’Washing' Machines. — Here, again, we are confronted by a
multitude of improvements, all claiming to excel. The use of laundry
machinery, whether of Bradford’s, Lloyd’s, Twelvetree’s, or any other
make, ’cannot be too strongly recommended to the house-wife who
aspires to economize time and money. The ‘ Vowel ’ washers and
wringers appear to give general satisfaction, although many other firms
produce articles of considerable, if not equal merit. But in buying any
such labour-saving appliances, the purse and taste are perhaps the
truest guides. Anyway, do not be without a washing machine and
indiarubber wringer, or wringer and maDgler combined, and patronize
a known make. When the washing is done at home, even inferior
machinery will accomplish more in an hour than manual labour will in
three ; while machines like Bradford’s will effect very much more.
Water Purification. — First among matters of sanitation stands
the maintenance, pure and undefiled, of the domestic water supply.
House-cisterns and water-butts ought all to be emptied and thoroughly
scrubbed out once, if not twice, every year, and a little of Condy’s
Fluid should be added to the water with which this is done, so as to
entirely remove all impurities. It is the only preparation available for
this purpose, as it leaves neither taste nor smell after use. Nor need
there be any fear in using Condy’s Fluid for this purpose, as it is not a
poison. It is extensively used in India for purifying water for drink-
ing, and is ordered by the Board of Trade to be carried by ships for the
purpose of being added to the water in their tanks when it goes foul, as
it is so apt to do in warm latitudes. Full directions for cleaning
cisterns, etc., accompany each bottle of the fluid.
PART XY.
DIET AND COOKERY
FOR DOGS.
Well-nigh every home now has its dog or dogs, and as with man the
health and comfort of his 1 four-footed faithful servitor and friend ’
depends, however little the fact may be recognised, upon regularity in
living, and the nature of the food given him. In the domesticated state
the digestive organs of the canine, more particularly among the higher
and valuable breeds, are far from strong as is popularly supposed. On
the contrary, his organization is complex and delicate, as any experienced
breeder will at once confirm. Not uncommonly we hear people say,
‘ Oh, a dog’s stomach will digest anything.’ Many, unfortunately, act
up to this ignorant belief, the life, and when not the life, the vigour of
the animal being cruelly sacrificed. And why this unintentional
cruelty ? Because the dog in order to assist a naturally weak digestion
delights to gnaw bones, and at time, for some occult reason, displays a
morbid appetite for offal, filth, and putrid flesh, from which depravities
he should be relentlessly driven seeing how often they engender serious,
sometimes fatal diseases. To be in good health, and to retain it, the
‘ canine ’ needs to be judiciously, regularly, and well fed ; his food should
be thoroughly cooked and adapted to his individual powers and condi-
tions of existence, care being taken to overcome any innate objection to
a partly vegetarian diet, without which action will be irregular, and
suffering ensue. Animals used in early life to Spratt’s Puppy Pood, or
whose mothers were fed on Spratt’s biscuits before whelping, seldom
display this troublesome dislike to vegetables.✪ Dog Food
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’Washing' Machines. — Here, again, we are confronted by a multitude of improvements, all claiming to excel. The use of laundry machinery, whether of Bradford’s, Lloyd’s, Twelvetree’s, or any other make, ’cannot be too strongly recommended to the house-wife who aspires to economize time and money. The ‘ Vowel ’ washers and wringers appear to give general satisfaction, although many other firms produce articles of considerable, if not equal merit. But in buying any such labour-saving appliances, the purse and taste are perhaps the truest guides. Anyway, do not be without a washing machine and indiarubber wringer, or wringer and mangler combined, and patronize a known make. When the washing is done at home, even inferior machinery will accomplish more in an hour than manual labour will in three ; while machines like Bradford’s will effect very much more.
Water Purification. — First among matters of sanitation stands the maintenance, pure and undefiled, of the domestic water supply. House-cisterns and water-butts ought all to be emptied and thoroughly scrubbed out once, if not twice, every year, and a little of Condy’s Fluid should be added to the water with which this is done, so as to entirely remove all impurities. It is the only preparation available for this purpose, as it leaves neither taste nor smell after use. Nor need there be any fear in using Condy’s Fluid for this purpose, as it is not a poison. It is extensively used in India for purifying water for drinking, and is ordered by the Board of Trade to be carried by ships for the purpose of being added to the water in their tanks when it goes foul, as it is so apt to do in warm latitudes. Full directions for cleaning cisterns, etc., accompany each bottle of the fluid.
PART XY.
DIET AND COOKERY
FOR DOGS.
Well-nigh every home now has its dog or dogs, and as with man the health and comfort of his 1 four-footed faithful servitor and friend ’ depends, however little the fact may be recognised, upon regularity in living, and the nature of the food given him. In the domesticated state the digestive organs of the canine, more particularly among the higher and valuable breeds, are far from strong as is popularly supposed. On the contrary, his organization is complex and delicate, as any experienced breeder will at once confirm. Not uncommonly we hear people say, ‘ Oh, a dog’s stomach will digest anything.’ Many, unfortunately, act up to this ignorant belief, the life, and when not the life, the vigour of the animal being cruelly sacrificed. And why this unintentional cruelty ? Because the dog in order to assist a naturally weak digestion delights to gnaw bones, and at time, for some occult reason, displays a morbid appetite for offal, filth, and putrid flesh, from which depravities he should be relentlessly driven seeing how often they engender serious, sometimes fatal diseases. To be in good health, and to retain it, the ‘ canine ’ needs to be judiciously, regularly, and well fed ; his food should be thoroughly cooked and adapted to his individual powers and conditions of existence, care being taken to overcome any innate objection to a partly vegetarian diet, without which action will be irregular, and suffering ensue. Animals used in early life to Spratt’s Puppy Pood, or whose mothers were fed on Spratt’s biscuits before whelping, seldom display this troublesome dislike to vegetables.
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