The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-10-02
Exercise for Id 8 Teams.

S0dib WOth lOf I'LL tuc horses usually
employed For various reasons it is
the habit of such farmers to devote all
the work on one Or two teams. and let
the others stand idle in the stable or
take q run ut grass in the pasture
but it is better, even for these idle
horses, to do work enough to keep
thcir muscles firm, and prevent tho
calling of shoulders which comes from
allowing too long a season Of idleness.
These idle horses are apt to be poorly
fed, from q notion that grain is no
longer needed. When constant work
is not required, not SO much grain
should be fed, but a couple OF quarts
OF oats at morning and night will
keep the horse in good condition, and
he should be made to earn it. Mares
with foal should especially have exer-
else, not to be overwOrked in any
way. but enough to impress upon the
foatus that the dam is bearing an
adaptability to do what is expected
from it when it develops into a horse.
Egg-Eating Hens.
Eating eggs from the nest is not so
much habit as d craving for some
particular food which the hens need.
Horses and cows will frequently gnaw
and suck an old bone as if they found
it sweet and delicious. Stock dealers
will tell you that this is due to their
natural craving for some element of
food which is not contained in their
ordinary diet. They seek to remedy
the fault by giving them more salt. or
food with more mineral elements in it.
The egg-eating hens are likewise suf-
fering from the lack of some important
mineral element which their system
needs. The egg shells contain this
very element. At the same time, it
will be noticed that the hens lay very
few eggs, and those which they DO lay
have very thin shells.
Dairy No,e,.
AS rule black COWS give the richeso
milk; yellow skinned COW gives the
best colored butter; Il COW with the
largest belly gives the most milk; and
the quietest COW in the field is the best
behaved when in the stable.
A horse requires one ounce a day of
salt for the renovation of the digestive
fluids which are secreted in large
guam titles. An OK or COW needs two
ounces daily, and IL sheep one-quarter
OF an ounce. Illuminating animals re-
quire more salt because of the large
consumption of saliva during the pro-
cess of rumination.
BY regular and general system of
wedding out the poor COWS and breed
ing only the best, the value of the
30, UOO, 900 COWS in the United States
could he easily doubled within years.
This Increased value based on the
profit obtained from them, would
amount to no less than 100000, 900,
and would add to the yearly increse
of farmers and dairies not less than
$780, 0O,0 600 yearly. .sss
1t is a wrong notion that cows must
necessarily calve in the spring. This
is a habit of wild animals, and as ma
ture makes few mistakes, the habit is
based on the abundance of food during
the summer for the support of the
calves. But we have changed all that
by dOmes ticntiOn, and if cows are
wanted for winter dairy. they may
be kept back until December or Janu-
airy, to be bred then without risk OF
failure.
The Household.
Whole cloves, it is said, will ex-
terminate the moth.
Excellent sandwiches can be made
Of pate de fol gras and brown bread.
Fruit picked just at maturity will
keep much better than when picked
sooner or later.
10 beat the white of eggs stiff with
case they should be cold, with a very
small pinch Of salt added.
Lunch baskets to be used in tray
cling should have a cheap cotton lin
ing to protect the lunch from dust.
When acid of any kind gets on the
clothing spirits of ammonia will kill it.
Apply chloroform to restore the color
Cold ham may be so carved as to at
tract or repel, and there is real art in
carving the slices in the most artistic
manner.
Brown Bread. Two-thirds of a Gun
of molasses. two cups sour milk. one
cup sweet milk, two teaspoonfuls of
soda, one OF salt one cup flour, four
cups cornmeal. Steam three hours
uuu UiOFu tt low IlluuLcS lE Jlo oven.
Delicate Pie. Whites of two eggs.
four tablespoonfuls cream, one large
spoonful -four, one cup white sugar,
one cup cold water; flavor with lemon.
Line Il pie plate with pastry pour in
the mixture and bake at once. i
Washington Cake. One pound OF
brown sugar, one cup Of -four, one
half a pound of butter. two pounds OF
stoned rasins, four eggs, two teaspoon
/ fuls of soda, dissolve in half-cup OF
hot water. one-half pint Of molasses,
two grated nutmegs.
1 Molasses Cookies. One cup of but,
ter, two cups Of molasses, one tea
! spoonful ginger. sufficient flour to
/ make a stiff batter. not dough. Mold
/ with the hands into small cakes, and
bake in a steady rather than quick
oven, as they are apt to burn.
A Power for Good.
when we came 20 the town.
writes a Georgia editor. lit was little