The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-07-09
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
BRUIsINe HORSES. following sem
sible advice is from the New England
Farmer: "A man who will habitually
take horse through narrow door knows
very little of whata horse remembers, or
what is fair treatment to the animal.
One single blow on the hip against the
sharp corner of a doorway is sometimes
sufficient to ruin a valuable horse. But
when that blow has been several times re-
peated the horse becomes valueless, be-
cause he has become highly dangerous
animal. We have seen horse whose
hips were never healed after striking two
or three times in passing through mar
row way. Another dangerous practice
is the leading of horses out of the barn
door by the sides of loads of hay, grain
&c. A slight blow upon the hip will
sometimes SO excite high spirited horse
that the person leading loses control
over him, and he escapes upon jump,
banging his shoulders and hips as he pro-
ceeds, leaving patches of skin and hair as
evidence that he has got through. Many
a valuable horse has been ruined in this
way, and many valuable one can be
saved by never leading him through
narrow space"
ROLLING THE GRoUND.-A correspon-
dent of the Germantown Telegraph
writes: "On dry or wet ground the eff
feet is found to be salutary. PlOwed and
prepared for sowing, dry land is much
helped by the roller. The blades ofgrass
spring up sooner and retain firmer hold
in the earth. In season of drought
rolling has saved the crop, when without
it the seed would have never sprung
from the ground. In wet and heavy
ground it is believed the roller, smooth
ing and hardening the surface, will leave
the soil Immediately beneath the surface
in better condition to generate the
seed. On grass ground that has been
heaved bv the frost, the roller has an ex-
cellent effect in fixing the roots. Rolling
the ground is also good when the land
has been laid down unevenly the pre-
vious year. If the land is too dry, wait
till Just after soaking rain, and it will
work capitally. 1t is good idea to roll
plowed sowed ground before narrowing,
as it presses down the burrows that would
be turned back, and makes the surface
less unlevel, and the harrow pulverizes
it much easier. We find that on an
average not one farmer in four has a
roller"
FRUITS AND HEALTH.-Dr. Hunt said
at recent meeting of the Warsaw HOr-
ticultural Society, that "an absence of
fruits implied doctors bills" We have
urged for many years the Importance of
regular supply of ripe fruit to prevent
disease, and insisted that the best medi-
cine chest which an emigrating family
could carry to newly settled country
would be box of early bearing fruit
trees, currant, gooseberry and raspberry
bushes, and strawberry plants. We
knew family who moved West, and took
with them very large supply of dried
fruit, which lasted them throughout the
first summer. None of them were sick,
although disease prevailed all about
them that year; but the next year, with
more comforts and less privations, but
with no fruit, they suffered much from
sickness. Other Western residents have
told us that SO long as they could have
ripe fruit, they have been free from all
disease resulting from malaria.
How TO FIT COLLARS TO HORSES
SHOULDERs.-It is very important to
have a collar fit nicely and snugly to the
shoulders ola horse. 1t enables him to
work with a great deal more ease, and to
apply great deal more strength. 1t
prevents CALLING and wounding, as the
friction is avoided. Collars are so made,
or should be SO made, as to throw the
chief force Oh the lower part of the shout
der. The horse can apply but little
strength on the upper part {; and for this
reason breast-cOllars are coming greatly
into vogue, as the strength is exerted on
the lower part of the shoulder. But we
started out to tell our readers how to
make new collar fit the shoulder of a
horse. The collar should be purchased
of the proper size. Just before putting
it on the first time, immerse it in water,
letting it remain about minute, and i'm
mediately put it on the horse, being
careful to have the names so adjusted at
the top and bottom as to fit the shoulder,
and then put the horse to work. The
collar by being wet, will adapt itself to
the shoulder, and should dry on z
horse.
When taken off it should be left i'm the
same shape it occupied on the horse and
ever after you will have snug-ftting
collar and no wounds Valley Farmer.
How TO MANAGE A FRAcTIoUs
HORsE.-We find the following in the
Lire Stock Journal: A beautiful and
high-spirited horse would never allow a
shoe to be put on his feet or any person
to handle his feet. In attempting to
shoe such horse, recently, he resisted
all efforts, kicked aside everything but
an anvil, and came near killing himself
OH that, and finally was brought back to
his stable unshOd. This defect was Just
on the eve OfcOnsigning him to the pillow,
where he might walk barefoot, when an
officer i'm our service, lately returned
from Mexico, took cord about the size
of common BEDFORD, put it in the
mouth of the horse like bit, and tied it
tightly OH the animals head, passing his
left ear under the string, not painfully
tight, but tight enough to keep the ear
down and the cord in place. This done
he patted the horse gently on the side of
the head and commanded him to follow,
and instantly the horse obeyed, perfectly
subdued and as gentle and obedient as .
dog, suffering his feet to be lifted with
entire IMMUNITY, and acting in all re-
spects like an old stager. The gentle
man who thus furnished this exceedingly
simple means of subduing very danger
Gus propensity, intimated that it is prac-
ticed in Mexico and South America i'm
the management of wild horses.
Household Helps.
FRUIT IN CAKE.-By sitting -four over