Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-10-17
Practical Suggestions.

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each way of closely packed timothy hay will
make ton; 200 feet, or a cube OF nine feet, each
way, OF clover and timothy in equals parts,
will make ton. Light meadow hay consist ng
OF blue grass, red top, White bent or fooslv pack
ed clover hay, will require 600 cubic feet or
ten feet each way for ton. Allowances must
be made for difference IN theFtate of compress
sion in which the hay may be. Clover hay tight
ly pressed down in a NOW under q quantity of
grain might only require 200 or 500 feet for ton
ton OF loose hay Is much larger quantity
than most people suppose, and estimates Of
weights are more frequently too large than too
low.
a balky horse is understood to be an animal
which, when haTnessed refuses TO start. Vari-
GUS eNPedients, many of them cruel, are resort
ed to in order TO overcome such obstinacy. ami =,
ii may, therefore, be well enough TO please
note the California method. IL il TO put a rope
under the horses belly, behind his fore legs
and lettwO men, one at each end, draw the 70 re
backward and forward, as if Saving" at the
legs. &c must not be done too roughly, but s-il
with force sufficient. The animal, to escane
some thing he does not understand, will soon
move few steps, and after a heightened but
quiet application of such a "peTsuasive' no
cess, viii Lot fail 30 move on. Repeated sp-
pllcations viii work thorough cure.
Professor henry Tanner, Queens College,
birmingham, says: 81 have every reason 20
believe thatt the action of sugar is most impOr-
tant in Its actions upon the geneTatiye system
AID think there is just cause for consider :
that any animal may by its use oe rendered
incompetent for pIopag eating it's species A
breeder of some eminence, with view to a.
Improvement in the condition of his herd, add 1
molasses TO the dry food which he gives TO his
stock. 1t certainly produced the result b. an
ticipated, for their general condition and an
peaTance was most satisfactory: but this y , 3
accompanied by an influence he never expectsi
for his stock, which had always realized E,-N
prices as breeding stock, now, with few exceI,.
ticns. proved valueless for that object male
and female being alike sterile"
member of the Michigan PomologicaI S.
ciety stated at the late Adrian meeting that lie
was very successful in keeping winter apple
and had secured sound, fresh fruits in May by
the following treatment. He picks the fruit in
october, and places IL in heaps in the orchard
covering them with hay. These heaps remain
untouched till December, the slight moisture
ofthe earth and the few inches OF hay prevent
ing any injury to the apples, even during sharp
freezes. They are then assorted and packed in
barrels which, after heading up, are placed in
cold cellar which is kept at a temperature OF
about 81 degrees, and If it should happen to be
lew degrees lower for short time, the protec-
ton of the barrels will prevent any injury.
They come out sound in the spring.
WHAT MAKES THE GRNTLKMAN-Whatitis
that constitutes the look OF a gentleman is NOR,
easily felt than described; we all know it when
we see 1t, but do not know how to account for
Is, or to explain in what 1t consists. Ease grace,
dignity, have been given as the exponents and
expressive symbols Of this look; but 1 would
rather say that an habitual self possession de-
termlnes the appearance OF q gentleman. He
should have the complete command, not only
over his countenance, but over his limbs and
his air and manner, q voluntary power over his
whole body, which, with every infection OF IT,
should be under the control OF his will. 1t must
be evident that he does as he likes, without am
restraint, confusion, or awkwardness. He is, IN
fact, master or his person, as the professor OF
any art or science Is OF a particular Instrument;
he directs 1t to whatever use he pleases and in,
tends. wherever this power and faculty appear
we recognize the look and department of the
gentlemsn-that is, of a person who, by his
habits and intercourse with society, has had
little else to do than to study those movements
and that carriage Of the body, which were sc-
companied with most satisfaction 10 himself.
and were to excite the appreciation of the be-
holder. Ease, Ii might be observed, is not
enough; dignity is too much. There must be a
certain retenue, conscious decorum, added 60
the nrst-and certain "famiIiarity of regard
quenching the austere countenance of control"
In the ether, TO answer to our conception of this
character Perhaps propriety is as near a word
as any to denote the manners of the gentleman:
elegance is necessary to the fine gentleman, dig
pity is proper to noblemen; and majesty to
kings.-Hazlitt,