Rensselaer Union, Volume 6, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 June 1874 — Oxen for Hard Work. [ARTICLE]

Oxen for Hard Work.

If the digestive process in cattle were better understood, would it not rather seem strange that there are not more sick oxen than that there are so many ? Just look a moment at the treatment our working oxen receive during the spring while doing the plowing. They are led in the morning with all the hay they will eat, and perhaps have only just about time enough to swallow it before they are yoked up and hitched to the plow. They are made to stick to it till noon, when they are again fed with more hay. As soon as it is eaten they are taken to the field again and driven before the plow till five, six or seven o’clock, according to the ambition or necessities of the owner. They are then put up and fed again with hay. Now, it an ox can only digest hi* food after it has been remasticated, and he is -given three meals in succession of such food as needs to be chewed over, and is made to work hard, as at plowing, all the time between meals, what time does he have in which to prepare that food for digestion except during the hours of night, when he should be expected to sleep? If the night, after a hard day’s work, is the only time in -which digestion can go on, is it strange that we find every year so many oxen that are “ off their feed,” have no appetite, and do not seem to be benefited by what food they do eat ? If cattle are fed meal after meal of long hay, with no time allowed for rumination, how can they be expected to long remain in perfect health ? Does this peculiar condition of the working ox explain the reason why a daily feeding of meal and less hay to a hard-working animal is a great deal better for him than hay alone ? And does the fact that the ox needs a long time every day in which to rechew his food, and that he cannot retain his health without it, account for the superiority of horses over oxen for doing very hard and continuous work for whole days at a time ? If the above propositions are pertinent, do they not help to throw some light on the long disputed question'? Which are better, oxen or horses for the farmer? The answer must depend wholly on the kind of work to be done, the length of time allowed for doing it, and whether the work is continuous for many houfs in succession or alternated by frequent resting spells, as when waiting for a cart to be loaded or unloaded.— l(ew England Farmer. A Good Bread Pudding.— Take five slicos of dry bread, or their equivalent in broken pieces, pour over—them three quarts of sweet milk, let them soak two or three hours, then add four or five eggs, beaten well with one large cup of sugar; a teaspoonful of salt, and spice or nutmeg to suit the taste. Do not crum the bread, but just break the slices in several pieces, letting them float in the milk. Bake in a dripping pan one hour and a quarter, in a moderately hot oven, by which time the pudding should be nicely browned, with a rich custard beneath the bread. To be eaten warm, with no dressing except butter. Very good cold. A five weeks’ Normal School for Plan ists and Organists will begin at Evanston, 111., July 8, offering superior advantages. Full particulars can be had by addressing W. S. B. Mathews, Chicago, 111. Wilhoft’s Tonic is not a panacea—is not a cure for everything, but is a catholicon for malarious diseases, and day by day adds fresh laurels to its crown of glorious success. Engorged Livers and Spleens along the shady banks of our lakes and rivers are restored to their healthy and normal secretions. Health and vigor follow its use, and Chills have taken their departure from every household' where Wilhoft’s Anti-Periodic is kept and’taken. Don’t fail to try it. Wheelock, Finlay & Co., Proprietors, New Orleans. Fob sale bt all Druggists. Johnson’s Anodyne Liniment may be used to ,advantage where any Liniment is desirable. In cases of severe cramps and pains in the stomach it is undoubtedly tbe best article that can be used internally. Habitual constipation leads to the following .results: Inflammation of the kidneys, sick and nervous headache, biliousness, dyspepsia, indigestion, piles, loss of appetite and strength; all of which may be avoided by being regular in your habits, and taking, say, one of Parsons' Purgative Pills nightly for four or six weeks. —Memphis has 180 lawyers to offend and defend her. White linen suits are all trimmed with open-work embroidery, af.,v

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