Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 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 set sun enough but the
pots are covered with moss or fancy
work, through which the warming SUI
rays never penetrate. The roots re-
main cold and grow feebly and the
plants themselves soon pay the penalty
Of cold feet ana ''malariar food.
KILLING PouLTRY.-The French mode
Of killing poultry. causing instant death
and perfect bleeding, is accomplished
by opening the beak Of the fowl, and
with a sharp-pointed and narrow bladed
knife make an incision at the back Of
the roof of the mouth, which will divide
the vertebrR 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
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 triAing that the very poorest
could scarcely feel it.
TAKE CARE OF THE Stock. 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 a
coarse cloth, then cover with q blanket,
but not before, and give Il warm drink
as soon as possible after it. When the
system is feverish from cold, give
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
ments 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 geined. the fore foot will be
clear out Of the way of the hind foot
with its elongated toe. We owned
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 arrived at
led to insisting upon the sheer following
our instructions, the result Of which
was a complete success. Now and then
a new sheer would not be aware Of this
overreaching. ana 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 Germantown Iele-
graph.
CHARCOAL AS MEDICINE 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 z" do something I"
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 as follows: "You didn't give
the poor thing enough" you should
give it oftener;" you can't expect
your beast to get we'll 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-
lied charcoal. AS / have Just re-
marked, nearly all sick animals become
SO by improper eating in the first place.
In nine cases out of ten the digestion is
wrong, and charcoal is the most efficient
corrective. 1t Will cure in a ma
jority of cases, if promptly administer
ed. A hired man came ia with the in
telligence that one of the finest COWS
was very sick, and a kind neighbor
proposed the usual drugs and poisons,
but the owner being i'll, and unable to
examine the COW, concluded that the
trouble came from overeating, and
ordered a teacupful Of pulverized char
coal given in water 1t was mixed,
placed in bottle, the head held up
wards, and the water and charcoal
DOured down. Tn five m;n11tnS i'm,