The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1901-01-18

States and keep their own homes better.
Besides the courses in English, mathe.
matics and preparation of foods at speci-
fed cost and with the idea OF getting the
proper amount of heat producing food
as we'll as of nutrition, there is also
training in use of bandages. in measures
for preventing illness. and in helping
cure 1t by proper dieting. The girls
want homes and happy homes but all do
not know how to keep them. One of
the objects of the college is to teach
them to do this and always to draw out
the truest and best In their lines. Miss
Keller, who is graduate of Wellesley
college, is a pleasant speaker and very
evidently has the interests of the M. A.
G. girls at heart. Her presence at the
institute should result in an increased
number of girls at the college.
The necessity of good fruit garden"
in making good home was considered
>by Mr.. L. j. Post. of Lowell. TO make
our homes what they should be, we
should have the fruit garden. If cherry
trees. plums, ETC.. are already connected
with the orchard there is no reason in
putting them in the fruit garden. The
fruit garden may be fenced in to keep
the poultry out but Mr.. Post prefers to
fence in the poultry. A plum orchard
makes an ideal place in which to keep
the poultry. Several varieties of
cherries were mentioned but none were
especially recommended as was also the
case with raspberries and Strawberries.
The Cuthbert raspberry was afterwards
recommended for the market in reply
to question. Mr.. Post sprays cherries
with the copper sulphate solution once
before the leaves come out. The
Montgomery is not inclined to be
wormy anyway and twice spraying is
enough for them, the second time with
the Bordeaux mixture. In a discus
sion on the different Strawberries the
Mitchelrs early was recommended
while the Marshall was praised to the
sky by some and equally lily appreciated
by others. Mr.. Chas. b. Cook believes
the Marshall the best ever raised. MIR.
Amos Parmentor had had experience
with them which he did not seem enthu-
siastic over. He admitted however that
he did not give them quite the attention
which Mr.. Cook considered necessary
to make them do best.
The paper given by DR.. VIM: Jopling,
of Owosso, on the hygiene of the stable,
the care of work horses aud what to do
until the veterinary surgeon arrives,
contains number of practical sugges-
tions which if followed out would be
sure to save lives of stock and effect a
financial saving to the farmers as well.
In brief the hygiene of the stable is pro-
perly cared for when the stalls are ar.
ranged with an abundance of light and
In such way that ventilation is also
abundantly provided for without any
draughts to strike the horses. The food
in brief. should be fed dry to get the
best results. What is worth chewing at
all is worth chewing we'll. to repeat an
old saying. and II the digestive apparatus
is to be kept in order the food must be
80 well masticated that the first process
of digestion, the mixture with the
saliva, is we'll done. It's q mistake to
feed cooked food, or slops. Even moist
ening foods is a mistake. TO feed rs
much while horse is idle as while at
work is another mistake. But no exact
diet can be prescribed. Dry food with
some variety should be fed. Good
grooming and proper exercise are also
necessary. As for the last question,
Don't drug indiscriminately." The
speaker recalled cases where successive
doses had been given an animal for sup
posed kidney trouble, collie, bots. and
indigestion before he had been called
too late by that time to save the animal.
The surest usually is, don't give any
medicine but simply attend to the COM
fort of the animal. Such simple
remedies as soda or ginger may be
be given but even then it is usually
best to wait for the veterinarian. In
cases of severe bloating in cattle it is
sometimes necessary to tap the paunch.
Do this on the left side about half way
between the last rib and the hip Joint
with the knife blade running down and
forward. This can be done with little
danger. In cases of milk fever keep the
animal lying quietly on the brisket and
keep her covered. DO not poke whip
stock or broom handle down animals
throat for choking from apple or pota-
to. II choking is severe DR.. Jopling
suggested the use of stiff hemp rope
with end made into wad covered with
soft cloth. An obstruction can some.
times be pushed down into the stomach
by this without injury to the animal
when stick might produce fatal re-
suits. Horses are sometimes affected
in way resembling paralysis when the
trouble is merely a muscular one due
to too great proportion of nitrogenous
elements in the blood When the first
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