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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 5070, 23 June 1877, Page 3

Fast Walking Horses. —While fast running, trotting, and pacing horses have each engaged the particular attention of breeders during the past half century, the fast walking has been totally neglected. The time will come when the excess of production of the three classes abovenamed over the demand will greatly reduce their market value. It has been shown that the production of thoroughbred and trotting has been largely in excess of the death rate, that as a necessary sequence the stock iu the country is increasing from year to year, and that unless a foreign demand be created prices must inevitably decline. Breeders should, therefore, turn their attention more to the production of fast walking horses, both for the saddle and general draught. The business would pay handsomely, for the utility and value of such horses would soon be properly appreciated, thus creating a steady demand, which would not I likely bo diminished for the next half century at least. Ou the farm a slow-walking horse does not do half the work that a rapid walker is able to accomplish. In towns and cities where draught horses are used in the truck, cart, dray, &0., it is the same ; not half the I work is performed by the slow walker, who ' crawls along at a snail’s pace, and, when drawing a load, cannot be galvanised into a rapid motion. As a traveller, both under saddle and in harness, the slow walker is a nuisance. No matter what work he is engaged in, time and money are lost to his owner every day that he lives. The sooner, therefore, the whole tribe is carted to the glue factory the better for our present progressive age. — Turf, Field, and Farm. Potatoes as Food fou Stock.— We do not think the partial experiments upon this matter are properly interpreted,* even by those who have made them. It has been found that a large feed of potatoes lessens the percentage of °hay digested ; but we think the large amount of starch contained in the potato causes a looseness of the bowels, and thus impairs the digestive functions. We often fed potatoes to cows in milk with great benefit. Our plan has been to run potatoes through a root sheer and feed four quarts at a time, mixed with cut hay aud a pint of oatmeal or peameal, or a quart of oats. And since the experiment mentioned wo have again tried this mode of feeding, and found it to work admirably well. The potato is a very imperfect food alone, being principally starch, having too little nitrogen and phosphate of lime to make milk ; but it is the richest root raised on the farm, and when in small quantity raw will regulate the bowels, and have a very similar effect to green grass. It is a very laxative food in the raw state, and that is probably the cause of its peculiar effect upon the digestion of hay. When the potato is cooked the effect is quite different, and its value is greatly increased. A small quantity of potatoes, say four quarts as a feed, will increase the yield of milk nearly as much as so much grain, provided they arc fed with other food rich in the constituents of milk. The American dairyman is prone to feed one thing at a time almost wholly, instead of giving variety in food which will furnish all the elements required in the proper proportion. We found an objection to the use of oilmoal when fed above two pounds per day to a cow, as it is too laxative. We found one quart per day the most profitable, am! have also found one pock of potatoes per day, in two feeds, the most profitable,— National Lire Flock Journal. A mu. preaching a tedious sermon on happiness, during which lie enumerated the various classes of happy persons, a minister of a Highland church ashed one of the elders what lie though of the discourse. “ You omitted one large class of the happy," replied the cider—" they who escaped your sermon. No Relation,-German papers tell this story in connection witli Baron HolhschiUVs dcatliA meets j;, weeping and sobbing aloud. Says A, “ Why do you weep “ Because lie is dead—the powerful, the ricli baron." “ Hut," replied A. “ why do you cry so much —ho was no relation of yours?” “ That's just wliatl’m crying about," howls H. more affected than ever. 'Total IJmt.wiTV.—Beacon Brown took occasion to administer a reproof to old Joe for swearing. Joe listened attentively to ids words, seemed toapprcciate tiie exhortation, and when ho had concluded, replied as follows “ The fact is, deacon, that J. may swear a great deal, and you may pray a great deal ; hut neither of us means anything liy it.” The deacon alludes to Joe as an instance of total depravity. Fi.oi-.iuni: I— Foil the Teeth and Breath.—A few drops of the liquid " Florillne,” sprinkled on a net tooth-brush, produce a pleasant lather, which thoroughly cleanses the teeth from all parasites or impurities, hardens the gums, prevent tartar, stops decay, gives to tho tcetli a peculiarly pearl whiteness, and a'doligiitful fragrance to tho breath. It removes all unpleasant odors arising from decayed tcetir or tobacco smoke. “Tile Fragrant Florillne," being composed in part of honey and sweet herbs, is delicious to the taste, and the greatest toilet discovery of tho ago. So everywhere 2s. Od. Pro pared by Henry 0, Gallup 403 Oxford-street, London.—fADVT. 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