The Red Cloud chief., 1880-02-19

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Sss>e p<urle, siasna ~, = 10 s~sssr
10 keep x~eia,a tsssk nd r~srt&iasy
we n.ka sa-.N 10 ske A<ph~rd aa<s
p.~.>~ aAvAse~ess sser ssA~A~Hn
~ ksl;s~ss In tAc 6na plaee . ss~kd
she-p cx~ts k~<s ,haa II esssSe- \
farm which ~dl carry 9eo~.sL earn
about eight times Ne macy sssr~r. SD
10 ssock . fssm wssA ~ eess sd e~rs~
.ary asssrv. ssl rrsaass IN ssalsy aa
sum of monry. An e{sssAlsri
81 sk~sr-.ay i6-caE NJ rss-
chas~d Cor xsrss hail the -un. Again.
AGA u sheep dssnasds rsscA k>s
shaa q herd II oss The iaStss
rnas be milksd daily. AID tbs sus Il
the dairy In nsakisg butter 2sa cheese
d constant asd hhursous. Demanding
aisc skill Of . high erdes se makes en-
ascecsxfua. TIE sA~sp sal
live and thrive wherv coss would starSs.
n least make poor rvtnrns Thee
nimhle animals win Climb vsrs rocAs
and lodges where co., would BOD vrn-
TURF, ard almost every herb thai gTsss.
even down 20 Csasds shissies. sufices
them 20. food. Pastures are benefited
By being cropped by sheep. T~y nos
enly ke~p down the xe~sis. hot have
more fcftilixing material IN ,heir drop
pings than do cows. bsssdes, The manure
Of opws and also pigs, resist dccornps-
sition for 3 much bny-e time than that
II the sheep and horse-thc la,ser h<sns
dryer than the former and accompanying
more readily in The soil. A Gock u
sheep always muliipii.s much mors
rapidly than . herd 81 ~ and ,his IL
especaally true Il tbs large mnt,on
breeds, which often prodace twins.
Sheep also fatten more easily Than cat
tie. and when slaughtered they furnish
M, only meat, bUt wool ~ well-KT-
eAan9e.
IHk S~ARSkR's sHor.
A good workshop. Containing such
tools n. can I've used "a advantage by the
farmers, should be found on every farm.
4 room with q stove in II and lsrge
enough Ia permit of the construction II
u hay rigging, y gate or portable icnce.
will furnish a place where many hoors
may be beautifully and probably spent
in the most inclement weather nj wiassr.
Here a great deal Of repairing may be
done tha. would otherwise find is way
30 the professional mechanic. New
tools may he bailt tina, will be ne~ded
the farm. OF harness may he otlrd
and repaired and great many thing
will suggest themselves may BE-
done. In mild weather the thoughtful
can find profitable outdoor work. such
repairing out-bsildings and cutting
up fallen branches from trees lido not
Ia be understood tina; every hour
In winter should be spent In labor. Nv
cry farmer should spend a portion Of hi.
winter leisure i'm reading good hooks
and papers, and in conversation. Vim
ter is the orly opportunity that farmers
have Ia improve their minds, and a few
hours each day should lie spent in iatsL
culture; but when the head be-
to ache from long-eoniinucd read
ing by the fireside, it Is a hint that out
door exercise Is needed. Whenever !
see an orchard with the trunks and
branches disfigured by lusty sprouts aud
dead branches, or q pair VI bars
there should lie n gate, or farm
implements out Of repair at the begin.
ming Of the busy season, | am led Ia be-
lieve that the owner has not made good
use Of his winter leisure.-Cor. Rural
New- Yorker. -
FLOORS roR INCONSISTENCIES.
As long As We n remember. the
question as IN the best floors far horse
has been discussed. We have
tried clay and ordinary dirt, but they
did not prove satisfactory. Holes
would be dug almost daily by the fore
feet, the urine would gather there. aud,
great care was taken Ia I'LL them
and Ia smooth over the soil daily
and wash the horses feet. scratches
would follow, and probably what Is
called quar,er-crack result,
which is likely permanently to injure
the animals. Sand and ever sawdtst
have been recommended, but ~ they
were clearly not desirable, We never
tried either. We began with plank
flooring, were disSnaded from using IL,
but have returned 10 il and found IL
preferable 10 the others. We prefer
hemlock, q double two-inch plank, with
the front part kept well covered with
straw at all times, for the fore feet, and
at night to be well beddcd with straight
We have found mn disad-
vantages from the flooring; the feet
have NOT suffered, so far as we a dis
cover. Some vSiect to the planks,
first, because they are hard,
and others that they become
slippery and the horse is la
BILE to fall and strain himself in getting
up: but, il we remember rightly, the
plankroads were not objected to on ae-
count of their hardness OF slipperyness;
and as to slipping, if the flooring Is .
inclined the water Is carried back,
whence a slight gutter, also ineiining
either removes il from the
stable to the outside. or is allowed 10
pass under the floor through small holes
in the gutter. But where these arrange
ments have not been made, . cover Of
sifted coal-ashes over the floor viii pre-
vent the slipping. We have known
floors in stalls to be made Of boards or
turned up on an edge, which b
about as hard rs any thing can be also,
Of dagstoses, mortar, and even OF
all Of which we should sup
pose might prove injurious 10 the ami
NAL, but we have never heard that they
were. Hemlock planks, laid as we haSe
mentioned, will prove, take all the cir
cumstances into considerations, about as
satisfactory as any thing that a be
substituted, and far heater and not more
acknowledgements Tsiegy9A.
Some days ago q man was in Ash
o., with 4 large load Of ladder,
he sold at retail on the streets
when be couh find . purchaser. The
had one good quality and m bad
- ~o.Ir SafIar h,.s borJ