The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-05-08
AGRICULTURAL. A
THE HORSE.

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his lungs, by which he breathes. Behind
them, separated by only thin kind OF
skin, is the stomach, destined to receive
and digest the food. Each of these or
gans become larger when in use; the
lungs occupying more room when the
animal is moving about and breathing
more quickly. The space they occupy
is then SO filed that only one of them
can be distended at time. The horse
can swell out his lungs, and breathe
hard, trot or gallop fast, provided his
stomach be empty he can fill it with
safety when at rest, or nearly so, till the
food is digested. But if they are both
full, the greatest danger is to be appre-
hended; the horse is sure to be "blown"
almost Immediately, because he has no
room to breathe, and apoplexy may cause
the animal to drop dead in minute
No horse should be allowed to get an
unlimited amount of food. A proper
quantity should be given, and no more
enough to satisfy his requirements, and
then to allow proper time for him to di-
gest. Many horse has been killed
from fit brought on by the corn bin
having been left open at night, thus Civ
ing him an opportunity to gorge himself
to death with the tempting food.
THE DRYING HOUSE.
Among the conveniences of large
farm is a. good drying house. Beans,
which are sometimes very difficult to
cure, may be dried in few hours in
splendid manner. So farmer tells US
who has tried it. Farmers in the East
dry their apples on large scale in this
way. Corn never need to mold when
dry house is at hand, and the good house.
wife can have the incest of dried pump
kin and dried herbs Those who have
built hop houses need not tear them
down, though hops have no sale, for they
will answer all the purposes required.
For the rapid seasoning of short lumber
it is excellent, SO that on large farm it
would seem to be most convenient
building Such a building may be made
to answer a double use, as receptacle
for the small farming tools during that
season of the year when the house is not
wanted for any other purpose.
LINE AS A PREsERvER
Air slaked lime has been frequently
recommended as preserver for vegetables
when stored in cellars or pits. Recently
we heard a gentleman state that he was
in the habit of sprinkling it among his
apples in barrels and bins, and he thought
delicate fall varieties could thus be kept
much beyond their season. The lime
dust could be easily removed from the
apples by using cloth or brush, and it
imparts no flavor to the fruit. The use
of lime in the cellar, as preservative
agent, is good idea. It acts by absorb
ing moisture, and if one individual in the
mass decays, the lime arrests the spread
Of the disease to others. 1t is well to
hint to our readers that cellars should be
overhauled at this season, and all decay
ing matter removed the sssweating"
stage with stored vegetables is over, and
specimens most prone to rot have devel-
oped disease. Sort them out, sprinkle
some lime on the remainder, and purify
your cellar from dangerous auxilia1ies of
disease.
MAKING POULTRY PROFITABLE
The place to which your chickens
retire ought to have dry floor, and bo
kept scrupulously clean and as the floor
is the coolest part of the room, their
roosting ought not to be more than twelve
inches high, aud to be slanting, which
will keep the warm air in the roost. Sit
ting hens can be cured by putting water
in vessel, to the depth of one inch, put
ting the hen into and covering the top of
the vessel for about twenty. four hours.
The vessel should be deep enough to al
low the fowl to stand up. This is said
to be never failing remedy. Earth
worIos are greatly relished by confined
fowls Takes spade once day and turn
over the ground for your hens They
will soon run after you when they see
you with the spade, and will amply re-
ward you FOR the extra trouble to accom-
modate them, by an increased supply OF
eggs.
An old lady was asked what she
thought of one of her neighbors of the
name of Jones, and with knowing wink
replied, why, don't like to say any
thing about my neighbors; but as to Mr..
Jones, sometimes think, and then again