The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1867-03-07

q The following appropriate remarks
this subject, are from the New
gland Farmer for February:
"a There is an old story about the St.
I, thony, the Patriarch Of Monks, who
"a d in Egypt a great many years
!, WHO was particularly sOlictiOus
Ut animals 1t was probably
"a his practices that the custom
aa be Of blessings passed on animals,
s still practiccd at Rome. He re
led no beasts, birds or fish, as hate
vs. So, ON a particular day, the
-, nedictions Of Beasts" is annually
lh ormed at Rome. 1t lasts for
q days, and every Romano, from
nd Pope to the peasant, who has a
)UHe, a mule, or an ass, sends them
, Gle blessed at St AnthOny's shrine.
ls a the English 90 with their job
les and favorite dogs, get them
l,,. ikled, sancufed, and placed under
rotection of this Saint. The same
- ice exist in Madrid, Spain, where
III and other useful animals receive
.issing in St. Anthony's Church.
y annot but have some respect for
customs, when they tend to fos-
alood feelings, and increase kind
qler nent TO the animals under our
On g, which are indispensable TO
/ ia If 3mfort and happiness. Some of
'ur, ys in February could not be bet
Isa- Gg ent By certain persons who hire
Of = at livery stables, by teamsters in
p and BY some farmers who feed
md load heavy, than by attending
,Anl the services at St. AnthOny's
'VDihl Reform among us, as far
d lis still needed in regard to the
Il / cement Of farm stock, as relates
~ latment-that is, influence over
= -as well as to the modes of
; pngg. An angry word and then
: : Il still the practice with some
l.T11ls, Whenever an animal varies
@4Ashe strict line of practice required
~ This does not arise so much
u II aolent temper, or Ill-feeling, as
ASp thoughtless habit-but it tells
Hesi fhe animals, nevertheless. a
LIE ractice Will enable an observing
- Tito decide what herds of cattle,
- -. barn, are treated with kindness
-'a' msideratiOn, and those which
.AasA ltrolled with harsh words and
INJL lit cannot be possible that an
Il AU5fho live in constant fear, who
Esated Whenever their master is
e . and tremble at his approach
oirssa IN that state of rest and com
which is necessary to secure
.,1.I ratest product from them in flesh,
-nT1nror milk An inconsiderable
! LeDV ding of horses and oxen is one
AND nost common cruelties inflicted
"a Them. More good horses are
in this way than in
'e'N' her; and the better they
NM begin with the more likely
ISOS, Nsto be ruined. Every farmer
,Fs Of know the dimensions of the
Type wagon he uses, and then what
ptl3pi .Sar q foot, or 4 cubic yard of sand,
t Med stone, lumber or manure will
! cuts OF course, this will vary
ertain circumstances-a a cart
tR fIreen manure will weigh twice
T ANp 4 a. the same cart full of that
NATL las been cOmposted. \ cord
y, Pt dung will weigh about 9,2S9
~ : ar nearly u a cord is often
which pair of oxen are ex-
on 10 hanl over plOughed ground,
ae feet of the cattle and the
,t.,rs s'2f the cart sink into the soil to
,ious. Of SIX or eight inches Is
pP. D. cifnl Treatment A third of
vho thrown upon a cart for a
len.1s nm. orse 70 drag over or through
'01}relns surface, where he can get no
.ot opsI laI foothold, and where the
,,ts ltIls4,f q ere trigged at every step by the
,treet, n' neFenness of the burrows.
ne II required to haul over
c11l1aee more than a ton and a
u II matter of wonder that so
as, Our horses are afflicted with
,.,,iag6 alt bono and bog SPAWN, ring
- da nlous withers, false quarter,
mir 3lgr jjust elS, hfoken knees, heaves,
carried md . host of other diseases.
asa.llssip ..as pa Whieh are common to half the
achlhs,nd - 1ooF