The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-08-25
HOUSE AND FARM.
Farming Brevities.

According to the London Agricultwral
Gasette. the Sussex cattle" is the coming
animal for farmers in all those districts
where cattle breeding is distinct from dairy
Ing. 1t can ado to the size and deep flesh
to the scrub breeds. The Sussex and Scotch
polls seems coming forward together in the
estimation of English breeders.
Abiding to the approaching fairs a writer
II the Rufat NeW Yorker Justly condemns
the too common practice Of competitors
hanging around the judges stands; o prac-
tice which Is not only indelicate. but an
noying to the judges.
Use the colt gently and give him some
pits OF cracker or Jumps of sugar or fruit
every time you put on his bride or harness.
and this will have the effect to make him do
your own bidding, and even to open his
mouth for the bit. There are few horses
nat will not soon become gentle under gem
tie and kind treatment. When you want
him to take the bit pat his head, and with
the. hand press in his lips just back Of the
front teet, which will usually make the an
NAL open his mouth. Work gently and
slow until the horse knows just what is
wanted OF him, and you will have no furth-
e. trouble, unless he is naturally a vicious
brute.
The corn crop of the United States usu-
ally averages 1,5O0, OOO, 600 bushels, or
$1,000, 600 tons, enough to load 5000, 900
r,il cars, making 80, 900 trains each half a
mile long, requiring at least so, 600 locomo-
tlves to draw them. This seems almost be-
yond belief, but such is the enormou
Yield of this greatest of all cereals.
We ind the following capital hint in the
noylestown (Pa.) Imte1hgencer: A COW
reared Oh the farm where she is to remain is
more valuable to her owner than a strange
COW. She is acclimated. She is acquaint-
ed with the herd with which she must as
%soclate. She is familiar with the lands
from which she obtains her food, and can
travel over it with greater ease than a
strange COW. In consequence of these
things she will yield more milk and be more
profitable. Find out which Of your COWS
lsthe most productive and best adapted to
your farm and the business you are eneap-
ed When this is known breed her. no
matter what her extraction or pedigree NAV
%. to a good Guernsey bull, and rsise her
helter calves. They may not all be as good
as the dam, but by presistent selections and
attention to breeding a good herd can be
produced.
"a Prlnce Edward country farmer writes
that he has found carbonate of lime to be
as good as Paris green or London purple
lndestroying potato beetles. A few pounds
dusted from a dredging box is enough for
az acre of potatoes. The more widely this is
known the better, for there has been no
such terror added to farm life of late wears
Jas the introduction of deadly arsenical poi
son into daily use. The number of cases
n which human or other animal life has
been lost through the careless use of Paris
green is s~addening, and the worst Of it is
the casualties increase as the public becomes
fomiliarized with the handling of the
poison.
a Pennsylvania farmer who has tried it
recommends that when the spring sowing
of clover does not "catch," owing to droutR
or other causes, that sowing Of clover seed
upon the stubhle in August, or early in Sep
TENDER, will generally repair the damage,
either with or without narrowing in. al.
though narrowing is the most reliable prac.
nce. The cost of the extra seed is but a trile
compared with changing the proper rota-
ton OF crops established upon every well :
regulated farm. /.