194 THE TIM BUNKER PAPEES. 



My recipe for the horn-ail is, one good warm stable well 

 ventilated and well littered, one bushel of carrots or sugar 

 beets daily, hay and water ad libitum, one card or curry 

 comb, and gentle treatment. I have never known this 

 dose to fail of preventing the disease. 



Yours to command, 



TIMOTHY BUNKER, ESQ., 

 HooJcertown, April 10th, 1862. 



. 57. TIM BUNKER ON A &quot;COMMENTARY&quot; 

 ON ROOTS. 



&quot; I should like to know what upon airth you dew to 

 your cattle to make em look so slick ? &quot; said Jake Frink 

 as he looked into my yard on a bright April morning. 



&quot; Dew to em, you fool,&quot; exclaimed Tucker, &quot; he stuffs 

 em with ile meal and corn, just as you would a sassage.&quot; 



&quot; I m mighty glad I don t have the bills to pay,&quot; said 

 Jones. &quot; That animal has cost fifty dollars this winter, 

 I ll bet a shad ; and twouldn t sell for that neow.&quot; &quot; Don t 

 be so sure of that,&quot; said Seth Twiggs, as he joined the 

 company at the gate, and looked admiringly at Cherry, 

 who had dropped her third calf a few days before. &quot; I 

 am in want of a new milch cow, and will take her at that 

 price without the calf.&quot; 



&quot; You will have to add ten more to get her, I guess, 

 even if I want to s&quot;ll,&quot; I remarked very quietly, as I 

 showed a pail half full of milk after the calf had taken 

 all he wanted to suck. &quot;But you see I never sell a new 

 milch cow. Making butter and cheese is my business, 

 and milk is my stock in trade. A shoemaker might as 

 well sell his leather, or a tanner his hides, as a farmer 



