Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-09-13
TnI otNIRAl puRposs MORSE,

sssn' .' As''s~saE.i s.ii'Ss osfsri ps~ssr.,
rHG GENERAL PURPOSE MORSE.
4 general purpose horse should be
sound, sensible. free from vice, medium
sire, about fourteen to fifteen hands
high, weighing about 90 pounds, not
Ia" large for riding nor too ANAL for
work, should carry his head we'll up to
give him style, shoali have sloplng
shoulders. should carry his feet near to-
gvther to make him sure footed, should
ride we'll and drive well. shoald have an
easy mouth. should work well Ia plow or
wagon, should drive With single check
or doable r,lns, aud above all should
not hc halky.
In brc~iing general purpose horses II
of the beat disposition, should ride aud
drive aud work well anywhere, aud the
ncsrcr thoroughbred the better. Tbe
mare should b. medium siss. sty ylish aud
have enduranc-. The general purpose
horse stands hard work. In the long bot
dsys % summer. much better than the
heavy draft horses. fot the show ring
horse should not be too fat, but shoald
show q little of the rih. The fat on a
horse l. SURF to hide defects aud judge
should ~ very careful how they award
premiums To Fat horses. More attention
shoald hc given 10 brcoiing general pur-
l,oss horses, for they are intrinsically
more valuable. morc difficult To ind. and
are In great demand. u IL nv exre-
risnc- that colt takes endurance or bot
tom frum IL dam, aud its disposition
frum It. slre. n this could b. fully cs-
t.blished II wouh be of vast Importance
tn all hors. br~.sisr.. English hsckncys
make g"oi general purpose horses "
Crc.sssl With suitable thoroughbrc,ls.
Hackney .tyle !. hereditary. Cor. Amer
icsh Agriculsarisi.
row rrtV III rrs sou IN INDIA
The intlia farmer has scarccly any
tOols, and those he has arc % the slim
ple-t Kind. By very crude Implement,
which can scarccly b. called q plo~, the
land 3. easily rooted up. This plow CON
sist. "a triangular piece of wocd about
l. inches In length and .iN inches In d.
ames~r al the larger snd. the other end
bsing polnte,i. On the iiat side IL this
blt ~ wood q groove u made. Into which
fiat pls,c % irun. q foot In lcugth, an
inch " wl,ls, aud half an inch thick, u In
serted aud held In It, place BY staple.
Ths staple underneath dccs not inter
fcrr with the roofing. THIS Iron har,
which 1. pointed, serves asa noss or a
point to the plov. The triangular bli
81 wocd Il mortisei Into an upright
stick, the latter about four fe.t la length,
at the top % which u. wooden pin on
the front shle. which Il for q handle.
Al-oat l. Inches from the grOund, strip
Of board four Inches Wide. an in,h ani =
half Thick and eight feet long !. Inserted
Into the upright stick aud serves .. =
h~am and pole. The yoke 10 a straight
stlck slx frst long. thrr- inche. In diam
eter. With four soosien plus, each .iN
Inchs. long. ons on each side ofths neck
of the bullOcks. 4 small hemp rope. ar
grass twius, gcc. under the bullocks
nscks 10 kc,p the yoke In IT. place. The
b.Am Of the ploN has a few noiches oT
| catches under Il near the end aud Il fss-
tened 90 the yoke by q small grass rope
or twine. The plow make. no furrow,
hut simply roots or tear. up the .oll, aud
the plo~man, with his little goad or
Whip In Que hand. the other holding the
~ocden pin In the upright stalk, ~alks
by the side of the plo~.
The cattle are of the Brahmlnl Kind,
white. slcndsr-t.siis,i, lone-lssg~i, aud
about half Or one-third the weight OF
oven In the United states. They arr
very lean, az about the only fed they
srt for some month. hefore the rains, aud
during the blowing season, u bhoosa or
wheat straw and chat. 10 sec a man.
Weighing les than luo pounds, with GU
IA a strip ~ cloth around hi loins aud q
Ike strip about hl. head. driving a pair
of little lean cattle, swinging his whip
and dodging from side to side 81 hi.
plow aud calling hls bull. by the en-
dearing name ot my daughters, seems
a sight, especially when hr.t observed
| by an American farmer. Flowing Ia
hard work. both for the little cattle sud
the nan himself. particularly u the
ground 4. hard and baked, shd II IL
M. fir.t plasing. The bc-t plowman
can 10 l. to tear up about hall an Acfr a
day, and then the work IL poorly done.
The land IA. % - rlosei Ia THIS Nay
number II time, especially Tor the more
substantial crops.
4 pair of cstfle cO.t from - 10 So,
bat the average price ot these working
cattle In the northwest provinces 10
about sIO pair. The average coat OF
plo~ /. forty GENTS. The only other I'm
plemsnt u.esl l. l0g. or slab of wood,
six or elgh, fc.t long. drawn .idewsy.
acfo.. the hsli. by one or too pair. oi
cattle, "a crush the clods, or smooth the
surface. After IN. .oll 1. well puiycr-
iy-,l. the last plo~ing take- place, when
A man drihble. the seed from hi- hand
into th. iurrOw, or marx. after the plos.
i. l.. H,U.ER. Bsr-illy, India, In Ag-
riculturist.