The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-12-28
A Word for Mutton.

The mutton OF a well fed sheep OF
every breed, from the Downs and
Shires down to the little wooded Sax
ony, is palatable and healthful. None
of the objections urged against the
use of pork can be brought against
those of mutton. 1t never has been
known to impart scrofula, trichinR or
tapeworms to its consumers. The
sheep does not thrive in the mire nor
does it consume garbage or vermin, or
decaying meats or vegetables. 1t does
not wallow in the trough that
it feeds from, but it is a
dainty and a careful feeder, and as
Clearly as needs be in its habits.
Mutton is more easily and cheaply
produced than beef, is just as nutri-
cious, and may be served in as great a
variety of forms. AS steady food it
is far superior to poultry and costs no
more. We mean good fat, juicy
mutton, not that from the half-starved,
scabby or foot-discarded specimens
that have outlived their breeding age
and been shorn of fleeces enough to
furnish shoddy blankets for tribe of
Indians. People in cities seldom know
how really good mutton tastes, and
most families upon the farm.
| il. We know of many well-to-do
farmers, men who have well-stock-
ed farms, who do not slaughter sheep
during twelvemonth, yet who kill a
pig every month in the summer sea-
son and in the fall put down" pork
enough to last every other month dur
ing the year. This is nation of meat
eaters, but it confines itself too ex-
clusively to pork and beef. 1t is bet
ter to sandwich in little more NUT
ton. A few sheep for family con-
sumption, even when they are not
kept for sale or for wool, will befound
a most excellent investment on all
farms.-L. s. Coffin.
RHEUMATISM IN THE HORSE
When horse falls lame at uncer-
tain and irregular intervals, and
suddenly RECEIVERS and as suddenly
gets lame again, it indicates that the
cause is rheumatism which is form
of Inflammation arising from disorder
cd and usually an acid state of the
blood, and attacks the fibrous struc-
lures, the muscles and tendons of the
body. 1t is frequently constitutional
and hereditary, and shifts from place
to place without warning and
very suddenly, and it may as
rapidly disappear by warmth, the
heat of the sun or a change of
the weather, rainy. warm weather be-
ing favorable. Indigestion will cause
it to appear, or cold, or even expo
sure to a slight change of tempera-
ture. The most effective remedy is
alkaline salts, as acetate of potassa or
hyposulphate of soda, given in one
ounce doses and continued for week
or two. Local applications of hot fo-
mentations to the limb affected or of
stimulating liniment will be useful.
No corn should be given, and soft
mashes of bran or oats and linseed
should form the bulk of the food.
SHEEP.-A writer in Farm and Gar
den SAYS: despite the constant atten-
ton which is called to the value of
sheep. not only as improvers of the
land, but as profitable farm animals,
for wool and mutton, there are many
farmers who have never raised or kept
a single sheep, though their farms are
adapted to raising sheep largely and
proftably. Why this is we cannot
imagine, for facts and figures can be
had by the score to prove the profit
ableness of sheep breeding, if neces-
sary, and about the only drawback, in