The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1875-07-21

PARIS GREEN IN WAFER,
| B. +. Johnson, Of Champaign county, Iii
nois, writes as folIows:
| have become convert 10 Judge Law.
fencs's plan Of distributing Ii w neans Of
wator. f Is a safer, cheaper and quicker
operation than dilutton With fiour OF ground
plaster applied 10 the ordinary way. Hair 4
tablespoonful Of good Paris green, stirred iu-
to ten or twelve quarts of water and then the
mixture distributed through the foso Of a
watering pot, and delivered as fast as man
can walk along the rows, is d remedy 50 effec-
tuai that It Kills mature bugs; larvae aud eggs,
at one and the same time. That this method
is cheaper and quicker than Tho busting pro-
cess is selfevident !; but word remains to be
said Of its greater safety. Paris green IL a
deadly poison, compounded Of the salts Of
copper and arsenic which salts are made by
adding to the two metals; corrosive acids.
Where it is manufactured the men wear
masks. and wet spouges over nose and mouth;
and even with such precautions rarely stay in
the works more than few months at time
have II from good authority, that the horses
even, which In Cincinnati haul the boxes con-
tanning It from the works to the city, are so
poisoned as to be rendered comparatively
worthless after year or two of such service
House painters dread to use it, and when
ground in oil at the factories, those who handle
the brush take the precaution to wear gloves.
have handled too much Of It to be made to
believe that on ordinary breezy Summer
weather, an acre Of potatoes can be sprinkled
or busted without great risk and danger to the
health ofhim who does the work.
In conclusion, / will say that think If
those who, having procured the pure Paris
green, once try the method of diluting by
water and sprinhling afterwards, viii seldom
If ever return to the old way of increasing its
volume largely by plaster Or -four and apply
ing it in dry state.
FARM HORSES.
What kind of horses do farmers want !?
The subject is broad one. Most attention
has been paid to the trotting and racing
breeds but these evidently are not the horses
for average farmers. What they Want is
horse strong enough for any kind of farm
work, of good constitutions easily kept, and
one that will really learn a fast walk for or
binary farm work. The old Monroe County
Agricultural Society, now the Western New
York, did good thing years ago in offering
premiums for fast walking horses. There Is
no excitement in these trials Of walking speed,
but we opine that such premiums do more for
the farmer than what Josh Billings calls the
sH purely agricultural Uoss- rrot.-
In our Judgment, the Percheron horse, or
some other of the Norman French breeds,
makes the hest basis for breeding hardy,
active and always healthy farm horse. In
some sections these French horses have at
tanned considerable popularity under the name
of "Samsons," sometimes called "English
Samsons,' although the basis OF tlie breed is
rarely English. Their reculiarties are short
legs, sound feet, and heavy bodies in proper
tion to their size. The English or Scotch
"Clydesdale breed is generally too large
bodied, and too "loguey" to cross on our
native mares. Possibly better results would
be secured by taking Clydcsdale mares and
breeding with some Of our American trotters.
Theoretically this should give all the strength
and body required, with sufficient action and
speed tor all practical purposes.
A team weighing 2,100 to 1850 pounds
closely built and well kept, will do the bulk
of work oil d hundred-acre farm, as we
know by experience. II more tenn help is
needed get some more horses as nearly like
them as possible, rather than strive to get
horses of unnatural size and proportions
Moore's Rural.