, 1860-06-29

FLO RINGING.


A correspondent Of the Canadian 44gr;cul- |
turist gives the following directions for ringing
pigs: If you have not the misfortune to be q |
bncl1elor, your wife or daughters will have au
old bonnet or two thrown away, with the wire
in them; tuke this wire, run it through the |
flame of candle to take off the covering, use
little sand-paper to hriehten.it, cut i up into
szs of four pigs, file OF grind one end sharp,
and they are lit for use. 1fyou buy your wire,
get stout bonnet wire, or rather anceBltd wire;
then take rope the size Of a bed cord, make q
lnrge moose BY tying alp knot ut one end Of
it, put the moose in The pig mouth abore ms
ucar to post or rail about three feet high. be.
stride his neck, take n wire, and with pair oi
pliers push it quickly .up through his snout,
about half m inch from the centre and half nj
inch deep. or more if q big pig. bring tue two
ends to meet, and t" ist them together close up
to The suout, putting T. brad awl or nail between
the wires to prevent twisting the flesh, then
double the twisted wire up into as round lump
rs you can. DO the same on each side. When
! do:e, pull at your slip knot aud let him free,
| taking care that the rope does not catch the
wires and Jerk them out. and they will be there
| ut Christmas if rightly done.
snoE1xc HORSES.
Tie Aoree turning his toe out,odrds,-on ex
| aminiug horse preventing this defect, we per-
ceiye deviation in the normal structure Of
| either the whole limb or merely the lover part:
In the first Instance the elbow IA closely applied
to the chest, and the whole Of the leg is turned
| outTards. 1t is difficult to place the hand be-
| tween the olecranon and the particles OF the
chest. In the second instance The deviation he-
gins at the knee; or perhaps the fetlock il only
| more towards tue medium line than the heels !;
or finally the hoof only desiates by the reno.
ral or undue wearing Of the inner quarter. II,
in taking up The foot it is found snat the in
| .uf a. nL1 1hdt$ $Eo
inside one, the coEresponding side Of the hoof
is more elevated. When, however, the defect
arises from the articulation, the contrary takes
placc. These defects ere net always Of the
same importance. When they are caused by
the inequality of the hoof the remedy is sim.
ple, and all that is to be done is TO give level
bea1ing TO the foot by the application Of sui.
tAb!c shoe. If the deviation depends on the
art cuiation, then tho remedy must be effected
by making one side Of the shoe thicker and al
50 by certain notifications in placing the na
holes, tthe shoe advocated is son'e what sim'la'
| 10 our fe4ther edged shoe.) The principal OBJ
iect is to alter the ac11on Of the horse SO as Il
make him turn his toe.nall inward, and to pre-
. vent cutting, which is consequent on this con
. ! formation Of the foot
. The contrary defect is when the toe turns in
: This is TO be remsdied bY making the outsid
, Of the shoe thicker, SO as to throw the weigh
: more OIL the inner quarter. In this case the e'
bow is turned outwards 80 much IN some case
1 that The fist may be easily placed between th
t oIecranon aud the chest. The foregoing diree
!. tons are from the London Fet<rjaarian, OF
= Of the very highest authorities.
q THE GARDEN.
Il HOW TO PRESERVE cuRRAS7s.
r The Rer. Nr. Ordway, at the meeting OF Ii
e Illinois Horticultural Society, gave the follow
IF ing as his method Of preseryiug currants, th
ID remained good for seven years: " When full
& ripe, pick, wash, clean, and let them drip in
i cullender, then bottle. The old fashioned jnr
bottle is the best. 1at-Fill the battle up in
i'll tic neck about three.fourths OF an inch. ID
II. Shake them down thoroughly, and from Il
sh juice Of the same kind Of iruit fill the bot'
e- until it rises about three-fourths OF IN iu'
at above the fruit IN the bottle. Set the botl
re ia boiler of cold water on the store, allowi
he the water in the boiler to come q little abo
RI the fruit in the neck IF the bottle. Then ma
nd fire, and when II fully hoi1s, take out the fl
er, and set it on table, (she bottle will be fal
I'M and when it has settled about two inches in
ate water and let Them boil until used. us'ng lar
,u- corks. When the bottles are cold, put them
is cool corne, in llle cellar. This method is 60
prs Tor all kinds Of acid fruits. except gooseberri
md For these fill the bottles after the 1ruit is
ga. with water instead ofjuice, allowing it to ris
ice | little above the fruit Gopseberflts atc pei
'nlt | no. to. be quite ripe when bottled. 1t is
ex- necessary 10 use all the fruit at once on op
ish Ing The bottle: Keep it corled and twill 4
'uy good week."
at HOW 70 WATER PLANTS.
As a rule, water should never be given, u
~, the further withholding Of it would be de
afs asa mental to the plants. uabltual watering d.
M ?,s' in the majority Of cases, more harm than SC
IT. IT. Pants lett TO battle xith drought. send Il
@ @ao4s roots deep in starch Of moisture, and when
aoa s;s does come, they benefit more BY it than II
s1ce that have regular waterings all along. IT
,,.a ground is dug deeply, and kept in good he
ass n plants that have once got established will
ma drought for any length Of time, but things
ale' ly planted, aud that have not had time 10
ace, hold" must be kept supplied or their bel
" s,s a. NAV vauish for half the season. Succu
'atJ vegetables, too, which ought TO be kept gros
~ ~ quick, must have abundance, and OF cot
we, r. plants in pots must, Of necessity, have {
tne Gent There are two important points t
10; atten ded TO in giving water, one is to e1
oao the water to the san before using it, 10 re
n ,1 it soft aud VAIN, and the other il to 81
olcs' thorough soaking Ut once. sufficient to keel
aseir ground moist tor q week. Surprising the ~
nse' to be limited, but regular, the best way Of
onising both water aud time is to take the
den, piece By piece, watering each piece
,c,1a. oughlY every evening, and then beginning
that ~ a. o10>"
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