The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-26
To StarE a Bailey Horse.

have had to do with many balkt
horses, and l have never known the fol
lowing simple expedient to fail, pro
vlded it was not a case where some othe
person had been tampering with TIL
will of the horse before had taken hin
in hand. 1t is another method of "di
vertlng the horses attention"
Whenever horse driven by myseT
has baked | have got out of my carriag
and gone to his fore foot, lifted it from
the ground and struck the shoe a fef
short blows with stone or with
wrench (Which I always carry in M
carriage). [ have never failed to start
horse In that very simple way, and l hap
on several occasions had balky horse
which exhausted the patience of all for
mer owners.
Ihave undertaken to start balky horses
being handled by others, after othG
methods of starting them had failed. 4
request the driver generally to move OFT
Of the way, that his voice or presene
may not be recognized by the horse. Z
then first inform the animal by pattirg
him and talking to him, that there lisa
new man at the helm, thereby divertirg
his attention. AS soon as he begins 70
give me his attention [ take up his fo{t
and tap it a few times. and never faila
except In one instance to start the horst.
And that exceptional case was one whe1e
the horse was overloaded and knew it.
The very worst method of attempting
to start balky horse, according to my
experience and observation, is that Of
pulling the head of the animal by tie
bit, and it is q method almost univer-
sally adopted by the inexperienced users
of the horse. The stubbornness of the
horse is only increased by that method.
offer this suggestion in the interest of
your cause.-JOsepb Il. Titus, aqa Our
Dumb Animals.
Agricultural Notes.
VOE1CKER found from analyses that
in farm yard manure which had been
rotted for three months there were per
ton twenty four pounds of potash, six
of phosphoric acid, and fifteen of nitro
gen. Allowing cents pound for the
potash and phosphoric acid, and but 10
cents for the nitrogen, the ton of manure
will be worth $3.
The Massachusetts Board of Agricul-
ture cites q suggestive instance-that of
liveryman who spread the stable re-
fuse from fifteen horses on one and a
half acres OF meadow several successive
years, and harvested three crops each
season, aggregating seven and ONE half
tons of good hay-"as much as he would
have secured had the manure been scat
tered over three times as much land"
A BOX stall in the corner of Stephen
FL. Merritt's barn. in Duchess County,
n. Y, serves for an ice house. The ice
slides in at the window easily, and is
taken out by door in the feeding alley
in the summer. A foot of sawdust upon
the loose boards and sticks provides
drainage. The ice is also surrounded
by eight inches of sawdust on the sides
and foot on top. He says he has all
he needs for dairy and other uses.
HEAVY soils and those rich in vegeta-
Bile matter, should receive frequent
light dressings of salt. 1t does not act
directly as a fertilizer except in very
rare instances, but salt in small doses
helps to dissolve and make available
other plant food of which heavy soils
usually have an abundance, though not
In available condition for use. On land
entirely deficient in vegetable matter
salt is usually of little benefit.
IF wheat, corn, cotton, or tobacco be
sown or planted for successive years the
land will become exhausted and often
deserted, and the region depopulated,
as was the case in Virginia and many of
the States. Experience mas shown that
land annually demands a change of crops
to yield to the farmer full reward for
his industry, and it is rotation of crops
or the discovery of new crops that must
restore again the wasted lands of the
older States