The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-06-24
FARM AND GARDEN.
HOW TO CARE FOR HoRsrs

HOW II Jake FOR HORSES.
The European correspondent of the
California agriculturist writes from
Paris concerning the care of horses as
follows:
To groom a 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-
qulres tonics, and a more generous
| nourisbment 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
the temperament of the animal. some
crushed beans or linseed. This rrush
is very grateful after a hard run and
when the animal is wet, but must not be
given till an hour or two safter the
horse has entered the stable. Carrots
cut 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 eff
feet the kidneys and enfeeble the an
imaL. Horses employed for speed re-
ceive their bay only in small portions
at time this prevents n greed for
drinking and distension Of the stomach.
Not few practical men trace asthma
and wheeling to this cause. In the
matter of drinking, well 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
the faVorite pavement for stables here.
| and which costs two and one-balf
/ francs the square yard. Twenty two
| horses belonging to an artillery regi-
meDt have been poisoned by eating old
musty hay; three of them died, and on
disse elton the intestines DISPLAYED great
lnfiammatorY LESSONS. Those saved had
received sudoriic 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 a similar state.
| Farm buildings subjected to humidity,
or crops sOured in a wet season, too
often present the danger in question.
The remedy is easy to shake and beat
well the affected forage, watering it
with solution of salt two hours before
using.
KINDNESS TO MILCH COVE.
One of the greatest errors In over
coming cows that are uhqu'et 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 loud words and hard blows always
attend the operation. They dread TO
see the mixer as the little urchin breads
to see the birehen rod in the hand of an
| angry pedagogue. when he expects to-
have it applied to his back. A COW
kindly and properly treated is pleased
to see the mixer, gladly awaits his or
her approach, and submits with pleas-
ure to Che operation of being MIXED.
Every one having experience with
COWS knows this to be true. But the
COW is opposed to a change of mixers
she soon becomes attached to one per-
son who performs the operation, and
does not willingly and freely give down
her milk to another person therefore,
have one mixer to certain COWS, and
bear in mind, if yop change mixers it
is at the expense of a loss of milk and
of injury to the Gov.
All animals appreciate kind treat
ment, and resent abtise. See that those
who milk them control themselves,
govern their passions, speak low and
kindly under almost any provocation
and soon the COWS will learn that they
are not going to be abused, and will
submit to the operation. Milking should
be performed st regular hours. not
varying fifteen minutes one day from
another. No talking or laughing should
be permitted. Ohio Farmer.
UNDEsERvEDLY NEGLECTED PIONEERING
PLANTS. q.
There are some very beautiful flower
ing plants, admirably adapted to our
climate. and Of easy cultivation, which
are seldom seen in our southern gar
dens. We DO not refer to newly intro
duced species and varieties. These are
often too expensive to be within the
reach of our people generally, and not
infrequently of too little value, in spite
of their fine, high sounding names, to
be bought at any price. We have in
our mind, on the contrary, such old
favor;tes lamOng Others) as the follow
ing L. IFOpeOIIDl minus, in its i'm
proved forms, truly magnificent plant,
beautiful in foliage, and brilliant in
bloom; neglected, we suspect, because
it is nothing but nasturtium," one
species of which is sometimes grown
as a garden vegetable q CaItopSss
'Beautiful EYED, in the flowers of
which we have every shade of yellow,
orange, reddish brown, and crimson,
and the plant takes so kindly to our
gardens that it seeds itself and grows
and blooms, in all its beauty. in eVerv
nook and corner 3. Bartoafd, brilliant
and showy-fowers a metallic yellow
4. BrOtO7UGtIiG, free Towering and ex-
quisitely delicate and beautiful, bat not
snowy 3. GdiLlarCIiG is a native of the
south, and perhaps sighted at home on
that account, but it makes a brilliant
bed, and is a constant bloomer We
might put many more beautiful things
in this list of good and available, but
seldom seen flowers, but these are
enough for once
THINNING CORN.
Pfof. Roberts, of the Cornell Uni
versity, made some experiments in
growing corn upon the college
farm last season, the results of which
are valuable. He planted three plots
OF three sixteenths of an acre each with
corn, and thinned the hills in one lot to
three stalks to another, four stalks to
hill I; the third was not thinned. The
first plot yielded at the rate of 100
bushels, the second 125 bushels, and |
the third 106 bushels (of ears) to the |
acre. Mr.. Roberts states, as the result |
of many experiments prior to these, at |
the Iowa agricultural college, that the /
heaviest crops of corn were made by 4
growing three stalks TO hill, and two |
stalks TO a hill will procure more corn
than FIVE stalks. If every stalk pro-
duces an ear, and corn is planted three |
feet apart each way, there will be nearly
one hundred bushels of shelled grain /
per acre. To grow maximum crops of |
corn then, it is only necessary to grow
one ear upon a stalk, and ears of such /
a size that hundre1 of them will make /
n bushel of grain. The land must have /
strength to make the plants and their |
seeds and to obtain this, early ana /