The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1886-08-12

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Very frequently, too, a rail that is not broken
is pressed into service, and not iufrequently
we see the rails in the vicinity Of the house far
lower than they should be from this cause.
Now little system would obviate all this,
and prevent a vast amount of i'll humor on the
part of the home folks and the farmer as well,
10 say nothing of the loss of property from the
cause Tecited above. Take couple of days, for
instance, aud spend il in the woods, hunting
out and cutting up the timber suitable for fuel
and getting it together ready for hauling
Then take your team and haul every stick to
convenient point near the house. Then take
the necessary time 10 cut it up in suitable
lengths for stoves and other fires and stack it,
under shelter, where it can easily be carried
into the house.
Don't think for an instant that you are vast
ing time by taking 4 few days for this work,
but remember that the household is as impor-
tant part Of the farm economy as any other,
and one to which the head of every home should
give the most unremittIng attention.
The care OF fences Is another point that is
sOrely neglected, and one which causes the
jewellers all farms a vast amount of anxiety
and no small amount of unnecessary work.
With many people the patching up of fences is
q work left, like that mentioned above, for odds
and ends of leisure. Now, a day should be
taken occasionally for general and thorough
inspection of the fences. rotten rail should
he at once replaced by new one, aud new
stakes aud riders substituted wherever neces-
sary.
Ii this plan were adopted what al immense
amount OF annoyance would be saved and,
what is quite as important, what great deal of
property would be secured from destruction.
Many a man lies awake at night aud wonders
whether the cows have broken down that rot
ten fence and got i'll the corn, or whether those
pesky hogs are roofing up the potatoes in the
garden. In the ease of the cows he has the
unpleasant knowledge, too, that an unrestricted
indulgence in the forbidden corn may be fol-
lowed by fatal case of collie, to say nothing of
the injury TO the crop. Night, too, is not the
only time when unsound fences are a source of
trouble. What can be more vexatious on
warm Sunday afternoon, when one is either
| enjoying a nap or book in some cool nook,
| than the cry Hogs In tire corn!" Then COM
mences q scene of hustle and confusion. Dogs
are called, and then for wild chase, sometimes
for hours, under the burning sum- until the in
| truders are elected. Not infrequently one has
hardly cooled OF from the last run until a
similar mshap occurs in some other part of the
farm. Under circumstances of this kind life
! becomes almost 4 burden, and such things rs
| keeping ones temper is out Of the question
and yet all this could be prevented by the pro-
verbal stitch in time and proper system OF
/ fence inspection.
that might be given were it necessary, but we
think them sufficient for the purposes of Illus
/ tration.
FARMING SAFE PURSUIT.
Remember that the farmer who owns his
place ought to be one Of the most independent
men on earth. No house rent TO pay, no fuel
| to buy, and scarcely any provisions to purchase
if the farm is conducted properly. But how
few properly appreciate this fact. They say,
There is no money in farming. / do not
handle money rs banker, lawyer or a me-
chanic does" True; but the banker, the law
yer or the mechanic has to pay it out just as
rapidly as il comes into his hands for the very
things that the ground produces for the farmer
IL as soon rs a man draws his weekly or month.
ly stipend he has to part with il for house rent,
fuel, provisions, etc, how can ne stand on a
better footing than the farmer? We say he
does not. The mere fact of handling money
is not very satisfactory unless it can be saved
or invested in some profitable way.
Then, again. the farm is always a sure living
Financial panics cause trouble and distress
among almost all classes but the agricultural
1t is true that the farmer feels them, but with
nothing like the severity with which they af
feet others. His business is set on a rock which
cannot be shaken by any ordinary bushes:
cOnvulsion. Panics shatter bankers, manufac-
turers and merchants, but the farmer comes
through in good shape.
Our advice is, stick to the farm. Improve Il
as much as possible, and you will be better of
in the long run than most who have chosen
other yocatiOns.
EDUCATING COLTS.
Prof Gleason, who has gained SO muci
celebrity as trainer and tanner Of horses, give
the following excellent advice in regard I,
handling colts IN the American Agricttlturist:
1.-THE education of the colt should commenc,
when he is very young, and by those only WHIT
. ara themselves educated, or NJ least have com
mon sense enough TO know how. Horses o.
high mettle are more easily educated thar
those Of less or dull spirits, and are more sus
ceptible TO i'll training or bad management
and, consequently, may be made good or baC
according TO the education they receive b
horses OF dull spirits are susceptible to bai
| management, and in them may be found thu
most provoking obsthacy1and vicious habits O
different characters that render them almOs
worthless. Could the coming generation 0
horses in this country DO kept, from their esr
lest DAYS OF colthood TO the age of five years
wholly in the hands of good and careful man
ayers, there would be vast difference in tn
general character Of these noble animals. If
colt is never allowed 10 get an advantage
il will never know that It possesses q powe
; which man cannot control; ana if made ia
; miliar with strange objects it will not be skit
fish and nervous. Above all things a col
whoal He should be made to stand quietl,
while you are getting in and out of the carriag
: or wagon TO which he is hitched, as the lack o
this part of his education subjects the perso
or persons using him 10 frequent annoyance
and often serious injury, Vicious habits ar
, easily induced in horses by tickling and playa
! ing them while in the stable, and under no Gil
cumstances should this ever be tolerated. Neye
beat or use harsh language TO a horse in tn
stable, unless you prefer vicious TO a cleye
one. A horse is susceptible of taking in vas
amount of knowledge, and his education shoul
be of the nature that will render him the mos
safe and useful"
; AN INQUIRY.
August Petri, CoOperstown, Ill, writes to th
Agricultural Editor of The NATIONAL TRII
UNE that he desires to obtain some peac
kernels from the peach region in the States
Arkansas or Southern Missouri. He would b
obliged TO any comTade who would send hin
the same.
: Our advice to Mr.. Petri is to obtain youn
: trees, as it will De many years before tree
grown from the kernel will be in bearing orde
He can at comparatively small expense bu
! good grated plants.-ED.l
q /NoTKLETs.
: You will never regret few minutes spen
{ each day in keeping your cows clean. To sa
nothing Of the animals health and comfort,