THE EARTH'S BOUNTY 



clean cow gives more and better milk and but- 

 ter. Be careful about the water supply; let it 

 be bountiful and pure. One pail of boiling 

 water will take the iciness from several 

 pails, and prevent the consumer being chilled. 

 When horses come in hot, see that they are 

 taken into a sheltered place for their rub-down, 

 and are blanketed at once. If very wet, change 

 the blankets after a reasonable time. Pigs like 

 warm, dry beds as well as other cattle, and will 

 thrive better if their food is cooked. 



Poultry. Make up breeding pens; feed 

 warm corn at night. If the season is very 

 severe, remove perches and substitute big piles 

 of common hay. The birds will creep up on to 

 them at night, and keep much warmer than if 

 roosting. A bag of dry leaves and hay-mow 

 sweepings, emptied on the poultry-house floor, 

 will induce the hens to scratch, and provide ex- 

 ercise which they can't get when the ground is 

 covered with snow. A green bone and vege- 

 table cutter will earn twice its price if used 



every day, for green bones and vegetables mean 



385 



