The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-01-13
THE FARM.

ing how the bad qualities OF horse ma
be dlscerned by those investing In hors
flesh are entirely worthless, rs every on
familiar with this noble beast can attest
1t is true tGat horses countenanc
sometimes indicates viciousness, but thi
thing Of examining his eyes, head, tail
etc, ETC., TO find whether he has intelli
gence, temper, courage, honesty, ETC.,
worse than the sickliest popycock. Tn
only way to secure a good natured an,
seTviceable horse without danger of beinj
swindled, Is to make your selection anC
then take him on trial A common p al
IN horse trading is to take every man 70
4 villain until he proves himself gentle
ruan.-FGrniing World.
MICE are very prolific single PAL
VIII often multiply to fifty or more dur
ing n single season, as the earlier broodi
reproduce one or more generations
Usually a large proportion of each sum
mer's growth is killed off in winter, il
autumn rains saturate the soil. If at any
point the soil freezes solid before cOpious
rains, extra caution should be taken &c
protect fruit trees and shrubs against
mice. The methods, such as banking
earth around the trees tramping the
snow hard about the trunks as it falls
putting tarred paper, four to six inches
u.
should be adopted.
PorArOEs. 1t is estimated that New
York City alone daily consumes 10000
bushels OF potatoes or one bushel 10
% or so of the resident and transient
population or four and a half bushels
each per annum. Potatoes always
Is an expensive food. That Is to
say comparatively. "a bushel OF
potatoes $50 lhs.J contains nearly
30 lbs. OF water and ouly about
10 lbs. of solid nutriment, which Is
mainly starch. Taking tine country al
together, and the prices Of potatoes,
corn, wheat, etc, high and low, from
year 10 year, the average nutritious food
obtained in the form of potatoes costs
four to five times as much as it does In
the consumption of corn or beans, and
two and half to four times as much
rs IN the form of wheat -four, or oatmeal,
beans. rice. etc.
IMPLEMENTS. - Wagons, plows, har-
rows, rakes, In short any implement that
with good usage and protection VIII last
eight years, viii become weak and de-
fectlve, and generally useless if exposed
during four years of dews, rain, and sun.
1t can not be otherwise. Dew Is very
destructive to all wood: and sun-cracks
admit RAIN and moisture to the interior
noers, 10 work~lBlury there. To have
implements thus exposed Is a direct loss
of fifty per cent, heavy tax. But TO
state 1t mildly, an implement which. LETT
unprotected, would last say five wears.
viii undoubtedly last six years if ALWAYS
kept dry and in the shade, when not in
actual use. This VIII save oue-fifth OF
Its efficiency, or twenty per cent. 4 few
boards, or straw cover, and attention TO
having the implements always put under
It, Is tar more profitable than to work
out the twenty per cent. TO buy new
ones. Woodwork that mast be lett ex-
posed, VIII be greatly benefited by a
frequent application of paint. or simply
"a coat OF painting oil, and filling up all
sun cracks as soon as formed, with such
oil. The use of crude petroleum tends
10 the preservation of wood, may be an
piled to all Imprinted woodwork of i'm
PIGMENTS. MCt1I surfaces are saved
from rust by thin coat of lard which
has been melted with resin Gosin)-the
size OF blackwalnut to a pint of lard
more or less. This forms a sort of var
nlsh that sheds water or dew. Table
knives and forks, and other steel articles
70 be laid away, if rubbed with the
slightest film of this lard-resin mixture.
Will keep bright 70. long time. 1t IS
easily removed when desired.
SHELTER SAVES FooD. EVERY keeper
of animals would actually profit by n lit
tie study of chemistry and physiology.
Here Is short lesson All kinds of food.
as hay. grain, bread, meat, etc, are like
wood, mainly composed of charcoal tcar-
bon) and water, with considerable nitro
gen in some of them. To prove this.
strongly heat any OF the above food ma /
terialy in n coal pit, or better. under
glass. Water with some nitrogen gas.
viii be driven of and can he found in |
the glass receiver, while only charcoal /
Will remain. Let in more air and the /
charcoal Itself Will unite with the oxygen /
OF the atmosphere, and also so off as a 4
transparent, invisible carbonic acid gas.
rms chemical action sets at liberty heat \
that was before concealed or inseDsible
the same rs when coal is burned rapidIv /
IN stove, producing an active fire: or
rs when wood decays. but gives off heat
so slow as not to be observed Exactly
the same thing occurs when any food Is
dissolved (digested) in the stomach of
animals or men, and is taken into the
blood and carried to all parts of the body.
Tho blood gets oxygen also from the ar
N the lungs, and carries it all through
the body. The atoms of oxygen meet
and everywhere in the blood vessels.
The two unite just as they do in a stove:
heat Is produced, only minute quantity
NJ any one point. but great deal of it,
taking the whole blood circulation to-
Sether, and so the whole body is kept
warm. though heat Is constantly escap-
ing from the whole outside surface. Ma
.ure provides that the body shall always
DE sept warm, otherwiseit would quickly
perish and SO if the oxygen IN the
blood don't find food enough to keep up
the internal heat, 1t will attack and con
sumo any tat or flesh stored in the BODY.
and thus make the animal poor. We
must have an ever-burning fire in both
The animal and human system. If the
atmosphere is cold, and car
les off heat rapidly from the surface of
ne body, we must increase the internal
of heat by putting in more
ooi, or by surrounding the body with
covering that will prevent the escape of
much heat. Is it not plain then, that by
Seeping animals warm, by means of close
buildings, or shelter against heas- steal .
ng winds, less food will be needed, and
here viii be less waste of flesh in max
ng heat Any arrangement of shelter
over, stable, shed, blankets-anything
hat viii prevent the natural warmth
rom passing away from the surface Of
NY animal-will be great saving of
God required to keep up the absolutely
ecessary internal life warmth will pre-
ent loss of flesh; VIII allow the food to
o more to adding to weight of flesh, or
he yield of milk, or of wood Shelter
md external warmth In cold weather are
most economical and therefore profitable
n the keeping of farm stock.-Ameri-
an AgricuytUrist