The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1883-10-13
Agricultural.


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of the horse, the farmers most useful
servant, fewer blind, lame and diseased
animals would be seen. The following
good points are from Whip and Spar -
"Let your stable be we'll drained and
sufficiently lighted. The vapors from
Gram, putrid floor, and the 81 dden
change from darkness to light, will
almost to a certainty cause blindness.
Let the floor of the stall be quite flat
and level, Standing on sloping place
is very painful, and causes lameness
by straining the hgaments and men, |
branes. 1t also produces grease and |
sore heels. Every stall should be at |
least six feet wide and nine feet long.
This will enable the horse to turn round |
without bruising himself, and to lie
down and stretch himself with comfort.
Let the stalls be separated by partitions,
not by bars. They prevent the horses
from fighting and kicking each other.
Let proper openings be made just under
the ceiling, to permit the hot, foul air
to escape, and proper openings at the
bottom of the wall to admit fresh air.
Impure and confined air will cause
broken wind. Tie fresh air should
enter through number of small, rather
than large hole, such as an open win
dow. Toat prevents draughts, which
cause chills and coughs. The tempera-
ting-room or parlor not over seventy
degrees in summer nor under forty five
in winter. Hot, close or foul stables
will bI ing on glanders OF L. flammation,
while vey cold or damp one may
sin ineurahle cough or disease OF
the lungs. To not keep the hay over
the manger. The steam and breath of
the animal make is both unpleasant and
unwholesome. Ii The hav must be kept
over the horse, the ceiling between
should be of plaster. This will In a
measure prevent vapors from passing
up to the food. Have no opening into
the manger from the hay-loft. Dust is
very often thrown into the horses eyes
when fed in this way, and thus blind
ness is begun. The breath aseends di.
rectly to the food through the opening,
which at the same time pours contin
ual dlaught down on the horses head,
thus causing chills as well as bad food.
How to transplant
the pi"nO' 'i,ouiN Oo ui""n ,ioli 'ne
oeu one az !" Uii'e' anu 0'AoAiS p'"'ou
III psISAe'' VI N 'iie uouy Vi wagon
ioi ieinor"i W vno ,oiU 90 'oon ai'ei a
rain as the soil will admit Of stirring.
new Srouhu may pe piantee inlmeui-
aIely aioer RAM pu1 oiu slouiu not
les1 IL CAKE alouil'i 'ie pialV WHICH uiy
ana lhJure lS' an eAperC Inah can
transplant lron oooo 10 4Voo per uaS,
IL ne mas the enuuIance 10 s'oop ailu
plant whole oay' Inc leaves ol 'ne
plant shoulu po ura"h toeether oVei
the pud ana the plant SET 80 tnSt tn'
bed Will Just reach the SURFACE OF tht
ground Inc SOIL shoulo pe wen pressed
gainst the roots OF the plant, using
care To leave no holow space Delo" IT.
Plants are oiten lost Dy the careiesshes'
OF the iaborer is pressing the earth u
the upper part Oh the Ioot' leaving tn'
lower extremity dangling IN the hol'
made by the dipple. Ii the plant ped
, not well moistened by the rain to th'
depth of the roots of the plants it SHOULD
be thoroughly wet by artificial means be
fore drawing the plants-Fdrnler's Hon
/ Journal.
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The experience of gardener given Il
a late issue OF heuue H0rttcote, IN regar'
l 90 ka nf mr.