The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-11-07
FARM. GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.


The wide stall is luxury, and ought
to be six or even ten feet wide, il room
can be spared. Loose boxes are impor-
tant for horses of great value; in such
stalls they can get perfect repose by
changing their position, recover from the
fatigue of a hard days drive, and be
ready for their task the next day. The
food best adapted to the horse is oats
and hay of the best quality, occasionally
varied with bran mash, with turnips or
carrots as an alternative. The growth
and development of bone and muscle de-
pend greatly on the food they eat. 1t is
important to select such as contains all
the elements needed to form the bone
and muscle of the horse. 1t is self-evi.
dent that the nutritive matter supplied
by the food must be equal to the exhaus-
ton or natural waste Of the body to
keep up condition.
The horse that is about to be driven
on journey needs hardening BY exer-
cise-preparing by sweating out the
body to purify and increase the circula.
tion of the blood, and also by hand
rubbing the legs to make them firm and
elastic-a preparation in some degree
corresponding with that attained by
horse that is daily driven on the road for
ordinary work. For one week from the
start they need daily exercise, commenc-
ing with eight or ten miles and gradually
increasing to twenty per day. This ex-
ercise, with appropriate food, will harden
their muscles, strengthen their limbs,
and prepare them to perform their tasks
without giving out on the road, material
ly declining in flesh, or seriously ex-
hausting their physical powers,
If we perform long drives with horses
accustomed to short work only, the sud-
den transition from Incidence to great
exertion will relax their muscles, weaken
their joints, depress their spirits and
break down their constitution. The lead.
ing cause of SO many valuable horses be-
ing spoiled by long drives is being short
of work. They are not prepared for
such severe exertions. Condition will pre-
pare their work cheerfully, last out with
sound limbs, and preserve their constitu-
tional vigor for future usefulness
Er.
Protection to Young Trees from Borers and
Grubs.
We tried an experiment last year on
cabbage plants which satisfies us that the
same thing may be carried out on q
larger scale with trees. 1t is to wind
loosely the lower part of the body from
close to root to foot above with paper,
besmearing the outside of paper with a
thin coat of gas tar, thinning it by mix
ing thoroughly with water, or if moth
ing is put on paper, it answers good
purpose if newspaper iss llseG, as worms
and grubs have no liking for the ink.
We put out two or three hundred cab.
bage plants last spring wound with
newspaper, and, Notwithstanding good
many grubs were in the ground and 9TH
er plants were cut off, not cabbage
was cut of, and now as we pull them
we find the paper all around the trunk.
Peach trees need protection, especi-
ally when young, from the grub, and if
started we'll and grubs kept away for
only first two or three years they will
live and yield beautiful crops for many
years, while if grub is allowed to work
in them when young they are sickly and
spindling and soon die. When they are
set out and before paper is put around
them, scrape the bark we'll and destroy
all grubs. These are plainly detected
by the gnm exuding from the bark in
places. After planting out the trees
scatter around them spoonful OF salt
and if you have them quart of wood
ashes, being careful not to hill up
against the body.-Fruit Recorder.
Propagation by Cuttings.
Many things can be propagated east
ly and rapidly by cuttings. This is ap-
al, 30 81,
plants and flowers. And in cold climates
it is best to save the cuttings in the
fall. The best time to save cuttings |
is in the fall after the leaves have
fallen. Bury them in dry place in the
ground. A sandy soil is the best.
Such trees as the willow, catalpa, LON.
hardy poplar, mulberry, cottonwood
and many other kinds can be multiplied |
rapidly in this way. So also can goose
berries, currants, grapes, snow balls,
roses and many of the ornamental |
shrubs. Now is the time to look to this
matter. They may not, like the hog or
;he OK, bring money directly to the
pockets, but such things by care add
argely to the value of real estate, and
still more largely to the great sum of
human happiness. As soon as the
caves drop, select cuttings of various
hings. If one has them not, probably
| neighbor has, and to one who shows
'pirit to take care of them, they are
freely given. Then bury till
ipring in the ground where the water
will not stand, and set out in the spring.
-IOVa Register.
The Value Of soup. :
There are hundreds of families in
comfortable circumstances who never
lave soup at dinuer (Which without
'oup is always failure), unless ii be a
ort of ragout, the product of what
armers call boiled dinner. They are
lot aware how easy it is to prepare or
linary soup, and how cheap it is, too.
t can be made of almost anything, and
pot of water placed on the stove may
De the recipient of divers odds and ends
VI meat and vegetables to excellent ad-
'antage. After these have been boiled
few hours there will be found in the
'ot very good soup, wholesome, nour-
shing, appetizin2, and its cost will be
lominal. II the experiment were tried,
many families would be surprised and
pleased at the result. They would have
much better dinner for almost moth
ng than they have hitherto had apy
dea of, and once accustomed to SOUP
hey could not be persuaded to relin-
Iuish it. A simple soup benefits at
nee health, appetite and the purse.
"What news to-day ?" said a merchant