Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1880-04-01
The faru1 aud firesiae.

bearing OF the anlmafs weight comes enIlrely
on the sole and frog; then place the fore feet
in tub of warm water, during half an hour,
and repeat this four or five times daily du.
ring two days; thereafter apply hogs lard or
some softening ointment to the feet daily.
Leave the animal without shoes in roomy
box. stall or comfortable shed with plenty of
bedding. To keep such an animal tied up in
a stall with inclined or sloping floor, is objec-
tionable; he must have liberty to frequently
change his position, which cannot be afforded
in a single stall. AS soon as the shoes have
been removed, and the feet pared as directed,
the horse should be given laxative dose of
medicine for which purpose dissolve from
one to one half pounds of Glaubsrs salts
in quart of hot water, adding to the solu-
ton an ounce of ground ginger, and give the
whole in one dose; then give every hour, du
ring six hours ten to fifteen drops of tincture
of aconite afterwards, during two or three
days. give, morning, noon and evening, each
time, four ounces of solution of acetate of
ammonia With an ounce of sweet spirits Of
uitre, to half pint of cold water If after
three or four days, much pain and tenderness
should yet remain, fy.blister may be ap-
piled round the coronet, to a space of three
fingers width. The horse should be tied 80
as to prevent his interfering with the blister
(by rubbing it with his mouth), during six
hours after the application of the blister
From the beginning he should be kept quiet
in comfortable, wel-ventilated place, and
be well blanketed, to excite perspiration.
The food, which should only be given in linn
tied quantity, should be of loosening nature,
such as mixture of steamed oats, bran, and
hax-seed meal, together with only very little
hay, which should not be timothy. When
the urgent symptoms have disappeared, the
horse should be given liberty in the barnyard
during the daytime, when weather permits,
and during summer be placed on pasture.
WHAT THERE Is IN Wharf.-The wheat
grain is fruit consisting Of seed and its
coverings. All the middle part of the grain
is occupied by large, thin cells full Of pow
derry substance, which contains all the starch
of the wheat. Out Of the central starchy
mass is single row of squarish cells filled
with yellowish material, very rich in nitro.
geuous. that is flesh forming matter. Beyond
this again thereare six thin coats or coverings,
containing much mineral matter, both of
potash and phospha,es. The outermost coat
is of but little value. The mill products Of
these coverings of the seed are peculiarl y rich
in nutriment, and fine -four is robbed of a
large percentage of valuable and nutritious
food. Middlings not only contain more f.
brine and mineral matter than fine -four, but
also more fat. The ibrous matter, or outer
coat, which is indigestible, forms one.sixth
IF the bran, but not one hundreth of the fine
flour. Wheat contains the greatest quantity
of gluten and the smallest of starch; rye,
medium proportion of both, while in barley,
oats, and corn the largest proportion of starch
and the smallest of gluten are to found. In
practice, 100 pounds of -four make from 1873
to 1877 pounds If bread, good average being
1856 pounds; hence barrel of 1876 pounds
should yield 266 one pound loaves.
ALL ABOUT THE PULsE.-Every intelli.
gent person should know how to ascertain the
State of the pulse in health. Then, by COM
pairing it with what it was when ailing, he
may have some idea of the case. Parents
should know the healthy pulse Of each child,
as now and then person is born with a re-.
narkably slow or fast pulse, and the very
case in hand may be of that popularity
An infants pulse is 40; child of seven
years, about so; and from twenty to sixty
years it is 70 beats minute, declining to 90
at four.score A healthful grown persons
pulse beats 70 times a minute. There may
be good health down to 60; but if the pulse
always exceeds TO- there is a disease. The
machine is working itself out; there is fever
and Inflammation somewhere, and the body
is feeding on itself-as in consumption, when
the pulse is quick, that is, over 60, gradually
increasing with decreased chances of cure,
until it reaches 10 or 120, when death comes
before many days. When the pulse is over
10 for months, and there is slight cough,
the lungs are affected.
A GARDENERS SEcREr.-Cleveland Her.
aid says: peter Henderson, the veteran
gardener, made very significant statement
during the course Of his remarks here be-
fore the convention of nurserymen and hor.
lists. This statement embodies the remarka.
BILE fact that if garden seeds, when planted
in the spring, are firmly pressed when under
the earth, by the ball of the foot, at the time
the gardeners are putting them into the
ground they will invariably grow, drought
or no drought, and what is still more impor-
tant, they will spring up earlier and grow fast
kind which have not been subjected to this
discipline. The same rule of pressure, he
says holds true in regard to transplantlng
trees, shrubs and plants.
"This is an item of general practical value
to many of our people, and especially to
those who live in the suburbs"
DRY ASHES OR DIRT FOR FowLs.-The
openness of the feathers of fowls which do
not throw off the water we'll, like those Of
most birds, enables them to cleanse them.
selves easier from insects and dirt, by busting
their feathers and then shaking off the dirt
and these minute pest with the dust. For
this purpose one or more ample heaps of
sifted ashes or very dry sand or earth for
them to roll in, must be placed in the sun,
and if possible under shelter, SO as to be
warm and perfectly dry. The dust heap is
as necessary to fowls as water for washing is
to human beings. 1t oeanses their feathers
and skin from vermin and impurities, pro-
NOTES the cuticular or skin secretions, and is
materially instrumental in preserving their
health. IF they should be much troubled
with insects, mix in the heap wood ashes and
little -four Of sui lphur.
saT The real remedy for corpulence is not
in medication or in drugs, or in nostrums Of
any sort, but in diet. A gentleman recently
placed himself on a diet of rare beef and
toasted bread, discarding all articles contain
ing sugar, and all in which milk was an in
gredient; also all vegetables composed chiefly
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