The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-10-12
HOME, FARM AND RANCH.
BONE Horse Remedies.

BONE Horse Remedies.
Dunbar Hunt, Esq of BALTIMORE is
the owner of fine place in Issaquena
county, Mississippi, known as the
"Wilderness Plantation" and at the
suggestion of p. G. Aston, ESQ.,, who
Endorses them as highly valuable
remedies, he gives to the editor of
the LtUe Stock Journal the following
receipts, that have been IN use on
his plantation several years, and have
proved to be most efficacious in their
results:
COLIC-Carbolic acid (pure), tea
spoonful; fine nux vomica, one tea
spoonful; lime water, one pint :
drench. If not relieved in half hour
repeat.
BoTs-Make strong tea Of garden
tanzey; give one quart. If not re-
lieved in half hour, repeat. Four or
six hours after giving the tea, give
one pint of castor oil.
FOUNDER. Take tablespoonful
| of pulverized alum, pull the tongue
out of the mouth as far as possible
and throw the alum down the throat {;
let go the tongue and hold up the
head until he swallows.
FooT EvIL.-Make strong tea of
the common poison oak vine; wash
the foot clean and battle well. 1t
never fails.
CHARBON.-A heaping tablespoon
full of equal parts of pulverized cop
eras and saltpetre, given in scalded
corn meal, at each feed thrice daily
Rub the swollen parts with turpen-
tine; repeat daily, until the swelling
goes away. Or, one egg, beaten
light; half pint spts. turpentine /;
half pint good apple vinegar, shake
well before using. Rub the swollen
part well and often. If applied in
first stages of charboni it is an excel
lent remedy. This liniment is good
for spralns, cuts and bruises, in man
or beast. Or, drench with half
pound EPSON salts latter drenching
| with salts, take a flannel rag,
wrapped around cob or stick, and
rub the part swollen every ten or
fifteen minutes with the mixture !:
Four ounces each of iodine, harts-
horn and oil OF spice, adding twelve
ounces of turpentine.
EMINENT FOR RHEUMATISM
Half ounce gum camphor half ounce
salt-petre; half ounce spirits am
monia; half pint alcohol. Good for
man or beast.
English Rules for Butter Making.
1. The cream should be removed
| fro hn m LOT hoc
become sour. The reason for this is
easily explained. AS soon as the
milk begins to turn, curd is pro-
dUced, and it is then impossible to
remove the cream without taking
off some of the curd also. Curd
means cheese, and if curd is made
up with cream into butter, the latter
must necessarily have cheesy fla
vor, and Will i'll a short time become
"strong" and very inferior III quail
ity.
2. AS soon as the butter makes
it's appearance, and while still in 8
granular state, the buttermilR
should be run off. Plenty of cold
water should then be thrown
into the churn, and the butter
washed by turning the churn
few turns; two or more late o.
water should be used until the but
ter is thoroughly cleansed. Butter
is frequently damaged by over
churning. 1t is quite an error tC
suppose that after butter once forms
more can be obtained by further
churnlng. Every revolution after
the granules are about the size o.
Indian corn or small nuts deterior
ates the quality.
8. Butter should not be touch &c
by hand. The water should be ap
piled by means of butter worker
No animal on the farm pays better
for good keeping than the cow.
Cows purchased from rich lands
seldom do well on poor soils.
One COW well feed will produce al
much milk as two carelessly treated
the former will be at profit, and The
latter at loss.
The best economy is to keep cows
in such a manner as to make then
give the greatest quantity of mill
with the greatest profit.
Carrots and other roots cause
cows to give milk in abundance .an6
of an excellent quality.
One kind of forage, even of the
best, may not furnish in suitable
proportions, all the elements neces
sary to produce the best milk
therefore, give large variety Of
food, but guard well against any
thing that will faint the milk or but
ter.
Pure water at regular intervals is
essential to the best results.
Cows which are near calving
should be fed with substantial food
and lodged in some clean, warn
apartments by themselves; let theil
drink be lukewarm for a day or two
after calving.
Great mixers pay as they go, but
seldom carry much flesh on theiI
bones. 1t is not good policy to allow
COW to lose a single pound OF
flesh. 1t costs money, and will cost
more to replace it.
Cows seldom yield their milk
kindly to a person who is not gentle
with them.
Cleanliness in the dairy is some.
times classed among the cardinal
virtues. .
To Keep sweet Potatoes.
In The first place, l dig them be.
fore frost, in as dry time as L car
get, and let them remain in the
patch until dry, which will be hall
day. / then haul them to the place
where L want to hill them, having
put all of the cut ones to themselves
while loading the wagon. There
, have hole dug out the size | want
the hill, say four feet in diameter
and three and a half feet deep,
throwing the DIRT around the hole
as it is dug. When l get the hole
the desired depth, | cover the bot.
tom with dry grass and wall up the
sides with the same. have the pc.
tatoes poured in as carefully as ]
can. 40 as not to bruise them, until
the hole is level full OF them
have four or five bushels put on top
to form a cone. l then cover with
corn stalks, breaking them off SO that
one end will rest on the ground just
outside the hill, and the other end
coming to a point at top of potatoes
| / then cover the stalks with pine
bark, to keep the dirt from running
through on the potatoes L then
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