The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1880-05-26
AagIguL EgU8 4 IL

the bowels and ska diseases.
-OArs do best for horse doing
hard work. There IS more nourish-
ment and discriminating material IN
oats than hay.
Hay or grass alone will not sup
mort horse under hard work, be
cause thcre is not sufficient nutr'-
tive body in either.
ALI horses must not be fed IN
the sane proportion, without regard
to their ages, their constitutions or
,le;r work, for it is the basis OF
disease.
Rack fesding is Wastelal-
Chopped food in manger is better
because the food is not there thrown
about, and is more easily chewed
and digested.
Oars fed to an old horse do best
bruised, but not for young one
Through age and deceptive teeth
the old horse cannot chew them
properly; the young horse can do so,
and they are thus properly mixed
with saliva and turned into whole
some nutriment.
"A WRITER in an exchange says:
I will give my brother farmers "the
best recipe in the world for picking
beef" To 100 pounds of beef take
four quarts of salt, three pounds OF
brown sugar, three ounces of salt pc
ter. one ounce of soda, and water
enough to cover the beef. Boil all
together, and then skim. Let it get
cold, and then rub the meat with
salt. Now pack your beef in tub
or barrel, end tten add the brine.
POULTRY. TO have healthy aud
profitable chickens, they should be
taken care Of Good healthy food
and a plenty of it three times day,
aud good dry house to roost in, is
all that is necessary. Keep The hen
house clean, dust it frequently with
fresh wood ashes, and dust the nest
freely with sulphur, and lay pole OF
plank up slanting, 80 they can walk
mn to their roosts and down again
easily. AS soon as they are of the
roost in the morning, feed boiled pc,
tatoes, corn meal and bran mixed.
In summer feed it cold, in winter
warm. At noon, feed wheat screen
ings and at night good feed of corn
1t will pay to thus take care Of
chickens Exchange.
OLp PLAN FOR CURING MEAT
To one gallon of water take one ant
one-half pound of sugar, one-haI
ounce of saltpetre and one-half ounce
Of Eetash.~ In this ratio the pickle
c.n be increased to any quantity de
sired. Int these be boiled togethe
until all the dirt from the sugar rise
10 the top and is skinned Oft. The
throw it into a tub to cool, and whe
cold pour it over your beef or pork
The meat must be we'll covered wit
pickle, and should not be put dow
for at least two days after the Kill
ing, during which time it should b
slightly sprinkled with powdere
saltpeter, which removes all the sn
face blood, &C., leaving the mes
fresh and clean. Some omit boiiu
the pickle, and find it to answer wei
though the operation of boiling pnr
fies the pickle by throwing off ii
dirt always to be found in salt an
sugar. If this recipe is strictly fc
lowed, it will require only q sing
trial to prove its superiority over Il
common way or most ways of putin
down meat, and will not soon
abandoned for any other. The me
is unsurpassed for sweetness, deic
CIV and freshness of color. - Germa
town Telegraph.
MUCK.-A Vermont farmer write
to the American Cutivator: "a
though muck has but little val
when spread alone upon the Ian
yet it is unquestionably the best u
sorbent we can obtain for the stab
sty or yard 1t is better than so
since it is free from stones aud
ways in good shape to handle, diff
ent in this respect from straw, wee
or forest leaves, which require a 10
time in Gecomposing so as TO be
for use. There are few farms up
which muck bed cannot be -four
and though it is not exactly g
mine, it is certainly a capacic
pocket for holding the farme
wealth. Farmers often talk abb
making manure by drawing mu'
that is mistake, since, by its u
they simply save such elements