National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-08-09
Farm, Garden aud Household.


time they are coming into flower. DIR,
them in the shade, and after sufficient,
dry 10 put them away, tie them in bunch
es and hang IN cool shed, or plnc,
them loosely between paper and stow
away in cupboards or drawers the las
mode is by far the cleanest and most ap
proved plan with the b st ous, keepers
Some, indeed, powder the leaves mt one,
after drying. aud put away'in bags read,
for use.
ELpERBERRY BRANDY. Select tn,
iipest oderberries You can find. ant
after picking them FROM the stems, tC
five quarts If berries add two quarts %
water, boil well then mash and strait
through a colnnder After all the Juice
- gtrdcted, add two quarts Of water
half an ounce of whole cloves, half an
ounce of whole allspice, two grated nut
megs, one tablespoonful of powdered
ginger, one ditto of cinnamon. little
lemon aud orange pee'Ing. Boil all well
three hours over a slow fire, then add
five pounds Of sugar after cooling,
strain through flannel bag, then add
two quarts of the best Mpnougahel
whiskey, or gooi brandy, according to
taste.
STACKING GRAIN Stacking grain is
an operation which requires skill and
judgement. Think of the loss all over
the country which results from bad
Stacking. It is sometimes hundreds of
dollars on single farm. Western far
mers suffer loss of millions of dollars,
in the aggregate, in had seasons. There
is no ne I'd of this. Grain may be made
as secure in the stack as in the barn il
the work is done rs it may be. IN the
West and in the East, grain stacks
should be matched with straw prepared
before hand, aud put on rs soon as the
stack has settled, II this is not at
hand, secure the top with plenty Of hay
or half cured grass, well rounded up and
compact d in the middle. In shape the
stack should be such that if drop of
water passes over the base of the top
slope, it will fall to the ground without
ag in touching the stack
To SUBDUE STUBBORN HORSES. Pro-
fessor d. Wagner, the distinguished
horse-tamer who performed such won
derful fehts in New York City few
weeks ago, has given some Of the details
OF his management. Tho first step is
to divest the animal OF excessive nerv.
business. One OF the ways of doing this
IS to draw the head with the halter so
far towards the tail, and tie it to loop
in the end of the animals tail, that he
will commence turning round and round
like y kitten when trying to catch her
tail. The horse is allowed to whirl until
he is almost ready to fall from exhaus-
ton. The head must he turned
toward the tail only little at first. He
says that to break a baking horse / use
the some treatment have often taken
a horse that refused to pull, and given
him little head and tail treatment, put
him in the wagon, and he would pull all
he could. few applications will cure
any talking horse, without exception, if
properly administered. In breaking
vicious horses, man must be possessed
of great patience; must never let his
temper get beyond control. One must
keep cool, and when point is gain, d,
go up to the horse and give him credit,
by stroking the shoulder, and by patting
him gently with the hand Use HIM
kindly when he does right, and correct
him for doing wrong, and he will soon
learn which is right and which is wrong;
and the horse will soon learn that man
is his master, and also his friend. No
success can be derived from any manner
of handling, without a great amount of
patience also. After a horse has been
worked single. he can be worked wher-
ever yon will but always keep ii watch
full eye on him, for once vicious he will
always need watching
REGULATIONS AS TO Show Car rLF.-
In the classes of thorous' , T.! cattle,
only those Ct approved predigroes will
be admitted; but all ANIMALS whose
predigrees are approved, end that are
shown to be thoroughbred and of pure
predigree, will he considered equal as to
predigree, one strain of pure blood hay
ing no preference over another in the
prize rings. In order to discourage tie
over feeding of breeding animals for ex.
hibiiion IN practice which not only |
causes useless expense and loss to the |
owner. hut sometimes deters those |
breeders from exhibiting who wisely re-
'nse to incur the risk Of putting their |
hnlfnu,s In WHAT IN ocileI q osbow CON
dition'9 the judges are instructed TO !
make allowance, in all cases, for differ
ence in condition, and are cautioned |
against being deceived thereby. And |
whenever there shall seem to the Judges
to be reason to doubt whether any |
animal receiving an award is actually in
breeding condition. they shall state the
1oubt explicitly in connection with the
award. In every such case. the prize shall |
De held in suspense, and shall pass to |
he animal next in order on the prize |
ist, whose prize shall in like manner
PASS to the next and so on down the list, +
Unless pioof he furnished to the Execu.
i've Committee, that the animal, if a
,ull, has got cows with calves within two
months, or II a COW or heifer over three
ears old, has produced a living calf
within nine months after the Fair and
a all classes TO which this rule applies,
be judges, besides awarding the prizes,
ball, if there be any other animal of
efficient merit for a prize. designate one
nimal as the reserve number to succeed
o the place made vacant on the prize
1T in Gaze any OF the prize animals shall
e disqualified rs above provided. The
At cattle must be weighed. and in gem
raj those are to be judged best which
ave the greatest weight with the least !
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