The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1872-03-28
OTHER WORK.

Besides blowing, manuring, repairing
enclosures, &C., may now be done. Trees
may be set during mild weather In win
ter, or the places prepared, if the ground
is not wet or frozen. Pruning should be
attended to, as this work should be done
before the sap rises. No large limbs
| should be taken off in old orchards, un-
less decayed and the knife should be
sparingly used among the young trees.
The wounds of all should be painted or
plaStered to keep out air and moisture.
Many other things had best be done In
winter and wet seasons such as the max
ing of fruit ladders. hampers and baskets,
preparing and putting on labels, cutting
and saving gratis &C., all (which, fde-
layed, might be entirely neglected or have
to be done at busy season.
WHEN SHOULD COLTS BE BROKEN?
| Where one is engaged in breeding
horses and has the proper convenience,
he cannot begin too early to braak his
colts If he has roomy box stalls in which
to put his brood mares and colts, he
should, from the very first, begin to pet
and handle the young toals He should
have his little ha!ters and put them on
and accustom them to their use. He
must treat them with kindness, and teach
them he Is a friend and not an enemy
BY handling them in the stall in this
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lessons will meyer be forgotten. Tho
great secret Of success with colts is, kind
ness-uniform kindness throughout their
colt-hood
| In the fall after two years old, they
| should be broke to harness. If the colt
has been handled properly, this is put
little trouble. First get the colt accus-
toned to the harness, putting it on him
| several days In succession, and letting MIN
stand with it on. Then put him by the
! side of a steady horse and drive him
around without hitching him to anything,
so as 10 get him accustomed to being
driven and show him that he is not going
to be hurt. When he becomes entirely
tractable, hitch him to some light vehicle
in company with his steady companion,
being careful that nothing shall frighten
| him in his first attachment to the vehicle.
| He will generally, and we have found al
ways go off quietly when handled as we
recommended A little gentle work will
now be bene6cial-but it should be slow
work, just to accustom him to the har-
ness. No fast work should be given
No heavy loads should be attached to
him. Many promising colts are serious
| ly injured by overwork at this age, and
unless the handler has proper Judgment
it is better to wait till the colt is three
years old before breaking, when it will be :.
| better qualified to Withstand hard usage.
POTATO POULTICE.
1t is not general known how much
pleasanter and more agreeable. as well as
efiicacious, is a poultice made Of potatoes
than one made of bread 1t keeps longer,
can bereheated several times, and does
not wet the clothing. Peel, boil and mash
the potatoes; inclose in a muslin bag,
and apply to the affected part. To boil
them in hot water has very soothing
effect, and enhances their virtue. A
poultice made of boiled beans Is by some
thought to be better than potatoes; but
both are worthy Of trial.
To TEMPER cbimneys, put them in
pot of cold water. and gradually heat it
until II hoils then Let Ii as cradu,llr cool,