Show ACRI aari agricultural CULTURAL NOTES having raving grown up among steers and oxen I 1 hava have some somo idea of the easiest way in which a pair of oxen can draw a load after I 1 was fifteen years of age 1 I vas was ed to manufacture the file c for my fathers and when it 1 is rightly rights made itji it anthe ahe abe easiest ea sl estar ar ran range gement menh for a i pair of oxen to draw a load with ali all and the ease and comfort with NV aich they thes could draw a load from three to ten frn miles is evide evidence uce nce in ln of what I 1 as sert the she ale of the ilie wire wie of ot the bow as well as is the size bize size of the tile bow bor itself should vary according to tile tho size of the ox A v very cry largo large x ilu liu 1 a capacity to wear war a three inch bow bowise bp tween the thee knuckle of his i houlder and his liis neck while a EL stee requires only about an inch and a alala the bow should not note be so x bear upon the knuckle of oft t 0 io o shoulder nor so narrow as to pinch tb the neck but should be of just the right width to bear directly tle the twp tiep tho the throat af pf ft tho bo bow w should be of the right size to 6 allow th the arteries veins and trachea perfect freedom the throat of the 8 staple stapie 16 should come on olk a stra straight igia igla 1 line between the shoulders of the two oxen oxen if the throat of the staple is ii above this line ling the tho yoke yok draws back an tile the neck nock and throat of tho bow chokes the ox that part ofalie of the tho yoke joke that bears upon tho n neck ck should be neither oa flat nor ion too round but should e of a gentle oval and should be painted oiled nor var varnished nish but should be bip covered tightly and ante smoothly a piece of ane large largo adough to allow it to be faar bened with tacks that will wil I 1 be bp out butof af the tile reach of the neck neek of the thie ox ox A man accustomed to oyon oxen call can judge by their habits whether they require a long or short yoke and whether they will work in an even yoke or not and make it chording ly I 1 used to make them thorp of white whito birch not grey birch and the bows of white oak make malke the ring of inch iron and the staple of the tho best Russ russia lairon iron largo in ill the throat and drawn down to three fourths of an n inch and put through three fourths inch h holes hoies ole oie in umio the tho yoke yolie lind and fastened with akey arey a key on top of the yoke when prop properly eily elly made the whole gear can ean bo be carried in the hand i as is easily as a pail pall of water the ox is a patient servant and for the tho sale sake saxe of brim hrim humanity anity do not make male e him a subject ot of experimental torture 0 if pau VaU er in massachusetts ploughman rev rdv mr murrays Mur rays nays assertion in his tee tec recent addres that farming dont pay meet with universal assent there are ara hundreds and thousand thousands 4 orl ore e suca suc sue farmers not take any filly stock in such suich an idea because they know it so they stick to it too mr murray must don his box 1 ing glove gloe here is 14 n sturdy old ve vermont amont farmer who tells him that he doesn doean what lie he is talking alkina about when he says as he be did in 11 1 his recent address in the vermont state fair that agriculture in tile the green mountain state pay the farmer un unhesitatingly i tingly asserts that from the first settled settlement ent of vermont to the present day agri 1 culau e has paid better than a any ax other pursuit within its is borders 1 1 the fact is it depends upon how it la Is conducted as ag to whether therit it pays or not poor and shiftless farming wont pay pas any better thard thadd poor noor and shiftless ni mechanical or literary work but intelligent farming in must payas pasas pay pas as bougas long iong as people are u under nd the tho necessity of 0 eating and anci drinking and buying and paying for what they eat oat and drink iras inas jas ploughman you s speak of or five selected t tubers 0 of f eady rose grown in lockport N Y weighing five pounds five ounces es and imply they would bo hard to beat we enu enn enn can do it easily r 1 I 1 myself random took tooka a potato early russet ft from om a heap of fifty bushels which weighed eighteen ounces and a fraction PY sound and oblong iu in shaper lt is is now to be seen at it one of out stores furthermore mr va van 4 horn oil on h his is city lot here hero 1 year raised a double irish potato weighing two pound three ounces and no doubt about it pon uror leverett of agricultural university here till thi year lia iia has 4 produced trophy tomatoes of eighteen ounces and thinks he can pan do much better iret ett P af T fayetteville ark ar GOAT A cord corn correspondent spon you gently chlde chide u us 3 f for or practically placing the co cashmere goat oat nt the ort loft hand band he nay may nas he e lovely in his life and savory savors in his pul inary uses ho may sell seil for a fahs ulo uio ulous us price an and d his hia wool be worth its weight in precious metal lie may evolve revolve the silkiest coat and juiciest meat froin rom pastures of thorn and thistles whistles es eg and hr briers lers and needs needa no careful shelter ou during ring I 1 the wintry storms do we not know he ho scorns a roof except to make his couch the thereon feon icon all this and more and yeo yet vie nie we would not mot advise a person wk wiio ares caret for dol lars to inv dinv invest est in this direction besides itsinie if since thee theo camere shawl creatures have stood upon their merits j t and cannot 3 yet 34 4 shiow a balance 6 of profit iry ity alay any logi way waynor alor havo hava madea a market markel fyr their produce that c out by diligent sear search elif why adlain a plain inference is that they fail to occupy any suc such ground as themore the more pro fi n table oleen they may have their uses wha aha creature has not but ut we au suspect hect that at a present the they y stand in ivi the same category with the famous silk slik worm and the well remembered morus id i new york tribune the vie C I 1 of floriculturist a of western massachusetts dismiss P F R campbell of plainfield for this summer rummer ummer A morning glory very veny carefully cultivated by her produced by actual coun count 1259 perfect blossoms of a deep crimson colon color on oil tile the ath of september the jiant llant showed sl blossoms on the lith 53 and then camo came a frost A a luei cruel fir fil frost 0 st an and id nipped a host of buds of promise so fades all the morning mornin galory glory of this world A recent visitor to the fruit houses of boby roby castle castlo in england speaks ot having seen growing on a pot plant a providence pineapple pille pine apple appie which measured mea suied twenty four dour inches in iii circumference and weighed about eleven pounds A ion lon long iong C wall bomes comes from every eiery part of the tile country except the south for the ilie loss of appi appl cherry and pear trees for grapevines ampo vines anel anil ever even evergreen greens all by tho the cold winter d of f 18 1873 somo some surprising crops of wheat are reported potted re from IA madison adison county 1111 ili iii by I llon ion hon W V C fla flagg mg for or L example x J 0 OS S p rino ring e r if 10 acres 41 bushels to the thet acme acre joseph irwin 9 acres 47 bushels to tb the e acre vm M TS tad springer springen 10 acres a ere cre s 51 50 sio 8 10 bushels bushel 5 to tho the th acre in S HI t elair clair county john Westi ih lif 12 acres nearly ry 4 bushels to tiie the tile acre I 1 A london paper reports that lar large 9 e quantities titles of the finest strawberries gan t that at came to the city cly markets ata during sig the past season grawn grown upon land irrigated with choge the rho largest pair of oxen in new england was exhibited at borcea ter mass cattle show and their weight was wa pounds 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