Daily Republican., 1884-03-03
A G RIG u r AL
wIrH on WITHOUT SHOES.

i
A horse 4. A. Luck recently entsrel
At Darlington for the purpose Of allow
Ing persons interested In the question
Of the shoeing of horses the opportunit,
| Of inspecting the fact of . horse thu
had done hard work on maoadsmixsf
roads without shoes. attracted muct
attention. Experienced isrriers, hunts
mon, farmers, tradesmsn and gentlemen
were TO be seen In groups around the
horse all tho afternoon critically exam
lining its hoOfs. The curiosity evincsd
was not surprising, nor the skeptioism
with which the various inspections
were made, and not less noticeable Wss
the general astonishment and wonder
Expressed ut the remarkable results Of
Mr.. Luck's experiment. 1t 10 NO uni
versally believed that the shosing Of
horses Ii absolutely necessary that 1t
appeared almost inoedible that an ant.
NAL which had been uDsOuDd In It's feet
could bs made sound by adopting shoe.
Ing. and more than this, that 1t could,
after nearly years. regular work over
country and town roads, show such
perfect boots. 1t ~ no sxsggera'ion to
say, indeed 1t was admitted by all who
Jaw the animal, that no horse on the
field possessed four sounder or better
feet, and this simply BY allowing nature
to have her own way.
TEsrING SEED.
An experienced corn grower can gen.
orally give safe opinion a. 10 whether
corn will b. good for seed. There are
special marks which will determine
this question Of vitality, but when It ia
80 easy 10 determine the question def.
nitely by planting . few kernels it 10
not wise TO run even slight danger
Of being mistaken. In less
important degree the same Ia true Of
garden seed. We strongly ad wise TAX
ing few seeds of each kind 70 be
planted counting them and
planting In box Of good
Barth, kept In warm room and water
~ needed. In few days the plants
will appear, and II all, or nearl y all, the
seetis have terminated vigorously,
he quality of the seed may be consid.
sred definitely settled. This work
,hoald be done promptly, 30 ~ " get
mother assortment II that on hand
proves defective.
wATERMELONS.
A correspondent OF the Rural New
Yorker describes the following method
~ which an extraordinary crop of
was raised Holes were
lug ton feet apart each way, eighteen
nches square and fifteen inches deep. |
These holes were filled with well-rotted
manure, which was throughiy incor-
'Oratsd with the soil. A low, fat hill
vas then made aud seed planted. When
he vines we're large enough to begin to
un the whsle surface was covered 10
he depth ofs foot or fifteen inches
With wheat straw. The straw was placed
lnse up around the vines. No cultiva.
ion whatever was given Afterwards
70 weeds or grass grew. The vines
pread over the straw, and the melons
latursd clean and nice. The yield WIS
bundant, and the OK pertinent an entire
uccess. This Is surely worth trying
his year.
STIMULANT FOR BULBS.
The Journal of Agricultural says
An ounce of nitrate Of soda dissol we'd
l four gallons Of water Ii q quick and
ood stimulant for bulbs, to be applied
vice week after the pots are filled
18th roots and the flower spikes are
lirly visible. A large handful OF SCOT,
r about pint, tied up in piece of
Id canvas and Immersed in the same
!, N ptitw ~ en- a top for a Ju - nv tUo xu{lI |