The Dickinson press., 1884-01-19
FARM AND HOUSE.
Hints for Farmers.

III AANsSO
The vice of cribbing has the effect OF
keeping a horse in poor condition. 1t
is easily prevented, and in time cured,
by putting the feed-box near the floor,
with no part more than 18 inches above
it. A horse cannot crib with the head
so low as that.
If want clover to make hay orto pas.
ture, 1 SOW seed Of the medium variety;
but when the principal object is to i'm.
prove the soil, I SOW sapling clover and
let the crop rot on the land after cattle
have grazed what they will take.-El.
mira Advertiser.
We take two significant facts from the
records of the Connecticut institution
for the state insane. During the seven
teen years of its existence less than one
forth of the inmates were from outdoo,
vocations, and Superintendent Shew
says: ut is gratifying to note the bene'
fetal change in the conduct of some
patients soon after awakening their in
terest in garden work"
Farmers poultry are too closely, lin
bred, which makes them weakly airt
impotent, and they are careless aboul
the old hens: Young hens will lay
three or four times as many eggs, anc
the male birds should be changed a
least every other year, introducing new
blood. In no case should a male be al
lowed to breed with his " offspring
Very few farmers consider these things
and hence poor returns.
Colonel Curtis gives the followin.
warning to dairymen: ga fatal error ha
run through all the breeding ofthe past
among dairymen. and is still very gener
ally continued. 1t is q lack of proper
selection of males to breed from. Ii
dairyman has All extra good COW, he i
pretty sure to ave her heifer calves
which. very seldom turn out to be- a
the dam. The COW herself may be al
accident, and greatly lack the power t.
impress her good qualities on her of
spring. Added to this is the fact tina
one-half of the blood in the offsprin
may be that Of villainous scrub male
and is almost always that of IN inferio
or very indifferent bull. The cow alon
is depended on to give value to the calf.
Bits of Home Gossip.
In the newest houses d%ining-roor
chairs show a new departure in the ia
that they are covered with heavy ant
Que tapestries instead of leather, viii.
library furniture is frequently covere
in jute velours.
Very pretty receptacles for wins
brooms are III ,de in blue and pink satil
embroidered in colors and mounted G
inlaid ebony frames. In some a beve
led mirror is inserted above the archie
piece which receives the broom.
A novelty in sideboards is of ligl
make in walnut, aud has two small cu]
boards beneath and a series of sma
shelves rising above, terminating In
picturesque railing.
Agood deal of attention is paid no
to lamp shades and their v N
only are shades themselves o everyco
ceivable color and aesign-one we hay
seen having the globe itself r%ep1esente
| upon it, every country distinctly marke
with the degrees of latitude and long
tude-but many are decorated with
hanging of lace, and others have cove!
most elaborMely constructed of tissr
paper or silk and lace, with embroideri'
and ribbon flowers.
One of the handsome hall chairs '
I have seen is in crimson alligator-ski.
the framework being in oak studde
with brass nails. Others in black moro
co have heavy brass ornaments a. a fl
ish for the arms; still another is in
| framework of rosewood, inlaid wi
i brass.
A recent novelty in a mahogany sid
4 board is the insertion of panels
either side of the back of illuminate
i leather. The effect is somewhat stran,
but decidedly decorative.
Beautifully finished liquor cases a
covered with dark plush, and contain
! the box itself a bottle in Bohemian gla
and in the lid the six Ii tie glasses; ct
ers, in triangular shape, conta
three liquor bottles and nine glasse
The latest style for plaques is a clo'
as the centre and a framework of ha1
! mered brass.
i No Grain for q Month Before Cal