Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-05-08
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r.,,nanAv EvrnINa, MAY 9. ise4.
pARM NOTES.
Wore spou, the snosisss Horse.

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WORE about the sbosiess Horse.
Germantown Telegraph.
n the practice which Is said to have
been adopted some time ago by one or two
persops in Boston as we'll as in that
vicinity, of discarding shoes for their
horses. subecting their hoofs to the
hardest pavements and finding that they
are lust as well without shoes is continued
and Ia as successful as it was claimed to
have been--whY is 1t that we hear nothing
farther about IL - Surely IL there was any
solid merit In il we should have heard OF
n from the increased following which this
highly economical system must have pro-
duced. But If there has been any suoh
increased popularity in the discovery-lor
disooyGry IL assuredly must be oalled--we
have not heard of it, and we have seen
nothing Of II In the many agricultural pub
lications which were 30 ready TO give IL
send off Ave or six years ago. The TACT |
Ia ve believe IL TO be that like |
30 many new tangled schemes, 1t has |
quietly died out. All horsemen know
that after the shoes are removed
and horse is turned to grass, that the
hoofs wear very much the hrst month, so
Ms to leave the shell very thin aud tender
and they also know that If the pasturing
is continued two or three months, the
hooi grows again so as to become thick
and bard. This is the normal condition OF
the hoof. But with all this hardness few
horsemen are aware or will believe that
the shoe can be dispensed with even III the
ordinary work on the farm, much less IN
dragging heavy loads over the hardest
pavements of our cities. We regard 1t as
next to an impossibility, for, with all our
experience and information of horses, we
have never seen or known of single in
stance. 1t is also to be assumed that If
shoeing could be discarded as has been
declared by certain parties in Massachu-
setts that IL can be, and has been by them,
how speedily would such an important fact
be spread over the world, where our
horses exist, and millions upon millions
Of dollars 10 annually saved?
Timely Hiuts TOR HusDsndmen,
4 famer of Cass township. Huntingdon
county, Pa, wanted 10 borrow gun from
a neighbor for the purpose of killing some
,ro-s in his field Of corn which were eat
~ain. His neighbor declined to
lug, lug '.b ~ r,,r for ho thought the crows
msaSuI In nrder :. satisfy his curiosity he
shot % nne Of them, ops,.."d its craw. aud
found in it twenty one cut N"'nS anu iouF
grains of corn, ,s
SeIC Milking Cows-The old device OF
neck rack which prevents tho turning OF
the head to the side, is perhaps the oess
preventive known. This consists oi t"V
square frames placed around the neck anu
connected with each other at the iour Sp'
pers by light sticks. which keep thsu'
about foot apart Bossy's appearance Is
not improved by such fixture but the
bad habit may be broken in time.
Food for Young Turkeys-Not so many
young turkeys would die, II greater atten
ton was devoted to their food. For the
FIRST week equal quantities of hard boiled
eggs chopped fine, and good wheat bread
will suit them. This may be followed by
curd made from sour milk and bread mace
of coarse -four or wheat shorts. II aonhned
sorle chopped roots or dandelOns as vel
as some clean sharp sand should also be
furnished. Beyond six weeks old, screen
ings or small wheat may constitute a large
part of their food. Young turkeys need
frequent feeding aud pure water
A Great Waste.-A golden stream OF
grain running to waste through leak II
the granaTy, aggregatiug many ousheli
every year, would not equal the loss SUI
fered in open sight on many farms by tn
waste Of golden streams of liquid manure
Farmers are too often grossly neglectiu
of their interest in this matter. a tirs
step toward Improvement would be t
arrest wafer from flowing III the yard, ant
teaching by putting cave troughs on nj
barns aud sheds that have none, and pro
vide for their emptying into drains or "a
pacious cistGTus, These latter might serve
to supply water to the live stock. The
yard ought to be shaped to slope towarc
its centre from all Sides and il the soil il
gravelly or open it should be oyerlayec
with stI clay to prevent the escape o
liquids. The stable doors should b
drained towards the yard basin, in wa!
TO lead all thy Urine 90 this place. The
the aocnmu.as. Ula.ure in the var
would ne cola u.iy Aarged with moist
ure and if not ,'1wred too bard, decor
position would take place to the best az
vantage.
Chickens In tho Orchard.