THE GENESEE FAEMER. 



neck rises beautifully from his body 5 e, in a full 

 crest from 5 to «, evincing that castration and work 

 have a powerful etfect in reducing the size of the 

 muscles of the neck of geldiugs. The shoulder 

 slopes well back from e to 5, giving freedom of 

 action to the fore-legs, while the muscle at to, being 

 fully developed, assists in imparting strength to that 

 action. The hind-quarter, from g to A, is long and 

 deep. The fore-leg is straight, and short from knee 

 to fetlock, 2) to 71, the bone under the knee strong 

 md the fore-arm I flat and broad. On comparison' 

 the fore-legs of the gelding are fully more hand- 

 some. The hind-legs o are remarkably so. The 

 jweep of line from the crown of the head a along 

 ;he back to the tail-head d is truly elegant, giving 

 I very fine top to the quarter. The fullness of the 

 lair m the tail d k indicates great strength of back. 

 Jis eye was good, though some what small, and 

 he ratch of white down his face marred the beauty 

 it his countenance; and both the hind legs being 

 rhite was also against his general appearance, 

 lis disposition was remarkably docile, and his 

 rhole demeanor harmless. His constitution was 

 ood, and he was an excellent traveler. He was 

 gay, lively, beautiful horse when run out, and his 

 ction was apparently very easy to himself. 



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for the growth and subsequent egress of the foal 

 This mare gave up foal-bearing at an early age. ' 

 The Clydesdales are perhaps the largest and most 

 powerful horses in the world. They are the 

 favorite dray-horses of London, and their great 

 size and strength always strike a stranger on his 

 first visit to London. For heavy plowing they 

 are admirable, but are not so active as the Suffolk. 

 As we have before said, they are not as popula^ 

 farm-horses as they were twenty years ago. On 

 the lighter soils the Suffolks are considered prefer- 

 able. In this connection it may be well to give a 

 portrait of a prize Suffolk stallion, engraved for the 

 Genesee Farmer a few years since. It will be new 

 to many of our readers, and those who have seen it 

 before will be glad to look at it again. He is un- 

 doubtedly the best horse of the kind in the world. 



ASTRONOMICAL PLANTING. 



FIG. 3 — THE DBAUGHT MARE. 



Fig 3 is the portrait of a brown draught mare. 

 le gained the first premium at every show where 

 e was exhibited. She was an exceedingly hand- 

 me and beautiful mare. A glance at the figure 

 3WS the easy, flowing lines of her whole cou- 

 ir^ and also the great substance of both fore 

 d hind quarters. 



Die rise and crest of her neck from 5 to a, 

 i trom e to «, are remarkably fine. The 



The Eev. W. A. Black, of Butler County, Pa., 

 writes : " What is your opinion as to plantmg, &c., 

 according to the zodiacal signs? The t^ermans] 

 who pay great respect to them, are very successful 

 gardeners. Give us some light on this subject." 



We have no light to give. We are in total dark- 

 ness. Such subjects are too high for Us. 



That the Germans are successful gardeners we 

 well know, but is it because they consult the moon 

 and stars? May we not just as well say "the 

 Germans, who are very successful gardeners, eat 

 sour-Tcrout and drink lager-, therefore fermented 

 cabbage and bitter beer are necessary to success in 

 horticulture !" 



Pliny tells us that a Roman gardener, C. Ftra- 

 iNUS Ckesintjs was so successful in raisin o- fruits 

 and vegetables that he was accused before the 

 Senate of practicing magic. He was arrested and 

 compelled to produce his tools. He brought his 

 spade, hoe, rake, &c., and exclaimed: " These are 

 the implements 



„ - --. . -------- -™--^ -.-.. .... , . of magic that I use." He used 



± from 5 to c is somewhat hollow and there is them freely, and that was all the magic there wis 

 orresponding depression of the belly at z, both r + v " jo iuaj^io ujci e was 



ng the effects of foal-bearing ; as there is, be- 1 ^"^"* ^^'^ matter. And we think if it was not for 



"the untiring industry of the Germans, and the 

 thorough culture they give their land, their study 

 of the signs would be of little use to them. 



es, a slackness of the flank in front of g, a usual 

 iciency in hrood-niares. The top of the rump 

 m c to (^ is very fine. The shoulder slopes well 

 rn e toft, indicating good action ; the muscles are 

 11 developed on the fore-quarter from e to/, indi- 

 ing power in draught; the ribs are round, and 



barrel long from /to g, a favorable configura- 

 1 in a brood-mare for giving room for tbe growth 

 ,he fcetiis. The hind-quarter from gr to A is long. 

 } legs are placed directly under the body, the 

 3-knee I being broad and strong, tlie back of the 

 }-legfroia the fetlock m to the body straight, 



the fore-arm h broad and flat. Beside round- 

 3 and length of rib, a brood-mare should be wide 



SuPEBPnOSPHATB FOR OORN AND PoTATOKS. P. 



Sdtton, of Ransom, Penn., informs us that he used. 

 a barrel of Rhodes' superphosphate of lime on 

 corn and potatoes last year. It had little eflfect oa 

 the corn, but "on the potatoes there was a very 

 great difference— a difference of forty bnsliels per 

 acre in favor of the superphosphate." Mr. S. says 

 had he used all the superphosphate on the potatoes 



_^ ., _ „ he should have realized a profit of $43.33 per acre 



3SS the nook-bone.s and the pelvia, to afford room | from the use of this fertilizer. ^ f « 



