The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1869-06-30
HOUSE md farm.

lowing sensible and practical instructions in !,
relation to horsei tanning and horse training.
Some few persons imagine that to possess
proper mastery over their horses they
must maintain their authority by brute force.
This is a great mistake. More work, within
the limit of safety, can be got out of a horse
by kindness than by cruelty, and as far as
managing horse is concerned, the chief
point is to teach him confidence IN you. II
he believes you to be his friend, he will not
only strive to please you, but will have less
fear OF strange objects which otherwise
might startle him and render him refractory
A horse tanner should be calm, cool, brave
and fearless-the horse will know it /; he
should be quiet. then the horse will be put
offhis guard; be should be firm and give
the brute no advantage. but crowd him up
to doing something, and that, invariably,
what the tanner wants him to do. Thus any
ordinary horse will soon give up and own
man his master The kindest treatment,
and even petting, must always follow yield
ing; and, if possible to help it, the horse
should never be frightened by any treat
ment, and, above all things, he should never
be angered by petty torture. His own con-
trariness should appear to him to be the
cause of all his trouble, and man his best
friend. This principle is at the foundation
of Rarey's successful practice.
CARE OF DAIRY Cows-Dairy cows are
only profitable in some peoples estimation
| during the summer and autumn, and many
| farmers actually have not enough milk in
the winter to supply their table with fresh
! butter, while Others, to obtain some, give
the two or three COWS having the most milk
about them, the filthy dish water and refuse
from the kitchen, to keep them giving some;
the consequence of which is nauseous butter,
| which, like the stuff they feed the COWS with,
is only fit for pigs to eat Dairy COWS will
prove the capacity of any man for the bust
ness of farming for there is no stock. which,
so to say, resents parsimony so quickly, and
If any one cannot make q lot of COWS pay
well, neither could he make flock of sheep
cut wool enough and make sufficient mutton
to answer the purpose of keeping. Penurious
men must change their dispositions in these
days OF progress, for the price of dairy pro-
duce is highly remunerative, and so also is
the price of meat so that there is do. able
inducement to feed well. The right sort of
cows must be raised, for lack of Judgment
will spoil other good qualities, and the best
kind of food should be grown, and this is
where winter dairymen fail, for mangolds
and carrots are the cheapest food to feed
with hay and meal, and without roots 10
dairy would do WE'LL Country Gentleman.
To MAKE TEA--Mrs I. J., of Nnrthamp-
ton Mass, writes: First, heat the teapot
by pouring boiling hot water into it; pour
this out, and put into the pot as much good
tea as you wish to use, then pour in boiling
water enough to completely cover the tea so
| nc fn of thorouobIu Sat tbo I'll,
cooking table, if that is handy Git need not
be set on anything that is hot) and in five
minutes pour in boiling water enough Tor
the first cups, and pour out Immediately
1t a second cup, or cups, are wished, and
tea enough has been put in the pot, add
boiling water in sufficient quantity. This
rule applies particularly to japanese and
Hyson teas do not know that black tea
would be as good made in this way as is it
were stepped longer. That may depend on
taste.-Americdn AJriculturiSt.
WASH FOR FRUIT TREEs.-Last year an
experienced fruit grower, the owner of IA fine
orchard near Niagara river, Western New
York, wrote us that in the care of his trees
he had practiced one simple method with
eminent success. He takes lye from leached
ashes, mixes u little grease with it, heats
quite warm, and with syringe throws
it up into all parts of the tree, branches
and trunk 1t will effectually kill all kinds
of caterpillars and all kinds of worms that
are either infesting the trees in nests or run
ming over the bark. Trees treated in thi,
manner were exceedingly healthy, beautiful
and vigorous in appearance, possessing Il
smooth, glossy bark, and bore the best
apples in the country. The remedy is easy
and cheap.-Horticulturis
BIRDS THE FARMERS FRIENDs.--An in.
telligent farmer boy in Illinois observed a
small flock of quails commencing at onesi'le
of a cornfield, taking about five rows regu
larly through the field, scratching and puck.
ing around every hill, then returning and
taking another five rows, till thinking they
were pulling up the corn, he shot Que, ard
then examined the field. On the grount
they had been over, he found but one stalt
ofcon disturbed, but in the quail's crop ht
found one cut worm, twenty-one striped
vine bugs, over hundred chints bugs that
he could distinctly count, and a mass APP
parently consisting of hundreds of chintz
bugs, but not one kernel of corn. During
the past five years the quails in that vicint,
have been decreasing, and chintz bugs in
crCasing.
/, Snow CUsTARD.-To one quart of milk
take four large eggs; set the milk on top o
! the stove in a clean vessel; then separate
the eggs, beat the white into stiff froth
, when the milk is scalding hot slip th,
whites on top of the milk, turning them owe
: gently so they will cook; then lift them ou
and dish; whip up the yolks with two table
spoonfuls of sugar; pour into the milk, stir
t ring rapidly all the time until it is scaIding
The very moment it comes to the boiling
point lift it off; if it boiis it will curdle
When it cools sufficiently, pourinto the floa
! dish with any kind of flavoring, thel
put the froth on top, and it will be splen
did.
f NATL IN THE FooT.-To relieve from tn
! terrible effects of running nail in the foo
+ of man or horse, take leach leaves, bruist
/ them, apply to the wound, confnc with
' bandage. They cure as if by magic Re
new the application twice day. if necessa
ry, but one application usually does til,
work. have cured both man and horse il
u few hours, when they were apparently OF
the point of having the lock-iaw. Thi
recipe, remembered and practiced, will saw
!, many valuable lives.
Collie IN HoRsEs.-P. S. Garman, ELK
hart county, Indiana. gives his experience il
treating cases ofcolic in horses "A few
/ days ago horse of mine was attacked will
u fit of collie. 1t was so severe that though
!, the animal must die in less than thirt,
minutes if not relieved. / drenched it will
the following mixture: spirits of turpentine
8 OF, laudanum, o., warm water, pint