Year: 1872

Farm ana GarQen.


Co,cs Nth Caked Baqs-A correspon.
dent of the Rural Neto Yorker says: As
the season is at hand for new milch
COWS, and as there is more or less trouble
in regard to their having eaked bags, 1
thought that would send you remedy
which we have used for many years,
single instance, of producing the de-
sired effect. 1t is simply common soft
soap applied to the parts affected, and
thoroughly rubbed in with the hand.
My father has used this remedy for
many years, and generally found one
application sufficient.


Lice on. Animals The best extermina-
tor of lice on any kind of animals, is
fine sand or road dust put on the back
from the head to the tail.-I. G. L.,
Half Day, Ill.


Raising Mangozds. young farmer
near Ottawa, ILL, writes as follows to the
Prairie Farmer:


My father grows from four to six
acres of mangolds each year. We find
it no more trouble to cultivate them
any other crop we raise, and we get
bushels per acre.





thoroughly manuring it with we'll rotted
manure: this we apply during early
spring or in winter. This ground we
plow, as soon as the frost is out, as
deeply as we can. This gives the
weed seed a start; then by cross
plowing it about the Goth of May, we
kill all the young weeds. Then we mark
it with a corn marker, and put our seed
in with hand seed drill, running it in
the mark made by the marker, and to
cover it we drag it thoroughly and then
roll it.


But the most important part is pre-
pairing the seed. We first soak it in
warm water for twenty-four hours, then
that it works well in the drill. By this
mode the seed comes up quick, as the
soaking softens the dry hard shell of the
seed. When it is up so that we can see
the rows, we cultivate it the same as we
do our corn, and with the same tools,
except in thinning them out, when we
use a narrow blade hoe. We cut them
out, leaving the plants about six inches
apart. This can be done very fast-the
rows the other way being about three
feet and a half apart. 49,,
Breaking Oren.-A correspondent of





following as his plan of breaking oxen I:
In the first place / put them in the
stable and commence introducing my
self to them as their friends, feeding
them good bits, such as sweet apples,
small ears of corn or sliced potatoes.
When in the yard l secure their friend
ship by doing the same fir om my pocket.
They will soon follow me about. 1 then
attempt to yoke them, and it does not
take three or four boys and girls and a
dog to help do it. l never leave them
to 1amble about the fields las is the Gus
tom of some) to turn their yoke and
haul each other about.


A good teamster will have name for
every OK, and no two in the same team
should be called by the same name nor
should he ever speak one word that has
no meaning; but be sure when he calls
an OK by name to make him understand,
and also to make him understand what
he says.


When breaking a new team, the best
way to make them know their names
is when we call I" STAR" or @ Bright" or
Broad" or " Buck" to just touch the
one We speak to with a spur. By that
means the OK will coon know that he is
meant when he hears his name distinctly
pronounced.


then take them into the road and
teach them to travel, that is, walk
evenly and quick-stopping often, and
suiting my action to the word by stop
ping myself. L then give something
from my pocket. L practice in this
way while, and instead of their run
ming from me, they rather relish my
visits. Sometimes attach rope to the
bow (never to the horn or nose) as 8
kind of safeguard in case of fright and
to illustrate the command to stop.


When they will stop unifor -ly at the
word, put them to a light sled-giye
them a good path, sometimes let them
take the lead of me stop quite often
and give something to encourage the
stopping.


The driver should also have one par
ticular word to start his team with.
"Come boys" we ever found the best
word to start heavy load with. Some
seem to think W hen they are driving a
team they must work the whole time,
either with their tongue or whip. 1t
would be a most desirable thing for
such to keep both tongue and whip per-
fectly still. All the words needed in
driving are very few. We think the
following are sufficient: "Come,"
Haw," \" Gee" " Back" These prop
erly used, are all that are needed. Much
talk makes confusion. As soon as they
become little accustomed to the yoke,
1 begin to draw something, loading
young cattle is they soon think they
have become oxen and load too heavy.