The Russellville Democrat., 1880-11-25
FACTS FOR PARuERs.
Oats and Corn for Horses-why Bees Work In the Dark Curing Ballxy Horses--Hfnk as Foou--Notes.
oATs AND CORN FoR HoRsEs.

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 The Omnibus Company of Roue. brings its testimony to the satlsfactor, substitution of half the feed of oats, by maize. This change has been in opera ton since 1876. Only the maize, instead of being crushed, IS cooked, and then roll ed Tn bran, so as to be coated with thu latter, as an almond with sugar in tht bonbon. The horses in the old system received seventeen pounds ot oats, witt hay and straw, per day. Now they arc allowed one-third less hay, nine pounds of oats, seven pounds of maize, and two and three-fourth pounds of bran. A carriers company in the same city since 1866, has completely dispensed with oats the maize is m,xed whole with the chop. ped hay and straw; eighteen pounds maize, ten pounds hay and seven oi straw constitute the daily ration, and the horses execute work from twelve to twenty miles per day. In Belgium crushed beans are commonly given with chopped straw to horses.
 WHY BEES WORK IN THE DARK.
 Every one knows what fresh honey is "a clear yellow syrup, without any trace of solid sugar in it. After straining, it gradually assumes crystal appearance it candies, as the saying is, and ulh- matcly becomes solid mass of sugar. It has been suspected that this change is due to photographic action-the same agent which alters the molecular ar engagement of the iodine of silver on the excited collodion plate, and determines the formation of camphor and iodine crystals in bottle, causes honey to as- sume crystalline form. Mir. Scheiber inclosed honey in well-corked fasks, some of which he kept in perfect dark ness, while the others were exposed to the light. The result has been that the portion exposed to the light soon crys- talizes, while that kept in the dark re- mains unchanged. Hence, we see why the bees are so careful to obscure the glass windows which are sometimes placed in hives. The existence of the young depends on liquidity of the sac charine food presented to them, and if light were allowed access to this, in all probability it would prove fatal to the inmates in the hive.
 CURING BALKY HORSES
 I would prepare myself with good strap-I want no whip; perhaps he has got taste of that already, and still he is master. But some fine day when I am at peace with myself and all around, I would hitch him to the buggy, turning hls head to the village. He goes half the way very well indeed; then he be- gins to consider that he has gone far enough in that direction and stops. I step down; he expects me to use the whip. As criminal I treat him on the silent system. push him back a little out of the way. 1 show him the strap. putting 1t to his nose. go to the of side and buckle 1t to his fore leg, close up to his breast, throwing the other end over his shoulder; I then raise his ne ar foot and fix it with the hoof nearly touching the belly. This done, say, Now, old chap, you just stand there" I don't smoke, so take paper from my pocket, and finding place whe re can sit down. and he sees me, I begin to read. This is something he did not bargain for, and the novelty of standing on three legs somewhat diverts his mind from the cause that stopped him. Ithink this is the chief point to be gained and the most humane. When the strap is taken off I show it to him, caress him little, and we move on without irritation. The strap will now become part of the har-
 
 sight oft will act as talisman.-C Canada Paper.
 MILK AZ FOOD.
 Unadulterated, undiluted, unskimmed and properly treated milk, taken from a healthy COW in good condition, and pro- duced by the consumption of healthy and nutritious grasses and other kinds o food, contains within itself, Tn proper proportions, all the elements that are necessary 10 sustain human life through considerable period of time. Scarcely any other single article of food will do this. When we eat bread and drink milk we eat bread, butter and cheese, and drink water, all of them in the best combination and condition to nourish the human system.
 All things considered, good milk is the cheapest kind of food that we have, for three pints of it, weighing three and three-fourth pounds, and costing nine cents. contain as much nutriment as one pound of beef, which costs eighteen cents. There is no loss in cooking the milk, as there is in cooking beet, and there is no bone in it that cannot be eat en; it is simple, palatable, nutritious, healthful, cheap, and always ready for use, with or without preparation. This is to say that, chemically, 3.7 pounds of milk is the equivalent to one pound of beef in flesh forming or nitrogenous con- stituents; and S.17 pounds of milk is the equivalent of one pound of beef in heat producing elements or carbohydrates.
 We must therefore assume, from the data offered, that the relative values of beef and milk as human food are as three and half to eleven and half, or as Gin round numbers) to l.3. If milk is eight cents per quart, then it is equal in food value to beef at twelve and hali cents per pounds; and vice versa, when beef is at twenty-five cents per pound, then milk should be sixteen cents per quart, calculated on it's food value. We thus see that, at any ruling prices, milk is certainly one of the cheapest, if not the cheapest food that can be furnished to the family, while all experience is in favor of it's healthy qualities. -Jeurnal of Chemistry.
 NOTES.
 Reports from the South are favorable for an abundant rice crop.
 The cattle exports from this country in the past six months have amounted to nearly $23,000,000.
 Two Georgia farmers grew 500 bushels of Irish potatoes on one acre of land and sold them for S400.
 It is estimated by some receivers that fully 3,000,000 bushels of flax seed have been raised this year.
 Of all the cultivated varieties of grapes the Delaware is said to contain the most sugar and the Concord the least Little Rock, Ark, is to have the largest