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NEW ENGLAND FAKMER. 



June 



MEMORY AND SAGACITY OF A HORSE. 



The fact that the horse has memory and sa- 

 gacity in a wondeilul degiee, is proven in the 

 incident which the above engraving illustrates. 

 A gentleman returning from a journey on horse- 

 back, to Oxfo-rd, Pa., last fall, met a stranger 

 travelling in like mode, with whom he engaged 

 in a desultory convtrsation. 1'hiuking the stran- 

 ger's horse looked familiar, he remarked that 

 the animal was prob:ibly one which had been 

 fitolen from him six years ago. To settle the 

 matter, he made the following proposition: — 

 "When we arrive at my house, your horse 

 f.hall be tied to the east post in front of my 

 door — the horse I am on, to the west post. 

 After standing a short time, the bridle of your 

 horse shall be taken off, and if he does not go 

 to a pair ol bars on the west side of the house, 

 piss over and go round to the east side of the 

 barn and pull out a pin, open the middle sta- 

 ble door and enter, I will not claim him. If 

 he does, I will furnish you conclusive evidence 

 that he was bred by me, but never sold — that 

 he was stolen from me about the very time 

 you say you puichased him." The traveler 

 assented to the trial. The horse was hitched 

 to the post proposed — stood a few minutes — 

 the saddle and bridle were taken olF— he raised 

 his head, pricked up his ears, looked up the 

 street, then down the street, several times, 

 then deliberately and slowly walked past the 



house and over the bars and to the stable 

 door, as described, and with teeth and lip 

 drew out the pin and opened the door, and 

 entered into his own stall. We hardly need 

 to add, he was recognized by the neighbors 

 of his rightful owner, who fully attested to 

 the facts stated by the claimant, and that the 

 traveller lost his title to the horse. — Rural 

 New Yorker. 



Remedy for Rust in Wheat. — The fol- 

 lowing, from a distinguished German Agricul- 

 turist, is taken from a Bremen paper : — 

 For thirty years I have found this method 

 successful in preventing rust in wheat : — Some 

 hours, at the longest six or eight, before sow- 

 ing, prepare a steep of three measures of pow- 

 dered quick-lime and ten measures of cattle 

 urine. Four trwo quarts of this upon a peck 

 of wheat, stir with a spade until every kernel 

 is covered white with it. By using wheat so 

 prepared, rust of every kind will be avoided. 

 1 have often noticed while in the neighboring 

 fields, a great part of the crop is aifected by 

 rust, in mine, lying close by it, not a single 

 ear so affected could be found. The same 

 writer says he takes the sheaves and beats oflF 

 the ripest kernels with a stick, and uses the 

 grain thus obtained for seed. 



