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le same objection at this time. The best pastur- 

 ^e for horses is generally considered to be timothy, 

 id-top, blue-grass, or any of che finer meadow 

 •asses. Timothy, however, is injured by the close 

 ite of horses, if they are turned into it during tJie 

 irly part of the season ; but after it has blossomed, 

 r been cut, the tender leaves that then spring up 

 •e just the thing for horses. If horses are to be 

 irncd into clover, it is best to be done after cattle 

 ive eaten it down, as horses prefer a short sweet 

 erbage. Horses that are to be kept steadily at 

 ork through the summer, are better to be fed on 

 ry food and grain, with an occasional feed of cut 

 'ass; but if it were possible, every horse should 

 ave a month's run at grass during the summer 

 sason, and he will come out ahnost a new animal. 

 When young colts are kept at grass, they should 

 3 placed in a pasture among either cattle or sheep, 

 at not older horses, as they love to graze those 

 recise spots not well relished by other stock, and 

 cm tlieir playfulness they are apt to get kicked 

 ' bitten. 



It is a good plan to have the shoes taken off sr ch 

 orses as are intended to remain for some time at 

 austure; it prevents contracticn of tlie hoofs, and 

 snders them less liable to injure one another while 

 ipering about tlie fields. 



Mares witb foals by their sides are always better 



) be kept in pasture, even if they are worked 



ocasionally ; and it is desirable, where they are to 



e worked, that they should be accustomed to 



lave their foals in the pasture while at work, 



llowing the foal to get to them only at noon, and 



fter working hours. It is well to give the mare a 



:ed f)f oats daily for a short time previous to wean- 



ig the foal. Let it be given to her in such a man- 



er that the foal can be induced to partake of it, 



pat the feed may be continued to him when weane'i, 



i it is then essential to compensate him for the 



ss of tlie milk of his dam. Tf the colt is ex- 



cted to turn out a superior animal, and the mare 



not wanted to work, it will be conducive to that 



id tliat he should be allowed to run with the dam 



II he is a year old, before weaning, and then have 



drink of new milk, fresh from a cow, given to 



im daily during the ensuing season. Yearling 



[(Its should always be well taken care of during 

 le first winter — well housed and well fed — to keep 

 lem growing. It is poor policy to turn to grass a 

 sarling colt in poor condition, thus rendering him 

 MJuliarly susceptible to contract catarrhs, swelled 

 ands, bronchitis, pneumonia, roaring, &c., and 

 ible to scouring, colic, inflammation of the bow- 

 i, &c., resulting in permanent bodily weakness, or 



even death, unless subjected to the most careful 

 treatment. Two-year-olds are by no means to be 

 so much cared for. Give them good pasture, plenty 

 of room and water, and they are sure, if healthy, 

 to grow and become fat. If intended for sale at 

 the end of the season, they may be pushed forward 

 still more by a feed of oats given daily. 



Soft water is always to be preferred to hard 

 spring water for horses ; and the water of a pool, 

 or brook, to that of a well. In warm summer 

 weather, it is better not to give the animal cold 

 water, fresh from a well, but to have it turned into 

 a trougli and allowed to stand some time before he 

 drinks it. 



Horses that are worked should never be allowed 

 to remain in a pasture at night when the weather 

 becomes chilly or wet, especially in autumn. 



SPIKIT OF THE AGRICULTURAL PRESS. 



"Why Sows destroy their Young. — A writer in 

 the HomeHtead argues that costiveness, and its ac- 

 companying evils, are the cause of sows destroying 

 their young, and says that green food, such aa 

 clover or roots, given duily for three weeks before 

 littering, is the best preventive of the evil. If no 

 green food is to be had, then a table-spoonful of 

 sulphur, given two or three times a week to a sow, 

 is beneficial, as also is charcoal. Corn, corn meal, 

 or any kind of heating food, is injurious at this 

 time. Sows should be kept separate from other 

 pigs for at least a month before littering. 



How TO PREVENT HoESES BITING TUEIR CrIBS, 



A correspondent of the New England Farmer 

 says that he has known the most obstinate crib- 

 biters effectually cured by turning them out into 

 ■the yard for an hour each day. He says, allowing 

 a horse to roll every day, will prevent his getting 

 into the habit of gnawing at everything within, 

 his reach. 



Heating new Milk. — The Dairytnari's Record^. 

 an unpretending but useful little sheet, published at 

 Little Falls, N. Y., has lately published several val- 

 uable articles on dairy management. It gives the- 

 opinion that the heating of new milk to near the 

 boiling point, just after it is drawn from the cow, is 

 preferable to allowing it to stand for a time before 

 heating, and thinks both butter and cheese are im- 

 proved in flavor by so doing, " because the animal 

 odors which are objectionable would be expelled ;"' 

 and goes on to say that " tasteless and leathery"' 

 cheese is caused by manufacturing under too high a 

 temperature rather than from high heating lefore 

 manufacturing. 



