1867. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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mals from the time they are born, till perfect 

 in their lull growth and beauty. It is useless 

 for ]n op'e vvlio think they know everything, to 

 cavil at this statement, for I assert that there 

 shall be. say 20 colts, 20 calves and 200 tegs, 

 put under one man's supervision, and a like 

 number under another's, each having facilities 

 in every re.«-pect, growing what they please, 

 and clioo>ing whoever they like to wait upon 

 them ; } « t there shall be double or treble a 

 supeiintendent's salary difference in the value 

 of the two lots when they come to be a year 

 old. L:isr spring I saw colts and ca'ves which 

 stagirered from weakness, and were naught but 

 a frynie of bones, when there was everythmg 

 at hand to have made them fat, if there had 

 been any tact on the premises. It is so in 

 many in.sttinces. The animals want a change in 

 their lodging, in food, in air and exercise ; re- 

 quire to have some sunshine on them ; or there 

 are some simple laws of nature neglected, 

 throiij:h ignorance, probably, for the manager 

 may be excellent in Lis way ; he may know 

 how to nund everything on the farm, but the 

 live stock; he may say "come along," to ev- 

 ery man who works with him, but not get 

 along the }oung animals which ought to be in 

 a continual thriving state; in short, be totally 

 delicifiit ill knowledge of the proper treat- 

 ment of <attle, &c., excepting in cases of 

 "hollow horn" and "tail evil." — G. G., in 

 Country Gentlemm. 



Flavoring of Fkuit. — A gardener of 

 Ghent has, after many trials, succecdi-d, writes 

 Galignani, in giving any kind of fruit thellavor 

 he pleases while it is still on the tree. Let us 

 take an ap[)le lor instance : he pricks it rather 

 deei»ly in lour or live places with a large nee- 

 dle, and then lets it dip for a while in a bowl 

 containing a liquid possessing the llavor he 

 wishes to coinmunicate. After a few seconds, 

 this liquid will have penetrated into the pulp; 

 and, tliis Ofieration being repeated two or 

 three times at intervals of eight or ten days, 

 the ap|»le is left to ripen on the tree, and will 

 subse(iuently be found to have acquired the 

 taste en her nf strawberry, raspberry, or cloves, 

 according to the lupiid employed. 



Lamtas oil Lampcs. — \V. E. Mintzer, Vet- 

 ernary surgion, !St. Paul, Minn., says this 

 complaint is common to all young horses; but 

 it is ciuel and imnecessary to bum or cauterize 

 for it. Lly pasMUg the linger nail np between 

 the gums and the teeth it may be loosened, 

 which is all that is necessary. But CACn this is 

 not ri(|uisite, except in extreme cases; lor if 

 corn in the cob is leil to the animals lor a few 

 days, the < libit to -lull it will cause the gum to 

 be loosened just ihe same as with the tinger. 

 A hone has a strong memory, and once burnt 

 in the mouth he is apt to be chary of jour 

 meddling wiih it in any way, and many ill-hal- 

 ter tricks are olten the consequence. 



THE WHITE SPEUCE PIK. 

 Nothing relieves and beautifies the land- 

 scape in the winter like evergreens. They 

 protect the buildings and small shrubbery, re- 

 fresh the eye and give the homestead a snug, 

 social and quiet aspect. Though the ground 

 i may be covered with snow, their presence 

 always brings up pleasant memories of sum- 

 mer and green fields, and unconsciously, per- 

 haps, to the beholder, inspires a love of the 

 beautiful. The fir, pine, larch, &c., should 

 have a place about all our farm buildings, and 

 even in the yards of village residences, where- 

 ever there is any thing like a liberal surround- 

 ing of ground. Their beautiful foliage and 

 magnificent appearance have at all times ren- 

 dered them objects of attention and admira- 

 tion. 



The White Spruce Fir, here represented, 

 says the American Cyclopcedia, is one of a 

 large number of coniferous trees of a pyra- 

 midial form and elegant proportions. It has 

 rather glaucous leaves, four-cornered and 

 pointed. It is a small tree of inferior timber, 

 but of value for its small, thread-like, tough 

 roots, employed by the Canadians and Indiana 

 to sew their birchen canoes, and for its resin, 



