The weekly standard., 1869-09-29

mulching the raspberry in the Western
Rural" sI. .i. fals1 i'es
1 consider mulching of the utmost i'm
portance. In a dry season like the past, it
will make the difference of good CROP OF
an almost entire failure. Ihave one kind Of
red raspberry that netted me at The rate OF
nearly one thousand dollars per acre last
year that were heavily mulched; while some
of the black-cap, that were not mulched at
all, were nearlya failure; and some of them
that were what call half-mulched (mulched
along the row only) produced fair crop
l give thorough cultivation in the spring
and then put on the straw, which serves
treble purpose-to keep the ground moist
the weeds down, and the fruit clean.
The next thing is to teach him to draw;
this is done by attaching two ropes about
eight feet long, one to each tug or trace; let
the colt start up, and you draw back with
your whole weight; in this way you will
soon have him accustomed to the pressure
of the collar rupon his shoulders, after which
you may safely hitch him to light wagon
for few times. and then to a light load.
But would caution you against overload
ing colt. 1t is from this cause that so
many balky horses are to be found all over
the country. Imake the assertion, without
the least fear of contradictin, that one hall
OF the men who own horses do not know
how to drive them. Ifmost men would ex.
ercise more Judgment and less whip, there
wouldn't be so many balky horses. Persua-
sion is better than force.
/ SHYING HoRsEs.-L. A. D., in the Scientific
American, says that a horseman should new
er "shy" himself when the horse SHES, OF
show the least nervousness, nor notice it in
the horse, and far less punish him for it,
and adds: Allow me, having had great
deal of experience in managing horses, to
add another bit of advice to nervous horse
man. Whenever they notice their horse di-
recting his ears to any point whatever, or
indicating the slightest disposition to be-
come afraid, let them, instead of pulling the
rein to bring the horse towards the object
causing its nervousness, pull it on the other
side This will instantly divert the atten-
ton of the horse from the object which is
| exciting his suspicion, and in ninety-nine
cases out of hundred the horse will pay no
more attention to the object, from which he
will fly away if forcibly driven to it by pull
ing the wrong rein.
How TO BREAK THE Colt TO HARNESS.
Procure good biting rig of your own. If
| you cannot afford that trouble, ask some Of
| your neighbors for one, rather than do with
out it. Bit the colt up once day, from
three to four hours, for about one week. He
will by this time get accustomed to the bit
Next proceed to harness him.
| There are five mediums through which
the horse can distinguish one object from
| another, and be useful to manly sight
hearing, sound, touch and feeling. To har.
ness the colt, care should be taken to never
frighten him. And when first harnessing
| him, let him examine the harness, which he
will do with his nose. Once assured that ii
will not hurt him, he will care nothing foI
it. Be sure and fit the collar so that it will
not gall him. Attach two lines, one on each
side of the bit, and have them long enough
to reach back of him. so that you can drive
him about and teach him to mind the reins
until you can easily guide him and made
him gee" and "haw by the word.
THE FARMERS CEEED-We believe in
small farms and thorough cultivation.
We believe the soil loves to eat as well
as the owner, and ought, therefore, to be
well manured.
| We believe in going to the bottom o.
things, and therefore in deep plowing and
enough of it. All the better if it be 6
subsoil plow.
| We believe in large crops, which leave
the ground better than they find tina
king both the farm and farmer rich at once
We believe that every farmer should own q
| good farm . ... -.--.
| We believe that the best fertilizer of any
soil is the spirit, industry, enterprise and
intelligence this, lime, gypsum
and guano will be of little use.
We believe in good fences, good barns
and good farm houses, good orchards ant
children enough to gather the fruit.
| We believe in a clean kitchen, neat wife
in it, a clean cupboard, clean dairy and {
clean conscience.-DirieP Farmer.
TOPPING CoRN-The former practice o
topping corn is now generally disapproveC
by intelligent farmers The practice was tt
cut the stalks as soon as the kernel of thu
ear was scaled over, when nature was making
its effort to mature the corn. 1t has beer
proved by fair and conclusive experiment.
that by the old practice the corn was less il
weight, less in quantity and sweetness, anc
will not come to maturity so soon as it doe
when cutting the stalks is postponed unit
after the milky substance ceases to enter tn,
kernels of the ear That sweet substance il
matured in the corn blades by a chemica
process, and goes through another process
before it enters the kernel. 1t is therefor'
very unwise to cut off the tops and the blades
at the time when nature most needs them
When the corn is ripe the best practice Is tt
cut the butts at the bottom, and thus say,
the whole for fodder. The butts, cut in du,
season, contain more nutriment than th,
tops-and there is no difficulty, with littlt
practice, in husking the corn in the barn.
FALL CHICKENS. is a prevailing
idea that late fall chickens cannot be reared
But we do not believe that one poultry fan
cier in one hundred ever tried the expert
ment, but takes it for granted that such i
the case OF course there are ditficultie
in the way, but we see nothing insurmount
able. There must be warm quarters for colo
weather and protection from storms; feeC
| must be given much more frequently thai
when the fowls pick up for themselves tn,
insects and seeds that abound in the sum
mer months. pure water must be furnished a
all times and care be taken that they ar
| not deprived OF it by freezing. A writer il
an exchange gives an idea that may be o
some Importance in an attempt to rear win
ter chickens. He says: We have proved
that a chickens crop will completely empt.
itself in about five hours the bird takes OF
no fat, for it needs every particle of nutri
ment to supply the wants OF its growing
body. When its stomach is empty the sys
TEN has no reservoir to draw from, and
too long an interval occur between its sup
plies of food the bird must starve; hence
in a season of the year when the nights ar
from twelve to fifteen hours long, starvation
and not cold weather in our latitude prevent
the rearing of young chickens We are Q
the opinion that if the young birds could b
fed in the night, say when it is half passed
that cold weather, if reasonably provides
against would not be bar to success. Their
is room for investigation in this matter.
| SOAR MAK1NG.-Mrs. L. c. Merriman, c
Lewis County, N Y, sends to the america
Agriculturist the following, which she as
sures us makes most excellent soap: ''Fo
one barrel of soap, pour into strong barre
four pailfuls of lye that will bear up an egg
add thirty pounds melted grease (previousf
tried and straineD mix them well together
Let stand few hours and then stir thorough
ly. As soon as the soap begins to thicken
add weak lye, one or two pailfus at tim
until the barrel is full Be sure to stir tn
soap thoroughly each time the lye is added
and afterward stir once or twice daily 70
three days For those who live in cities
the following receipt for potash soap is in
valuable. Put in strong barrel twenty-fv
pounds of potash, broken into small piece:
Pour over 1t four and a half pailfuls of boi
ing water. Stir well, let it stand twelv
| hours or r,nrn and than dir, off narof,1I IL