| Show agricultural HINTS 0 OX 04 4 TIIE THE management OF farm STOCK ilsa use similar means to make your cattle ac understand der stand you to those you would employ towards a person who does doea not understand your language speak pleasantly to them at all times observing always that you use nearly tila ilia same words in all similar situations for instance y your cow enters the barn floor say to her go out these sounds she will retain if not frightened out of them by a kick or blow when next she slie enters a forbidden enclosure say to her azain again go out she will soon understand the meaning of these sounds and you will soon notice with pleasure liow how readily lysh slie will obey you if you say fay to her this is no place for you you must go out by a similar course back bright if not previously urn ly ruined by mismanagement will soon learn to use their utmost strength by your simply saying to ahem plem you must pull hard here we once oace knew a who used the ilia same lan jan guadi to his horse that he would use to a boats crow crew tew in m pursuit of a whale pull puli ahead pull stay star oard jard pull larboard astern cistern all ac and lie v s s ns na rek rei readily dily dlly obeyed by the horse as he could coald hive li tcp been bien by a boats crew W wo once hid an opportunity to try this thia system unon ubon a heavily loaded team of three horses that were sst set at the foot fool ef or a sand hill we were within sight and witnessed for half an hour or more wore the usual whipping p ping and swearing swe arlig practised practiced by many great te amers although the horses were nearly exhausted and we lad lid llad had previously been buen told that the leader was a perfect v vixen IX i and dangerous to approach when excited we determined to try our system all know the fix a sandy road will be snafter in after arter a team has been set for hall naif on an hours and that it requires a much geater greater amount of force dostart to start the tiie carriage than before we spent less than five minutes I 1 int itt a wiping the foam off soothing and forming an acquaintance with them before we asked them to i art hert no whip or a spur beur p ur was esedor or loud command given each horse livorse did liis his utmost the deeply im bedded wheels turned on their thein axles nor did they stop again I 1 while in sight ac Acrus toni toai all your cattie cattle poultry ac to come 0 o you vou bya by a peculiar whistle fortach for each vach particular lond lund you will soon see ile the lie advantage that this thu is to you in a saving of both time and labor lalor if your cattle are aro going astray a whistle will bring back if astray whistle whist lefand lerand and if w within thin hearing they will soon find you your ducks or geese are upon the lake or river sound t their thein eif elf call cali and they wiil will immediately answer land laud nd r return n so with y your our fowls yeu you will soon find this course to save you much vexation and materially add to the pleasure of ilfe life all however cannot be accomplished complis comoli hed shed by simply speaking mildly treating kindly or whistling each kind of stock should be constantly under the particular care of one person parson only or if left at any one time to another should ba be left with one who fully understands the system practiced and who would not be likely to make any altera alteration tiou in it while your stocks are being trained to this courso always when they obey you give them some reward an apple or two or a little of or any hing hing that they highly relli li together with a few kind words and caresses that they may understand that they have done ri right lit they will soon form a good opinion of your you acquire a tolerable knowledge of your ian lan language and become much attached to their homes floston boston traveler cranberries for some boms years past I 1 have llave been m aking experiments in raising cranberries the plants I 1 have set have all been taken fro from m wet ground at first I 1 set some in the tile garden they Jived ived a few years but bore no fruit next I 1 put some in a cold springy place lna ina in a meadow they did not flouri flourish sli bat but disappeared in a few years 1 I 1 then tried them in a wet spongy mosi they aliey grew thriftily and bore fruit abundantly last lastly y I 1 I 1 set some in the top of a hill on a gravelly gravy knoll so barren that nothing else would grow there during the first ygor the plants barely lived the next ye arthey grew a little the third they set out runners aud nud ud bore a few berries the fourth year the runners extended themselves id iii every direction so as nearly to cover the grou grom ground n they blossom d fully and ebore a medium quantity of fruit havin having 0 lived through the greatest drought that we had ever had hat year I 1 con consider them acclimated and adapted to the he from these experiments I 1 have come to the conclusion that the tho best place for cranberries Is a spongy moss mobs where thero there is just water enough to keep ft it moist the next best place is a bed of sand both act ou on the same principle that of a sponge to absorb water from the air and also from the subsoil cranberries receive their nourishment mostly from the air and water they also want plenty of sunshine running water is not good for them cold water will kill them theland the mand and too much water will drown them grass will choke them and run them out correspondent of the massachusetts ploughman irrigation A NEW nica mr air west read a letter from harvey IV vail of islip L Ls I 1 sf bating citing that he lie is one of warners werners warn Wr ers ners pumps by wind power by which he fills a reservoir that sup aup supplies his farmstead with water tile advantage of the pump is its cheapness 1 to 25 and durability and adaptability to wells of any depth the plunger is so constructed that it serves as an air chamber it is also free brorn from any difficulty of freezing mr west also submitted a plan of pump of his own invention mr air west recommends thesa pumps and windmills to irrigate lands he also recommended a doable acting water ram of his hla invention that is 13 much more effectual in throwing water and more simple in its operation ile he thinks it will throw 50 per cent more waler than the rams now in use mr brew brewster s ter ten tays cay he will make windmills wind mills sul sui suitable talle tails to opera apera operate te warners pump pomp for W 50 and raise g gallons allons a minute several other gentlemen gentleman recommended om mended this pump highly A gentleman from long long iong island said lie he had one iu in a well 42 feet reet deep with which he could throw a barrel of water a minute over a two story house operating it by hand ex PEACH GRAFTING have bod some young seedling peach trees about your yard or garden it if so select elect a pen from some choice pea peach c h two wo or erthree three buds ion lon iong ions trim it to a wedge form then cut off one of these young seedlings a little below belov the surface of the ground split the stump down I 1 va inch then hen with the point of your knife open the thie split and carefully insert your wedge shaped pen with the barks fitting on one side with your fingers press the he earth firmly against the sides of the stumpy stumps and then cover the joint and half way tip up the pen with loose earth and you are done dore no bandage no tying no cutting off taproot tap root or any such thing for they ve arc all stuff and hum b bug bus ug just try a few in this way and tell fell me next fall if you have not pot thrifty well formed trees from four to seven feet high with limbs from the ilia ground and filled with bloom buds soil of the south A tame roil foit ERS the perfume of flowers may be gathered according to the mcinti fic fie airie Atrie american in a very dimple manner and aud without apparatus gather the flowers with as little litile stalk as possible and place them in a jar three parts full of olive or almond oil after being in the oil twenty four hours put them into coarse cloth and squeeze the oil from front them this process with fresh flowers is to be repeated according to the tile strength of the perfume desired the oil being thus thoroughly perfumed with tile the volatile ati a principle rin ciple of the flowers Is to be mixed with an equal quantity of pure puro rectified spirits and shaken ever eyer every day for a fortnight when atinay be poured 0 off r ready roady ady for use ex A gentleman from western ohio gives the following recipe for preserving tomatoes in their natural state the idea is n new to p V and we should think a very plausible one guf gut ol 01 off T the tomatoes while green leaving a portion of the vune vine attached to them and bury them in the earth as you would potatoes or beets in the he spring ingvor you sou will find them thein perfectly matured and ri ripe with itil a flavor as fresh and delicate as it if just u t p picked td from the garden garde ii city fact |
