THE ii.i.i:srois f.vi^.mek. 



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Mares versus GrlJings. 



Farmers generally do not seem to be 

 fully aware ot' the benefits which thee 

 might derive from the use of m-ircs, in- 

 stead of geldingg. Farm work for hor- 

 ses ii comparatively light. It ii slow 

 work. " They are not necessarily exposed 

 to labor which produces heaves, founder, 

 spavin, broken wind, &c. These arc all 

 Caused -by unnecessary exposure, indul- 

 gence in eating or drinking, under unfa- 

 vorable circumstances J or overdriving; or, 

 by two or more of these causc-s combined. 

 It i3 true, it is necessary for horses to 

 perform some work upon a farm, which 

 draws severely upon their nature, but, 

 for the most part, farm work is steady, 

 every day work, where horses can be well 

 fed and cared for. Consequently marcs 

 are just as good farm workers as geld- 

 ings. 



If such is the fact, we propose to show 

 farmers that they should, fcr their own 

 benefit, keep mares for farm work, in- 

 stead of geldings. With proper treat- 

 ment, a good breeding mare will bring a 

 colt every year, without interfering ma- 

 terially with the operations of the farm. 



IF the necessary pains have been taken 

 to secure the services of the best stallion, 

 the colt will be worth,' Arhen a year old, 

 one hundred dollars; and, by the time he 

 is old enough to use, he should be worth 

 two hundred dollars. "Well, if thejcolt 

 is worth one hundred dollars at a year 

 old, and the service of the horse costs 

 twenty dollars, it leaves eighty dollars 

 for the use of the money invested in the 

 marc, as her labor will cerjainly pay for 

 her keeping. Now, if the mare is worth 

 two hundr^.l dollarL^, the eighty dollars 

 would pay forty per cent interest annual- 

 ly upon the investment, which is far bet- 

 ter than loaning money at three per cent 

 a month, as there is, in thi^ case, no 

 usury law for debtors to avail themselves 

 of; and then there is no more risk in the 

 mare than there would be in a gelding, 

 nor so much, even. This is onlv the 

 profit for one year. 



The same can be done for a succession 

 of years. And you can just as well keep 

 a span of marcs on your farm, and after 

 two or three years, have a span of fine 

 horses to sell every year, as to keep a lot 

 of stock which will neither increase in 

 number nor value. 



Now, if you keep geldings, they are 



not SO hardy naturallj^, we think, and do 

 not live so long, and when once clone with 

 work, are of no Tnarmcr of account to 

 any one, and mercy requires you to knock 

 them on the head. On the contrary, 

 when your mares are advanced somewhat 

 in years, or if they become lame from 

 any cause, you can still, under ordinary 

 circumstances, make them of great ser- 

 vice to you by raising colts. 



But there are certain kinds of labor 

 for which the gelding is better adapted. 







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■ l^eTRIPED GROUND SQUIRREL, OR CHIPMUCK. 



siers. mey are aiso possessor ol luuic developmont, an-i \t a oitis omii^eu y> i^aix 

 muscular power, and, consequently, bet- , a^iinst the fcni'o. in the Pj.rinjr, with b'''; l<';i/>' 



ter fitted L heavv draughts. ^ ^ e..vt turnod t.^'-d. hi. '^f ^^^^ '"^ •''V'nn''^^ 



-r,- ^-ic i' +^ 1 -1, bad keonmjr, that Will out-swear any pnttsu 



\V e could find many purposes to which : ^.^^^^^ of'"ph'nty t'.) oat. and woll cared for," that 



eeldmgs are better adapted than mares, any mistiikftu'farnun- can urge in palliation of 



Wc would, therefore, advise not onlv his' neglect. i j i 



farmers, but all who do not sovereW task I" .^vint.r. c..lt. vr.nt a dr:.^^ ^^^l)^^:^;? ; 



J.1 • ^ • 1 1 u ^1 " r, vrcU stock.Ml witli 8traw viokp. fixed u]i on rails 



their horses wnh labor, to keep mares ,.,.;^ .^^^ x. across a lirm i.eannq: l)oam. These 



by all means. "We would cl-o advise ,,.ji] 'r^^^^~,\ ],;,x\\ f.rhh-r aifl Mudter. The yard 



the -n to obtain the best marcs, and the shouldhe wflieucirc-lod hvtvpen sl-.ods, and kept 



services of the best stallions, as the colts : clear uf rarnpa..t .tcors and all (Jtbor honkinj 



