The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-11-20
USEFUL INFORMATION.

To Keep Off Insects-A remedy considered sat
isfactory for various kinds of insects in stored
grain consists in placing an open vessel of bisul
phide OF carbon on top of the grain in tight bin
When to Water aHorse.-Comretent horsemen
do not water horse for an hour and nalf after
eating. The old saying is that horse has more
sense than man-as he will not drink too much
Ins IS one OF the greatest mistakes in the care of
horse He will drink too much when heated
and the stomach empty. He will also drink too
much when the first heat caused by digestion
commences. Study these questions and learn no W
to feed and water horses.
Settle Coffee Without Egys.-Put the ground
Gomez 1.-TWO tabiespoonfuls or more according to
the size of the famiy to soak over night in about
teaucupful of water. In the morning add more
water and put it over to boil, boiling fifteen or
twenty minutes; then fill in with what water is
necessary and put the coffee pot on the stove
hearth IN fifteen minutes or so the coffee will
pour on as clear as amber. colored claret. If any
be lett afte- the meal is over, it can be heated
again with better result than if it had been settled
with eggs in the beginning.
The Pulse of Animals.-In horses the mise Mt
rest beats forty times, the OK from fifty to ffty
five and in sheep and pigs about seventy to eighty
beats per minute 1t may be felt wherever a
generally examined in the horse on the cord which
crosses over the bone of the lower jaw in front of
Its curved position or on the bony ridge over the
eye, and IN cattle over the middle of the first rib
and in sheep by placing the hand on the left side
where the beating of the heart may be felt. Any
material variation of the pulse from the feures
given above may be considered sign of disease.
II rapid, hard and full, it is indication of high
fever or Inflammation, if rapid, small and weak,
low fever, loss of blood, or weakness If slow the
probabilities point to brain disease and if irregu
lar to heart disease. This is one of the PRINCIPAL
and sure tests of the health of an animal
Horses Feet, and HoW to Care for Tem.-When
the foot is gone there is no horse left vet no mart
OF the horse is worse used than the foot and there
are no more frequent diseases for which doctor |
is called than those of the feet This comes from
unwlse cutting, burning, tarring and greasing the
noofs. The common practice of burning the sole |
70 procure mt for the shoe, rasping, to get |
good shape. and tarring and greasing the hoof all
tend TO drive the water out of the horney substance
and not only hardens and contracts it but makes
IL brittle. 1t stands to reason when the hoof is
burned by hot shoe that the water in the horn
must be driven out. The substance of the frog ia
norm, but it is softer and more open texture than
the sole and crust of the hoof and more easily af
sected. When deprived of its water it shrinks
more than the solid horn. When the shoe is to be
ntted the edge or wall sole should be cut or rasped
and not burned; the shoe should be fitted to the
Ioot, not the foot fitted to the shoe. When the
'oie or frog has become dry and contracted from
PAD management, no grease or tar should be used,
but water should be used freely, and then the
'oof should be dressed with gycerine, which will
nix with water and does not displace it. Con-
raction can thus be prevented or overcome when
has actually occurred.-Er.