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ADDITIOXAL HINTS AND RECIPES. 



der {pyrethriim roseum) recommended by British Medical Gazette and for sale at 

 druggists' and rat poison stores. A solution can also be made. 



New Food for Horses.— T\i\% is composed of two quarts of oats, one of bran, 

 and half a pint of flax seed. The oats are first placed in the stable bucket, over 

 which is placed the linseed ; add boiling water, then the bran, covering the mix- 

 ture with an old rug and allowing it thus to rest for iive hours ; then stir the mats 

 well up. The bran absorbs while retaining the vapor, and the linseed binds the 

 oats and bran together ; a greater quaiftity of flax seed would make the prepara- 

 tion too oily and less relished. One feed per day is sufficient : it is easily di- 

 gested, and is especially adapted to young animals. 



To Extricate a Mired A nimal. — The usual method is to fasten a rope around 

 the animal's horns or neck, and while this is pulled by some of the assistants, 

 others place rails beneath the body of the animal for the purpose of lifting it out 

 of the hole. This plan is sometimes effective, but it often is not, and at best it is 

 a slow, clumsy, and laborious method. The materials needed for the method 

 here referred to are all that are required for a much better one. This is very sim- 

 ple, and two men can operate it, and at a pinch, even one man maj^ succeed with 

 it. A strong stake or an iron bar is driven into the solid ground at a distance of 

 twenty-five feet or more from the mired animal. Two short rails, about nine feet 

 long, are tied together near the ends, so that they can be spread apart in the form 

 of a pair of shears, for hoisting. A long rope is fastened around the horns or neck 

 of the animal, with such a knot that the loop cannot be drawn tight enough to do 

 any injury. The rope is cast over the ends of the rails as they are set up upon the 

 edge of the solid ground, and carried to the stake or crow-bar beyond. The end 

 of the rope is fastened to a stout handspike, leaving about a foot of the end of 

 it free. This end is laid agamst the bar or stake, and the other end is moved 

 around it so that the rope is wound upon it, drawing it up and with it drawing the 

 animal out of the mire. The rope being held up to the tied rails, tends to lift the 

 animal and make its extrication very eSiSy.— American Agriculturist. 



Raivhide Strajts and Halters.— Tiike: the skin of cow. calf, colt, horse, or 

 other animal, cut it into narrow strips, and shave off the hair with a sharp knife 

 before the kitchen fire, or in your workshop on stormy days and evenings. You 

 may make them soft by rubbing. A rawhide halter strap an inch wide will hold a 

 horse better and last longer than an inch rope. It is stronger than hoop-iron and 

 more durable, and may be used to hoop dry casks and boxes, and for hinges. 

 Try it on a broken thill, or any wood work that has been split. Put it on wet and 

 nail fast. Thin skins make the best to use it in its natural state. For other pur- 

 poses it may be dressed. 



Rawhide Lariat or Lasso.— Take a green bull hide, lay it flat on a smooth 

 floor, cut off the legs and irregular pieces with a sharp knife until you bring it to 

 an oblong or oval shape, then commence at the outer edge and cut a strip an inch 

 wide or more, following the circular form until you have secured the required 

 length, which should be fifty feet, then wind it on tvv-o posts, trees, or stakes, 

 drawing it as tight as possible so as to stretch it. Then roll it foot by foot be- 

 tween two small boards to make it pliable, and then boil it in oil to keep it so, 

 otherwise it will become very hard and dry when it gets wet. Then make a slip- 

 noose at the end, and your lariat is complete. To ensure a good, free running 

 noose, bend the end on over an eye or iron ring three-fourths of an inch in di- 

 ameter. A lariat made of strips of buckskin braided and oiled is very serviceable. 



To Tote, Pack, or Cany a Deer.—i. In dragging the carcass of a deer to 



