Year: 1873

VI TIT lodl anu D,iOIt iiIC nv" W NV
sap commens es. Oar experience teaches
that the earlier cuttings, those taken before
the first Of january, are more generally Ger
tain 10 make a successful start and alter
growth than those cut later in the season.


1t is common, however, to defer tie pre-
p,ration Of cuttings till the pruning takes
place, be It early or late and this viii gen
eralIy ,,syer all purposes it care is had that
the cuttings are secured Immediately at the
pr,lning; but if TIE branches are allowed to
lie upon The ground for days, as is often the
case, before the cuttings are secured, expos, d
to the sun or drying winds or to the frost, it
greatly lessons their chance of growth.


Grape cuttings are easily preserved for
future setting, by ''heeling in " the butts OF
the same in moist earth or they may be en-
tirely covered for weeks, if not in condition
to mould or sweat While covered. Where
the ground can be properly prepared, cut
tings can be Sc: any time during the Winter
A correspondent inquiries the proper time to
prune grdpa-vines that they may not bleed
Any time after the fall of the leaf and before
the annual Spring flow, which commences in
February or March, depending much upon
tuc WiIuliI VI me scdSpl


A slight or even considerable bleeding Of
the vines, works but little injury TO them,
and sometimes it is a positive advantage;
for wherever there is danger from late spring
frosis, the pruning may be delayed until the
sap begins to flow freely, the bleeding serv-
ing TO strengthen and establish the blossoms
into well regulated clusters and increased
fruIfulness particularly on moist, rich allu-
viums where the vine is apt to grow too
much wood unless checked in this manner
--Rurn Press.


Spo111NG UonsEs' FErr.-It is almost
impossible to get horse shod without having
the frog cut away All veterinary surgeons,
all horsemen, all leading blacksmiihs agree
that the frog should not be pared one plrt-
Gle not even trimmed. No matter how
pliabie and soft the frog is, cut it away
smooth on all sides, and in two days it will
be dry and hard as chip. You might as
well cut all the leaves off trees and expect
them TO flourish as to pare away the frog
and have healthy foot. The rough spongy
part of the frog is to the foot what leaves
are to the tree-the lungs. Never have Il
red-hot shoe pat upon the foot to burn it
level. If you can iiud blacksmith that is
mechanic enough to level the foot without
the red hot iron, employ him. II you do
not think so, try the red bot poker on your
finger nail, and see how it will affect the
growth of that. There are many other in
portant points in shocing horses; but those
two are more important than all the rest,
level to the apprehension Of men not skilled
in horses, and the two most disregarded.


70 FARMErs Farmers as business men
should employ the beginning of the year in
making settlements Of business kind. Pay
every debt that is on your books, collect
every one that is due or settle it in some way
as soon after the first of January as possible.
1t is u great deal better to come to an under
standing about these things, than for both
debtor and creditor to grow cool and halt
unfriendly because one owes the other "A few
dollars and can rot pay. There is no friend
ship lost by coming to a direct understanding
about debts, and it will oicner than not
happen that things may be turned in some
way to lessen the account, or some way to
cancel it, a man who has a Practical, com
nonsense turn of mind and has had a little
mercantile training, having been few years
in a country store or in business in the city,
o, in some manufacturing establishment will
almost invaribly prove more successful far
mer than one who has been trained solely
upon the farm We ought to regard farm
ing more as business than as a trade more
as work for the head than for the hands and
teams only -Ci0rerdate Bee.


PROFITABLE BUSINESS FOR WOMEN. N.-One
Of the most profitable as wei as interesting
kinds of business for a woman is the care OF
bees. In a recent agricultural report it is
stated that lady bought four hives for ten
dollars, and in five years she was offered one
thousand five hundred dollars for her stock
and refused it as not enough. In addition,
TO this Increase of her capital one Of these
years she sold twenty-five hives and four
hundred and twenty pounds of honey. 1t is
also stated that in five Yeas one man from six
colonies of bees to start with, cleared eight
thousand pounds Of honey and one hundred
and fifly-tour colonies.


When properly instructed, almost any wo-
man ia the city, as easily as in the country
can manage bees, and make more profit than
in any other method demanding so little time
and labor. But in the modes ord nary
practiced, few can make any great profit in
this employment.


1t is hoped time is at hand when every
woman will be trained to some employment
by which she can secure to herself an indie
pendent home and means to support a family,
in case she does not marry or has been left IA
widow with herself and family to support
4ImericGa JVomGn's Home.


BEST TIME FOR PAINTING Houses. The
best time for painting the exterior of buildings
is late in Autumn or during the Winter.
Paint then applied will endure twice as long
as when applied in early Summer or in hot
weather In the former it dries slowly and
becomes hard, like a glazed surface, not
easily affected aflerward by the weather or
worn off by beating Of storms. But in very
hot weather the oil i'm the 0ajnt soaks into