Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-10-06

OF feeding them directly after hard work
and before they are thoroughly rested
batting at noon when both these violn-
tlons OF II natural law are committed
these are the predisposing causes of pink.
eye, and Of most diseases that atliict our
horses. Keep the horse quiet, dry, warm
and III pure atmosphere. The nearer out
door air the better, and stop his feed en-
tirely Mt the first symptom Of disease aud
he will speedily recover. As prevention
is better than cure, horsemen will do well
to heed the hint here given and keep their
creatures from contracting this or any
other aiment. 1t has been demonstrated
IL tens OF thousands of cases. in family
llie, that two meals are not only ample
tor the hardest aud most oxhuistng Ia
bors, physical AMI mental, hut altogether
best. The same thing has been fully
proved in hundreds of instances with
horses, aud has never in a single instance
failed, after fair trial to work the bet
results.
An hours rest Mt noon is vastly more
restoring to n tired animal. whether horse
or man, than n meal of any sort, although
the latter may prove more stimulatiug
The morning meal given, if possible
early enough for practical stomach diar,-
system are called into active play the
night meal offered long enough aftel
work to insure a rested condition of the
body diet liberal enough but never
excessive this is the law and gospel for
hygenic diet for either man or beast. II
1t be objected that these conditions can
not always be fully met in this active,
work-a-day world, / reply, let us meet
them as nearly us possible. We can, of
course, do more than this but we can
come nearer to the mark ON the two meal
system than on three ] have never tried
to fatten my horses, for I long ago learn
Ell that fat is disease but | have always
found that if horse does solid worl;
enough he will be fairly plump if he has
two sufficient meals. Muscle is the pro-
duct of work and food fat may be laid
on by food alone But for perfect health
and immunity from disease, restrictio'.
IN diet. Horses require more food i'll
cold than i'll warm weather, if perform
ing the same labor In case OF a warm
spell i'll Winter | reduce their feed more
or less, according to circumstances. as
surely as | do the amount OF fuel CON
sumed. | also adopt the same principle
in my own diet. The result is that neith-
er my animals nor myself are ever for
one moment sick
A good way to kill woodchucbs is to
heat piece OF iron half as large us your
hand, red hot, put it into the hole and
drop OH it a piece of roll birthstone as
large as good sized plum, having sod
ut hand to cover the hole at once the sod
being also quickly covered with fine earth
until no smoke can be seen. This is sure
death to the woodchuck.
The tender luscious mutton of the
English is not attributable to their cooler
climate alone, but to the turnp and, we
may add, other succulent roots on which
the sheep are fed and tuttencd for the
butcher
III planting trees, prepare the ground
thoroughly, and do not delay planting
when stock arrives from the nursery. Ii
is better to plant this fall better stncb
can be had, more care can he given tp
the planting, and Springs work is nJ
vanced by so doing.
1t is one thing to raise a goodly numn-r
of promising pullets and carry them suc-
cessfully through the Summer and Fail,
but ii we neglect them now and do uol
provide good house quarters, grain, ami
nal and vegetable food for their use IN
Winter, We are not doing our duty as
poulterers.
The choice of breeds is a matter %;
much annoyance to the novice, who, not
having any experience, is guided general.
ly by mere chance i'll the selection. and
not by any system OF reasoning. Where
mere beauty is the consideration, then
some breed which is noted for that quail
-.l,., Ia, 4. Al ID.
pecially the White-crested Black variety.
Where eggs are the desideratum. the
White OF Brown Leghorns will give salts
faction, the latter breed being very
handsome iii plumage when properly
bred. For heavy weights, where pient,
OF flesh is wanted, the well-kuowu light
Brahma, or, in fact, any OF the Asiatlcs
tBrahmns and Cochins, are the o.les tu
choose. Where proud-bearing, and quick,
active birds are wanted, the several va
rieties OF the Games should be consider
ed in detail, the Blackbreasted Red
Games being universal favorites. Where
something neat pretty, and small is ,le-
sired, the Bantams 'till the bill" exactly,
the preference being about equally ii
vided on the Black breasted Red Game
Bantams, and the Silver and the Golden
variety of Seabrights
1t is the custom. where turnip seed is
not sown in the corn field or potato patch.
to prepare the ground Just previous to
sowing the seed, and at the hottest sea-
son, and drlest, Of the year. Ii tine
weather is favorable the plants grow, bui
frequently fail to "bottom' well. A bet
ter way is to prepare the turnip grouGd
when the land is ploughed for corn, or
even at complaining time. Manure it
well, harrow, and keep the weeds down.
just before sowing the seed. go over the
bed with the harrow and prepare mel
low surface, not more than two or three
inches deep sow the seed ; compact the
soil with n roller and there will be little
doubt OF favorable results. The sub-suil
will thus be left solid and compact, and
the roots, instead of running down, will
be large, and smooth. In the South they
have n custom of fencing in the patch on
which turnips are to be sown, and turn
ing in cattle or sheep at night for n con-
siderable length of time before sowing,
when they are turned off, the surface soil
lightly narrowed, and the turnip seed
sown, and good crops result,-hadrpCnG-
em.
An important part of the flower garden
work now is to set the bulbs for the early
Spring flowers. Hyacnths and Tulips
and crocus and snowdrops and narcissus
and other kinds claim attention. Iu or
der to have fine beds of bloom i'll Spring
OF these snowy plants, it is necessary to
give them fresh, rich soil every fall, hay
ing taken up the bulbs and dried them
OIL after they were ripe. Ii allowed to
remain in the ground without removal
year after year, ms they frequently are,
they rapidly decrease in size. But the
hyacinth only makes its finest bloom for
two or three seasons, its finest, in fact,
only once, and then, though the flowers
for several years may be pretty, they are