The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-01-13
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ScRATCHES.--The veterinary editor
II Wilkes Spirit Of ttc Times" re-
the following Ter scratches
ii O horse. Take sulpllste Of zinc,
one drachm ); glyerine, two ounces
apply every morning.
An English farmer possesses
novelty In the form Of COW with a
wooden leg. The animal having
famed Que Of her hind legs skilifnl
surgeon tried the expert
ment Of ampuation The operation |
was Asccessfhl. A wooden leg was |
provided, and the COW walks about
very comfortably.
TO TRAIN A HORSE TO SrAND.--'rlie
A,nsnicaa Stock JotraI contains the
following directions. Take your
horse on the barn floor and throw q
strap over his back and fasten 1t to biz
fore foot; lead him along and say
whoa; ut the same time puiltlown the
strap, which throws him Oh three feet
aud makes him stop suddenly. This
Il the hest way to teach whoa, though
you can put on the war bride and ~
whoa, aud give a sharp jerk that Wi
stop him about as soon as the straptb
his foot. Then put him in harlieSs
with foot-stfap. rs directed uldeF
the head Of ''training to harness, ana
drive t,im up to the door. The mo-
ment he undertakes to start take IN
foot up and say WHOM. Get in your
carriage and get ont again, rattle the
thills, make all the noise in AMI on
you can and give him to understand
by snatching his foot each time he
moves, that he must stand until you
tell him to go /; and atlera few times
you Can put the whole family III TIE
carriage and he won't stir out Of his
tracks.
RATS IN THE HENNERY.-A lady
who has a number Of fine hens 70
which she had devoted a good deal o.
care and attention during the winter,
In hopes of obtaining an early anH
fair crop of fresh egg. was surprised
at the meagre result actually reached.
The hens male noise, in singing and
Cacklins, enough for every day layers,
and vet only occasionally did she yet
an egg. The lady at length determill-
Ell TO watch operations and ascertain
il possible the cause Of the failure.
She saw the hens go upon the nest,
but ii she was not present when they
came of, no egg was found. AT
length constant watching and waiting
solved the mystery. A day OF two
since. while on the watch, q hen came
off the nest and commenced cackling.
Almost instantly an old rat came out
OF hole, and running into a barrel,
which was thrown down on its side.
and In which the hens nest was, sk
once nosed the egg o,t upon tile
ground, then lay down upon its back.
and getting the egg between its fore
paws and nose, commenced sIueallhg,
when two other rats came out, and
taking the rat with the egg blythe
hind legs, dragged it, egg and all, into
the hole. The lady affirms that she
can substantiate the foregoing fact by
at least three witnesses. --Poalhy
STANDARD.
SAGE BRUSH ASHES A FERTILIZER.
Something may be learned sometimes
where least expected. In the Hum-
boldt Valley, living at one of the old
Stags stations, four or five years ago,
was a family who made fine garden
from year to year, around the station.
Sage brush growing large and vigor-
Gus was all the resources for fuel.
The wife desiring to cultivate q few
vegetables and try the experiment of
growing strawberry vines, had the
soil broken close by the house, and
while setting ont her plants found that
a portion or the same had become
mixed with the ashes that had been
thrown there. She became dubious
about the welfare Of the plants, and
Get the most Of them Oh q portion Of
the ground free from ashes; but hav-
ing . few left, and not wishing to
throw them away, she set them, with
no expectation of seeing them live,
where the ashes were mixed with the
earth.
As the season advanced, the plants
thrived, blossoaaed and bore fruit /; but
the few set cut as she called It in the
ash-bed'' produced amazingly, and few
excelled the others in quantity OF
fruit.
The next year the same family plant
"a q large area Of ground to vegeta-
bles, and to try the experiment, scat
tered the ashes OF the sage brush which
had been saving oil winter, plenti-
fully ever the soil. The result was
larger vegetables and greater quantl-
ties than they had ever raised before.
This may b, an important fact to those
who are clearing up the sage brush