Connecticut western news., 1874-07-10
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It is matter of great surprise that 50 little attention is paid to the quality of speed in working oxen. Our agri- cultural fairs have been very generally turned int0 mere horse races, in the rage for fast roadsters. Speed in horsefesh is, to large extent, the mania of the day. Good draught horsesvwsepnd, steady workers of fine form and powers of endurance have had to stand aside and let the trotters occupy public attention. rTT@N T %s l
 But we have scarcely ever seen the importance of cultivating quickness of movement in nyworking oxen alluded to. And yet there are farmers who will follow yoke of oxen around a field, blowing or drawing loads, at snails pace; now and then applying the gad with a shout of "go along," but mak- ing scarcely more than half dozen rounds of ten-acre lot in the course of Q day. Oxen are proverbially slow, but they are capable of improvement in this respect as we'll as other animals, and more attention ought to be paid to cultivating in them Q quick step. In Oriental Countries, especially nsIndia, they are used extensively for the road, in place of horses, and they may often be seen trottiBg of ct @ spanking gait. We do not need trotting oxenr but a fast walk is of great importance. Doub- ling their speed would double their value as working cattle. ,.s
 Why may not our agricultural socie- ties ofpr prizes flor the fastest-walhing oxen as we'll as for the fastest horses It would take some years to rear 8 race of good walkers, but it is worth san effort and worthy of encouragement from our agricultural societies. One of the strongest objections to the use of oxen on the farm is that they are so slow. This objection can be and ought to be removed. .ai4..,35 ..i .4 as a';.l 55ss
 A Little Advice to Farm CTS. '""'
 Help. your wives in every way you can, trivial though it may seem to you. For instance, keep an extra pair of shoes or slippers in ths hall or entry, and al- ways remember sto. change your dirty boots before entering her clean rooms. Then you may be sure of 8 smile of welcome, as no dirt will be left after you for her to clean up. In the even- ing comb your hair as carefully as ever you did in your courting days, put on clean coat CT dressing gown, and when you take yourpaper to read do not read to yourself and leave her to lonesome thoughts while sewing or menaing, but remember that she too has been work ing hard all day, and is still working. Read to her whatever interests you, so that her interests and opinions may grow with yours, and that she may comprehend something beside love stories, of which too many have read more .thenlthey should. You will both be happier, and being 8 farmers or mechanics wife will not be such a dreadful tiresome and lonely life as many girls have every reason now to think it is.-Science of Health. s~ s.i
 TreIlises for Heneysuclkle.
 Get common galvanized wire the size of fine knitting needle, cut it in requisite length, tasten the wires at one end to grooved sticks twelve inches long, which are driven into the ground behind the honey suckle, and tack the other ends to the top of the porch. The wires may be fastened so as to give the trellis the shape of fan. Thus, at trihing outlay and with an hours work, porches may be very prettily trellised.
 DESTRUCTION OF ANIs.-A correspon- dent writes OE recipes that have been published for the destruction of ants, I have found boiling water to be the most efectual, but it cannot always be applied, for not, unfrequently their nests occur among the crooks in orchid pots. Recently had occasion to get 8 square of glass, put, in an inside door of one of our orchid houses, and in less than two hours I noticed that the new putty was literally :brownswith ants. I therefore put five or six Jumps of putty in different parts of the house, and they were Immediately, covered with. these little pests. My plan is to have piece of putty about the size of teacup, in 8 rather soft state, then go to the Jumps previously laid down, and to dab it on them, plan by which thousands may be trapped in few minutes. Then mix the ants up in the putty, and it is ready to lay down again. sa5 |