Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1827-05-10

operation OF t1e various animal iuOc.
lions.
Although the inferior animals are
not ike men, subject 10 lianaluraI np
peiItes, ca account of unnatural slim
ulants received into the stomach, they
unG1estlcnahly often consume more
ioad lnan IS necessary 10 maintain their
vIgor aud spirII 'rais surplus il Is
economy to ascertain and retrench
Corn Is cheaper ihan oats for horses.
because there IS more heat IN quantity
oil The same prize. 1t Is hcter TO be
gwen two or thfeetimes day IN sslail
messes--and TO be given dry. that the
n'as'lcatlon oil it may keep sic mouth
10 sealthy state.
To measure hay, thc tare Of bask
ct may be taken, and the bay gwen
from il IN small quantities through the
day, but chiefly at night
A horse that is not used, should be
fed with cgrn hot spsrlngIy. Ii should
be occasionally sailed.
Ii is no, perhaps generally consider
ed, that horses are subject 10 colds and
levers, as rcally as men, they shoud
therefore he used vita great tenderness
and delicacy, and often washed in cold
water. Toe Pulse generally indicaies'
the health Of a horse Ii may he field
about an inch hack ofihe eve, and 10
health beats about 30 strokes minnie
The great secret IN making horses
look well ahd DO well, Is attention 10
them Men who are above leuklng
to their hcrses, will seldom ride sood
ones
In using horses, i. Is better TO drive
hriskly and stop oiien. than TO d.iye
even slow y by long stages
Seed Corn Great Inconvenience
and damage is often sustained by far
raers, ~ consequence OF the depreda
tons made IN their corn fields hy
WORMS and birds. The evil is MOI
simply the additional labor OF replani
ing the portions destroyed by these
teprcdators, Eut tnuch loss IS often
sustained by neglectiag to replan, al
all, 10 msny Instances, OF dong il at
SO i,!e period in the season, that the
crop has not Sufficient time 10 come
10 majority. Therefore, in this as
veil as IN all other eases, pregenta,ives
are preferable TO remediate measures.
4 writer IN late nnmbel ofthe N
England Farmer, states, that from an
| article which he had seen u that ia !.
per. recommending eopperas dissolved
| ~ water, as beneficial steep for seed
corn, nc was induced to make the ca
pertinent the last year, which proved
! highly satisfactory and successful He
says. "the field winch planted
las, year var more Than hall destroyed
BY worms aud birds, the last time /;
was planted, about eight years before
principally ny the cot worm.n -
adds that when ploughing The firld
last year, many oil these worms were
discovered, and he expected the,
would commit as great havoc AS on
the fOrmes OCCASION: bu! it proved
otherwise for scarce hill or a spire
was destroyed" He attributes this
10 the use of The copperas water a.
many neighAoring fields, were IL was
not used, were almost entirely de
stroyed. The process used in this
ease ls as follows "A bout one and =
hall pounds OF copprra. was dissolved
in sufficient quantity of warm water
TO cover three pecks of cort. In this
the corn was soaked about forty eigbi
hours previous to planting
"rhe only dagger, (as The editors
OF the n England Farmer, Justly re
mark,) is that OF destroying the vege
tstive principle, by sleeping the seed
to long IN am acid or puogem liqua;
'and such is copperas water. this salt
being composed principally Of sui
phnrc acid and IRON" The danger.
# any, may he altogether avoided
bs using a weaker soluiation, say one
pound oi copperas IN two pals OF wa
ter, and instead OF so.k,ng the seed
forty eight hours, let il steep about
thirty, then II would be we'll 10 drain
of the water, and mix with the seed
such qnantlty OF stacked lime, or
ground plaster, as will absorb the
mois'ureaGd coa, the surface Of the
seed, This SO far from DESTROYING
the vegetaiIve principle, II is believed
will be found to promote the growth
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