The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-09-14

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gradually increased to a pint per
day, by the time it is six months
old, or double this if the colt be of
the large farm or cart-horse breed.
Oats, also, may be given as soon as
they can be eaten. Begin with a
half-pint, night and morning, and go
on increasing, according to the age
and size of the animal, to four
quarts per day. These, together
with the meal above, should be
supplemented with a couple of
quarts of wheat bran night
and morning. The latter is excellent
to prevent worms, and helps to keep
the bowels in good condition. Colts
should not be permitted to stand on
a plank, cemented, paved, or any
hard floor the first year, as these are
liable to injuriously affect the feet
and legs. Unless the yard where
the colts run in the winter has a
sandy, or fine, dry, gravelly soil, it
should be we'll Uttered, so as to keep
their feet dry. Mud, or soft, wettish
ground is apt to make tender hOofs,
no matter how well-bred the colts
may be. One reason why the horse
in one district grows up superior TO
those in another in hoof, bone, muscle
and action, is because 1t has dry
limestone or siliceous soil. When
the mare is at work do not let the
colt run with her; and if she comes
back from her work heated, allow
her to get cool before sucking the
colt, as over-heated milk is liable to
give the ..foal Giarrhea.-NdtiOndt
Lire Stock journal.
THE SECRET OF GOOD BUTTER
Everyone knows how superior is the
reputation OF Philadelphia butter,
and many have the attempts been to
account for it. Perhaps the most
popular notion was that it was due
to the prevalence of the "sweet YER
nal grass" in our pastures and hay
fields-the grass that often gives so
peculiar fragrance to meadow hay.
But it needed very little reasoning
to demolish such a theory as this.
This grass is one of the poorest for
hay or pasture purposes, and scarce
ly exists, except on cold clay lands,
partially shady places near groves or
low woods. Yet while this grass is
the exception, indeed the very rare
exception, in low pastures, or in the
hay fed to our cows, good butter is
the general rule in all our markets.
1t has long been the opinion OF our
best agricultural generalizers of faco
that we owe much more of the sweet
ness of our butter to the abundance
of springs and spring houses in our
state, than to anything peculiar
which grows in our pastures. Milk
has a particular affinity for any odors
in the atmosphere, and water has
some, hence whatever impurities
may get into the atmosphere of the
spring house is drawn out by rum
ming water. and the very best secu-
rity is provided against their being
absorbed by the cream.
We notice this through observing
an inquiry whether the light of
kerosene lamp in a dairy could pos
sibly affect the quality of the butter;
we should answer and observed the
fearful battle that was most decided
ly in the affirmative. All odors of
every description should be care
fully avoided, if the very best brand
is desired.
There is one little incident IN this
reputation of Philadelphia butter
which must never be forgotten. The
followers of Penn made up a large
class OF the original farming popula-
ton. With all these people cleanli-
ness was especially one of the virtues.
1t was not q mere sentiment
that it was "next to godliness,'
but an everyday testimony in all
they did. Aided in these clearly
practices by their numerous springs
and spring-houses, we have little
doubt we owe to them as much as
to any other circumstances the emil
nent character which Philadelphia
butter enjoys; and we believe that
if other quarters would give special
attention to those little niceties, as
good butter might be had IN any
part of the Union as here. Never
theless we are obliged to add that
there is great deal of poor butter
sold in Philadelphia made in the
eastern counties, arising we think
from those having a small dairy
churning only half as often as they
Germantown Telegraph.
A TEMPERANCE ANECDoTE.-The
truth OF the following choice bit Is
vouched for by Mrs. r. T. Brown, of
Sligo, Maryland: Col. Cameron, of
Virginia, was, perhaps is now,
teetotaler in principle and practice,
and seldom failed to rebuke all those
whom he saw departing from his
strict rule of life. One day when
dining at a hotel in Richmond,
strange man near him called for
glass of brandy and water. Col.
Cameron began Immediately to re-
Duke the man for intemperance.
"Sir," said he, "let me warn you in
time. l have at this moment a news
paper in my pocket giving an account
of an babitual drinker, who died
suddenly, sir; and a post-mortem
examination revealed the fact, sir,
that his nav was completely eaten
through by whisky, sir; completely
eaten through, sir, / assure you"
sand l." replied the stranger, "also
have a newspaper in my pocket, sir,
telling of man who always drank
water, like yourself, sir. The man
died suddenly; post-mortem re-
vealed the fact that his nav was
full of tadpoles, sir full of tsdpoles,
sir, quite full, | assure you, sir" 1t
is unnecessary to announce that
general burst of laughter followed,
to the momentary discontinue of
Col. Cameron.
BETTER THAN PHYsIC.-Human
life is talent, privilege, proba-
ton. To live to purpose, men should
live long, in order that they may
gain experiences, for by the wise use
of these, grand things are said and
done. 1t then follows that this life
should be cherished by all those
practices which tend to preserve it
in its highest, healthiest forms, and
to its greatest duration, and there
tore health is duty.
More people die prematurely from
want of care in any given year than
perish by plague, famine, pestilence
and war.
More people die of air-tight rooms
than of unchinked log-cabins.
Physicians may rest assured that
if the invalid and the convalescent
were more closely observed and
studied, they would be more sue
cessful, with less medicine,
1t is a beautiful fact, that while
the warmth and exposures of sum.
mer tend to biliousness and fevers,
the free use of fruits and berries
counteracts that tendency.
Let our children starve for bread
rather than for air. Let us see to it