PROCEEDINGS OF THE FARMERS' CLUB. 378 



Spring Wheat. 



Mr. B. A. Luker, Sherburn county, Minn., says that he has been 

 in the habit of sowing spring wheat in May, contrary to what has 

 been stated as the best method by Mr. Meeker, and that he was 

 successful; consequently that this wheat does not need to be sown 

 early, so as to be frozen. 



Mr. N. C. Meeker. — The statement was made with reference to 

 the wheat crop, which makes Chicago the great grain market. On 

 the prairies it was found that the late sown wheat could not be 

 depended upon. But when sown in February or March, or even 

 so early as January, and even in the mud, if the ground had been 

 previously prepared, the crop was almost certain. The theory is 

 that spring wheat is of the same nature as fall wheat, but that its 

 roots are not strong enough to stand the severities of a whoJe 

 winter. This practice is the result of experience; if anybody has 

 facts to the contrary sufficient to make a rule, it will be important 

 to have them known. 



Hard Pulling Horses. 



Mr. Cavanagh. — I would like to know a remedy for a horse that 

 pulls hard by the mouth. 



Mr. Wm. S. Carpenter. — There is a safety-rein, which, passing 

 from the bit, goes to a ring in the head-stall, and great power 

 over the animal is acquired. 



Mr. R. J. Dodge. — If he pulls so hard, put on forty hundred j 

 or, if that will not do, I will swap, for mine does not pull enouo-h. 



Dr. J. V. C. Smith. — The Arabs have a bit made of an iron rinff 

 and with a tongue about four inches long, with which they stop a 

 horse instantly. I have seen a whole regiment of cavalry at full 

 speed brought to a sudden stand, and blood run from the mouths 

 of many of the horses. In getting on a horse to ride across Mount 

 Lebanon, I noticed that the rein was a mere thread, easy to break, 

 but I found the least touch was sufficient to guide the animal. 



Dr. Snodgrass. — We cannot control our horses in that way, 

 because we are not in sympathy with them. We require muscle 

 and not feeling in our horses. 



A member of the club stated that Mr. Wilkes of The spirit ^ 

 the Times would answer all questions about horses, free, in the 

 columns of his paper. 



