The record-union., 1893-03-16


the small mules that were once used.
The breeding jack should be large and
OF good stock, and the mares should be
line imported or native stock, large and
well made, from fifteen to sixteen hands
high. The breeding stock should be of
large size, square built, well-proportioned
and first-class in every respect. Mules
raised from such animals will bring good
prices, and the business Of Embarrassing
VIII be success.-W. l.. Moore of Texas,
in American Agriculturist.
CONTAINING FARMERS.
One of the jolly kind of farmers who is
always happy, in writing to an agricult-
ural paper, expresses himself as having
no sympathy with that class of farmers
farming doesn't pay" and claims that
the difficulty lies with the complainant
rather than with the business OF farming.
He said that of the class that complain,
you can usually find them and their
families at the circus, and INDUCING in
matters of pleasure from which no benefit
can be derived; and, further, that the
complaining class are those who spend
from fifteen to twenty-five cents per day
for tobacco.
There is much truth in the writer's re-
marks. Given health, strength and an
energetic disposition, there is little occa-
sion for complaining on the part OF farm
ers. One great trouble is the change of
conditions from what existed fifty or
seventy-tive years ago. Then the labors
OF farmers, as we'll as of others, were
blessed by some increase and there was
gradual saving. There was less disparity
among the masses of the people.
While there might occasionally be
found one more successful than the great
mass, there were few that were really
wealthy; but iii more recent times, by
means of booms and speculation, men
have become wealthy in day, and wealth
appears to be more concentrated. This
mas caused a feeling of discontent-a de-
sire to grow rich without labor, and there
can be found many who are waiting for
something to turn up whereby they may
be safely landed in the lap of luxury and
ease.
But all this is wholly incompatible
with the business of the farmer; it is
necessary that he should prepare the soil
and the crop if he hopes tor any returns,
And it makes no difference in what de-
partment his efforts are directed-truit
culture, embarrassing, the dairy or gen.
eral crops-it means the putting forth of
effort, and with that there will be sure to
come moderate increase of wealth. The
process of saving must of necessity be
slow, but it will be sure, and with care in
the Investment there will be an accumu-
lation ample for all necessities, with a
Germantown Telegraph.
THE BRIGHT SIDE OF IT.
Work on the farm need not be a drudg-
cry; it should not be. Good manage
ment is. quite as necessary in this line of
work as in the office or in the store, or in
the affairs of State. After all, l think !
there is more real pleasurable hope i'll the |
heart of tie husbandman than there can |
possibly be in that OF the merchant or
the lawyer. Each morning as he opens
his door and looks over his acres he sees |
the beauty of his labor spread out before |
him like great panorama, and every
evening as the sunset glow gilds delicate |
edges on his grain, he cannot but be !
happy. Then when the skies darken |
with clouds he does not think of the mud |
and his newly polished shoes, but OF the |
treshening showers, and he wonders just !
how much the corn will grow during the !
night. Even when the dry days come he !
does not grow wildly discouraged, for he !
sees his work going on, perhaps slowly, |
but he knows that when he put the seed !
into the ground he made no risky invest
ment that may cause his ruin.-A gricult-
ural Epitomist.
CARE OF a COLTS FOOT.
Every colt owner should own foot
rasp; never mind about a knife-the less
a knife is used around the foot the better.
The first time the smith gets at the foot
he will probably cut it enough to last a
lifetime. When the colt is weaned if it |
has been handled and gentled, it will al |
low the feet 10 be raised and leveled with |
the raSp, and this should be done at least |
every two or three months. If the colt |
has tendency to walk on the heel or
frog and develop an abnormal length of |
toe, raSp the sole toward the toe to take |
away the thickness accommodating and
shorten the toes. If the foot is worn at
the toe and the heels have become too
high, lower the heels with the rasp so the |
frog will just touch the ground and re-
ceive the necessary pressure to keep the |
foot expanded. When foot has kept in
good shape, but the edges or rim of the |
hoof have grown, leaving the frog and |
center hollow, rasp the edges so the frog
rests upon the ground lightly, or lower |
the heels to level with the frog and take
away the toe with the rasp in the same
proportion. The more frequently the foot
is put in proper shape, the more it be-
comes fixed in growing in that shape.
MANAGEMENT OF CALVES.
The young calves will be thankful for
a small allowance of mixed meal and
bran, given once a day. If this is given
by hand, in dish, it will make them so
docile that there viii be no trouble when
the calves grow up to cows estate, and
must be MIXED and handled. A heifer
ken. This training, not breaking, should
be done early and in the winter when the
opportunities are plenty, and if well done
there will be no bad habits to be broken.
The care should be to lead the young ami
NAL by degrees from one stage to another
to perfect familiarity with its keeper
There will be no vicious or refractory
cows in dairy managed in this way.
MARCH IN THE POULTRY YARD.
The hens should now be in full laying.
producing many and fertile eggs.
Every broody hen should be carefully
set during this month to secure a fine lot
OF chickens.
Eggs set this month will be Matching
during the latter part, and through the |
early part OF April, producing the chick
ems at a time to insure full DEVELOPMENT |
before the fall months arrive.
Though there are clustering DAYS in |
March, days that are not favorable to |
young chickens, they need not prevent |
the Matching operations from proceeding.
The sun is steadily increasing its heat |
and by the time the peppers arrive there |
will be warmer days.
The March and April Matched bullets
will be so well developed that they should |
lay late in the fall and through the win
ter, thus insuring a supply OF eggs when
prices run high. dozen eggs IN the fall /
or winter are usually worth two dozen.
and sometimes three dozen, laid in the
summer.
Early chickens endure the summer
better than late ones. By being Matched |
early enough to get considerable strength |
before the scorching days of July and |
August arrive, they are able to pass
through the heated term with very little |
loss, while the later broods afford not a |
few victims TO the too near approaching |
sun unless special care be exercised.
The early pullets will prove the most !
profitable OF any that will be raised. !