Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-12-22
Agricultural Items.

WHAT | DoN'T KNOW ABOUT FARM
INe.-In selling stock by live weight, 1t
is a good plan to feed each one about
three pals of water, and what other stuff
can be got down 'em, just before driving
on the scales. If the buyer has ever m,
vested much money on Change, ne VIII
know what "watered stockn means.
In holding the pillow, l always prefer to
hold it in the house, seated IN a!rocklng
chair, with my family clustered around
me.
In planting hay, always plant the
longest I can find, as short hay bends a
person's back too much in cutting it.
In the matter of wheat, / always raise
i by the barrel, at mill not far away,
as it saves buying seed, blowing, sowing,
grading and threshing. l generally raise
ii on note.
In travelling through the country, l
have often noticed that farmers do not
sufficiently regard the health of their
animals. My barn is arranged on a
plan Of my own. 1t is open on all sides,
50 that no creature may have to stand out
in storm because am asleep or away.
This also saves lumber All around the
barn are benches on which any animal
can SIT down when tired of standing,
or when waiting for some thing to turn up
The sheriff says my cattle always sell
when my neighbor's don't, and he thinks
it Is all owing to my economy, and do
not doubt it,
In subsoiling piece ofground, always
MIA irronr ba
Ii raises the biggest kind of crop, especi-
ally when you let the interest 90 behind.
| hardly ever knew sowing that didn't
turn out full as we'll as the holder expect
I'D.
In raising hogs / think that many farm
ers are altogether too slack for their own
interests. Now suppose that l want to
raise hog, l go at it in careful, scien-
tifc way. A good many farmers raise
their hogs with the first club that comes
handy, but this has tendency to make
the animal discouraged and Disconnected.
| have my own ideas about training
horses. IF ever l get hold of a horse in
clined to run away, l always borrow a
buggy of some of my neighbors, put him
to it, turn him into lot, and let him run.
He generally gets sick of the fun by the
time the buggy is gone, but if he don't,
hitch him to any of the wheels that may
be left and keep him travelling. The
owner of the buggy always expresses as
constituent at my system, but the evidence
of its success is there before him, and he
cannot dispute the pieces.
If l ever get hold of a kicking COW, I
always let Mrs. Quad sit down first to
milk, and take my station near by, to see
what foot the animal kicks with and how
hard she hits. My wife has a remarkable
clear memory, and after coming to, she
can generally give me any little particulars
which failed to note owing to distance.
then get the cow into the stable, draw
her up with windlass, until she is just
evenly balanced. Then / get bag and
ill it with bricks, hang it within easy
kicking distance, and I stand off for de-
velopment. Every time she comes down
she hits the bricks, and when she goes'up,
| have another thing to apply to her in
front, and after she has gone through With
This oscillation two or three times, she
never kicks any more, at least until she
looks around for bricks.-M Quad.