Southern shield., 1855-07-07

entirely owing to the manner Qffeed- ;ng, and if any~of your readers will follow our course exactly, we are con- ident the milk or butter will never taste of turnips.
 We had two men to milk ten cows each; the third man put the turnips in long box and cut them with a spade, after which four quarts of corn and cob meal were ,splinl. GU sacF busbel.-As soon as the milking was finished, the cows were fed one peck of turnips each; this was done twice a day, and the cows gave good supply of milk. 1 think the time of feeding is the point. The cows must be fed i,nmediatey after milking, and at no other time, and the quantity fed must be such as they viii eat up immediately. With these precautions we have a feed for COWS which can be raised very easily and very economically.
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 How TO CURE THE SCRATCHES IN HoRsEs.-A correspondent of the Maine Farmer gives the following remedy:-
 I notice in your paper several re- ceipts for the cure of scratches in horses; among them was that of so- lution of lime, which, if 1t had appear ed a little sooner, 1 should have been tempted to have tried it on 8 three year old colt, whose lameness, which appeared about tbree weeks since, was found to be caused by the scratches. After repeated applications of remedies said to cure the disease, for about a fortnight, with apparently no effect, l applied a coat of zine paint and oil.-- By examination the next day after the priming or application of paint, found signs of amelioration of the condition of the sores, andin day or two decid led signs of improvement, and now, al though it has been but few days, the colt is free from lameness, and the sores are healed. The remarkable ra- pidity with which this cure was brought 'about was evidently owing to this sim pie and easily applied remedy, and the Iobject of speaking of this remedy IS the good of those horses whose owners are ignorant of its good effects, in this l disease.
  How TO CURE CALLS FROM THE HAR- NESS OR SADDLE.-Major Long, in his valuable account of his expedition to the Rocky Mountains, says that his party found white lead moistened with milk, to succeed better than anything else in preventing the effects of the gals on the horses back, in their march over the plains that border the mountains. Its effect in smoothing or soothing the irritated and infamed sur face was admirable.
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 PROTESTANT Cow.-An Tishman who is the proprietor of a boarding shanty on a railroad, recently purchas- ed COW, which being rather wild, he had to halter and lead home. When he arrived at the door of the shanty, This better half opened the conversation thus:
 ''Well, Pat, where did you get that |brute?"
 "Sure I got her of MT. H."
 "What." said she, "did YOU buy 8 COW from a Protestant? But as you Ihave done SO, 1t won't be any harm to put a little holy water upon her."
 "Faith, that's well thought of, said Pat. So without relinquishing his hold of the brute, he held out his hand to receive the holy water, and rubbed 1t on the animals back, making also the sign of the cross, at the time of performing the operation.
 It so happened that the old woman Handed him by mistake, bottle of vitrioI, and Pat, being unware of the act, felt astonished that the COW should vince so under the operation, but rub Ibing on the supposed holy water sec ond time, the infuriated animal kicked
 up her hoofs and broke loose from Pat, to the astonishment of Molly, who ex- claimed:
 "Howly Mither of Moses. Isn't the Protestant faith strong in her yet ..''
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ l A WORD TO BoYs.-Who is respec- Ited? It is the boy who conducts him himself well, who is honest, diligent, and obediont in all things. It IS the boy who is making an effort continually to respect his father, and to obey him.
 whatever he may direct to be done. It is the boy who leaves no effort untrled I :...A ole In Ennulndnn and