.,,,,,. , ^ 1 n Ci^tle It s wel eni.Uirh t!i han'ile the e^dts m 



will sell lor enough more to doubly pay ;;^;\'{,,,; Vnd keen the hair .trai>;ht and ole.an, 



•tho trouble and expciise. And, hcsnies ^^-^ th.-y should f-leop sn will diu-in.n; the nijrhts, 



the profit to the raiser of horses, the com- \ ;.n,l not l-e hitchel up by a haUer, or shut in a 



munitv \.-ould be benefited by an increase narrow stall. 



"i 11 • .1 • c r,,T ftH'd the colt-^ shonl:! have wnat hav thev 



in number, and a decrease in the price of ^J^-^^^ l^-]!;^^ ^^^^,^ ^,^,, ^^^^^ ^j,,,^^^,! i,, jf ^,,^ 



hOi-scs m a few years. quality— none of vour raii\ soaked and sun- 



A farmer vrho keeps only two horses, Imrnt'r^iiil'. not lit fur ^ed<l!n^^ Wc ahomhiate 



and both f^eldin^'s, will be comnclled to had hav. and have wished, th.at Just for cspcri- 



purchase a team of some one else when '"''''^ "Ti'm''^""'''" iVVn'"' ^''^vT^T^ho'l^^^ 

 r. . , ., , , -L- 1- ino-'rifjed like an ohHellov.- we readot.whowas 



his 13 done with work; whcreas.it his ^^^.^ ^^, ^.^.^ „^,.^^^ y^^^ „„ ox. till he learned 

 team is composed of mnres, he is pre- .c;,,uic "-ood horse sense. Besides the h.ay at 

 paring a team to take their nhiccs, when : regular hour^, md tht- straw they pick "P '*'*- 

 thev are turned out to tak'e their rest, ' t^ve.m times the colts should have a feed of 

 ■ .{ 4. p n V ' i rhopned trrani, or other null stuff, or oats, e\ cry 



eitlier on account of old age, or for any ^,^^.i '^^ ^.^^ ,^j. ^.^,.,.,,,-^ „,j,,. ,,,,,i then, a lick of 



other cause. . ^.ii>' -^vjth a dust of clean wood arches in it ocea- 



Farraers should keep as little non-pro- s-oriVilv. and a regular .ie. e«s to ]uiro -water for 



ducing stock arOUlfd them as p-'SSible.— . ^'i-i"--' All this i. provision and care .^-c■ll aid 

 ■v.- .-i ■ 1 n 1 1 1 *i i "lit and iluil w 1 i;av. if the colts themselves 



Everythmi; should be made to pav the i '"•■'"''"'. . ' •, ,. r,iiiirator 



- ,p . ', ," arc worth raisiu'i; at all. — (Jino ^uuiiaior. 



best possible per centage, with fair us- i ' 



age 



Then, we say to farmers, sell vour 



ilol(line;s aul purcliase marcs, and pC3 if \ Pearl Fishing at G'^een Bay, Wis. — The 



our advice is not good in the dnd. 

 If est cm Farranr. 



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,\.-.yfl ' Green Bav Advocate jrive? an account of an 

 '"^ ' "" extensive discovery of pearls in the fresh vsater 

 i clams of that neigiihiirhood. The people turn- 

 j ed out and hun-e1 ciauis assiduously for eever- 

 1 al d.iy^. and tin iliv eerit a couple of the pearls 

 to Ball, Black i Co., of New York to know 

 a. ..- c. .w^. ,,...-. „v...., ... ..,,.-. u -.wit i.;;ui. A what they were worth. In a few days an an- 

 great ;nanv iirfani.siua; aniinals are so handled. I swer was returned that that kind of pearls was 

 or rather shirked off, dur'n r the fi'-st years oi ' rather S'arce in the nia'ket just now, and that 

 their lives, that they never ctuic to be what they --uch wouli sell as high as sixty cents per 

 would Avitii proper handling. To keep colts ; hushd. 



iccpins Colis iii Yi'iiiirr. 



It is a nice husincss to raise a colt right. 



