Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-11-03
FOR hORSE.OWNERS.

How to Treat the Noblest Animal Which
Has Been Given to Man.
Never wash horse with cold water
when he is heated.
On the farm dispense with shoes
unless the land is very rocky.
Feed your horse regularly three
times daily, but never over-feed.
Water before feeding. but not while
the horse is hot from work.
Use the whip very little, and never
when the animal SHES or stumbles.
Never leave horse standing un.
hitched. 1t is the way to make them
runaways.
Do not storm and fret. Be quiet
and kind, and the horse will be so too
In most cases.
Give a horse large stall and good
bed at night. 1t is important that he
lie down to rest.
II horse is vicious and unmanage.
able at your business, sell it to some
one that can control him.
Hay or other ground feed is indis.
pensable, and ground corn or hominy
is better than whole corn.
A cotton-card is one OF the best in
struments for grooming a horse. II
cleans better than the comb.
Do not expect your horse to be
equally good at every thing. The horse
like the man, must be adapted to its
work.
Near the close Of a Journey let the
horse walk. II covered with sweat rub
off with rag. to prevent too sudden
cooling.
Collar gals and bruises are benefited
by washing with salt water. Wash
shoulders daily when using the horse.
Brine is good also for stiff joints.
When flies are bad. wash the horse
all over lightly with weak solution
of carbolic acid. II you have not the
acid, apply surgeons oil on the TANKS,
neck and tender parts.
TO cure felon, fill tumbler with
equal parts Of fine salt and ice; mix
we'll. Sink the finger in the center,
and allow it to remain until it is nearly
frozen and numb, then withdraw it, and
when sensation Is restored renew the
operation four or five times, when II
will be found the disease is DESTROYED.
This must be done before pus is formed.
Cream Cheese-Take pint OF
cream which has stood untouched for
twenty-four hours since skimming; tie
1t up in a muslin bag, and let it hang
two or three days, according to the
weather, until 1t ceases to drip Then
turn it out, shape it, and lay it between
straws sewed together, with light
weight on it. 1t will be fit to eat in a
few days.
A house-keeper driven to despera-
ton by foul-smelling geese feathers
plunged her pillows into boiler of hot
borax water. After soaking four hours
they were pressed as dry as possible
and hung by the end upon the clothes
line. 1t took them about two days to
dry, during which time they were fire.
quently shaken and turned. The re-
suit was very satisfactory.
yellow is color that gives tone to
all other colors. II you gather bou-
quet in the garden and do not include
bit OF yellow it often seems to lack
brightness. Add yellow rose, or a
spray of calliopsis, or a nasturtium,
and the change is as great as that
which takes place in landscape when
burst Of sunshine breaks through the
clouds which have been hanging above
1t. There is an instant suggestion Of
warmth.
Dessert Crullers. egg, a cup
Of cream slightly sour. half a cup of SUI
gar, a pinch Of salt, teaspoonful OF
rose water, or a little grated rind and
Juice OF lemon, II preferred, a tea
spoonful Of soda and one OF cream of tar
tar, and -four enough for a dough just
firm enough to bear handling. Roll in
10 balls between the hand and fry in hot
fat in deep kettle. Half lard and half
beef suet are good proportions for the
irving kettle. Eat with a liquor sauce.