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JM STOCK. For the Rural Southerner. Cure for Colle in Horses. You solicit contributions to the paper. We one and two-horse farmers are not in the habit of writing for the public eye, but with your permission will versify and criticise your last prescription for colic in horses, and add some thing practicable and useful: A pint of port or claret wine. With a small nutmeg, grated fine; Half a spoon of ginger spice, With loaf sugar to make it nice; Put them all into a bottle, And pour it down the horse’s throttle. I once heard of an individual who refused to drink with his friends unless he was forced- Accordingly they held him and poured it down his throat through a funnel. In a little while thereafter he wanted to be “ funnelled ” again. If the horse had the same appetite for good drinks that most men have, they would certainly I want to be drenched again with so pleasant a mixture. Many of the old farmers and me chanics would prefer to take the above mixture in broken doses, whether they had the gripes or not, and give the horse an ounce of laudanum in a bottle of sage tea; or an ounce tinct. assafu-tida and half ounce of chloroform; or two ounces of valerian tinct. and two tablespoon- i fuls of gun-powder. Either of the above are good colic remedies in sage tea. But it is sometimes difficult to de termine whether the horse is suffocating from colic or botts. The tar paddle is a remedy for cither. Take a small paddle wish about two ounces of tar on the end of it, draw the horse’s tongue out as far as practicable, put the tar on the root of the tongue and wipe it off, and let it go; he cannot well avoid swallowing it. In colic the ears and feet are cold; in botts they arc warm, and disposed to sweat behind the lower part of the shoulder. . N. B. Hall. Floyd Spring*, Ga. Effect of Food on Cow’s Milk. I Dr. Kuhn, of Germany, making experiments upon the food of cows, with reference to its effect upon the composition of the milk, found that, an increase of fatty or albuminous matter produced an increase in the yield of milk, along with bodily condition, up to a certain maxi mum ; but that when this maximum is reached, increase in the yield of milk stopped, while improvement of bodily vigor went on. This is in accordance with the experience of every observing farmer. The only exception that can be made to the above rule is, in regard to the maximum of the milk yield ; that is, the maximum point is not the tame in all coirs. Home cows, the moment you increase the quantity or quality of the food, commence to take on flesh, or, as the Doctor expresses it, im- . prove in bodily condition. These cows are not valuable for dairy purposes ; and of this class arc most of the Durham ami Devon cows. There is another class that, as soon as the food is increased, respond at the pail ami churn, and it is a long time before you can get t hem to fatten up. This class are the valuable ones for the dairy ; and this is the principal difference in in breeds of cattle for dairy purposes. It is a common remark among farmers, when i speaking of a cow noted as a good milker, that “she is the hardest cow to fatten 1 ever saw." We never saw a good milker fat ; ami tor this ' reason we spoke in a late number, that the cow I should be regarded simply as a machine to con- I vert corn, hay, etc., into butterand cheese; but, as Dr. Kuhn has proved, there is, nodoubt, a point at which the product will be fat instead of butter and cheese. We advise farmers to experiment a little, and 1 see how much they can make their cows eat ; without gaining in flesh. We believe such an experiment would prove profitable.— Practical i Farmer. Fast Walking Horse*.—One of the best classes of horses that could be bred would be fait tealkmg horses; let our horse breeders look to this point especially, and mark the sire that has this trait largely developed, and then breed 1 a class of fast walkers; this is what our fanners particularly want for the plowing field. A first rate fast walking horse will plow 2"» to ,’Vtt per , cent, more land in a day and do it easier than an ordinary bred hjrse, and thus such a horse would soon pay his cost ; such a class of horses would command a large price. Whoever will pay attention to raising such a clan of horses and will innkat hem know n will make a bigger fortune than can l>e made on any fust trotter, or by anv speculation in slocks. I f HE MALWKMK & WrtW SOUTHERN Publishing Co., PRINTERS, BINDERS, RULERS, and BLANK BOOK Manufacturers Also publishers of ‘Standard Subscription Books. Agents Wanted. 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STANLEY’S AFRICA, Being* Complete .and Reliable Account of the Exten give Explorations and Adventure* of Dr DA VID LIVINGSTONE. Cloth. 50. AGENTS WANTED. We print our own Books, hence c*u *ell them cheaper and allow l*rgvi commissions than any other House. Send fur lllustraleti Circulars to SOUTHERN PUBLIHING CO., Corner Mitchell and Pryor Streets, Atlanta, Gt THE FARMER IS KING. We have but to consult the returns of the last census to prove clearly that the cultivators of the soil are the controlling power of the Repub lic. In the light of the census tables, let us com pare agriculture with manufactures, the two chief American industries. The importance of the facts is sufficient to relieve them of the charge of dullness always brought against statistics. We shall deal mainly in round numbers. In 1870 the male population in the Union 10 years of age, was 14,000,000. Os these 5,500,000 were engaged in agriculture, while only 1,700D00 were employed in manufactures. That is, nearly three-sevenths of the males over 10 years of age were agriculturists, while less than one-seventh were manufacturers. The value of the farms of the country, that is, the soil and buildings, was nearly $10,000,000,000; of the farming implementsand machinery, $240,- 000,000 ; of live stock on the farms, more than 1,500,000,000. Here we have the sum total of nearly 12,000,000,000 invested in agriculture. The census returns of 1870, in regard to the amount of capital invested in manufactures are more imperfect—the sum given us in round numbers, is $2 200,000,000. The Census Sup erintendent thinks this sum is less than the act ual fact. Well, double it if you please, and even then the amount of capital invested in agricul ture will be three times as large as that invested in manufactures.