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THE GEI^SEE FARMER. 



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FLYIXG MORGAN. 



FLTIHG MORGAN, 



This celebrated Morgan horse was foalded in 1843, 

 the property of R. M. Adams, of Burlington, Vt. 

 8ired l>y Hacket horse, g. sire, Gifford, g. g. sire, 

 Woodbury, g. g. g. sire, Justin Morgan. Dam sired 

 by Woodbury. Flying Morgan is 14 hands high, 

 and weighs 900 lbs; color, blood bay, with white hind 

 feet. AVhen five years old he was sold to Dr. Wm. 

 RussELi,, of Middlebury, Vt., but Mr. Adams repur- 

 chased him the following year and has owned him 

 ever since. He is a horse of a great deal of bottom and 

 power; trots perfectly square and fair; goes smart; is 

 perfectly sure for all he can do, and generally makes 

 his best time the last heat. From heating and over- 

 work, his eyes have been injured, and he can see but 

 bat little 



In March, 1850, a race on the ice, mile heats, best 

 two in three, was won by Flying Morgan, in two 

 straight heats, beating Tramp. Time 2m. Sis.— 2m. 

 483. In a race over Cambridge Park Course, Octo- 

 ber 2d, 1851, mile heats, best three in five, between 

 Flying Morgan and Cleopatra, the former was victo- 

 rious in three straight heats. Time, 2m. 51s, — 2m. 

 51|9. — 2 m. 57. In this race Flying Morgan was called 

 Burlington. — Linsley's Morgan Horses. 



Shkkp Should not be kept too Lonq in a Small 

 FiKLD. — Sheep have a great relish for the sweetest 

 and most fattening productions of the earth; no an- 

 imal has a greater dislike to coarse, rank grass, con- 

 sequently, they run over and tread it down in search 

 of the best and sweetest food. This, however, is not 

 all, sheep are a strong scented animal, and wherever 

 the) huiiiiie for any length of time, they spoil the 

 grass, and do not thrive, which plainly shows that 

 they require plenty of room. If the fields are small, 

 change them often. G. — iVoodstock, C. W. 



To Prevent Smut is Wheat.- — ^Wash the wheai 

 thoroughly till the water becomes clear — or in other 

 words, till it will no longer rile the water ; then take 

 blue vitriol, an ounce for every bu.shel of wheat you 

 have washed, and dissolve it in hot water, and pour 

 it into the tub, cask, or whatever your wheat is in, as 

 the wheat must be covered, with clear water at the 

 time, and let it soak in this vitriol water for not less 

 than six, or more than twelve, hours. This process 

 should be carried through in the morning, and at 

 night drain off the water, and the wheat will be fit 

 to sow the next morning. It will be necessary to 

 stir the wheat occasionally with a shovel while it is 

 soaking in the vitriol water, as it tends to scour it» 

 and makes it look bright. If this is done thoroughly, 

 it will be a permanent, cure for smut, either in spring 

 or fall wheat. Andrew Chut& 



Vienna, C W. 



SuKKi", when first turned out to grass in the spring, 

 should \>.t housed on cold nights. If troubled with 

 tlie scours, drench with half a pint of milk porridge 

 ihifkcnel wilh two table-spoonfuls of wheaten flour. 

 We have rarely known this remedy to fail. If two 

 or throe doses do not oflbut a cure in as many days, 

 add tea drops of laudanum. 



SOWING AND REAPING. 



SoTT with a generous band, ' 



Pause^ not for toil or pain. 

 Weary not thro' the heat of summer. 



Weary not thro' the colli spring rain; 

 But wait till the auttitnn comes 



For the sheaves of golden grain. 



Scatter the seed, and fear not 



A table will be spread ; 

 What matter it if you .ire too weary 



To eat yonr hard-earned bread r 

 Sow while the earth is broken. 



For the hungry must b» f«d. 



Sow — while the Reeds are lyin^ 

 lu the warn-.' earth's bosom deep. 



And your warm tears lull upon it, 

 They will .stir in tht-ir ijuiet sleep, 



A)|d the green blades riwe the quicfcer^ 

 Perchance, fur tho tears you weep. 



Then row — for the hours are fleeting. 

 And the seed mu.it fall to-day ; 



And care not what hands shall reap it. 

 Or if you sliail have pa'sed away 



Before the waving corn-fields 

 Shall gladden the sunoy day. 



Sow, and look onward — upward— 

 . Where the starry light iippean; — 

 Wliere, in sjiite of the coward's doubting^ 



Or your own heart's trembling feara. 

 You shall re^p in joy the haive.'-l 

 You have sown to-day in tuars. 



