Rensselaer Union, Volume 6, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 June 1874 — Feeding Meal to Cows. [ARTICLE]

Feeding Meal to Cows.

The best way to give meal to cows is either to mix it with some cut hay, moistened so that the meal will adhere to it, or to scald it and give it in the shape of a thin gruel as a drink. In the first place it is necessary to perfect digestion that the saliva should be mixed with the food and that the food should he returned from the first stomach to the mouth for a second chewing or rumination. This is only done when the food is bulky, requiring considerable chewing. In the second place the gullet, or passage from the mouth to the stomach, in ruminants, opens directly into the third stomach, having intermediate longitudinal openings closed by lips, by which the food enters the first and second stomachs. If the food is bulky and solid it separates the lips of these openings and finds an entrance to either or both the first and second stomach. If otherwise, it passes over the closed lips and enters the third stomach. In the first case, by a periodic inverted action of the gullet, the food is thrown in small quantities from the stomachs to tfi" where it is reduced to a soft semi-liquid condition, in which state it is passed easily to the third stomach for digestion. In the second place it misses this process of rumination, and is therefore not in a condition for perfect digestion, and the meal is seen to pass away in considerable quantities unaltered.—American Agriculturist. A schooner with a cargo of 25,000 bushels of corn recently sailed from Chicago for Cork, Ireland. One would naturally suppose that she had to make a long and tedious land-journey through Canada, but this she avoided by taking to the Canals of that country. —“ Tom, what in the world put matrimony in your head?” “ Well, the fact is, I was getting short of shirts.” 1)b. R. V. Pierce, of the World’s Dispensary, Buffalo, N. Y., whose Family Medicines have won golden opinions and achieved world-wide reputation, after patient study and much experimenting, succeeded in perfecting a Compound Extract of Smart-Weed, or Water Pepper, that is Aestined to become as celebrated as liis other medicines. It owes its efficacy not cntirely to the Smart-Weed, which, however, is a sovereign remedial agent, but largely to a happy combination of' that fieri) with Jamaica Ginger and other vegetable agents. The combination is such aslo make it a very pleasant remedy to take. Taken internally, it cures Diarrhoea, Dysentery (or Bloodv Flux), Summer Complaint, Cholera, Cholera Morbus, Cholera Infautum, Colic, Cramps and Pain in the Stomach, breaks up Colds, Crumps, Febrile and Inflammatory Attacks, Rheumatism and Neuralgia. Applied externally, it cures Sprains and Bruises, Frost Bites, Chilblains, Felons, Rheumatic Affections, Scalds, Burns, Cuts, Neuralgia, Pain in Back, Soreness or Stiffness of Joints, Btings and Bites of Poisonous Insects and Reptiles, 1 Caked Breasts or “Ague in Breast,” and Enlarged Glands; in short, is an unexcelled Lin. iment for Man and Beast. It is sold bv druggists. _ Wilhoft’s Tonic is not a panacea—is not a cure for everything, but Is a cathoiicon 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 Ur their healthy and normal secretions. Health and vigor follow its use, and Chills have taken their departure from every household where WHboft’s Anti-Periodic is kept and taken. Don’t fail to try it. Wbeelock, Finlay & Co., Proprietors, New Orleans. Fob sale by ai.t. Druggists. r Toothache proceeds from ague in the face operating upon the exposed nerve of a decayed tooth. Rub the gum thoroughly with the finger wet with Johnson's Anodyne Lint, merit , heat the face well and lap a flannel wet with the liniment on the face, also put a little of the liniment into the cavity of the tooth on cotton. The system frequently gets out of order and should, be at once regulated, else other troubles will ensue; when physic is needed take Parsons' Purgative Pills ; they are a safe, wholesome and natural medicine. The Northwestern Hobsb-Nail Co.’s “ Finished ” Nail is the best in the world.