— Atlanta Grange. HIGHER WORK OF GRANGES. We apprehend that many Patrons of Husban dry have but a poor appreciation of the worth and power of their Order. They seem to con sider that its chief, if not its only value, is that it offers a means for buying a few articles cheaper than outsiders buy them ; while in fact this is the very smallest benefit that the Order confers on its members. If this were its chief value, it could never had half the stre gth that it possesses, and if this comes to be the chief attraction which the Grange possesses for a ma jority of its members, it will certainly come to an untimely end. The vital force in the Order is its tendency and capacity to elevate its members. To do this, it must direct its labors to some higher thing than the saving of a few dollars. -Making money and saving money are good things for all men when wisely and well done. But it is never done wisely or well when it is done for itself alone, when done as an end. Wealth it self is a thing much to be desired, a thing for which men and people ought to work. But if a man or a people confine their work solely and entirely to the getting of wealth it will prove a curse—a very mill-stone dragging them down into the mire.— Carthage (N. Y.) Journal. PATRONS DO NOT GO TO LAW. The Pacific Rural Press says : “ Farmers have long been aware of the folly and worse than folly of g'»u>g to law ; but the lack of business and social intercourse with their neighbors often pre vents a proper understanding of right and mu tual interest, encourages suspicion and jealousy, and too often leads them to rush into the courts, and sometimes driving the whole neighborhood into active partisans. But thanks to the influence of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry, this dis turbing element in farm life throughout the country generally, is rapidly disappearing. The Order has brought farmers into closer communi cation with each other, has developed mutual confidence and respect; and without theassist ance of any secret charm has produed a change which is now substituting arbitration for law. Arbitration is one of the grand principles of the Order, and is already producing important ma terial results, as well as promoting peace and harmony in many neighborhoods. The Executive Committee of the Kansas State Grange has applied $5,000 for sending seed, freight prepaid, free to those Patrons who are unable to buy it. The State Grange of Nebraska is putting in machinery at Plymouth fur the manufacture of plows, cultivators, headers, harvesters and other agricultural implements. The Chicago Journal and Times urge some of the public-spirited owners of buildings to secure the location of the headquarters of the National Grange at that city. The Executive Committee of the Missouri State Grange has closed contracts with St. Louis man ufacturers for the distribution among Patrons, at wholesale prices, of $20,000 worth of agricul tural implements. TREWY. COWS FOR THE FARM. Which is the best breed of cows for the farm ? This is a question in which every farmer ought to be deeply interested. For farmers almost universally keep cows, and therefore ought to strive to find out as nearly as possible, which is the best kind of cows for their purpose. The question is not: which is, all things considered, absolutely the best breed of cows ; but, which is the best breed of cows for the farm. The milkman wants cows which give a large quantity of milk without special regard to quality. The dairyman needs cows which will make a large quantity and a good quality of butter or cheese. The breeder wants cows which will produce good stock, without special reference to the pro ducion of either milk butter or cheese. But the farmer makes a specialty of none of these things. They are all good in their way, but he does not want any excellence in the superlative, but rather a combination of all of the good qualities in a moderate degree. For family use, considerable milk is wanted, so he needs cows which will regularly furnish a good supply He also wants to make butter for home use and of a good quality; any surplus he may have should be good enough to command a good price in the market. Cheese, too, is often wanted, and he should have cows from which he can make a reasonable quantity and also a good quality of this article. He also wants to raise stock for farm purposes, and for this needs cows which will bear strong, healthy and handsome calves For these purposes it seems to me that the Short hornp are decidedly the best, although there are some other breeds and crosses which give good satisfaction.— J., in National Agriculturist. Bules of Practice for Dairymen. The Secretary of the Chataugua (N. Y.) Dairy men’s Association thus sums up the results of the discussions during the past year: Cleanliness is of the first importance in every department of dairying. The better the treatment of the cows, the great er will be the profits. Dairymen should breed only from the best— those giving the most and richest milk. Cows should never be driVen faster than they will naturally walk. Pure spring water should be brought into the yards for the cows, and to the dairy-house for daily use. Corn-meal can and should be fed judiciously, making early-cut hay the principal food for the cows. The cows that aredhe greatest consumers are usually the greatest milkers. Provide t warm, comfortable stables for the cows thus saving fod der and increasing the annual profits of the dairy. TOKITCM CONTRIBUTIONS SOLICITED. For the Rural Southerner. To Boil Green Corn.—Husk, silk, and put into boding water as soon as possible after it is brought from the garden. Let it boil from twenty to thirty minutes, according to its age. Put no salt into the water. As soon as the corn is done, cover with a napkin, and send to the table hot Mrs. R. For the Rural Southerner. Tomato Soup.—Make a broth of any kind of fresh meat ; to one gallon of broth add four dozen large tomatoes. Put them in a well covered soup kettle, and boil gently two hours; then strain the soup through a colander; add a large table spoonful of butter rubbed into a tablespoonful of flour. Salt and pepper to taste. Let it sim mer ten or fifteen minutes longer, and serve. Mrs. J. Fur the Rural Southerner. Cob* Soup.—Cut the corn from twelve ears. Boil the cobs for half an hour in just enough to cover them, then add the corn, and boil another half-hour. Turn in two quarts of sweet milk ; as soon as it comes to a boil, add two table spoonfuls of butter, rubbed into two of flour, and a little water. Stir well ; boil fifteen minutes more. Season with salt and pepper. Serve di rectly. Mrs. 8. For the Rural Southerner. To Stew Corn.—Cut the corn from the cobs with a sharp knife, before cooking. Put the corn in a stew-pan with two tablespoonfuls of butter. Be sure and scrape all the milk from the cob when you have cut off the kernels. It adds much to the richness of the dish. Let it boil from fifteen to twenty minutes. Season with a little sail and pepper. Mrs. J. 3