The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-11-25

The following items, taken from the No
vember No: Of The South, Will prove In

teresting TO farmers:
Mr.. Young, OF Norfolk, Va, has 22j
acres in strawberries, which he markets in
the cities along the Atlantic coast.
The objection 10 horses with white feet.
though mostly considered n mere caprice,
IA reasonable enough, for white hoofs are
more brittle than black ones, and arc much
more liable 10 break and contract THAI
those OF dark color.
With regard % breeding for sex, the New
Orleans Democrat says II has been assured
by old dairymcn that. they never failed TO
secure helier calves II they introduced the
cow to the bull when her udder was fully
distended with milk.
The san Francisco HcroN + authority
Tor the statement that single gTapeyines Ia
the northern counties Of California have
produced rs much as fiity-seyen pounds OF
grapes, and some punches weighed seven
pounds, and all from thrcc-year-old cut
tings.
English horsemen arc beginning to think
that which every person possessed OF COM
mon sense should have known long ago
that two years OF age is much too early 70
begin 10 put their horses 10 severe train
Ing. IL is far better that nature should
have them year longer for development
before they are given over TO the art Of the
trainer.
OUTDOOR WASH FOR BUILDNGs.-Proies-
sor Kedzie, OF the Michigan Agricultural
College, is reported rs recommending a
mixture OF skim milk and brine rs a wash
for out-buildings, barns, roofs, etc. Be
sides being durable, cheap, easily applied
and imperyious to water, it renders the
wood practically uninfammable. Skim
milk and lime have been used since the first
memory OF the oldest inhabitant. OF this q
contemporary says: "If skim milk and
brine are good for such purposes, lime add
ed would doubtless be much better"
BEANs.-It is said a man who leased a
farm near Lo-Roy, y. Y, had fifteen acres
Of beans this year. and the crop was so
large and the price so good that he was en-
abled 20 pay the rent OF the whole farm
| from the proceeds alone. This was good
/ luck I'm dry season. And as Gcld-beans,
/ or the common white beans Of the market,
thrive in a dry season and on fairly dry
and even somewhat light or sandy land, II
is always safe and generally profitable 10
/ devote part Of such land to them. But
| rs very wet weather is decidedly uniayora-
/ bic to them, Il VIII not be best 10 depend
wholly upon Leans TO pay the rent and
profit Of The farm anywhere. Diversity I
crops must remain the only sale rule FOR
/ The farmer everywhere.
ABOUT FEEDING SToCE.-It is well TO re-
member that q COW is not inclined to glUt-
tony. Usually when her appetite Is salts
fed she will stop eating. Any cows ap-
petite may be gagged in this way: Give
| her all the feed she will cat and have some
/ left. Weigh what is given TO her, and no.
( tice what is consumed. Then make the IA
| ton three fourths Of the quantity eaten.
No animal, not even q man, should have
all it can eat, and the surplus above
what Is necessary is injurious and
produces disease. Generally more harm
is done 10y oyereating than by starry
( ing. The staple ration for COW is -
pounds OF hay and pounds Of meal, or
/ the equivalent i'm other food. As grass or
e1ocn fodder contains 70 per cent. more
water than hay, four times a. much grass
or green fodder should lie given in place OF
hay; that is, co pounds with the meal:
| Some cows will probably require more, and
/ very few less, than this quantity.
Excessive drinking OF water by farm
animals j. said TO increase the consumption
Of fat in The body. Too watery iodderand
too much drinking are therefore TO be
avoided, especially in fattening, il we wish
| TO Obtain the most rapid and abundant FOR
nation Of flesh and fat.
BALKY HoRsEs.-The Practical Former
| says-what we know TO be true, and what
we see almost every day, in their treatment
by foolish or brutal drivers that a spirited
horse under irritating influences may DO
! from downright fear what may be wrongly
charged 10 YiciOusncSs. Heavy blows may
| fall upon the nervous beast only TO be FOL
! lowed by the worst results. n humane
! Canadian who understands this gives his
mode OF treating a really balky horse thus :
| would prepare myself with good
strait want no whip. Perhaps he has
| had n good taste Of thai already, and still
! he is master. But some day, when ! was
at peace with myself and all around,
would hitch him TO the buggy, turning his
head to the village. lie goes half the way
very well indeed; then he begins TO think
he has gone far enough in that direction,
and stops. / step down; he expects me to
use the whip: he is mistaken. As crimi-
nal, | treat him on the silent system. ]
push him back a little out Of the way. |
show him the strap, putting ii mp to his
nose. / 20 TO the off side and buckle 1t to
his fore leg, close up to his breast, throw
inc the other end over his shoulder; then
raise his neaI-foot and fix it with the hoof
almost touching the belly. This done, ] say
"Now, old chap, you just stand there" /
don't smoke. so | take paper from my
pocket, and, finding a place where ] can sit
down, and he sees me, | begin TO read.
This is something he did not bargain for,
and the novelty Of standing on three legs
somewhat diverts his mind from the cause
that stopped him. / think that is the chief
point gained. and the most humane. When
the strap is taken OF show it to him. caress
him a little, and we move on without irri-
tation. The strap will now become part
of the harness cor month or two, till at
last the sight of il will act as 4 talisman.
TIlC CLEMATIS.-lt was stated at the WIN
ter meeting Of the Western New York ilor-
I .;c,,ltural Society that the Clgmafis i taking