The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1891-12-10
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FAMILIAR TALK.


A New Easlsnd farmer says; Il sm be.
coming convinced ne ought 10 know more.
about The farm sninais ve leep, ny this
mean. understand them snd bow TO cafe
ior them. iudividaslly IS cell a. for herd
OF fock q them They deserve this alter
iion and Knowledge 90 eur part, aud We
Why really NE cau't taord 10 eoon biiadly,
only half understanding The complex ia
lures from witch We niue. derive any profit
We yet.
To irest animals properly demands a
knowledge which can be got 10 DO other
way than by bard study snd close obserys'
ton. And al honsh books aud papers are
desirable indispensable, study OF The live
things is Imperative We mus, learn their
lang usge. and this Gao be accomplished
only by tie careful looking into and eon'
sideralion Of attendant circumstances ]
have had hose limp piiiully lot weeks
by the simple eunbslapeine' Of foot A
careless smith pared one side Of the hooi a
tifie more than the other; the delicate IN
side machinery being run out OF level pro-
duced friction and fever there, and ten
derness resulted. A thinker discovered
aud remedied the trouble.
Midnight maurauders recently taught
me Lessen shall not soon forget, Horses
cant talk, OF least SO ! thought; their
IN ute elequeuce" is rarely understood,
A road horse is kept alone for convenience
IN a barn near my house. 10 80 usually
quiet allowing bis owner TO sleep peace.
fully in a room to which comes every sound
from the stable. But OF late Prince has
been strangely uneasy. lie would paw,
gnaw, kick osieusibly at flies, although the
stall was dark, and began eating his bed
ding. Repeatedly ! have been to the barn
in the night and found nothing wrong.
Each time he would be glad to see me, land
beg little in q curious soft Whitney be
uses. Once gave him some bran, at an
other time water, and finally the strap,
asking him sharply why he could not be-
have aud go to sleep and allow me to do
the same? This time be tremblingly sub
mitted, and kept still until the next night.
Ashamed? OF course am
When his bedding began to disappear !
brought out muzzle and put it on him
after supper. The act helped to drill my
thick Uranium for the entrance Of an idea.
went out soon after dark one night 10
put on the horse this mark Of my own
stupidity. Having little trouble with .
cord which tied the muzzle 10 the halter,
| spent more time than usual. Then pat
ting the whole length Of my pet went in
and exiting the lantern, when what
felt sometLi crawling on my hands
and neck aud iacel Hororsl A light
showed them to be those wretcbed mites
which secrete themselves in the crevices OF
poultry houses only to come ont at night
and disturb and prey upon the BIRDS. And
this was the fesson- and good Que, Tor
the nocturnal uneasiness Il my favorite.
Why bad l not learned 1t before? Bah
The strap instead OF investigation.
Yet this is the nile with us, coDceited
an ignorant mortnls. ! have read that
many a man does not know as much as the
horse be drives Am among the mum
Der? |, may be established RS rule with
out On exception that the strange actions
OF any animal have cause which should
not be- attributed TO >icioushess
But a. | mttked Ut fist, We ought to
know NOR about ev,ty Individual Of GU
with one ol he best farmers | ever met,
asked him whether b. d, mapded II fair
,smple of COW milk aud tested 1t before
making an { if-r On the dairy animal he
" ished to buy? He replied IN the neg
alive, asst ring tbbt he Judged from OUT
ward appearances and the owners descrip.
lion. And yet be buys cows 10 keep
md to use; to make or lose money on.
" Guild be not better pay an extra $40 for
low that produces pound and half
lay Of butter. than buy at guess better
ooktr or perhaps perfect pedigree, but
hat yielded only sixteen ounces daily?
let us suppose these cows were fed alike
md e.ch kept up her Z ield to al average
If 800 days. The more costly COW would
beat the record OF the other by 100 pounds,
q buut the cost OF one cent for additional
God or care. II butter brought but 70
tents per pound. this extra yield would go
loug way the first year toward returning
10 her owner bis purchase money While
he oue,pouud,per day'coS womb he JUS
$50 benin d iu the account.
One of my flock Of hens lay TX eggs per
week, most weeks 10 the yeer. Another
avs on the average two or three eggs
weekly. Which eggs would ! prefer to
1stcb, both fos Is being Brown Lrghnrns?
How do krow thlsS Partly by waicbluR
he two, psrl y by knowing their eggs from
,tbers, aud partly by knowing where each
sys. have proved it repeatedly. AID J
notice thai The good layer ia always fore.
% os. in foFsgiuP, and quickest to Ftlze
worm, Rrssstopp"r or ANYTHING tba, Is
ed. There Is 30 Danger Of her being DE-
,spitaled Tor lhsuksalvlrg il she is tao
.esrs old. "
Save every tang that VII make manure
oil. LII ~ iI1eir tfnn Inrnenis