The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-08-05

bred on all farms when are Wen supplied
with cold spring water
CoLpaaa's Rural observes g the use of
Irvine binders is expanding as an import
ant industry in the Northwest. The
advantage of cord as bands Tor sheaves
has turned the attention Of farmers and
Manufacturers To the necessity of cult.
waiting the plant from which such cord
can be economically made. 1t Is true,
that the cultivation of flax, hemp, jute,
and textiles generally, Is rapidly aug
menting in this country.
4 CORRESPONDENT Of the New York
T5i6lot writes on the subject of the
prevention of hog cholera rs follows:
4 Prevention is better than cure for hog
cholera in about the ratio of fifty to
one, and to this end there should be a
sheltered place of rest with plenty of
dry absorbent earth to lie on; abundance
of good air; sheds sweetened by white
washing once in three months; clean
water to drink. and salt, sulphur and
sulphurous soft coal or charcoal always
accessible An entire change of food
from corn to potatoes, mangoids and car
rots, cooked and raw, often as once a
week. The exclusive use OF corn failing
to excite certain digestive activities may
result IN a weakness favorable to the
progress of cholera Separation also
into small herds is well. Bears also of
strong constitution should be carefully
selected, untainted by cholera, or the
progeny may be tainted by choleraic
diathesis so that the disease will develop
on slight causes.
EXISTING Fo1LrEs. Many of our
farmers are buying large Quantities of
fertilizers at high prices, who annually
permit tons of manure to go b waste
about their barny,.rds. The Recumula-
ton of filth and manure should be
hRuled away from tlu., - 81 yard,
and it is much better to niak6it serve as
q fertilizer than not. We advocate the
use of commercial fertilizers only when
there is not manure in sufficient quanti-
ties. The use Of poor farming implemen 5
will be found to be far more expensive
to the husbandman than would the pur-
chasing of the best quality on the mar
ket The cheap implements will be
constantly requiring to be repaired
They bring a source of expenditure
without any income. have frequently
seen hands lose the greater part of a
day in repairing the implements with
which they were at work, and at the
same time the work was badly needed -
Correspondence Cincinnati Gazette.
We ONCE heard an enthusiastic al
mirer of the sex say that, in his opinion,
the most beautiful sight in the world
was q lady gracefully riding on horse
back. Tho man was not bachelor
either, SO that the honesty of his asser-
ton can not be questioned. Whether
the critic was correct or not, 1t Is posi-
lively certain that horseback riding by
ladies could be pIacticed to q much
greater extent than it is to the advantage
of the equestrians. Every young woman
possessed of good nerve should be taught
to ride at an early age-to SIT, squarely
upon the saddle, handling the rein with
a light hand aud conforming her motions
with those of the horse. The tabled
Centaur embodied the composite figures
of horse and male rider, but the 1.-THE
and graceful form of a woman mounted
on a spirited steed exceeds the poetic
conception of the Hydrologic aDcients.
Their riding habit should be merely long
enough TO cover the foot when she is
seated in the saddle, and the stirrup
should never be without "shoe to
prevent the riders foot from being driven
home too far A more horrible accident
can hardly be imagined than a lady
thrown from frightened horse dragging
by the stirrup An excursion of con-
siderable distance never ought to be at
tempted until the rider, by private prac-
tice, or by long habit from childhood,
be confident of her seat and rein. Horse
back riding by women would often pre-
vent complaints to which the sex is Incl
I i II 4 e
fering to which they are Liable.
THE SILo SYsTEM.-We remarked a
year ago that during the next twelve
month large amount of experience
would be evolved in the work of ensi-
lage. A number of silos were con-
structed in New England, New York,
and other Eastern States by able or
wealthy farmers, and many Of these p1b-
ished accounts of their operations and
degrees of success during the last winter
and spring. We read all that came
under our observation. and can not rec
ollect a discouraging account. Results,
In every instance, justified the expecta-
tions of the experimenters From time
to time, correspondents have piled the
Gazette with questions. both in regard
to the construction of silos and in refer
SH~S " VIC oJobclu lLSelI anu Ato YIN
parative merits as a fodder preserver.
These letters we have answered to the
best OF our ability, and we now publish
a statement from an Eastern contem-
porary,, which viii at once instruct the
reader how to construct a silo, and show
HIM how sincerely some experienced
parties are convinced of the utility OF
the European mode Of storing and pre-
serving green food for stock. Says the
~ Q. Liatettigencer: GA very large
sllo IS now approaching completion just
outside OF Doylestown, on the Smith
farm, the largest one yet constructed in
the world perhaps. The structure is
forty feet square, nineteen feet deep to
the top OF the walls, and twenty-six feet
to the rafter plates. It is divided by
strong walls into four compartments,
mainly for convenience in filing. Each.
one OF these compartments is big hole.
the cubical contents being over 5000
feet t, 1t will require fully three days to
MI one OF these pits. The combined
capacity ca oSa Of the four apartments is nearly
33, OUU cubic feet-a very large space.