The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-01-08
FARM AND HOME.

FARM AND HOME.
A SOLDIER on furlough, and just convnlescent,
Sought JOB to supply him with cash for the
And promised farmer to dig up a patch
OF potatoes with faitnfulness care, and dispatch.
Was given to Bob as sort Of spur;
Mascn BEETLE nd %ts e many s sSppgs e;s pT
While ne with some difficulty held by stump,
saluting it Oft with staggering thump.
Some hours had elapsed his employer returned.
And said, while his bosom indignantly burned,
50 You tnsolent rascal-you slave Of the Jug
Potatoes /" said Bob, With stsnmertpa tongue
If you want your patatoes dug, fetch er along y
| THE MASSACHUSETTS DOG Law.
In Massachusetts the tax on dogs is
two dollars per year for male dogs and
five dollars on females. When sheep
are destroyed by dogs, the owner of the
dogs, If known, and the fact of killing
| in full; otherwise, Judgment is made
from the fund raised by the general
dog tax, SO that In any event the owner
of the sheep is sure OF his recompense.
The law is proving satisfactory to the
generality of sheep owners.
AN EASY ICE HOUSE.
It is suggested that, by filling suita-
| bly, constructed sheet-iron vessels to
| the depth of aaout an inch with water,
it will soon freeze, even when the tenn
perature is but little below the freezing
point, and that by repeating the addi-
| tion of water as the first portions be-
come frozen, blocks of the clearest ice,
six inches thick, may be formed during
a night ; and when the temperature by
day is suitable, single laborer will be
able to fill a large ice house in short
time. By pouring water which has
been cooled in the vessels nearly to the
freezing point over the ice after it has
been packed, at suitable intervals,
| when the temperature of the air is be-
low the fire ezing point, a compact mass
of ice may be formed of more valne for
use than a much larger quantity loosely
packed. Even in winters favorable to
the production of ice, the above method
may be found the most convenient and
the cheapest for filing the ice-houses.
CARE OF STOCK.
Animals should be studiously pro-
tected, but only in thoroughly ven
ilated stables. Their food should be
given four or five times during the
twenty-four hours, SO that none of it
need be refused because it is "m1ssed ''
Or soiled. Many farmers whose ex-
perisnce has been varied prefer this
plan, thinking it more economical, and
more serviceable to the animals than
feeding only two or three times a day.
For horses and neat stock, place Jumps
of rock salt in the managers. Food
must be varied to suit the kind and
condition of animals. He who would
prosper as stock breeder or dairyman.
cannot learn too much of the animal
economy. Comfortable stables save
food, and very materially assist in
maintaining animals in good condi-
ton. Cleansing the hide and frequent
rubbing will promote health. It has
become quite common practice with
some farmers to curry and rub down
their neat stock, and we trust it may
become universal.
WORD OF ADVICE.
Be Industrious The world is already
burdened by loafers, idlers, and nom
producers, all of whom have to be sup
ported by those who work. Begin early
to teach your children the value of labor
and industry. Make your calculations
to be busy and usefully employed as
long as you live. The idea of living
the first half of ones life under double
pressure, and then, after getting COM
living easy upon the interest of the
capital acquired, is the height of folly.
It is contrary to nature, and must work
disastrously both to the body and the
mind. Be industrious at some paying
branch of your business, and earn
money, that you may have money to use
as well as to keep.
/ AS we look around among the farmers
of our acquaintance, we see many who
spend most of their rainy days and
evenings at the village stores or post
| Office, discussing the weather, the crop
prospects, the general news of the vii
| 1ann aud aaxnof9yaoa O 1ikf1o rao1ikioS
AS general rule, one had better be
at home attending to the plans or details
of his business, or reading books or
papers that would teach more valuable
lessons than can be learned at the cor
ner grocery or village postcffice. .-NeD
/ England Farmer.
WINDOWS IN HoRsE-sTABLEs.
A German paper states some curious
/ facts relating to the position of windows
in horse-stables, and their power to af-
feet the eyes of horses. In one in
stance the horses of farmer-fine ami
mails, celebrated for their excellent
condition-were kept in as table lighted
only by small window at one side.
When light was needed for work, the
door was temporarily left open the re-
suit was that nearly all of these animals
had eyes of unequal strength, and in
time number of them become blind
on the side toward the window.
Strong light directed in the horses
fases has been found to weaken the
sight. The worst position of all for a
stable window is in front OF the horses
and much higher than their heads. An
officer had bought perfectly sound
mare from gentleman whose stable
was lighted by windows ct the rear of
the stalls. The animal was sound and
| u&o onkr %t~ma
months she became suddenly IS ground
shy" on examining her eyes they
were found directed upward, and this
was explained by the fact that the win
dows of the officers stable were situ-
ated above the head of the stalls, the
eyes being generally drawn in that di-
rectioR. She was removed TO another
stall, where the light was admitted from
all sides, and in three months time the
difficulty had disappeared.
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