasal
gleet is a disease which closely resembles
CHAMBERS. The same structures are involved
in both maladies, hence they are very liable
to be mistaken one for the other. Hundreds
of horses suffering from this disease have
been condemned as glsndered. ana accord
ingly DESTROYED Most horsemen are
familiar with the disease in one form or
another. II varies in character from that OF
a simple discharge from one nOstril 10 that
of a most offensive, purulent one, attended
with liberation and carries OF the bones
OF the head, together with general
enaciation of the system. The treatment OF
nasal gieet will vary according TO circum-
stances, depending on what particular struc-
lures are involved; and when it is the result
of a carious tooth, the extraction Of the
tooth will afford cure.
BROAD CHEsTED HORSES wind" says an
old horseman, sis the grand secret of a fast
horse. GoOd lungs Will cover a multitude
of faults; whilst, on the other hand, perfec-
ton of shape and form are useless when the
wind is out The chest, therefore, in all
cases should be large and capaciOus. In
shape il may vary somewhat according TO
the service to which the horse is 10 be put.
ii he is to be kept for slow work and heavy
drawing the chest may be nearly circular IN
form, because this shape is the one for
strength and bulk, TO receive and bear up
e aclla hill 10 al
the same time sufficient room is secured for
that expansion of the lungs caused by slow
and regular work. But if the chest Is clrcu-
lar let it be at the same time deep, or alse
the lungs may be cramped. a horse with
shallow chest is worthless for any purpose.
The rule, then, is this: Fora draught horse,
a circular but deep chest; but as you pass
through the different degrees of speed, up TO
the racer and trOtter, the chest will increase
In depth, compared to its roundness, until,
for the highest rate of speed, you have a
chest as deep as a greyhound, and at the
same time not lacking in breadth. Every
breeder should keep this rule in mind when
selecting his brood mares and stations, for
he may be sure that 81 low chested parents
never beget deep chested colts
FATTEx1xG FowLs-Corn meal as we all
know, contains more fattening properties in
proportion to its price. than any other single
article, though change in the manner of
giving 1T Will add to the readiness with
which fowls partake of it. Mix raw meal
with water for one days feed, and work 1t
into stiff dough for the next day, and give
occasionally few kernels OF whole grain.
Once IN four hours is not too often to feed
fowls for fattenlng, beginning early in the
morning and feeding just before they go to
rest at night; giving az each feed only so
much as will be entirely eaten at once. salt
in small quantities, mixed in cooked foo f,
gives relish to fowls rations, as well as our
own, and little cayenne should be
added. These condiments not only improve
the appetite of the fowls but give better
flavor to their flesh for the table. Give also,
for the sake of variety, some raw bits OF
meat and boiled potatoes, or other cooked
vegetables As the fowls are intended TO
become fat aud heavy, allow no roosts in the
pen. A SLATED floor Is cleaner than solid
one, and the coop should be arranged so as
to have the drOppings fall into dry earth,
placed beneath the whole. y dark room is
better than a light one, as it induces the
quiet which cOnduces to rapid fattening.
OF course at feeding time light must be adj
mitted, and plenty OF fresh air at all times.
CATTLE DISEASES Black leg. black quarter.
carbon and murrain, are common names for
a disease known to veterinarians as carbun-
cular erysipelas. Some recent investigations
by Prof 1yndall 60 10 show that this disease
is caused by the growth of minute plant
disOrganiZsd and made unfit for the vital
functions 1t is evident that the seat of the
disease is the blood, but hitherto its cause
has escaped the closest investigation. IL
affects young cattle chiefly yearlings; and
those who are in the most thriving condition
are generally attacked. The first symptom is
lameness in the hind legs which are swollen
and discolored. When the hand is passed
over the quarter attacked, the swellings
"crackle' or rustic from the movement of
air contained underneath the skin. The
animal becomes feyerish, the coat stares, the
mouth is hot and dry, the dung is hard and
black offensive, the urine is hot and dark
eolored, and death is very rapid. When the
skin is removed, the flesh is black and de
composed, and the blood is black The car
cass becomes putrid in short time. We
know of no cure, but the disease may be
prevented by care ia feeding wholesome
food aud by avoiding those rank pastures
which abound in low, rich undrained places
in river bottoms and marshes. Pare water
is also a preventive. II is highly probable
that the poisonous spores which produce the
disease in the blood enter the system in i'm
pure water that is swallowed by the animals
or with the rank infected heroage of swampy
places, as with cholera typhoid fevers and
other epidenlic diseases of the human race,
which were formerly SO destructive. These
disorders OF cattle exist only where and
when sanitary laws are violated. and ara
unknown where caution is exercised to avoid
danger.
PRESERVING FENCE POsTs.-The proper
seasoning OF timber before being used in
any sort of structure is far more important
than the season Of the year when it is felled,
kind of timber. used, or preventives en-
pioyed. There are paints, washes and he
terogeneous sleeps recommended for pre-
serving posts; but each IS comparatively
costly, and only partially successful. One
great objection % the application of solu-
tons externally rests on the fact that the
sap, being confined, accelsrates decompOsi-
ton in the Interior Most fOresters must
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