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at the top. The length may be 

 two feel, or two and a half. The 

 moulds must be sto[)ptd at the 

 small ends. The sugar must then 

 be put into the moulds. Next 

 morning the stoppers must be ! 

 takeh out, and the moulds put on 

 troughs to drain their molasses, hi 

 the evening the loaves must be 

 pierced at the small ends, to make 

 them run their sirrup freely. This 

 maj be done by driving in a wood- 

 en pin, shaped like a marling-spike, 

 three or four inches up the loaf: 

 After which they must be left to 

 drain their molasses, which will be 

 done in a shorter or longer time, 

 according as the sugar has been 

 boiled." — American Museum. 



It is practised in England, to 

 plant a large sort of maple on the 

 margins of plantations against the 

 sea, as they thrive well in such 

 situations, and serve to screen the 

 plantations of other kinds. 



Mr. Miller says, " All sorts of 

 maple may be propagated by cut- 

 tings. And that if they be cut 

 from the trees before the buds be- 

 gin to swell, and before the ground 

 be fit to receive them, they may 

 be wrapped in moss, and put in a 

 cool place, where they may be 

 kept a month or five weeks with- 

 out injury." The trees may also 

 be propagated by sowing the seeds, 

 commonly called keys. 



MARE. Breeding mares should 

 be free from diseases ; and have 

 good eyes; because the colts are 

 apt to inherit their distempers. 

 They should be the strongest, 

 best spirited, and well shaped ; 

 not of any bad colour. If any 

 defects are dispensed with, the 

 mare and the stallion should 



by no means have the same 

 defects. In such case there can 

 he but little prospect that the issue 

 will be good. Some say they 

 should not breed with stallions 

 of the same blood. Crossing the 

 breed is said to be of great conse- 

 quence. Mares should not be suf- 

 fered to breed till after four years 

 old ; and the best time for them 

 to take horse is about the lat- 

 ter end of June, then they will 

 not foal till the same part of the 

 month of the following May, when 

 the grass will be grown, which is 

 better to make mares give milk 

 than dry food is. 



Mares with foal should be housed 

 the earlier in the fall, and fed well 

 till foaling. For the last month or 

 two before foaling, they should not 

 be ridden swiftly, nor be put to 

 draw at all nor to carry heavy bur- 

 dens on their backs. 



MARKING of cattle. As one 

 man's cattle, horses, and sheep, 

 have very often such a resem- 

 blance to those of another, that 

 they cannot easily be distinguish- 

 ed ; and as they often graze to- 

 gether on commons, or in common 

 pastures, marks for these ditierent 

 animals have been found neces- 

 sary. 



I have known no other marking 

 used for horses than branding with 

 a hot iron, on the shoulder or 

 thigh. As these marks are not 

 ornamental, most persons choose 

 that their horses should have no 

 marks, but natural ones, as they 

 are called, such as particular spots 

 on them of different colours, izc. 

 In this case, these natural discrimi- 

 nations should be registered ; be- 

 cause, in cases of dispute in law, 



