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Show FARM AND GARDEN. SUJliiriK PRUNTNG OF GRAPEVINE3. When summer pruning, or more prnporly, shortening back, is to be practised, it bhould be commenced as soon in the spring as the fourth leaf is forming on tbe cane above the fruit or blossom racemes. When this fourth leaf is just lorminp, take hold of tbe end ot the cane and pinch it ofl- Whpn many of the fruit bearir?g new canes are forming the lourth lent iintny others will be- forming tl e third lfrtf above tho bbtt-om racemes, and still others forming the second, etc. Tlusb should be allowed to puss undie'urbed, tbe truit growing over, but should be attended to in tbe same way when they attain to tbe samel condition, or wbcu tbe fourth leaf ib forming, or is the terminus of the cdue. It is plain that vines on rich, damp soil will require going through , much ollener than those on light and dry soils, but the pruning, except in this particular, should be about the same tbat is, whatever is done should be by taking oft' ihe terminal leavi"wben tbey are so tender that they can be pinched off easily with the thumb and finger. We must not be understood as speaking of the sap or water canes, which should be broken or nibbed off entirely at their juncture wiih the old wood as soon bb ttiey make their appeaiance. We ought, perhaps, in this connection, to suy that what we me in by ttdp or water canes is those canes or shoots that put out ul wood more than one year o'd, aa out of the main stem or body of tbe vine, or out of old limbs below the one year-old wood; tbey are generally sap or water canes, and oury tend to rb tbe fruit-bearing canes of their proper support or bub-tenance. bub-tenance. Sacramento liecord Union. POINTS OF A DAIRY COW. Mr. Baldwiu of Ohio, at the late meeting of the American Dairymen's association, gave his views on the dairy cow as follows: It ia useleea to talk about beat breeds for dairy usts, because no one breed is entirely reliable. As tar aa the speaker's ob -servation had gone, tbe Ayrshire furnished the most good ones for butter making. There are about forty five different points indicative of good dairy cows. Some ot these point were named. A "dishing"" face ia one mart of superiority; also the milk veiu. A thoroughbred that will certainly reproduce berowuqual iiies must carry tbese points, wnicb are more often hidden io tbe male than lemale. Tue Bpeaker exhibited cuts showing got d points in venous breed of covs. Uood dairy c nv should havo thick, strong lips, nd eyes should be large, showing mucu white; eood milters are aUo spirited. Tne horna should have an upward. nrid lor ward direction, and tbe , .ttitiual nut; 8 rather luJiatiDt ; the I iiurue should also have a waxy up penraiiee, rather Hum dry. GoJ . ci.wssbould have snort bodies, heds, nCKS and legs; the ueck should be I neat, aud the ehnuldi ra light and neatly firmed, aud lower tuan th" bipa. Tnere are all through the country common com, whia i uavti many guod qualities fi r milkers, fthijh f.tnncrs nrgnt uaiiy improve Lo sides arc marks ol t;ouU cmlttr In short, the COW shouU be neat nud perfectly sbiptd, and rather wedge soaped, bmg broader in the rear, with light fltuss. Jersey d aud Ayr shires that are good milkers arc notable io these respects. In abort legged cows the uuder should bang low, nearly to the ground; tail long and Upenug. Many of tbese poi.iia are often not noticeable, but toe dwb ing fscft is one to which there should be no exception. SIMPLE REMEDY FOR FOUNDER. Il ft woman may be pardoned for presuming to feel compat-oion for all animals, and especially for that noble, faitbtul, self saenficiug, intelligent in-telligent nd beautiful, yet unappreciated unap-preciated aud abused creature, the howe, I woukl like to tell your rejders ol the way I saw a severe caco of founder entirely j;ured. On one of: tho warmest days ot last summer a! friend oi mine had occasion to take a1 somewhat lengthy drive, and em ' ployed for tbe service au old brse because aho was a good traveler.. She was permitted lo wuk a goodt part q tbe distance at tbe ternvalioo ji which she whs unhitched, and 'e t to resi ior sometime hyiofe feed'tU'e tbo food consisting at rir,B 0iti, ci106p,ed d the straw ad mstened with water. She had no drink for aomeb.ou.ra. On tho w.iy borne uti . eveuiDi- "he appear, d a.lgbtly lame in oe fore limb and uu niilicg to go o0 the wait. Well, tho next morning my fneud said tamo lneold horse is badiy toundered can hardly move. Now it you will helD me, I w;il try u experiment." ihe experiment conawtud in winding or enveloping ibe limba in pieces and Btnps o( cloth lo the depth of three or four inches, frtaienicg q ute tightly at tbe hoof, leaving OUeu ttt the ton then pouring in c-.ld water slowly t; half an hour; Hfier this WasdoneBbel was given a tablepoonlul of pulver ized alum in a bran ruali. Alter a-hour a-hour or bo she was l. d out tome dis, tiuce aud bick, teeouug to walk quitn fa-ily; ibe next mt the amir wa repeated, the cv.-nni; removed p .rually horn her limb.., uter u fay . r two tnkeu off entirely; the horee was weJl and is yet. Laura E. Sweeting, In Wtetern Huml. |