FARMING NOTES.

Patea Mail, Volume II, Issue 111, 3 May 1876, Page 2

FARMING NOTES.

Thkrb can bo no doubt (says the “ Land und Water”) that washing horses, under proper care, is an excellent tiling; but the good done by it is often destroyed by carelessness in drying afterwards. If a horse is allowed to|get chill after washing, he is certain to be injured, and therefore the greatest care is necessary. The legs should be bandaged as far up as possible, and the cars rubbed perfectly ary. If the horse is clipped or singed, this is more easily done, but of course until the process of drying is completed-,-the liorse is in more danger of* cold, and not a few old hands attribute mill fever to this source. Diy ’em, sir, dry ’em ; and rub ,em, if you want good legs.”— No animal should be required to drink water (says the “ Canada Farmer”) which the owner himself would refuse, and especially so if the animal is the cow from which you hope to make good butter. It is sufficient on this point to say that pure water is an indispensable article to the success of the dairyman, for good butter or cheese cannot be made where good water cannot be cßtained. ». Mr .Tosehp K. Boone of Bonneville, Mo., is the inventor of a new process of preserving eggs. It is said to consist of a compound of alum and lime,-in equal proportions dissolved in hot water, in which the eggs arc dropped, and allowed to remain for ten seconds. A cement is formed on the egg-shell, producing an air tinht polished surface. It is often said a farmer’s life is one of drudgery. To be sure, in summer bis hours are long, and he is on the go from sunrise to sunset; but there is a variety in all that he does.- It isn’t like looking at a row of figures till the head aches, or working at a thing, till the eye tires of looking at it. Then ttie liberty one feels in owing his own homestead !