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PREVENTION OF CRIB-BITING. 



This is a habit to which some horses are subject, 

 and sometimes becomes so injurious to the animal 

 as to constitute " legal unsoundness." A remedy 

 lias been discovered by Sir Peter Laurie, of Lon- 

 don, which the Illustrated News says is simple and 

 efficient, and which is represented in the above en- 

 graving. The animal seizes Adolently the manger 

 or some other fixture with his teeth, arching his 

 neck, and sucking in a quantity of air with a pe- 

 culiar noise. This habit is most frequent in young 

 horses, or such as are highly fed or underworked, 

 and curious enougfi, appears to be contagious, as 

 one confirmed crib-biter will inoculate others with 

 the practice, if allowed to associate. Muzzles* 

 neck-straps, and several ingenious contrivances 

 have been used, with but little success. Sir Peter's 

 remedy simply consists_ in preventing the animal 

 from seizing the manger or any other object while 

 tied up in the stable, by boarding over the space 

 between the bottom of the hay-rack and the outer 

 edge of the manger, forming a steep inclined plain. 

 Portions of the boards can be partially removed to 

 enable the horse to eat at stated times. This sim- 

 ple precaution is said by the most eminent author- 

 ities to be perfectly effectual in the prevention or 

 cure of crib-biting. 



Sound Doctrines. — We hope to receive many 

 letters containing the doctrines expressed in the 

 extract of a letter which we give below : — 



Many persons object to an agricultural paper 

 that is published far from home. But this 1 con- 



sider a whimsical error. The true principles of 

 good farming are the same in California and Nova 

 Scotia. Many of the crops may be different and 

 some of the details, but the general principles are 

 the same ; and in my estimation farmers should 

 patronize those papers most ably conducted, though 

 they were published a thousand miles off, in pref- 

 erence to the more trashy affairs, because cheap 

 and published near at home. J. D. Burditt. 

 Norwalk, Huron Co., Ohio. 



For the New England Farmer. 

 INQUIRY. 

 Dear Sir : — I should be pleased to know through 

 the Farmer, the best kind of early peas, and the 

 best mode or practice of raising them. Whether 

 to sow broadcast or plant in hills. The object is 

 to raise and sell them green in the pod, to consid- 

 erable amount. Yours, &c, g. l. o. 

 Watertown, Ct., Feb. 15, 1852. 



Remarks. — On referring to Mr. Everett, the ac- 

 complished seedsman in the establishment of Messrs. 

 Ruggles, Nourse, Mason, & Co., he informs us that 

 the Early Kent is the best pea for early cultivation. 

 Gentlemen whom he supplied last spring informed 

 him that they got fine crops about the middle of 

 June. They are thickly sowed in drills, three feet 

 apart, and require no sticks. 



Frost and Fruit.— A distinguished pomologist 

 at Cincinnati, in writing us, says : — 



Our peaches are mostly frozen. Other fruits, 

 such as apples, pears, plums cherries and such 

 hardy fruits, are all safe, and I doubt not we shall 

 have an abundant crop. a. h. e. 



Feb. 13, 1852. 



