Year: 1864

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i. HORSES.-The working horses


should be well cared for, and when


they are put up for the night their
"a legs should be carefully cleaned of


mud and rubbed dry. Do not let


the mud dry on and remain until
the morning, to be brushed off Just


as the team is to go into the mud
again, but clean il off at night, and


if the horse has foul humors about


the fetlocks or heels, touch them


over with oil or ointment, so the


flesh may have the benefit of


night to heal in, and the skin be.


come better fitted for another day
: in the mud. Scratches, grease, and


like foul humors, come of neglected


feet and legs during the muddy sea-


son. Now the hair begins to start


on the horses bodies, and they


need to be faithfully curried, rubbed


and brushed, to keep the skin clean
and lively. Do not use wire card


upon thin-skinned horse; the cur
| ry-comb, brush, and wisp of straw,
are the best things with which to


clean horse. - ro-.,---r+.s
IL. CATTLE.-Cows which are to


"come I'M early should have lunch
| of vegetables, slops thickened with
meal or bran, with a sprinkling of
salt, and dry, soft place to lie dur


ing the nights. Such cows should
not be subjected to being raced
about the field by vicious colts, or
pushed by the horns of ungallant
steers. Oxen which are to do the
next springs work, should be kept
on full feed, so. that when warm
weather comes on, they viii not
faint at the plow. Cattle are Just
as much better for currying and
brushing as horses. They get hide
bound with the hair all staring,
when regular application of the
curry-comb and brush, will make
the skin healthy and bring the hair
to life. The poor little calves, with
their backs full of hay seeds and
dirt, are very much like poor little
neglected, motherless children. A
good combing is as good as a dinner.


III. SHEEP.-The heavy ewes
should be separated from the bois-
ferrous rushing of the rams, wethers
and masculine old maids, of the
flock. Let them feed, walk and
mediate by themselves, without be-
ing jostled by animals which, cannot
appreciate their delicate situation.
This separation is also necessary
that this class of sheep may have
extra and suitable feed, and care
In we'll regulated sheep husbandry,
this separation is attended to in the
beginning of the winter, but many
farmers, who have not large hocks,
let all run together. The breeding
ewes are now the money in bank,
from which the dividend is to come;
let the stockholder take care of his



Nv. SwINE.-The hog is vastly
abused and slandered animal; said
to be filthy and ungrateful. The
kind of hogs which we read about
as trampling the pearls under their
feet, and then turning to rend their
must have been some
scrub stock; certainly they were not
Chester Whites nor SuffolE1s. A
well regulated hog is neat animal,
and if he does otherwise, the; fault
is in his education. Let hog have
bis choice, and his lodgings are as
nicely kept as anybody's. A hog
that is obliged to sleep in the mud
needs q good deal more feed to keep
him in flesh than one which has a
dry nest. -


V. POULTRY. Hens which have
been properly kept will begin to get
red in the comb, and sing a mother
" Eoy. That is their true mission;
The lays of the poultry yard are le-
gitimate poetry; and with eggs at
twenty cents a dozen, we shall be
glad to have these days begin. If
hens neglect to do their duty in this
give them feed of roasted
corn. Set baking-tin of corn in
not stove oven, and let it brown, not
oarch; feed of this viii tend to
bring about a better state of supply
IN the egg market. Fix up nice cosy
nests in out of the way places, with
a porcelain nest-egg, which cannot
freeze and break. Eggs from choice
breeds of fowls, designed for hatch
ng, should be carefully taken out of
The nest during cold weather, as
joon as the hen leaves it, and kept
n dish of bran or other soft pack
ng, until the hen is ready to SET
early chickens are worth twice as
much as late ones; and for this rea-
son the hens should be at their set
ing early in March. ..-.