The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-07-23
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

placed near each other to prevent awk-
ward gaps, but as they increase in size,
the superfiuous ones should be removed,
and the remaining ones will show they
are the gamers A celebrated fruit
grower said it took him thirty years to
acquire the moral courage necessary to
thin out his fruit buds properly. A still
higher degree of courage is required to
lay the ak to thrifty, handsome shade
tree, though we know its neighbors will
be dwarfed if it is allowed to remain.
COUGH IN SwINE.-A Hamilton county
Qowa) correspondent of the Rural World
says; ." If the shoats are doing well, and
the hair or bristles do not lie smoothly
the shoats having been fed principally on
corn, and they go coughing around--we
come to the conclusion that they have
got worms, and teaspoonful of turpen-
tine is then given to each, in the form of
drench. If the coughing does not cease
in the course of week, give another
spoonful usually the first dose will be
sufficient. If hogs are fed plenty of salt
and ashes, the worms hardly ever get the
advantage of them. Sulpher and stone
coal and charcoal are good preventiveso of
diseases in swine. Hogs are very fond of
charcoal, and also of salt.
GLUE PoTs.---Nething about house is
more useful than glue pot, so many
things may be repaired by means of it.
If the knobs on the bureau drawers be-
come loose they can be speedily fastened
again by the timely application of lit
tie glue. If the thread of the screw has
become worn, put on some glue. and hen
wind on some fax or tow if you have it,
or soft rag, then put on more glue, and
fasten on the knob and it is all right. If
pieces of veneering fall off the furniture
they can be replaced by means of glue
and feather, and anything else of that
kind also. l can think of no wedding
present which, for the expense, would be
more useful to working housekeeper, or
cause the giver to be oftener remembered
with kindly feelings than tn gift of one
of these little conveniencies. Farmers
Wife.
To FEED CoLT.--It is the early care
of the colt which makes or mars the
horse. The danger is generally in starv-
ing him rather than Overfeed 'ng him.
Tho point to be aimed at is to keep him
growing. He may be fed from two weeks
old. At that time, in addition to the
milk from the mare, he should have a
handful-at first oatmeal or oats
soaked in sweet cows milk or water. If
the mare does not give much milk, this
may be gradually increased up to two
quarts of oatmeal or oats in few weeks.
No corn should be given to colt 6 ! any
al DC hnx al
and with an eager appetite may be given
without danger He should be brushed
daily, SO as to keep the skin clean and
| free from scurf. 1t is well to have a
closed stall next to the mare for the colt,
in which he may run loose when not at
pasture.
WALKING HORsEs.-One of the most
desirable and valuable gaits for horse is
walk, and it should be the aim to first
develop this gait in the handling of the
colt. The good walker will always make
good time on the road when days
journey is to be made, without wearying
himself, while the slow hopper must be
constantly kept OH the trot if time is to
be made. A horse that will walk five
miles per hour will 60 as far in day,
confined to this gait, as an ordinary horse
can be driven when kept half of the
time to the trot, and with much greater
ease to himself. If ene-half the pains
were taken by the farmers boys to make
fast walkers of the youngsters on the
farm that is usually taken to make them
trot, the result would be much more ben.
efcial and we would find plenty of teams
that could do their five miles an hour
with ease. But instead of this, as soOr
as the colt is bridled, the sole aim of "the
boys" is to make trotter of him, and
both gaits are spoiled.
Make the colts walk, boys; make them
extend themselves in long, sweeping
square walk, and don't be satisfied with
anything less than five miles an hour
When he gets to trotting he will 60 all
the faster for this preliminary training to
the walking gait, and if he can not trot
fast enough to beat Dexter or Goldsmith
Maid, or Occident, he will have gait
that is invaluable for business purposes
We hope to see more attention paid to
fast walking than heretofore, and we re.
spectfully urge upon agricultural societies
the importance of offering liberal prizes
for walking horses at the fairs for the
coming year. - National Live Stock Jour.
nal.
SHOULD HORSES WEAR BLENDERS p
A writer in the Webster Times says these
sensible things: eve never could see
what vice or deformity lay in a horses
eye, that should make it necessary to
cover it up, and shut out its owner from
at least two-thirds of his rightful vision
The poets say that old age looks back
ward; but we never heard such an lido
syncrasy charged upon the horse. The
theory that horse is less apt to be fright
ened when shut out from everything be-
hind him we suspect to be a fallacy, else
saddle-horses and warehouses would be
duly blinded. Every horse is as familiar
with his own carriage as with his own
tail, and, as far as his personal fortitude
is concerned, is no more disturbed at be-
ing pursued by one than by the other
As for other scare-crows that come up be
hind, they are mostly so familiar to the
animal, that, the more fully the horse
can perceive them, the more quietly doe:
he submit to their approach. Then it il
such q pity to cover up one of the most
brilliant features of this most brilliant
creature. The horse has borne such {
hand in the civilization of this rough
and-tumble world, that it seems not 81
much cruelty as discourtesy, as wei
as a disgrace, to hide his form with EN-
barrassing toggery. No wonder we es
innate the force in the world as horse
power; no wonder the Romans and tn,
Germans, each i'm their own language
designate their aristocracy as riders; m
wonder their descendants made chivalr.
a synonym for their highest virtues. lie
the horse be given his due and unblinded
The check-rein is another nuisance il
harness-wear which has almost entirel.
disappeared from England, the arm.
having at last given it up by order of tn
commander chief, Sir George Bur
goyne."
Household He1ps.
To CLEAN MARBLE. - Rub first will
soda and soft soap, wash as usual will
wafer