The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1879-10-30
AGRICULTURAL.

those ON the skin of a human being.
They are first produced by blows or
bruises, which start Inflammation and
formation of matter under the sole, or
| cause deposit of horny matter which
presses painfully upon the sensitive inner
parts of the foot. They are frequent in
flat hoofed horsees, the frogs of whose
feet have been pared away so as to bring
the sole to the ground and subject it to
continued bruises from stones. The u.s.
ual mode of'shoeing is one that protects
the tender spots on the sole from blows
in travelling. This is to put shoe of
sole leather under the iron shoe and stuff
under the leather with tow. soaked in
glycerine, to keep the sole cool and moist
Il the sole is very tender the feet should
be prepared for shoeing by keeping them
upon puddle of wet clay for few days,
and by frequent dressing of cold water,
and by giving the horse a cooling med
icine, as eight to twelve ounces of epson
saltz., ..-
Harvesting machinery should be clean
ed and stored away. The bright parts
may be kept from rusting by coating
with parafine or talIow. One of the best
preparations to protect iron or steel from
rusting is made by melting pound of
fresh lard with a piece of rosin the size
of a hens egg-the exact proportion not
important. Melt the two together, and
stir as it cools; keep secure from dust,
and use iton all parts of machinery liable
to rust. Yhe bearing should be well
wiped and oiled with castor-oil. All dust
should be removed, and it will pay to
cover with sheet or blanket.
OF all the blunders that the common
farmer, and some others, make with trees,
none is SO common or 50 hurtful, and
which he is SO long finding out, and
which he might know so certainly, as the
practice of cutting off lower limbs. All
over The country nothing is more COM
mon than to see mutilated trees on al
most every farm-big limbs cut off near
the body of the tree, and of course rott-
ing to the heart. This is a great sin
against nature. The very limbs neces-
sary to protect the tree from wind and
sun, and just where the limbs are need
ed most they are cut away. But the
greatest injury is the rotting that always
takes place when a big limb is sawed off
to big to heal oyer, it must rot, and,
being kept moist by the growing tree, is
in the right condition to rot, and being
on the body the rotting goes to the heart
and huts the whole tree. It is common
all over the country to see large orchards
mutilated in this way. We often see
hcles in the trees where big limbs have
been cut away, squirrels and even rae.
coons can crawl in. Perhaps the only
reason these trimmers would give is, that
lower limbs were easier got at, and some
would say they wanted to raise crop
under the trees.
The true way to bit colt is not to bit
him at all; that is, let him bit himself.
When my colts are one year old, begin
to teach them to hold a bit in their
mouth. The bit is of pine, some half
inch in diameter and five inches length.
This piece of soft wood is held in the
mouth by cord tied to either end and
passing over the head back of the ears.
The colt loves to have this in hs mouth,
because it enables him to bring forward
the teething process. He will bite it and
work it over in his mouth, and enjoy it
hugely. He will welcome it and will
actually roach out and open his mouth
for it, as trained horse will for a bit.
After few days you can tie strings,
making miniature reins, to this bit, and
teach the colt the proper use of it. When
this is done he is ready for the regular
steel bit. Put your bride on with
leather bit, large and plant; throw your
checkline, if your bride has one attach
ed, into the pigsty; get into your wagon
and drive off. This is all the s'biting' a
colt needs. Treated iq this way. he will
have yielding, sensitive mouth. He
will take The bit bravely when working
up to mis- speed, but yield readily to a
drivers will A horse bitted in the SEN
sible way can be driven a forty clip with
the lines held in one hand, or be lifted
over five-barred gate with the strength
of single twist. If you do not believe
it, try it and see.-T The Perfect Horse.