Show agricultural OTES NOTES wo we should bear in mind the tho fact that while sudden wealth is rarely acquired in farming neith neither r will great or sudden losses be met with if you want a con constant show of flowers choe choo cho choe e o the aster astor balf balaam am dianthus delphinium petunia lacca phlox Sc abiu trino lium idomea bouble boubie double Zinna 7 in na and verbena robert manning tells the cul twist that none of the lears pears ears recommended by the american society or in the usual lists for general cultivation will rot at the core provided they are gathered in season and ripened in then tinch ouse john G dietrich in the prairie farmer says achere there thero may be a few of your subscribers that would like to know how to break a cow from suck sucking in herself I 1 had bad one that did ani ang and have broken her for the present at least and time will tell as to the final result the plan pian is simply to put on a halter or a 11 strap over her head that will hold bold a common bridle bit in her mouth she cana can cann eaic and tand drink just ae na well as before in a short ashert time my ily cow wore the bit about two montbrand month sand elas eias as been without it about tho the same vanie time lime and I 1 have not known her to fall from grace once ay I 1 see pee by my poultry book that I 1 lahd bad sixty feisty hens beris in sold bold that year vear eggs in fu 1842 had nine by bym cwb W 4 huns buns V anad an ri trod 5 4 it atad used eggs in 1853 february 12 lei 1 counted the owls fowls and aud found three hundred and eighty hens and thirteen cocks sold eggs profit on eggs that year besides the manure which I 1 valued at ten cent cents i per hen and the eggs and fowls consumed in the family most of the eggs we sold in new york for eighteen cents per dozen the price of grain that vear year was oats fifty cents bom corn eighty cents buckwheat fifty six cents they laid eggs each cacti that year santud seeley in poultry world when a horse comes in all wet with perspiration said an english groom to an american li I 1 you lot him stand in the stable and dry with all the dirt on in england we take the hor horse hore e as ho lie comes in in from a drive and sprinkle blood warm water all oyer over ov ermun ermen him nim from his head to his hia feet then we scrape serape scrape him down and blanket him rubbing his legs and face dry thus in an hourlier hour he is clean and dry and ready to take a good feed while with your way tle tie he will stand and swelter for hours and finally dry sticky and dirty our horses never founder and never take cold we never use a curry curly comb you your horses too hard the only care necessary nece gmary evary is to have the water not very cold then bathe them in ine instantly E bitant whilo while you are rubbing their legs TheN the new now Lew york spirit of the age tells us how to shoo horses van der bilts race horse 11 mountain boy 3 12 was troubled with corn corns s i the commodore being convinced convince d that it was the fault of bad shoeing his investigating mind was wai struck with the error of cutting away the frog ofa of a honses horses foot the frog must have this rt reasoning led to the invention of the goodenough horseshoe horse shoe which protects the foot against corns and other all ail ailments aliments ments inus has peculiarities which cause came its adoption by several of the largest omnibus railways in sew new rew york system forbids tampering with the frog of the tile foot root this spongy provision of nature acts act as a buner butren at every step the foot takes and it is cruel to c cut ut it away vanderbilt says that t the he adoption of this system soon cured all his horses of any trouble in their feet those desiring dearing to construct a temporary or cheap fence for fowls are referred to the following plan chuh wo we copy from the rational national live stock J jurnal procure scantling fourteen or sixteen feet iu in length and ana cut them into seven or eight feet pieces and set so that they will project above aboa e the I 1 ground round five feet on U the ke top of them nail a strip of or inch boar board six inches i width and along the bottom close to the ground a tip of the same and you have your framework frame work complete the lath should be put on with lath or shingle nails and need only lap on oil to the tho board at the bottom two inches next saw a bunch of baths laths in two and with a strong jackknife jack knife sharpen the end of each piece after which extend your pickets above the top board by bk nailing on the sharpened pieces allow ing them to lap on the top board three inches you have now a finished nence fence six feet nine inches indies in height beight of course this would not do where stock could rub against it but for town people who want a few fowls and have to keep them confined it is just the thing 0 there is not one single advantage to be claimed in favor of big hogs there never was a bouster monster hog which did not make the man who raised it pay for every pound he weighed they do not furnish an ounce of meat gratis but charge full price for each atom of or their carcass when slaughtered it takes a long iong on time to get got cool ta the marrow in the bone and then when the hams are put pub in salt balt it is troublesome to finish them to the centre four hundred live weight is as large as hogs should be in order to make good bacon beyond this size there is a loss somewhere elther either tho feeder reeder butcher or consumer is cheated and aa as a general thing every one who has anything to do with the bi big ajo hjo hog will find lind if ir I 1 0 01 orves i clo CIO reefy bioty thiu thit tl they lev ley am are not so profitable as the smooth nice hog only pounds weight A mail email head with little upright oars cars and delicate to perfection are marks which indicate the greatest amount of food consumed and it will wili always draw more readily the attention of every butcher V P 0 to o talfo prairie farmer says for the last nayl vayl six years I 1 I 1 stave ave been haltering my colts when about one week old and when hen the mother is worked the colt is tied by her side I 1 find many advantages in beginning so soon with them among which are the colt is learned to lead in a very few min minutes uteri seldom more moie than fifteen being thus early handled they have no fear of being hurt when any one comes around them they learn to travel on the road without fear of the vehicle behind them or of meeting others there is no danger of losing them or having them stop on the road to cause you to go back after them two or three times timea going back for a colt will break one to lead by the tile side of the mother when so trained thy are ready to work as soon as we they are am old enough I 1 have two now that were no trouble to break all that they had bad to learn was to tull iuli pull puli they knew what was behind ind and had no fear of being hurt one I 1 harnessed without assistance and drove seven miles and back the first afternoon neither of these colts colte has n naturally the best of te tempers but atey they nie aie now boniv a very pleasant team to drive in any place and to any kind of carriage kindness Kind ness nesa in all cases is necessary in training 1 I do not say breaking colts and 11 firmness is quite as necessary in early training a young colt will very soon learn that man is his master and that he be will not be hurt if he is quiet the colt learns a little at a time too and leams learns that little well and he never forgets it in beginning with colts old enough to work they are expected to learn too much at once A colt should not be expected to leam learn all he is to know at one time any more than a boy should learn all that is necessary for him to know at one term of school try the plan of leading the colt when the mother is at work |