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the sale of these animals, and the breaking up 

 of the breeding establishment, which under 

 Mr. Lang's management has accomplished so 

 much towards making for our State the high 

 reputation it has achieved in the produc- 

 tion of iine horses. His stud has for several 

 years past attracted hither the most eminent 

 breeders in our country, anxious to observe 

 his judicious and careful system of breeding 

 and general management, and we feel sure, if 

 his healih bad allowed him to have fully car- 

 Th'd out his plans in this direction, far more 

 satisfactory results would have been reached. 

 These efforts will always be held in grateful 

 rfmeml)rance by every intelligent citizen of 

 our State, and wherever be may go, or in 

 whatever business engage, their and our best 

 wishes for health and success will follow him." 



Twenty-one horses were sold, all to pur- 

 chasers within the State, at the following 

 prices : — 



Nellie, 3 years, G. R. LancaBter, Bangor, $225. 

 ■WMII-o'tbe-wisp, 4 years, L. Clay, Esq., Gjrd'ner, $220. 

 St iriight, 3 yeurs, James Edgecomb, tiruwntield, $150. 

 Mooiilight, 3 years, .lames Kdgecomb, Browntield, $85. 

 May Queen, 5 years, R B. Shepard, Sfeowhegan, $520. 

 La y Ellsworli., 5 years, Wm. H. Strickland, Bangor, 



$425. 

 R( liance, 6 years, [purchased by a party in Augusta] 



$180. 

 Cad and Kit, 4 and 5 years, [matched pair] Geo. Alden, 



Augutta, $475. 

 NamuuLa, 5 years, David Ames. Rockland. $600. 

 Wa> flower, 4y^ar.^, Mr. Babb, Bangor, $385. 

 Bessie, 5 years, Wm. Richards Gardiner, $460. 

 Annie, 6 y^Mrs, L. Clay, Esq., Gardiner, $255. 

 Plymouth R )i k, 4 years, Mr. Webb, Lewtton, $620. 

 R'liht Bower, 1 year, Mr. Monro-, Abbott, $210, 

 King Herod, 1 year, Jas. E i^ecomb, Brow.tiflJ, $105, 

 Black l<lag, 1 year, iSamnel Guild. Augusti, $100. 

 Stnged C >t, 1 year, Mr Pillcbury, Unity, $>J0 

 Giay mare [no namt] 9yrs , B. F. Her^om, Waterville, 



Lady Grant 3 years, F. R. W^ bb^r, St. A'bms, $175. 

 Nick:.wa, 2d, 2 years, J. F. Hunnewell, China $55. 

 H'lrtente [thoroughbred] J. H. Gilbreth, Kendall's 

 Mills, $425. 



Teaching Young Calves to Drink. — I 

 think I have discovered a new and much easier 

 and better mode of teaching young calves to 

 drink, than any of the old ways practiced by 

 my father and neighbors in the olden time, 

 and by most people to the present. 



My practice is to take the calf from the cow 

 at the end of twenty-four hours, and fasten it 

 with about six feet of rope in a box stall ; I 

 then milk the cow, and standing off just far 

 enough for the calf to reach me, I wet my fin- 

 ger with milk, put it in its mouth, and gently 

 lower my hand until it is immersed in the milk 

 in the pail — let it continue to have the finger 

 until 1 have given it enough. This I call les- 

 son No. 1. The second lesson is given in this 

 wise : Dip the finger in the milk and place it 

 in its mouth, and when you have brought its 

 mouth in contact with the feed, gradually with- 

 draw your finger and the thing is done. It 

 may be necessary to repeat this at the third 

 time. The secret is that you must stand 

 just far enough so that the calf can just 



reach the pail of feed, as the rope will then 

 be taut, and hence he cannot reach you or butt 

 over and spill his milk or feed. I have prac- 

 ticed this for a number of years, and have had 

 no trouble to teach calves to drink. — S. V. 

 Van Fleet, Northumberland Co., Pa., in Co. 

 Gent. 



pijO"wbr beds. 



To cultivate flowering plants to the best ad- 

 vantage, requires as much care In the selec- 

 tion and preparation of the soil as any other 

 crop. No one would expect to grow a crop 

 of cabbages in soil overrun by the roots of 

 trees and shaded continuously by their dense 

 foliage ; yet how often do we observe flower- 

 ing plants placed in such circumstances, pro- 

 ducing a few meagre flowers the early part of 

 the season, perhaps, and dwindling and dying 

 as soon as a few dry sunny days occur. Most 

 summer flowering plants blossom on the points 

 of branches, and therefore to produce a con- 

 tinuance of flowers, there must be a continued 

 healthy and vigorous growth. It is true there 

 are are some flowers adapted to shade, like 

 the fuchsias, daisies, &c., and these should be 

 selected for such positions. Heliotropes and 

 some of the geraniums do well where there is 

 sun only a few hours a day. 



Select an open exposure where the sun will 

 have free access to the plants, dig the ground 

 very deep, and dress heavily with thoroughly 

 decomposed manure, so that the roots may 

 have some supporting resort when the surface 

 moisture falls. 



A small circular or oval bed ten or twelve 

 feet in diameter, properly prepared and planted 

 with flowers from pots, will produce a contin- 

 ued mass of flowers even in the driest sum- 

 mers. In arranging the plants, there is much 

 latitude for taste, and very striking combina- 

 tions may be secured. 



Rose beds are much more beautiful and sat- 

 isfactory, when only a few well known, hardy, 

 and continued blooming kinds are employed, 

 than when planted indiscriminately, with ro- 

 bust and tall-growing sorts crowding those of 

 more delicate growth. In larger yaids, where 

 : everal beds can be made, there will be a bet- 

 ter opportunity for a di?play of this kind ol 

 cultivated taste. — Germantown TeLegraph. 



Do Cattle Lose their Cuds? — I think 

 they do not, but I know of a number of per- 

 sons who, as soon as an ox or a cow is taken 

 sick from any cause, (and of course the ani- 

 mals do not chew their cud wbile sick) make 

 them a cud ; some using codfish skin and sweet 

 elder bark and yeast, another preparing a wad 

 of hay in some mysterious way, another giving 

 a piece of salt pork. Of course none of these 

 things will hurt the animal. The question is, 

 where do they get the first cud ? It is certain- 

 ly not made by the hand of man, and put into 

 the calf's mouth ; on the contrary, the little 



