Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-03-04

found to interfere materially with the
welfare of the cattle and the product of
the milk, and the hour of feeding roots
was changed. The plan of feeding meal
at once on tying up the cattle in the af-
ternoon, followed by roots and then hay,
proves to be more satisfactory. It may
be mentioned that peck of turnips each,
fed in this way has no unpleasant effect
on the flavor Of the milk, the same being
thoroughly cooled and aerated before
closing the cans for transportation.
A GREAT FARMERS MAxIMs.-The
successful life Of Mr.. Jacob Strawn, the
prince of American farmers, is attrib-
uted to the close observance of the fol-
lowing maxims, originated by himself:
When you wake up do not roll over,
bat roll out It will give you time to
ditch all your sloughs, break them, har-
row them and sow them. -
Make your fencing high, and strong
and tight, so that it will, keep the cattle
and pigs out. )
If you have brush, make your lot Sc
cure, and keep your hogs from the cattle:
for if the corn is kept clean they will
eat it better than if it is not.
Be sure to get your hands to bed by
seven o'clock will rise early by
force Of circumstances. Pay a hand, if
he is poor hand, all you promise him
if he is good hand, pay him a little
more; it will encourage him to do still
better.
Always feed your hands as well as
you do yourself, for the laboring men
are the bone and sinew of the land, and
ought to be well treated.
| am satisfied that early rising, in
dustry and regular habits, are the best
medicines ever prescribed for health.
When rainy, bad weather comes, so
that you can't work out Of doors, cut,
split and haul your wood
Make your racks, fix your fence or a
gate that is off its hinges, or weather
board your barn where the wind has
blown the siding off, or patch the roof Of
your house.
Study your interests closely. and do
not spend your time in electing presi-
dents, senators and other small officers,
or talking of hard times when spending
your time whiting boxes, etc.
Take your time and make your calcu-
lations. Don't do. things in hurry,
but do them at the right time, and keep
your mind as we'll as your body employ
ed.-Ruralist
RAsPING HORSES FEEr.-Rasping
down the feet nicely, as they call it, is
quite a passion with some people. l
have often rasped the hoof, and the own
er of the horse standing by to tell when
it would suit him. This rasping on a
hoof that happens to be little ill-shaped,
until it will spring under your finger, is
far too dangerous a plan for making
things look we'll. have often COM
menced on hoofs that had beauti-
full gloss all over and given them thor
ough rasping; not that l could make
them any better, for that was beyond
the power of human hands, but they had
to be rasped merely because the owners
mind was slave to fashion or fancy
, This rasping takes the strong surface of
! the hoof; and nature, trying all she
? can to make up for the evil done by in
judicious hands, forms hard CLASSY
surface to protect the foot. This CLASSY
surface takes the place of the previou:
. tough horn, and at the next shoeing
! the hoof will probably split a little a
e the nails, and not unfrequently the mai
. punches piece out before it.-Cor
Canada Farmer.
y THE DISADVANTAGE OF DARK STABLES
: The keeping of horses in stalls no
: provided with proper light, must hav
, a deleterious influence upon the optl
u nerve by weakening it, The retin;
:, feels it also. Objects are reflected upol
: a dull surface, and they are not clearl..
: discerned. The master wonders what /
% the matter; his horse used to be sure
= footed, but now he stumbles entirely to
! frequently for his credit in the market
- He used to be very gentle, and could b
warranted as altogether safe, but no'
he SHES so abominably that several time
:. he has nearly upset the carriage, an
= the ladies of the house are afraid of hin
i, He is loosing character and rapid
!. ! getting bad name, when the poor brut
- is as deserving of confidence as evel
y The animal would in fact be safer wit
~ absolute blindness than with such in
perfect vision, for it is constantly alarm
= ed by objects which are seen indistinctl.
O. whereas in tie former case it trusts ell
o. tirely to the Bride Farmers will q
= well to make a note, and let their horse
y have light
es Shooting HoRsEs.-The Mirror an
Farmer truly says: at is almost impo
pr sible to get horses shod without haYir