The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-06-06


the wound to exclude air. This and
connecting the scion with the outer
wood of the branch is all the art there
is I'm grating
"Stopping" Horses Feet.
Horses that are used on hot pave
memts or citizen situations which induce
a hot, dry condition of the feet, require
special treatment to palate the evil.
This generally consists of filling the
concave sole and all the space within
the shoe at might with some moist sub
stance. The most usual material for
this purpose has for a long time been
fresh cow dung, either alone or mixed
with clay. While no one can question
the value of the practice, the substance
named us utterly unfit for the purpose.
Strangely enough, it is recommended
by many eminent veterinary writer's,
though ALL admit that it is fruitful
source of thrush. One of these, after
stating that thrush is caused by the
horse standing in its own dung or other
filth, recommends wrapping with cow
dung as palliative. Another, equally
eminent, remarks that it should be used
with great caution where there is any
disposjtio on to thrush" AS if there ever
was a horse without such q disposition"
If its feet are kept in contact wit h filth
Prof. Law denounces the use of this
substance by implication in sentence.
He gives as the causes of thrush, sex
posure to wet and filth; standing on
dung or IL dirty, wet yard; stuffing
the feet 4, h COW dung" etc. Then
why fill the feet with the filthy, corrod-
ing stuff? A clean and inoffensive ma
terial is made by mixing linseed meal
with an equal part of clay and victim G
the mixture to the desired consistence.
This accomplishes the object, without
danger of unpleasant effects.-Ameri-
cam Agr6cWLtArist.
Evergreen Hedges.
In our northern region early spring is
the best time to plant. When planted
early in May, the young plants are
rooted and started before the hot, dry
weather of July and August strikes
them. Early autumn paintings, farther
south, have been attended with success,
| am told. Trees or plants that have
been once or twice transplanted in the
nursery row should be selected for hedge
planting; twelve to fifteen inches is a
good height to select, and the plants
should as stocky and full of branches
as cam be had at THAI size and age. Set
bACLn d AhS uSSp0I bAdu bAOy
grew in the soil, and water we'll when
planted. Water occasionally during the
hot dry weather of the first summer. Tt
Is a good practice ito plant two rows a
foot or so apart, and have the trees of
the two rows alternate On break joints.
This gives thicker ground work with
out crowding the roots. If seedlings
are used instead of the transplant ed
stock they must be shaded the first sum
mer or considerable loss will be expert
enced. Better pay little more and get
the tranSplanted stock i'm all cases.
But little cutting can be done the first
year on two, as the hedge must first be-
come we'll established, root and top.
Struggling shoots far out from the body
of the plant may be nipped off, and any
extreme upward growth checked. The
growth of a hedge is slow. It takes
years of waiting to get a good one; a
thoroughly good hedge cannot be had
In less than eight or ten years. The
form of a hodge is a matter of indi-
vidual taste. There is, however, a
natural form in which the hedge best
thrives; that is, broad at the base, mar
rowing to the top. This form gives the
lower limbs a chance to obtain light,
air, and moisture, which they do not
have in the squares trimmed hedge. The
beauty of hedge depends upon it's
solidity and even distribution of limb
and foliage. If the lower limbs are
forced to reach far out for light and air,
the lateral twig growth will be light,
and the lower part of the hedge rather
open, and if kept cut back in square
form, these lower limbs will frequently
die out from evercrowding and lack Of
light and air.-AmericGm Agriculturist