The weekly Shasta courier., 1872-12-28
FARM AND GARDEN.

nonsense. Wnen IL was 1rSt proposed 70
water house-plants with warm water;
but it is now the rule, and those who
do not use it are the exception. We
notice contributor to the Depart
ment of Agriculture" dilates upon its
use as follows: ''Last winter we had
about one hundred plants in the house,
and usually gave them warm water, and
very frequently water that was much too
warm for the hand; some water at or
very near the boiling point has been
poured into saucers, and along the sides.
We have about forty persons in the fam
lily, from different parts of the country;
and their testimony is, that they never
saw such fine geraniums, heliotropes,
fuchsias, verbenas, passion-fowers, ole
anders, etc. These plants show very
marked improvement. Others have
fourished finely under the treatment"
Farm and Garden.
HAIR-OIL FOR HoRsEs.-Amid the
thousand and one preparations for i'm
proving the growth of hair, and making
it fine and smooth (says correspondent
of the american Agriculturist) we have
long wondered that no receipt has been
devised for improving horse-har. Why
nots Tell us why not, DIR. Youatt and
DIR. Dadd, or any others of the profess
sion. But at length an end has been
put to our inquiries the horse is now
to be provided for as well as his rider.
The oil has not, to our knowledge.
found its way into the market, bottled
and ready for use; but a receipt for
making it has been published, SO that
every one can furnish himself with the
invaluable article. Did we know to
what man or journal to give the credit
of this discovery, full acknowledgment
would be made. Judging from the
learned terms used, we think it must
have originated at some great univers-
ity. No common farrier could have con-
ceived it. Well, here is the formula,
free as air, just as we find it. The horse
Latin, in which it is couched, will be
easy to translate:
r (take)
Brushus ct curricombus . . ,ad hbitum.
Elbow-greasus .quantum suflclus.
Blanketisus s........fir first ratus.
Stablus (ln wlnter) .......... warmus.
Fodderus never say dietus, but mealus
ct oatus.
Exercisus. ........ non compromisus.
The effect will be- Coatus shinus; appe-
tite wolftus muscularitus two-fortyitus.
SMALL FARM MAxIMs. L. Small
farms are easier to manage than large
ones, and pay better for the capital in
vested. Therefore, small farms are the
best.
2. If you want to make your farm
pay, you must give it your personal at
tention. But if your farm is too large,
you can not do this; hence, as we said
above, small farms are best.
8. If you don't want your farm to
run away, you must stop the little leaks.
We may expect fewer leaks on a small
farm than big one hence, again,
small farms are best.
4. Feed your land well, and it will
feed YOU 1t takes less to feed few
acres than great many. So, you see,
small farms are best.
S. If you would live long and enjoy
life, work little. But if you have
large farm, you must labor all the time.
Here, again, small farms are best.
6. To raise big corn, you must keep
small grass. To make small grass, you
must cut often. So in this we find
small farms are best.
7. If you have a good fence, you
need fear no loss by stock. But fences
are costly. Thus, once more, we find
small farms are best.
BREEDING Cows FOR THE DAIRY.
If the great dairymen of the present
day would look around, and notice the
systematic manner in which horsemen
are breeding speedy trotters, they might
gain knowledge which would be very
valuable. To obtain this desideratum,
they are sparing no pains to mate SO as
to trace back through none but sires
and dams having the blood of particular
animals whose characteristics they wish
to perpetuate. Doubtless, the aptitude
to give large quantity of good milk
might be bred into herds of cattle, SO
that dairying would become the most
profitable branch of farming. 1t may
be well to consider how similarly the
great short-horn breeders are proceed
ing, in fixing the capability of trans
mitting all the beef-producing qualities,
and the mellow touch as well as the
magnificent frame, and then draw the
inference, that breeding from bulls Diet
scended from none but deep, rich milk
ers, would give a corresponding result
viz, natural inclination to produce
a great flow of milk Then, by raising
all the heifer calves, what a fortune
making herd could be accumulated
A few years since, / knew two GEN
tlemen of means who had herds of
dairy cows; one had 200 in the far
west, and the other about 60 in the
east. The former bought cows to fill
up as fast as vacancies arose, and rails
ed no calves; the latter reared calves,
but did not pay any attention to pedi-
gree. The first mentioned, though a
very wealthy man, sold all out, years
ago, and the other is desirous of get
ting rid of his whole agricultural spec
ulation. Now, if these proprietors had
raised young stock from sires whose
pedigrees would be sure to double the
milking nronerties of the COWS they