The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-04-09
Rifoot-pruningj is disastrous to posar
toes and tends to weaken and creates,
rust from which they cannot recover %

Root-pruningt is disastrous to poSar
toes and tends to weaken and creates.
rust from which they cam OF recover. y & !
Draft Horses.
This class of horses is still on top
Large, active, young horses well brok i
en- to drive are bringing good prices
even under the influences Of depression
When you hear persons say, .there is:
getting to be too many heavy horses
IN the country, the draft horse bust
ness will soon be overdone," you can
set it down that such persons do not
know what they are talking about.
How often in years gone by have We
heard just such salk. These same fel--
lows have been forced to fall
IN line and breed draft horses,
simply because the demand for
draft horses is constantly on the
increase and heprices they command.
are remunerative, while the breeder
OF the so-called "all-purpose" horse
could scarcely find a. buyer for his
surplus stock. Farmers should sup
ply what the market demands in horses !.
as we'll as all other prduce of the farm.
There must be a demand for heavy
teams, and this demand will increare
The farmer that starts in now to.
breeding good, active, heavy horses
will be year ahead of the farmer who.
starts in next year. The same iliustra-
ton of the loss of time may be more
fully realized by looking forward to-
those men who started ten years ago
and see where they are to-day. Re
member you don't have to look back
to see what these men have accom-
plished.-G. w, Hervey, in Western
StOckman.
Clover as Weed Exterminator,
Among.i it's other excellent qualities.
as an agricultural plant it is a COM
mon experience among farmers that.
clover is one of the best extermina-
tors OF weeds. Air and sunshine are
as necessary for the life of weeds as
they are for cultivated plants, and
when growing together, if one is thrifty
enough to out grow and overshadow
the other, if not disturbed, it eventual
ly takes possession of the ground
So where clover is thickly sown on.
ground naturally weedy the two year
]y mowings and the shade will prove
too much for nearly all varities Of
weeds, and when the ground is plough
ed for a different crop it will not only
be enriched from the clover, but it viii
be comparatively free from weeds
But it must not beforgotten that land
may be so unfertile that clover can
not be grown upon it without first.
manurlng it and putting the soil into,
a suitable condition for receiving the
seed, while a great many weeds have
the faculty of growing on very pooE
land without any fertilizer whatever
Care of a Horses Hoof.
When a. horses hoof becomes brit
tie, soak thefoot for an hour in water
as warm as the hand can be held in
without being burned, then, having
| dried it, put on a poultice of glycerine.
four ounces and linseed or oil meal,
one quart, with sufficient hot water to
make a poultice. Repeat this often
enough. to keep the hoof naturally
moist and pliable. Rub the coronets,
the space just at the top OF the hoof
with the following liniment, daily:
Camphorated soap iniment, seven
ounces, and water of ammonia one
ounce, keeping the bottle we'll corked-
The most important part Of these
cases is careful shoeing. Frog pres
sure, got by a bar shoe or otherwise,
is imperative. A horse with brittle.
hoof should never be given fast work.
but he should have regular exercise.
Complete and permanent cureis doubt
| full,