The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-08-08

relin0 up harbor sand and mud and sell
ing it to farmers at $50 per ton. For
tunately the firm was forced to close up
its swindling business, and the last in
formation from its chief member was
that he was in Jail in Massachusetts for
some other villainy. If it had not been
for the experiment station, says an
American exchange, the swindlers might
have made q fortune from one years
sale of mud at Ss2 per ton.
Undergraduates of Italian
origin, and is much more used in Eng
land than with us, but it deserves q
place in every small garden, as it is an
excellent vegetable. 1t resembles the
caulifower, but its leaves and heads are
purplish, and it is nearly as good for the
table, and much easier of culture, as it IS
much more hardy, and is not injured by
the first touch Of the frost. There are
several varieties, some of which are
planted for fall use in the spring, others
in the autumn for spring use. Broccoli
requires a rich, deep soil, and the seeds
should be thinly planted, and covered
slightly, and when the plants are three
or four inches in height, they should be
transplanted three feet apart, and kept
free from weeds. The plants can be
protected from winter use by laying them
in pits like cabbages, or planting them
out in boxes in the cellar, where the
heads will form nicely. When rightly
managed, broccoli can be had Tor the
table six or seven months in the year.
OvER-REACHING.- Germantown
Telegraph gives the following remedy
for this defect in horses: "a sure way
for removing this unpleasant failing in
the movements of horse, in majority
of cases, is to shorten the toe of the
hind shoes. By this arrangement the
horse will pick up his fore feet quicker
and his hind feet slower, thus accom-
plishing. Just what is wanted. If a
quarter of a second of time is therefore
gained the fore foot will be clear out OF
the way of the hind foot, with its elong
ated toe. We owned a valuable horse
once subject to over-reaching. He was
taken in hand by several experienced
shoers, and every one adopted the COM
mon erroneous methods Being in the |
stable one day, we sat down upon q
chair after examining the. shoes, to de-
wise some way to cure the animal of this |
defect, and the conclusion we arrived at |
led to insisting upon the sheer follow
ing our instructions; the result of it was
a complete success. Now and then
new sheer would not be aware of this |
and would shoe in the |
old way, when the over-reaching was
as bad as ever till the first shoes were |
removed. We had another horse cured /
in the same way, as at that time had |
many other persons. Indeed, we have /
never known this method to fail when
properly followed"
HoRsE-SHOEING.-E horsepower /
should become in measure acquainted /
with the peculiarities of his horses hoofs
and the special needs required in each
case. He should be competent to make |
and Judge of the nature of
the work done. A stumbling horse may /
often be cured of the habit by judicious
and One-half of the horses a
little lame are made so by the work OF
the farrier The weight of the shoe is a
matter of much Importance. A carriage /
horse for light driving needs shoe OF
much less weight than dray or omni-
bus horse, and yet the same class of
shoes is often applied to both. But few
have any adequate conception of the
amount of muscular force expended by
the horse in carrying his shoes. A French
investigator estimates that Paris ON
nibus horse in his days work of four
hours, and with shoes weighing two
pounds, lifts weight on their account of
lis, 200 pounds.