National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-07-05
Farm, Garden and Household.


Coon MRy MAKE Coon lloRsEs.--A
horse Is never vicious or intractable with
ont a direct cause. II horse Is FESTIVE OF
timorous you may be sure that thes'
faults arise from defects in his education
He has been treated either awkardly Of
brntally. Commence the education Of
horse at his birth; acoustom him TO til,
presence, voice aud sight of man speal
and act gently; caress him, and do no
startle him. All chastiscment or cruelt,
confuses the animal and makes him wild
They are good men who make good horses
MANungs.-Dr. Voelcker says, in on
English journal, that If n farmer wishes ia
lay ont money 10 the greatest advantage
in the purchase of artificial manures, be
should discard the recommendation of
competing manufacturers he should en-
deavor 10 procure at the cheapest rate
and in n separate form all tho various fer
tilizing substances which are best adapted
10 particular crop on given soil. and to
prepare himselfthe several mixtures which
are sold under various names ut a much
higher price than that at which he can
make them. The Maine Farmer lndor-
ses the doctrine of this eminent authority
and expresses the opinion that the plan
proposed is a perfectly feasible one, and
that it might be adopted in this country
with satisfactory results.
WHEN TO CUT GRAIN -Colemaa's Rural
World calls attention to experiments
which have been instituted from time to
time to determine at what period grain
should be harvested to secure tho great
est advantages. The unanimous opinion
appears to be, that if grain is cut soon
after the straw has turned yellow below
the head, while the lower part of the
stem is still green and the seed yet re-
mains in n soft and doughty state, the
grain will weigh moro to the bushel and
Yield a greater amount from given
space Of ground that more and better
-four is made from it and where the
straw is to be fed to stock, il is relished
better and ia more nutritious than il the
grain was allowed to stand until it be-
came fully ripe. Some very careful tests
OF this character were made in Yorkshire,
England, by John Hannah, and he sums
up the loss by Smelling AID in the weight
and quality of the grain through letting
it stand until fully ripe-as equal to Sc
per acre.
THE SoILIYG SYSTEM. considera-
ton of the fact that pastures have suf-
fered in common with all grass lands,
while the stock of cattle cannot easily
be reduced on account of the extremely
low prices. The massachusetts, Pl0Hgh-
man suggests that it is worth while for
Co. 10 Iar vrb oil hn ho1
not better adopt the system of partial
soiling, or perhaps better of buying
extra feeding stuffs in the shape of lin
seed or cotton seed meal and feeding n
reasonable quantity once or twice n day
throughout the summer. Many farmers
put their COWS in the barn nights, and it
is very easy matter to feed ont say a
quart of oil meal morning and night
The advantage of this would be to in
crease the quantity of milk and to carry
the stock along with less injury to the
pastures, the natural consequence of
over-stookipg while the value Of the ma
nure would be considerably greater.
Furthermore, the freer use of artificial
manures on pastures and tho use of
feeding stuifs for stock while ut grass
will rapidly improve the farm.
CANADA THISTLE CURE. "A CORE 50 on
dent says l see by late discussion in
your club that you are still Mt war with
the Canada thistle. They never grow
down South, and having lived about IL
years in the land of strawberry short
cakes, had forgot the miseries of bind
ing Canada thistles in thin shirt-sleeves
But l once realized it up in Broome
County, and 7 had no difficulty in des-
troying them in every case. cut them
with scythc about the time they began
to blossom, and allowed none to go to
seed. This kills the crop but there is
crop of young plants in the ground for
next years growth. Let these be mown
the next year about blossoming time, and
before any seed are ripe enough tOgrow,
and as there were no seeds ripened on
the last years crop, there are now no
plants in the ground to grow the next
year. OF course the crop ceases. Unless
they have learned to be more ugly than
they used to be, any patch can be des-
troyed in two years. But care must be
taken that none goes to seed either year.
and as these roots only grow one year.
their entire destruction is certain.
have thus eXterminated them on rich
bottom lands, and know whereof | speak.