The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-06-18
FARM AND GARDEN.
HOW no CARE FOR HORSES.

California sgriculturist writes from
Paris concerning the care of horses as
follows:
To groom horse well and keep the
stables sweet are much, but not all the
essentials; there is further demanded an
attention to the animals state of health,
noting when the horses condition re
qUires artificial aids, and regulating his
food according to his work. Ordinarily.
hay, straw and oats form the regular
dietary but as man occasionally re
quires tonics, and a more generous
nourishment according to his work, so
also does the horse. Hunters generally
receive a weekly warm mash, consisting
either of bran, or better perhaps, of
barley -four, containing according to
tho temperament of the animal, some
crushed beans or inseed. This mush
is very grateful after a hard run am
| when the animal is wet, but must not be
given till an hour or two after the
horse has entered the stable Carrots
cnt and mixed with the rations of oats
| morning and evening, are refreshing,
| brit to feed horses constantly thus with
| carrots has been found in France to ef-
| feet the kidneys and enfeeble the an.
| imal. Horses employed for speed re-
| ceive their hay only in small portions
at time this prevents a greed for
! drinking and distensiOn of the stomach
Not a few practical men trace asthma
| and wheeling to this cause. In the
matter of drinking, we'll water is most
| pernicious for horses, and the longer
the period that elapses between their
| drink and work, the better. Horses
with tendency to gorge themselves with
hay or straw ought to be muzZled this
| will check plethora. The flooring on
the stable has much to do with the con-
dition Of health. Asphelte tagging is
1 the favorite pavement for stables here,
and which costs two and One-baif
francs the square yard. TWenty-twe
horses belonging to an artillery regi-
meDt have been poisoned by eating old
musty hay 4; three of them died, and on
disse ction the intestines displayed great
infiammatory LESSONS. Those saved had
received sudorific drinks dieuretics
and purgatives, adding a little ether
and opium to the beverages to calm the
COLES. Such poisoning is not at all
rare among domestic animals, occasion
ed not only by mouldy hay, but also
from oats, pulp, ETC., in similar state.
Farm buildings subjected to humidity,
or crops sOured in a wet season, too
often present the danger in question.
we'll the affected forage, watering it
with a solution of salt two hours before
using.
KINDNESS To Mich COWS.
One of the greatest errors in over
coming COWS that are unquiet while
being MIXED, is to whip, beat, kick and
brawl at them. This Is generally done;
and the COW becomes afraid and angry,
and, instead of becoming better, grows
worse. Mich COWS can not be whipped
or terrified into standing quietly gently
and patiently during milking. They
dislike to be MIXED for they know
that Ioud words and hard blows always
attend the operation. They dread TO
see the mixer as the little urchin breads
to see the birchen rod IN the hand of an
angry pedagogue, when he expects to
have il applied to his back. A COW
kindly and properly treated is pleased
to see the mixer, gladly awaits his OF
} her approach, and submits with pleas
J ure TO the operation of being MIXED.
Every one having experience with
! COWS knows this to be {. ue. But the
COW is opposed to a change of mixers
, she soon becomes attached to one per.
son who performs the operation, anC
does not willingly and freely give dOwI
her milk to another person therefore
have one mixer to certain COWS, anC
bear in mind, if you change mixers i
, is at the expense Of q loss of milk anC
: of injury to the coz.
: All animals appreciate kind treat
: ment, and resent abuse. See that those
who milk them control themselves
govern their passions, speak low anC
kindly under almost any prOvocation
and soon the COWS will learn that they
= aIe not going to be abused, and vii
, submit to the operation. Milking should
be performed 1T regular hours, no
, varying fifteen minutes one day from
! another. No talking or laughing should
be permitted. -OhiO Farmer.
UNDEsERvEDLY NEGLECTED FLOwERINC
, PLANTS.
9 There are some very beautiful flower
r ing plants, admirably adapted to on,
climate, and of easy cultivation, which
I are seldom seen in our southern gar
q dens. we do not refer to newly intro
q duced species and varieties. These ar
1 often too expensive to be within til,
2 reach of our people generally, and no
. infrequently Of too little value, in spit,
! of their fine, high sounding names, t.
be bought at any price. We have il
+? our mind, on the contrary, such Ole
favorites (among others as the follow
| lLB l. A3ObtcOCe4HC fGGfttS, III It's III
proved forms, a truly magnificent plant
= beautiful in foliage, and brilliant IL
: bloom; neglected, we suspect, because
: it is nothing but nasturtiUm," ont
species of which is sometimes grow
n as a garden vegetable ; 2. CaLjODSi
o (''Beautiful EYED, in the flowers O
> which We have every shade of yellow
2 orange, reddish brown, and crimson
: and the plant takes so kindly to ON
gardens that it seeds itself and grow
P and blooms, in all its beauty, In ever
; nook and corner 3. BGrtOnia, brillian
\ and showy-hower5 a metallic yellow
: T. BrOlOnUalLjG, free Towering and ex
quisitely delicate and beautiful, but no
, | snowy 5. GaiIIaroJiG is a native of tn,
south, and perhaps sighted at home OF
, that account, but 1t makes a brillian
bed, and is constant bloomer. W.
might put many more beautiful thing
in this list of good and available. bu
, seldom seen flowers, but these ar,
enough for once
THINNING CORN
D Prof. Roberts, Of the Cornell Uni
= versity, made some experiments il
e growing corn upon the college
= farm last season, the results of whIcl
= are valuable. He planted three plot
] of three sixteenths of an acre each will
y corn, and thiuned the halls IN one lot {.