Show it ta BREAKING HEIFERS FOR MILKING we have frequently seen uncalled for displays of choler on occasions of milking helf heir ers era resulting in nothing but injury to the frightened animal and being by liy no means conducive to the health and comfort of the luckless biped of the human species inflicting the retaliatory reali atory process blows for hicks kicks it is within the truth to say that many a young animal animals which with milder miller treatment treat meite m st have made an excellent has been spoiled for life by such harsh usage A hf if r if wull will broken to the milk pail is the tle pheoby by made worth at leat twenty per c cf jit nt jat more an increase bich will pay for some gome painstaking pains tabing taking tal ing in in dealing with her oar our readers are most of them aware of the tle success of mr rarey in taming the horse y kin Lin kindness duess and by self control herein iles lies the whole secret of gov government ern lent the pr prini prig in i c pie applies as well to other animals as to to the horse aud even not excepting the maseri piece of the animal orders man himself the in instinct which our lom estic anima a pot poi sess natu nari ally aily prompts them to avoid danger and anil liay thi y only on resist rests t m K ten danger is ap ar pre herded every one has noticed how shy a creature is OB first entering strange enclosures or at sight of new objects the handling of a hei bel helfers fers ferb ba bag is to her a very unusual proceeding and in addition the teats are often tender tenders and the bag caked and inflamed BO so as to be painful under even a gentle touch training fr for milking should commence long before calalo first teach the animal to welcome your coming by little presents of hay corn sait sal or some so me mothr delicacy she S e will soon permit the hand to be laid on her baek back ba k and enjoy tha gentle scratching and rubbing that may be given extend the hand to different parts of the body until she ebe will not flinch from haring baring her teats glaspe i 1 and the work may soon be accomplished without even a harsh word TL til a would ba be a good abood lesson for boys to practice as it would teach them the good effects of patience and kindness while at the same time it would be of great benefit berie berle oot fit both to the animal aal the ow ier tue TUB horticulturist AND and JOURNAL OF RURU ART AND ru rai BAI TASTE for april is on our table this favorite agricultural monthly is now indas eighteenth volume and enjoys a patronage in the castern eastern states which sufficiently evidences the high estimation in which it is held even where go so mahy axce lent publications of the kind have long iong issued forth to claim their share it was established by A J downing a noted honji in the year 1846 jt it is now edited by mead blead and woodward publisher publishers a and proprietors 37 park row new york city its mechanical appearance is inviting contains thirty two pages of reading matter and the same number of agricultural business notices useful for reference subscription price for single copies 2 per annum with usual reduction to clubs legislation ON THE CANADA THISTLE at the last session of the pennsylvania legi lature a law taw was passed to prevent the spread of the canada thistle hereafter any individual or corporation in the state allowing tile tue canada thistle to ripen oti on his bis or on their premises shall be liable to a fine of ten dollar up on each complaint that is pr prop properly oberly erly erIX established establish idl daud ladd l ardd arid any one who may fear the spread 0 oe the canada thistle upon his premises from frona the lands of his careless or thriftless neighbor may mtr five days notice enter upon a any lands where the weed is found grow ing cut it and recover pay for the labor and arid trouble THROWING FEx FENCES cirs an ox or cow that is accustomed to throwing fences may be prevented doing so by taking a large wire v ire lre and bending 6 it in the shape of a bow then bend the p points ointa in the shape of a fishhook fish hook tie two strings at F 1 8 to the wire place the hooks hook 1 8 in in the nostrils lightly and tie on the string to the point of each horn this will prevent 0 the most unruly ox or cow from throwing fences r rt asiz POTATOES s for planting are selling at ato jackson miss at the moderate price of it thirty dollars a bushel 4 RUINOUS u I 1 POLICY oregon an agricultural and ecock state imlig imports its butter from new york and cheese from california ON THE SOWING OF FLOWER SEED in order to be successful in raising flowers from froth seed it will be necessary to bear in mind that the smaller the seed the less deeply should it be covered with earth some seeds boeda are so small that they require only to be sprinkled over the ground and gentie gentle gently pressed into the soil and should the weather er prove very dry a layer of lamp damp moss ought to be placed over them till they germinate when care must be taken to have haver it removed there are few seeds that require such euch extreme attention ian irn small seeds as petunia ac sow about of an inch in ae depth ath those of I 1 I 1 larger arger size as mignonette Migno sweet alyssum I 1 ac about i lot of an inch in depth still larger as balsam balaam morning Mornin cr glory ac f ottin otan inch in n depth and ani ees ee eeg is of f the largest size as lupine N nasturtium ac fully I 1 inch in depth they be covered with finely pulverized soil or leaf mould slightly presse I 1 down and should be kept moderately moist by shading or slight sprinklings lings of water until they make their appearance when about one inch in height beight the plants planta must be thinned out from oi 01 e to two inches part apart ill til to prever prefer ft lt crowding tall varieties should be neatly staked tb to prevent injury from tylnn or ran ran I 1 the time for sowing 1 is 1 regulated k by latitude the last cf of A april AI and early ih may id fis about the right peri period Mere here J 0 I 1 EXTEN EXTENSIVE VE STRAW AiRRY rie iri in one cne county in maryland mere were ar te beven hun han dred ked acres of ti ii kap persons persona in that state have each pae gio abid arid twenty acrea acres at ald aid d three others one hundred hundres acres each ia in strawberry fieldg fields |