National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1870-10-14
Farm. Garden and Household.

GROOMING HORSES - The grooming
should be done III the gentlest possible
manner, particularly on nervous horses.
with the brush i'll one hand. and the
curry-comb i'll the other, to remove the
dirt from the brush, go over gently but
thoroughly, every part of the horse
Get the dirt all ont of the hair. and of
the SKIN. After the brushing is done
take cloths and rub the horse thoroughly
getting up IA friction that viii set the
pores to work, 1t will make the hail
glossy. Old salt sacks are the best rub
bers that can be used 4 supply of these
should always be kept on hand. clean
and dry. The feet should then be wash.
ed out and dried
ASHES IN AN APPLE ORCHARD. The
Wryl1md Faymer, in talk about orch
ards, says:
We consider the ashes of hard wood
unleached, worth thirty cents per bushe
to mlngle with the soil used III settina
apple trees for an orchard. and in dress
ing the surface of the land for the space
OF three to four feet in "A belt around
each tree extending from the outel
margin of the whole in which the trees
are set
We have found great benefit in plac-
ing them on the surface of the ground,
near the trunk of the trees, for "A success
sion OF seasons after they we're set
IA.L FLOWING a writer III the Jonr'-
~" hg'fcm"re (ot. LOUIS says, under
'i'e auose ileading' mat
Inns ~ "a SUBJECT which, 1t seems to
nv, 10 700 LSniiy considered by most
."ini.rS, would IL not he good plan
en- '' ~, we plo"s III CORTLAND tins
i"h ihere ~ 700 NIUE care among far
a TrelS' generally IN preparing cortland
iheS seem 10 thlnk, II they can manage
~ PioW--Skim would be nearer right
.neil lahu once 1t is sufficient. Where
49, 'le oe'eriillhauon should be to worl
II "S much as possible before the corr
comes up ana while 1t is yet young, II
oi"ei W give IL 1air start and keep |
ero"ihg Inc very best plan, perhaps
~ 10 Prov cortland Il mean land i'll
.en'eo 10 DE painted to corn the follow
ing sprihe) once IN the iall, ms by so do
ine, 'le continual ireezng and thawinl
noring winter ana early spring act as /
powerful pulVerizer, and If 1t is sod, 81
all become well rottad form;rn ranur,
for immediate nee in ,bo onr;n'7
FEEDING POULTRY. The habit of Civ
ing ih'ich food III short space of time
10 Poultry Is very bad one. If you
no'lce 'helr habits yon VIII perceive that
'i'' process "i picking up their food I'M
ger or,thary' or what we may call the
1'turai condition. Is n very slow one.
"ra'h ny gram does the meal get taken,
anu WIN the aggregate no small amount
os SUM; small pebbles and the like, all
~ which, passing INTO the crop, assists
"iges'ioh greatly. But IN the chen
w'ie mode OF leedlhg poultry, great
nu'p Is thrown down ana the BIRDS are
"iio"e" 10 peg away M such rate that
.heir crop Is hilcd too rapidly, and the
process Oh ASSIMILATION Is slow, painful
anu incomplete. NO wonder that 50
hi''ny cases OF choked craw are met with
unu'r ll,is treatment Many other DIS
'a'cS when anect chlckens might he
op'ia'ea ny amateur breeders were little
rera''uoh ,ak'n III so simple thing as
essential
PAWN" SEED 'oRN' -lhe western nm
rW' through "A correspondent, talks in
.,liS common-sense way about saving i'll
the lali-what Is soneedtul III the spring
good seed corn
nave n few words to say on this
s"oJeet 10 SUR up the minds OF farmers
ny way oi remembrance. Some say we
VIII select our seed corn at the time of
nushl,is ! guess II VIII get ripe and
ury an before frost tins year Others
thlhk they can select good seed from the
'rip IN the spring: Well perhaps they
may but THINK 1t ~ not safe way
MY plan Is tins TO into the field with
ohSh't ana wheelbarrow, select of those
ears mat begin to npeu earliest, husk,
'eavihg on two or three husks to trace it
up ny 'heh brmd ten or twelve ears
together, hang them across pole III II
urN pace ny the time frost comes, II
WIN he cured ana no mistake You will
nave good' sound seed. Try It, if You
nave n9t dohc so. think one acre plan
"n WIN good, sound seed, ~ worth two
acres with hall frozen weakly stuff
Spawn nv uopsps prof r,,,.
Law. veterinary Snrooo, g. "a, Nm" Mrn'
York Stat A"r;c,,i,nrai $50. Wv s' AZ"
es the following WI 80, ~; ,'', ~
cent and attended ";,h Nh pd'' ia,' Is re-