The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-02-09

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TO TAN slIrEISKTNs.

| SnccpSklllS may nc pTenarcu LOT
whip-hsllcs by soaking them In weak
lime-watcr, to remove the wool, aud
then rubbing them with oil or grease
Will pressure ofa roller thicker IN the
center than at the ends. They will alb
sorb large quantity of grease. Fin
ish with chalk or whiting.
Cramp in horses arises from irrcgll-
lar action Of the motor nerves. Rub
bing the affected part witha u wisp Of
hay would be beneficial and should
friction alone not remove the tendency
to cramp, the parts affected should be
rubbed occasionally with solution OF
camphor and olive oil. in the proper
ton of one part of camphor to four OF
oil.
Few farmers realize the benefit of
milching, Although practice >lnorc
common among gardeners than farm
erS. the farm cannot do better in geil-
-ersll way than -b0wew-tsom the exam
pie ofthc garden, and the nearer ap-
proach that one makes to the complete
fertility of the other, so much greater
will be the profits Of the cllltivater.
Surface manuring is mulclling. A
mellow soil is u great lesi,lelsltInl, and
mulch produces this. In winter the
surface i kept warm by m,ilcling, in
summer it is kept cool, and what is
more important, sudden variations of
temperature are prevented. Grass
lands and winter grain especially are
benefited after sowing, Is in q great
measure prevented. Une great advall-
tage Of the pea, buckwlleit and clover
crops j. the milclling effects of their
abundant stalks and leaves, and these
are 80 marked that many farmers ac-
tltally believe and maintain that these
crops leave the ground richer than
they found it.
FEEDING CHICKENS.
A correspondent of the Rmd Neo
Yorker writes: | have been very sllc-
ccssfill In feeding chickens this year,
none of them Icing troubled with roup
or other disease. [ am satisfied that
in feeding wheat screenings as obtain
ell from the mills, they should always
be soaked in water eight or ten hours,
or at least washed, before feeding to
soften the white caps, swell the sllrunk-
ell kernels and destroy the poisonous
dust. Corn meal should always bc
mixed with boiling waterf0 chickens.
Onions, tops as well as bottoms, should
be clt fine and daily fed. They are
very stimulating, and superior to many
medical preparations recommended for
sick chickens. believe q daily feed
ing of onions tends greatly to ward off
disease. The truth is, too little atten-
ton is paid to having dry quarters for
fowls generally, though no animal
pays better for good care than fowls.
ii, even fair results cannot be
expected.
A BREED OF WALKING HORSES.
Train your colt to walk, and keep
It walking. Farmers don't want fast
trOtting horses as yet-we have need
30 far Of fast walking horses, great
need, we may say, for they are far too
scarce. Therefore train colts to walk
1t the rate of tour miles an hour, ut
east. The time will come when u
lorsc that can walk his mile In twelve
minutes will take prize at an agricul-
llrll fair, equal IN value to the best
rottcr. a team of such horses could
blow two acres Of ground, with a fur
'ow a foot wide, IN five hours, allow
ng time for turnings round. This is
Iboye the quantity plowed OH tile
lyerage now, in a day of ten hours.
lorses Of such capacity would be
worth large price, and 1t should be
'ur endeavor to produce them. We r.
ave a breed that can transmit trot-
lilg capacity to Its decendahts' and
WY can We not raise up q breed OF
Walking horses Some one might
make name and fortune In this.
TIE FARMERS CLUB.
The clnb i to tho farmer OH ~
.ounc n school liz Is learn;n~ ali
he time how to exnress his y;ows
leorlv Tbe views II his ma;ohI,~ -
raw ont new thoughts on new SIS,
pcts: and these thonoIts find exnres-