The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-11-18
USES OF AMMONIA.

grease and dirt with great ease. For domestic
purposes we can highly recommend It, and feel
that we cannot keep house without it. FOR
washing paint, put . tablespoonful in quart Of
warm water, dip in flannel cloth and the wipe
on the woodwork. For washing finger marks
from looking glasses or windows, put few
drops OF ammonia on . moist rag and make
quick work Of It. For cleaning hair bruhes
rimply shake the brush MP and down IN mix.
ture Of one tablespoonful Of ammonia in one
pint Of hot water: when cleansed rinse in cold
water and dry. II you wish your house plants
to flourish. put few drops in every pint OF
water used in watering them For taking
grease spots from any fabric, use the ammonia
nearly pnre, then lay blotting paper over the
spot and iron It lightly. For washing lace, put
| few drops In = pint OF warm suds. A tea
spoonful will add much refreshing effects to the
bath. For washing clothes, teaspoonfnl or
two In the boil will remove any eoled spots that
may have been overlooked, and will aleo Whiten
the clothcs.-National Stockmdn.
TREATMENT OF THE FARM HORSE.
ment Of the farm horse. the drst thing to be sug-
gested il that the horse should never be cleaned
or harnessed while it il eating breakfast. Let
horses eat their food in peace, for many. from
sanguine temperament or greed, bolt their oats
when handled during the time Of feeding. Har-
ness can be quickly enough pnt on after the
| feed ie eaten, and time should then be taken to
comb the name and tail and use wisp Of straw
| on the body and legs When the horses come
in at dinner time they should at once be unhar-
| messed. This il by no means general, yet COM
mon sense will tell any man that his team will
enjoy better health II this IL attended to. The
feed is then to be given, and before the harness
ie again put on the horse should be thoroughly
| rubbed down with wisp of straw or hay. II
| the horses are very warm on coming in. they
should be rubbed down Immediately after the
| remOya! OF the harness. In this case, too, 1t is
| as well to let the horses cool down before Civ
| ing them full drink. They should, however,
always be given sufficient water to wash out
the mouth before cooling on.
FEEDING WITHOUT SHELTER.
No doubt all farmers realize that prolific
| cause Of waste is in feeding stock through the
winter without shelter. Walter F. Brown,
in the National stockman relates an experience
that is at least reasonable. He says:
1t 10 ~ plain as one and one are two, that food
| used to keep up animal heat makes neither desh,
fAt nor milk; and vet large per cent Of our cat
tie are still .wintered without shelter. ! think
have proved by actual experiment that the same
amount Of food required to keep . COW or steer
from losing flesh il fed out-of-doors In all
weather through the winter, will add 100
pounds TO II il warmly sheltered We notice
the loss quicker in milk than In flesh, and In the
warm basement stable which described recent
ly my cows have not decreased . particle In milk
during the last three dsys, though we have had
the worst blizzard ever remember, mercury
ranging Tor sixty hours from zero to Is degrees
below, the wind blowing = gale. and the air
| filled " tn snow, so that one could scarcely
see fifty feet for over half that time. Any
| farmer knows that II my cows had been out in
| the storm and cold they would have shrunk
one-half or more in their milk: and the same il
| true to the loss Of fesL. but 1t cannot be so
quickly detected as that Of milk. Some years
| ago bought an agricultural boiler u so gallon
kettle on stove) with y large surface ex posed
| to the air. act 1t up out Of doors, but soon
| found that In cold, windy day could scarcely
make fire hot enough to bring the water to =
| boil in it. then moved it into q building
where it was protected, aud found that saved
half the fuel This IL good illustration Of
| feeding stock exposed to the wind aud storm .
| Of winter. Both for the sake OF humanity and
profit would have warm shelter for every head
| of stock wintered, or would cell in the fall
any stock which could not SO shelter.
STRAW WASTE.
The light esteem which seems far too gener-
| ally put up, the farmers straw is something
bordering upon the incomprehensible. What
| ever may be the value OF straw as partial food
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