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water usually is better than water kept in pools 

 or even well water. Stagnant water cannot be 

 condemned too much. Drinking water is often 

 contaminated with organic matter — decaying 

 leaves, sewage, surface water, from manure piles 

 and outhouses, thus causing sickness and disease, 

 diarrhoea, dysentery and allied intestinal trou- 

 bles. Wells should be at least one hundred feet 

 from manure piles, outhouses, or from the sew- 

 age coming from the living house. 



Here is a simple and cheap remedy for 

 quickly testing water for contamination with or- 

 ganic matter: Purchase 5 cents worth of per- 

 manganate of potash. Keep in bottle well corked. 

 This chemical comes in small purple crystals or 

 needles. Drop a crystal in a glass of water with- 

 out shaking. If a pure purple color rises from it 

 or surrounds it, the water is drinkable and not 

 contaminated with organic matter to an appreci- 

 able extent. However, if a brown or mulky color 

 appears rising or surrounds it, this shows or- 

 ganic matter contained in the water, and should 

 not be used for drinking purposes. 



This test, as well as the foregoing, applies to 

 the drinking water for man as well as beast. 



Feeding and Fattening Horses on Molasses. 



When feeding the horse at night, give him 

 his regular feed in the box, then pour one table- 

 spoon of black molasses and thoroughly m^x with 

 a short stick. The next night use two table- 

 spoonsful and continue on in this manner until 

 you are feeding a* half pint. After that the 

 amount can be decreased or increased, which will 

 keep the horse's bowels moist and easy, and not 

 too loose. Corn or oats, either ground or whole, 



