The Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1870-1875, 1870-12-30
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nor By HORACE oREELEY.

NQA 81 EQaANE GEeAE
Ia selling stock By live weight, tits g
good plan to feed each one about three
pals Of water and what other stuff
can &c got down EN- just before driv-
ing on the scales. lit the buyer has
ever invested much money en- change
he will know what swatered stock
means.
In holding the pillow I always pre-
fer to hold itin the house, seated IN a
rocking chair. with my family clus.
tered around me.
In planting hay, [ always plant the
longest I can fnd, ss.shOrt hay bends
a persons back too much IN cutting
In the matter Of wheat, I always
raise il by the barrel, at q mill not
far away, rs il saves buying seed,
blowing, sowing, Grading and thresh-
ing. I generally raise Il on q note.
La travelling through the country,
I have often noticed that farmers do
not sufficiently regard the health Of
their animals. My barn is arranged
on plan OF my own. It is open on
all sides, so that no creature may
have to stand out in a storm beouse i
am asleep or away. This also saves
lumber. All around the barn arc
benches on which any animal can sit
down when tried Of standing. or when
waiting for something or othertO turn
up. The Sheriff says my cattle always
sell when my neighbors don't, and he
thinks it is all owing to my economy,
and / do not doubt IL.
In subsoillng a piece Of ground, /
always "plans" a mortgage on it IN
the winter previous. 1t raises the
biggest kind OF crop, especially
when you let the interest go behind. I
hardly ever knew such q sowing that
di6n't turn out full as we'll as the
holder expected.
In raising hogs, ] think that many
farmers are altogether too slack for
their interests. Now suppose that |
want to raise a hog, / go at it ia q
careful, scientific way a good many
farmers raise their hogs with the first
club that comes handy, but this has
a tendency to make the animal dis
couraged and DISCONTINUED.
have ny own ideas about training
horses. If ever / get hold Of a horse
Inclined to run away, / always bor-
row a buggy Of some of ny neighbors,
put him TO IL, turn him into a lot and
let him run. He generally gets sick
Of the fun by the time the buggy is
gone but if be don't, hitch him to any
Of tnv heels that may be left, and
keep him travelling. The owner of
the buggy always expresses astOnish-
nIent &C my system, but the evidence
of its success IS there before him and
he cannot dispute the pieces.
If / ever get hold of a kicking COW.
/ always let Mrs. Quad sit down FIRST
to milk, and | take ny station By her
to see What foot the animal kicks
with, and how hard she hits. My
wife has q remarkably clear memory,
and after coming to she can generally
give me any little particulars which
failed to note, owing to distan Sc. l
then get the COW into the stable, drag
her up with a Yindlass, until she is
just evenly balanced. Then | get a
bag and Ell il with bricks, hang il
within easy kicking distance. and
stand off for developments. Every
time she goes down she hits the bricks,
aud when she goes up / have another
thing TO apply 70 her in front, and
after she has gone through with this
oss ton two or three times she
never aks any more, at least not IN
all she looks around for bricks.