The Portland daily press., 1882-03-20
AGRICULTURAL.
BOW to Treat Work Horses.


"Kay'' in CoIeman's Rural, gives some
very good advice on the above subject, IN
the following paragraphs;
"a vast deal has been written about the
proper manner of treating work horses, but
have never read lecture that did not con-
tain great deal of tomfoolery.
All new and inexperienced horsemen
should consult common sense. Study the
nature and habits of the horse, and do not
vary from them one iota. Never strike a
horse for any other purpose than to get his
attention. If he is afraid OF an object and
you whip him past it, you only increase his
fright. Show him that the objecth is afraid
of will not hurt him, and he will walk up to
to it as fearlessly as if it was peck OF oats.
II he baks and won't pull at the traces, you
must remember that he also balks and
won't pull at the halter. The treatment
that taught him to refuse to pull backs
wards, is the very same treatment which IN
duces him to pull forwards Teach him to
break a halter, and he will with all his
might whenever fastened in that way.
Teach him to pull light load by the traces,
and he will do his best at heavy one-and
when he does this you ought to be satisfied.
Give him clean, sound feed, and warm,
soft bed to lie on in winter, even if it costs
you YOUR parlor furniture to do so. 1t is
better to have knot of wood for a seat and
YOUR horse bedded with clean straw, than to
have q twenty dollar cushion chair and your
faithful work animal doing on his legs in a
filthy stall. In the former case your horse
will earn you enough to buy you fine ma
hogany chair. but in the latter case your fine
furniture will be sold for debt, and you will
be poor as well as your horse.
Farm horses should, whenever the day is
warm enough to bring out sweat, be allowed
10 wallow and scratch their sides and backs
On the ground. They will get much more
comfort in this way than you can give them
with the curry-comb. Many rely on the
curry-comb to keep their horse in order. 1t
Is the greatest nonsense one can practice.
Clean, sweet hay and grain, and clean,
soft bed to sleep on, with proper place to
wallow, will insure fine coat of hair and
q strong, muscular body. Nothing else can.
A. general rule, those not tutOred in the
management of horses will do well to con-
suit the horse and treat him accordingly"
How to Tell a Good Potato.
Here is a good place to impart what is a
secret to the vast majority of people, and it
IL one worth knowing. 1t is simply how 10
tell good potato-that is, as well as it can
be done without cooking it, for sometimes
even experts are deceived. Take sound
potato, and paying no attention to it's out
NdTQ cpptdIduCc, ~ iiOo wv Pie~oo
with your knife and examine the exposed
surfaces. If there is so much water or
''juice' that seemingly slight pressure
would cause it to fall off in drops you may be
sure it will be "soggy" after it is boiled.
These are the requisite qualities for a good
potato which must appear when one is cut
In two: For color, yellowish White; if it
10 deep yellow, the potato will not COOK
we'll: there must be a considerable amount
Of moisture, though not too much; rub the
two pieces together and white froth will
appear around the edges and upon the two
surfaces this signifies the presence of starch,
and the more starch, and consequently froth,
the better the potato, while the less there is
the poorer it will cook.-The strength oft
starchy element can be tested by releasing
the hold upon one piece of the potato, and
if it still clings to the other, this in itself is
q very good sign. These are the expert
ments made by experts, and they are ordin-
arily willing to buy on the strength OF their
turning out well, though, as stated above,
these tests are by no means infallible.