Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-10-23
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

KICKING Conscious will kick
some of them; and heifers with their
first calves. are experts at it. An I'M
handled, "ungentle" COW, takes as
naturally to kicking, as Leghorn hens
do to scratching. The calf should be
placed on the cows left side, and EN-
couraged to suck, but whether it does
so or not, let the mixer at once oegih
to milk. Saving the milk is of no i'm
portance, so, if the heifer is nervous,
keep the pail away, and milk on the
ground. Ii she kicks, soothe her, and
begin again. Do not let her think her
kicking has any effect. A rail may De
placed so that kicking may be disagree
able performance, and sometimes COW
NAV be placed close to rail fence,
which defends the mixer from the blows
of a really vicious kicker, and the milk
ing goes on. The COW will ordinarily
Weld to circumstances, and stand still
after a while; at least, the pressure Of
the milk i'm the udder, which may cause
Inflammation, can thus be relieved. If
the COW continues nervous, and will not
be pacifed, the thing TO do is, to tie or
strap her legs. This may be done with
light rope like bell cord. 1t is pass
ed once around the left leg below the
hook, tied by a "half-hitch (half
knoll. then twisted few times. and an
other hitch turned in, and finally passed
around the right leg, and tied i'll a bow
knot, so that ii can be quickly united.
A COW so tied can not kick, but she is
almost sure to take short steps backward,
and when she gets TO the end of her
tie-strap, or back as far as she can go
i'm the stanchions, her hind legs may be
strained far back, and as her position is
a very unsteady one, she may fall down.
10 prevent this, a rope may be passed
down twice around the tie rope, car
ried forward, and fastened TO the man
ger. This will prevent the backing,
and the COW will probably soon give up,
and stand quietly.
CORN NOT Coon for HoRsEs.-Corn
is the bane of the farm horse, as it is
also of the horse doing any other sort
of work. not because Of not being suffi-
GENTLY nutritious, but because it makes
too much fat and not enough muscle.
The horses muscle wears away by
work as metal wears away by friction.
Fat wears away under exercise, but its
disappearance in nowise lessons the
power for either draft or speed. On
the other hand, well-nourished and
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT muscles, without
a deposit of fat to keep them company,
are much more efficient for any pur-
pose for which the horse is kept than
where theae is load Of fat to be car
ried. The trainer acts upon this propo-
sition and works the fat off, experience
having shown that the muscles, trained
down by exercise until fat accumula-
tions are removed, fattening FOODS be-
ing mainly abstained from, gives the
best results i'm the case of a speedy
horse. The same rule will hold good
with the work horse, though modified
by the degree in which the movements
of the latter are slower :han those of
the former. If the farmer has only
corn for feed then he will be wise If he
make sale of corn, or the greater part
of it, buying oats instead.-Lire Stock
Journal.
BEEF CAKEs.-Chop cold fresh beef
very fine, flavor it with sage, grated
lemon and salt; dredge in little flour
and pound with potato masher. Mix
in one or two eggs, make into balls,
fatten them with the hand and fry
quickly in a frying pan in pork or ba-
con drippings.
ROSEBUD CAKE.-White part, one cup
of butter, three cups white sugar, five
cups flour, half a teaspoonful of soda
and the whites of eight eggs beaten to
froth. Pink part, three cups of pink
sugar sand, one cup of butter, one cup
of sweet milk, four cups of flour, one
teaspoonful of soda, two of cream tar
ter and whites of eight eggs; flavor
with rose water. Bake in deep cake tin
in alternate layers of pink and white,
finished with the pink.
OATMEAL MUFFINs.-One cup of oas-
meal, ~ pints of flour, one teaspoonful
of salt, two of baking powder, one table
spoonful of lard, two eggs, one pint of
milk. Sft together meal, flour, salt and
baking powder; rub the lard in cold,
and then add beaten eggs and milk.
PHYSICIANS were i'm Vain.
Mr.. David Meter, 795 Mission street,
SAT- Francisco, Cal, writes that for sew
eral months he suffered from severe
cold and cough, which finally resulted
i'm total hoarseness. He consulted sew
eral physicians, but obtained no relief,
and then tried Red Star Cough Cure.
After taking few doses he felt better,
and before he had finished bottle he
was completely cured.
A Springfield man tried to lift bar
rel of cider on wagon and broke his
back. The best way to lift cider is a
GLASS at n time