250 



NEW ENGLAND FARRIER. 



May 



nure, and proposes to sow the field this sum- 

 mer with biu'kwlieat and turn it under, and 

 asks my opinion of the plan. If tlie soil is 

 chivey, I slioiild prefer a f^ood sinnmer fallow. 

 INIake the land as smooth and mellow as a gar- 

 den, and sow on the grass-seeds the last of 

 August without any otiier crop. ]\Ir. C. asks 

 me "how manj' crops of buekwheat would be 

 eipial to a dressing of 25 tons of barn-yard 

 manure."' We have not the necessary data to 

 answer this question, but judging from what 

 facts we have, I think it would take eight or 

 nine average crops of buckwheat to furnish as 

 nuich nitrogen as is contained in twenty-five 

 tons of good manure. — J. Harris, in Ameri- 

 can Agriculturist . 



SOAP AND HOG CHOLERA. 



J. T. Busty, Lancaster, O., writes to the 

 Ohio Farmer, that he had known hogs, said to 

 have this disease, dissected, and the stomach, 

 bowels, and- liver found to be full of worms, 

 three and four inches long, the ends of them 

 being pointed and sharp, and of a hard, rough 

 wiry appearance. In one instance the cavity 

 of the gall was crowded full of these worms. 

 His Poland pigs got the cholera. He caught 

 the jjigs, placed them on their backs, one boy 

 holding the legs and another the ears, and 

 gave each pig a tablespoonf ul of, soft soap, 

 morning and evening, for three days. The 

 secoad day he observed in their droppings, 

 long, stringy substances, which he found to be 

 the skins of what he supposed to be worms, 

 which was proof to him that the soap had the 

 desired eiFect. He also put soft soap into the 

 swill and fed his other hogs, which improved 

 their appearance very much. 



labits' Separtm^nt. 



LOVE'S COLORS. 



Left-IL\xt)EDXF.ss. — Many parents try to 

 cure their children of lef t-handedness by using 

 severe measures, such as whipping, or obliging 

 the child to go for weeks with the h'ft hand 

 tied to the l)ody. Some even go so far as to 

 make it a matter of special shaming and mor- 

 tification. These should never be tried until a 

 ])atient trial of pleasanter measures has failed. 

 Left-iiandcdness certainly produces an awk- 

 ward eiiect, but it is not one of the cardinal 

 siiis. If a child can be taught to write with 

 her left hand, to use her knife, fork and spoon 

 properly, raise her glass, and oiler her right 

 hand in salutation, it is by no means necessary 

 to cure her of using the left hand occasionally. 

 In many cases, to be ambi-dextrous is invalu- 

 able to a woman. All needlewoik should be 

 carefully taught with the right hand as needle- 

 holder, but left-handedness should not be 

 treated as a crime to be punished. Tlie chdd 

 .should be kindly told its disadvantages, and 

 shown how awkward it looks. A pretty coral 

 bracelet of beails, strung on elastic, worn on 

 the right hand, has a marvellous eiiect on left- 

 handed girls, and is always worth trying. — 

 Hearth and Home. 



BY C. C. FKASjER-TYlLEK, 



Not violets I gave my love, 



That in tlicir life are sweet and rare, 

 And deep in color, as the heart 



WHioge every thought of her is prayer; 

 For violets grow pale and dry, 

 And lose the semblance of her eye. 



No lily's buds I gave my love, 

 Though she is white and pure as they; 



For they are cold to smell and touch, 

 And blossom but a single day ; 



And press'd by love, in love's own page, 



They 3-ellow into early age. 



But cyclamen I chose to give. 



Whose pale white blossoms at the tips 

 (All else as driven snow) are pink, 



And mind me of her perfect lips : 

 Still till this flower is kept and old 

 Its worth to love is yet untold. 



Old, kept and kissed, it does not lose 

 As other flowers the hues they wear ; 



Love is triumphant, and this bloom 

 Will never whiten from despair; 



Rather it deepens as it lies, 



This flower tliat purples when it dies. 



So shall my love, as years roll by. 

 Take kingly colors for its own ; 



Sole master of her vanquish'd heart. 

 All I not master of a throne? 



Crush'd by no foot, nor cast away. 



My purple love shall rule the day. 



THE MANAGEMENT OP CHILDREN. 



There is a tendency, we think, at the pres- 

 ent day, to put children too forward, not so 

 nuich for the sake of showing off their extra- 

 ordinary merits to an admiring world, as from 

 the better motive of early accustoming them 

 to the conversation of grown people and the 

 usages of society, and of inspiring them with 

 confidence, ease, and self-possession. No 

 doubt these results are very valuable ; but the 

 mistake which many people make is in forget- 

 ting that children are something like dogs, 

 which recjuire to be very well trained before 

 they can safely be recommended to the famil- 

 iarity of strangers. And it is to be remem- 

 bered that the moment children cease to re- 

 spect any of the grown-up people with whom 

 they associate, not only is the whole benefit of 

 the intercourse lost at once, but real injury is 

 inflicted on the moral tone of the child. For 

 this reason children should be brought as little 

 as possible into the society of men and women 

 who cannot command their respect ; while of 

 those who can, the influence should be hedged 

 round by all the numerous impalpable barriers 

 which judicious pai'ents know perfectly well 

 how to interpose between children and the 

 most pojiular and careless of their adult play- 

 fellows. The confidence which well-bred 

 children at once repose in an eligible stranger, 

 without being either rude or troublesome, is 

 charming to everybody who has any natural 

 taste for their society. 



