Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1881-09-03
EIRM AND HOME
Pos9n RakinHa,

disgorges her food it is . symptom Of
irritation in the stomach and indiges-
lion, probably arising from the presence
Of too much acid. Give her two drachms
Of carbonate OF ammonia with one ounce
pt ground ginger in some scalded bran.
Dnoe day for . week. Afterward she
khould have little salt and pounded
chalk 10 lick every day - long - she
will take T.
GOLDEN RULES Pol BuTrIR-MAKIHo.
only those cows that yield but
ter Of good color, favor and texture.
There are some COWS from which no one
ssn get good butter. Feed only good,
eweet food, the best for butter being
early-cut timothy and clover hay and
corn meal, and give only pure water.
Observe the most scrupulous cleanliness
IN the dairy and stable. Keep the COWS
In good health and contented. Use
churn that brings the butter in thirty
minutes. Keep the temperature of the
milk and cream - near to 90 deg. a.
possible, and churn the cream when only
slightly sour. Work the buttermilk out
IF the butter With tho ladle, and not
with the hands. If water il used it
ehould be pure and cold. The butter
should be gashed or cut in working
not "plsstered" or hattened ont. One
ounce Of pure dairy salt should be used
for each pound Of butter at two work
bngs, with An interval Of twelve hours
between the workings for immediate
Gss many prefer less SALT. Pack at
Unos In . sweet, clean, oak firkin OF
pail. and cover with layer Of salt until
Che next packing is laid down. When
the firkin is Allied it should be headed
up alright and set away in . cool, dry,
Sweet CELLAR. The rest will be learned
BY experience
CUTTING GLASS EARLY.-Ths superi
ority Of hay that il produced from grass
rut early in the season il nov generally
acknowledged. Till recently most per-
cons have advocated the late cutting Of
oil Wild grasses, especially those that
ere common 10 the Western prairies.
But sa the present time many state that
there Il - much advantage In cutting
cheese grasses carly - there is in secur-
ing those that are classsd among the
cultivated varietieA A greater weight
Of hay may b obtained BY delaying the
lims Of harvesting, but the gain in
weight IL generally obtained At loss in
quality. Most grasses are in their best
estate at the period Of blossoming. The
DDliags 10 then in its prime. A sooa -
Che seed begins to form, the foliage
commences to change for the vorse,
while the stalks become hard and nearly
useless as food for most kinds Of stock.
Animals win rarely sss woody 6ber an
tess driven TO do 70 by hunger. II is
bard TO digest when eaten, and contains
very little nutrimenA Many farmers
Aaul many tons Of hay 10 their barns
only to SEQ IL rejected by the animal to
which il is fed, or 70 be hauled back to
The fields in the form OF coarse manure.
Grass that has hpeped il seed is nearly
useless for food. II il altogether unfit
Or mich COWS OF young animals of any
bind. Horses will eat it, but it is ques-
tionable if they derive much benefit
from it
BLINDS on HoRssA-For years We
Save condemned the practice Of deform-
1ng in appearance and injuring physi-
sally the horse by the useless and fool
Srh continuance Of blinds. The fabulous
practice Of carrying . stone in one end
Of the bag to balance the grain the other
1s innocence compared to the relic Of
tarbarism still INDUCED by teamsters. All
tho arguments In it, favor are mere pre-
tense to hide such ridiculous practices.
Che blinds and the Internal check rein
Hemand the intsrcession of Mr.. Bergh
Ss the most serious and ooolly premedi-
tated wrong and cruelty to noble ami
pal. The horse Is An intelligent animal.
end enjoys - well - man the sights
about him. And when he is treated
rightly and has . full sight Of all
about him, be is more kind and tractable.
Imaginary evils and bugaboos are al
ways more frightful to man and beast
chan real ones. Beside the discomfort
n the horse, and the dishgurement OF
bis appearance, blinds are injurious to
She sight. II causes . sharp current be-
tween the closely -pressed blinds and the
eye-csusing the Judgment Of dust and
Hirt in that too-tsnder organ, and it aids
in sccelerating the too-frequent blind.
ness. Think Of his patience, his faith
ful service. his intelligent devotion, and
leave of those torturing instruments
the blinds and check reins. Humanity
demands 1t; the progress of the age de
mands IL; but, more than all, the com
fort and safety Of that noblest OF 81