Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1868-12-03
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"Ths best gait horse ever had for ev-
sry day use IS good walk. II is a gait
hat not one in ten possesses. Colts are
not trained to walk in oil of the Eastern
States Young America wants more speed.
Kentucky has more good walking horses
than any other state, for there horseback
has long becn in fashion for men
and women, over country where muddy
roads at times rendered any other gait ifn-
possible, and SO horses have been bred for
the saddle, and trained 10 a walking gait
This is also the case in oil the Western
States. and perhaps might havo been 80 in.
New England, when our grandmothers rode
to meeting on pillion behind our grand
fathers. But one-horse wagons have put
horseback-riding out Of fashion, and nova
good walking horse is more rare than one
that can trot o mile in 2:4O.
At the Springfield, Mass, horse show Of
1860, the writer was one of the committee
to award prizes to the best walking horses.
Out Of seventeen entereds the committee
found but one that was considered q first
rate walker. This was q Morrill, mare,
which walked five miles an hour with ease.
Two others were fair walkers, and the rest
knew no gait that could be called walking.
At the New York State Fair the same state
of things was again developed. A letter
from Wisconsin says; 4 think horses
trained TO walk fast would be o greater
benefit to our farmers in general than fast
trotters, as almost all of their work has to
be done with walk. once knew man
in Massachusetts who, before the railroads
were built, kept from two 10 four teams at
work on the road, and never allowed them
to trot atall, and made the distance in
quicker time than his neighbors, who made
their horses trot at every convenient place
He said that when horse commenced to
walk after trot he walked much slower
than his common Gait, If kept on a walk,
and thereby lost more than he gained,
Will farmers think of this, and pay more
attention to walking horses 2"
REsovATMa WORK OUT Sons. ---'Wlat ID
the cheapest method of bringing up ex-
hausted landY" In any climate where
clover will flourish; this plant is undoubt-
erily the cheapest manure. nyou can get
a fair crop Of clover to start with, your
success is assured This can be done in
many Eases by sowing two bushels Of plas-
ter TO the arce. If this does notsuccoed,
bone dust Peruvian guano, or. fish scrap,
in moderate quantities certainly will The
clover may be turned in when q little past
bloom, or be partially fed by cattle that re-
main on the field, and plowed in Inter-
Two or three crops will prepare the way
for grain,
DIVIDING SwARMs. MANY people that
have bees are not satisfied with their doing
well, but wish them to do better; and to
have them do better they divide their
strong swarms up, thus making them
feeble and weak, go that they fall an easy
prey to worms and robbers. Their owners
learn lesson, when too late, that they will
not very soon forget. A neighbor of mine
had six strong swarms, and thought that
he must increase his stock, or my bees
would rob his, as ! had some thirty
swarms, and to increase his, they must be
divided So no called TO his assistance a
professor of smoke and peppermint, and
they went at it, making of those six swarms
some twelve or fourteen. The upshot of
the whole affair was that my bees'did rob
his--eyery one but two, and those he sold
to me for $3.50 per swarm to save their
lives, and he has never had bee since
f. W. B., IN the Country Gentleman. Z.
BUILD SHEDS. Shelter is food and
shelter is health. He who would feed well
and give comfort to his stock must build
sheds to his stables. But few days and
winter will chill and destroy, and it is
high time for the economical and the
humane to bestir themselves for their own
benefit and for that of their domestic aRi-
mails. Even the rudest structures are OF
some account. Four posts, few poles
and deep covering of slough grass, form
a protection better than nothing, if the
structure Is built upon the highest and
dryest ground. A board shed, made close
upon one side and two ends is far better
A good hedge, grove of trees or clump
Of evergreens, are'of great value. Cattle,
sheep and swine must have shelter if thny
are not to die of exposure and disease, or
come out "spring poor" Build sheds now
and furnish them with feeding racks and
troughs. s.-Prairie Farmer.
DIdGIYG TREES ALI hardy trees except
evergreens- that are to be transplanted in
the spring may be taken up now; and all
broken roots and the ends of those cut off
by the spade should be pared smooth, ,'and
then healed in a dry place, covering the
roots a foot or two deep, Trees taken up
this fall, and carefully trimmed and healed
In, will be far more certain to grow next
year than if the digging is delayed until
spring, for the simple reason that the
wounds made on the roots will CONNIE ence
to heal during the winter, and be ready TO
throw out new feeding roots early in the
season. Besides this, spring brings its
own work, and we are likely to delay trans
planting until too late for safety. 1t re-
quires time for the wounds on the roots
of trees to heal over, and it is better to
give plenty when it costs nothing addi-
tional e,la4is
ENGLISH PATENT HARNESS BLEACHING.
Mr.. Dodson furnishes the receipt for this
well-known waterproof backing. 1t will
keep the leather sos, and, if properly ap-
Piled gives good polish. 1t is excellent
for buggy-tops harness, &c. Old harness,
II hard, may be washed in warm water, and
when nearly dry, grease it with neatsloot
oil. The ingredients are three ounces OF
turpentine, two ounces white wax, TO be
dissolved over a slow ERE; then add one
ounce Of ivory-black and one drachm of in
digo, to be well pulyerized and mixed To-
gether. When the wax and turpentine are
dissolved, add the ivory-black and the IN
digo, and stir till cold. Apply very thin;
brush afterwards, and it will giyea beauti-
full polish. ,.Y
KEEPING PoTAToEs. lis, perhaps, need
less for us. to canton our readers against
leaving their potatoes exposed TO tho light
either out of doors or in the cellar. They.
will, ESQ exposed, soon turn green, become
soggy, and almost unfit for use. They
should, if possible, be kept in dark, cool
place, away from all danger Of frost in win
ter. We think potatoes used to keep better
in times gone by, in the old dark cellars,
than now, in tho modern cellars, with their
numerous windows. Some are in the habit
of keeping their potatoes in pits in the
ground, dug deep enough to be safe from
the frosts. This may keep them well, but
1t is troublesome plan. We have known
them 10 be kept in the very best condition