Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-01-30
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We too often forget that a variety
which will do well in one locality may
utterly fail in another where climate
and soil are different.-Prairie Farmer.
twill surprise old poultry-gro ners
to learn that the common hawk is re-
gardcd as a valuable bird. He destroys
100 field mice for every chicken, and if
there is a fair amount OF shrubbery
around the henyard very few chickens
will be lost from his depredations.-M.
Y. Times.
Black marble may thus be polished:
Wash marble with soap and warm
water, and when dry rub it well with
furniture paste or French polish, and
then rub it with an old silk handker-
chief. After two or three trials tho
marble will become quite bright
Chicago Times.
One of the largest and most eA.
pcrienced breeders and raisers OF
horses in Illinois says that if you will
give one or two mouthfuls of hay to the
horse before YOU water him, there will
never be any danger of the horse being
water-foundered. This is, as far as his
experience is concerned, an infallible
rule, and is worth being remembered
by all Observation-Disclosures.
The Teterinaru Journal says Of the
over-check rein: .'The over-check rein
was originated by a horse jockey, whose
horse when rapidly driven. made a
whistling noise. How any gentleman
Or lady of any tenderness of feeling
and possessing ordinary intelligence
can consent to ride behind u horse
which is being tortured with such d
silly continuance of cruelty is difficult
to imagine"
"A curious Illustration of the force
of habit is reported by the ". E. Home
stead, from the experience of q farmer
at Pomfret, Conn, whose dairy hero
are accustomed to the restraint Of
barbed wire fence: Wishing to open s
part of a moving to them for tho
fall feed, he drew two lines of old
cord and other pieces of Irvine across
the field, making them fast here and
there to some bcanpoles. The whole
thing was the work of only Il few min
utes, but not one of his eight COWS ever
crossed or molcsted that fence. They
fed up to it and then turned aside.
Plenty of good food aud enough o
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best treatment of horses in winter. l
is quite common for many farmers tt
underfeed liz winter, because they hav'
little or nothing for horses to do. Blu
a horse thus managed soon loses hi
capacity for hard service. Such a hors
may be fed so as to make Il good shov
in spring, but it will be fat, not muscle
and a few days in blowing or harrow
ing will bring him down. Horse
worked continually are less liable tt
gals from the harness, as the skin i
always firm and hardy. Y. Tribune
"A novelty in pancakes is made j
this way: 10 two eggs allow tw
ounces of flour. u little salt and mil
enough to make a batter of medium
thickness. Beat the eggs until they az
very light before adding the flour; pit
a lump of butter into a sucepan an
then pour in enough batter to NAL,
one large cake; put in just enough
cover the bottom of the pan nicely, I;
the cake should be SO thin that it wi
not need to be turned. When the pal
cake is done, sprinkle powdered sug;
over it and roll it up; put on a he
plate ana when You have three or fou
done send them to the table.-Bosto
u. GL0he.