The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-01-03
GroonAine Antnnals.

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The expenditure of ..slbow grease
pom our domestic animals is a good
Investment, too good to be neglected
. the manner It is sometimes.
here IL no way to accurately est.
nate the excellent results that follow
areful grooming, but experience not
My shows tho,n to be considerable
,ut from the nature of the skin no
'ther conclusion can be arrived at.
An accurate conception of the Office of
he skin is all that is needed to show
he importance of grooming It is
with millions of pores. and
IS all the time throwing off carbonic
acid and absorbing oxygen. It's esti-
mated that every square inch Of sur
face on mans body contains two
and eight hudnred Of these
pores, statement which viii enable
rs to approximate the number in a
square inch Of surface upon an ami
mails body. Through these million
Of tubes there is a constant escape Of
vapor and &~portion Of the worn out
materials of tho body. Close theee
pores and the other excretory organs
must do more than nature fitted them
for doing. and still he unable to do
the work thoroughly. If all these
pores should be completely closed.
death must result. If We should warn.
ish the skin Of man, he wonld die.
The body would neither receive oxy.
gen enough for it's purposes or be
able to expel all Of the worn out ma
terial within it. Disease and death
would be the consequence. What
ever, therefore, closes up these open"
ings is an impairment to the continu'
ance of health. Dirt closes them, and
so the dirt should be removed. Hu'
man beings remove It with water.
This is not practical with animals,
consequently grooming must be re-
sorted to. As to the common dirt
which adheres so conspicuously IS to
be seen, all will admit that it should
be renewed, and crude attempts al
least are made to remove it. But
that Is not what stops up the pores
most thoroughly. The invisible per
spiration that escapes from the Skin
is the means of catching dust and dirt
and these become hardened to :
greater or less extent, and obstruc
the openings. The removal of thi:
| makes the curry comb most valuable
The process Of grooming becomes
| sort of dry bath. freeing the skin ant
the mouth of the pores from foreign
substances that have accumultee
| upon them. The animal enjoys it il
| it is properly done, and that feature
alone, perhaps. makes it profitable
for our animate will pretty certainly
repay us for all the comfort we give
them.
Grooming never should be done 81
vigorously as not to be pleasant to thu
| animal. Whenever an animal cringe!
| under the curry comb, no good is be
ing done. It is too much of a goot
thing, like too much bathing. Peopl'
can injure themselves by bathing to-
freely, and while, perhaps. an ANNA
can stand q great deal of scratchin;
without being seriously injured, j
will receive comparatively little good
The operation shonld he performed
delicately and with judgment and con
sideration; and whether we enter in
to the full philosophy Of the process
or not, We shalf certainly conside
that the better appearance of the ami
NAL is sufficient remuneration. A
dirty horse, ste er or cow is MT I
pleasant sight; AMI in the case o
mich cows, dirt on the animal is no
| apt to be conductive to good qualit!
in the milk. If cow that is covert
with dirt is MIXED without yieldin.
up part of the dirt on her to the mill
pail. the result will he pretty nearly
! miracle; and if it gets into the milk
it will always remain there. Strain
crs will never get it out. We NEAR
by that that milk is 50 sensitive that
it will retain all favors that touch it
There are other good results from
the process of grooming which w
some time ago alluded to in speaking
of rubbing and kneading in disease
We them stated that by rubbing ant
kne.ding the circulation was in
creased and that Impurities wer
forced into the circulation, wer
taken up by the excretory organs an
expelled. Grooming does not produc
such results as perfectly, but it tend
that way. It certainly increases thu
circulation at tie surface, and a rapi
circulation is more apt to dislodg
impurities than slow circulation is
Altogether, therefore, grooming rec
ommends itself. Try it on you
cattle. -Westcrn Rural.
| Want OF Faith.
Ifstinehour, tho Druggist, does not succeed
is not for want Of faith. He has such faith IN D.