hou; market. 1 know we can the wheat mar- I 

 ket. I 



1 am anxious to see the awarded premi I 

 um list oi the ];.ta Fair. I want to know 

 what hugs tcuk the premiums. Send me 

 a cup\'. 



[.Sutu.iki I^erkshires, Irish, Bycfield, and 

 < ULulcr-ands, took the premiums.] 



AVants to go into the Country! 



E.iitur of the Farmer : — I never wrote a 

 piece tor tJie new.'spapors in my life. It 

 seems presumption in n.e to think of doinjj; 

 SO. I never had nnv other chance for educa- 

 tion than in attending a very common school; 

 but when 1 read the piece in your last F.VR- 

 M1:r sijrnj.d Uribya Husband, Ijust thought 

 I Would try to write. So sir, correct the mis- 

 takes, if you pkase, and if that is too much, 

 burn this paper. 



3[y mother taught me that neatness was 

 one of the virtues; that it was an index of 

 character; and that in fmiilies where n(>at- 

 nes.s was not tliund, almost everythiiifi; had 

 an unthrifty appearance about the house, 

 about the farm, about the children — about 

 evcrytliing. I have myself called upon a 

 neighbor who professed to have a contempt 

 for neatness, and have been distressed to look 

 about me. It was a good, nearly new, two 

 story house. The owner had a good farm 

 and made some money upon it. He had 

 some six children and the olde.?t was notmore 

 than sixteen. I was invited into the family 

 room. There were at least seven rooms in 

 tiie house. There was a bed in the room 

 where we sat. The quilt wns dirty; the 

 sheets exposed "were dirty. The floor was 

 without a carpet, — even a raj;; carpet, (which 

 can be made without much labor.) The wife 

 was in a dress that looked as though it ought 

 to go into the wash-tub with the quilt. It 

 was winter. I noticed the woman spit on 

 the floor, and rubbed it into the floor with 

 her shoe. The children seemed to follow her 

 exaniple. The iamb and mantle-piece were 

 covered with spit and grease — and the two 

 youngest of the children's faces and hands 

 did not look as if they had ever been wash- 

 ed and their hair stood out all round their 

 heads. These children would come up pret- 

 ty near me, and stand and stare me in the 

 face, and the older hardty behaved any bet- 

 ter. "Won't you stay and eat dinner? "We 

 sliall have it beibrc a ureat while." "No, I 

 thank you — I was just running out an hour — 

 the walking and weather are so fine." After 

 other compliments I bade my neighbor and 

 her cliildren "Good morning." 



Now, when I read the piece in your paper 

 from some man who complained that his 

 wife did not want mud brought into the 

 room, and the draininars of his umbrella run- 

 ning on the floor or carpet, this scene, which 

 I have tried truly to describe, came to my 

 mind, and I heartily wished that "Debby's 

 iiii.-b.ind," c-ould becomjtellcd to board in the 

 f.uiiiv T I'.av'.v heri' described described i'l.i 

 one blessed fortnight. I guess after that be 



wuidd ask for .some otiier 'dodge in a vast 

 wilderness " lie would become tired of see- 

 ing persons going into rooms with boots cov- 

 ered with mud, and with all tho ireeuom of 

 (•;,i!(ji'cli. aliil b'ly-^. aii'l wnw, and Wouie 

 i>>;-ki!i;: :; ;e!tir:r to;.;-: Un\ vlth filth aid 



a stable. I guess a short trial of all these 

 freedoms which "Debby's Husban i' dcsi- 

 ed would sicken and disgust him, and he 

 W'ould return home and ask the forgiveness 

 of his poor drudging wife. 



But, Mr. Editor, I don't think your cor- 

 respondent need to go into the "vast wilder- 

 ness," or the country to find such place as I 

 have described. I am thinking he could 

 find them in his own town without looking 

 about in the country. In my younger days, 

 I am sure, I have heard of such places in 

 town, and I believe they are more scarce in 

 the country than in town. 



Now, I want to say a few words in behalf 

 of the wife. Her home is her little world. 

 If that is not pleasant, God help her. To 

 make this home pleasant ought to be her 

 constant aim. I am sure it is if her heart is 

 in the right place. Purity of mind is evi- 

 denced by purity of manners, purity of per- 

 son, and purity of everything around. How 

 much she has to do to accomplish all these 

 objects? See her early and late, working, 

 working, working. See her care over her 

 dwelling, over the yards and garden around, 

 over tho family, their clothing, their food, 

 their comfort, their education, whether of 

 books or domestic economy. Usually how 

 little sympathy has her husband, her sons, or 

 other male members of the family, in all her 

 cares or labors. And thus she goes on from 

 day to day through her life. If her husband 

 sympathizes at all with her, if he recognized 

 and applauds her endeavors to make him 

 happy, to bring up his sons and daughters in 

 a way to honor and bless him, how it rejoices 

 her poor heart almost to bursting. It is al- 

 most all she has to make her happy on earth, 

 — and this wife, how often, borne down with 

 physical toils, ends her life before she arrives 

 to that age age that she could host enjoy it. 



Mr. Editor, I did not think it was in me 

 to write such a long piece for your paper. 

 But the subject seemed to iu.spire. 1 have 

 lived now some years. I have seen, in my 

 limited sphere, a good deal of the workings 

 of what I think an improper education. It 

 has its eff'ects on men and women; on boys 

 and girls. If it can be done — and I think 

 it can — neatness and industry should not 

 only be taught the young by precept, but 

 they should be required to practice these 

 virtues, for I think they are virtues, as soon 

 as their minds and physical powers enable 

 them to do so. They should be taught to 

 keep themselves neat and everything that they 

 handle or come in contact with, and they 

 should also be taught and required to help 

 themselves, as soon as they can, and not be 

 waited upon by others when there is no ne- 

 cessity for it. EXPERIENCE. 



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Contraotiuu of the Feet in Horses. 



Almost all horses at some period of 

 their lives suffer from CGntr;ictlon of the 

 feet. This niav be attributed in a irrcat 

 measure to bad management. Jii my 

 last, I mentioned the present mode of 



shoeing as tho main cause of contraction 

 another exciting cause is staiidins: on a 

 plank floor, in consequence of which the 



foot become dry and fevered; the mois- 

 ture of the hoof having been more or less 

 absorbed, leaves tlu; horn brittle, un- 



yielding, and liable to crack; now, this 

 may all be prevented bj poulticing or 

 wrapping the feet in wet cloths when- 

 ever occasion requires it; by these means 

 the horn is kept soft and elastic. Bruis- 

 ed heels will sometimes influence con- 

 traction if not propeilj attended to. I 

 trust these remarks may be sufficient to 

 claim the careful consideration of the 

 readers of The Ohio Farmer, and im- 

 press their minds with the importance of 

 attending well to the condition of their 

 horses' feet. It will not only save that 

 noble animal much unnecessary suffering 

 but will be putting dollars in their 

 pockets — an item these hard times. 



I will now endeavor to explain some 

 of the ruinous effects of contraction of 



the feet. The foot of the horse is a very 

 beautiful and complicated piece of me- 

 chanism. There are three bones belong- 

 ing to the foot — some authors make but 

 two — and are named the coffin bone or 

 OS pepis, small pastern or coronary, and 

 the navicular or shuttle bone; the coffin 

 bone, situated immediately within the 

 horny case, corresponds in form to the 

 anterior part of the hoof or semi -oval 

 latterly and posteriorly; on either side 

 we find a wing-like process, to which 

 are attached the latter cartilages, which 

 extend upwards and backw^ards, and 

 can be distinctly felt above the hoof; 

 frequently these cartilages become 

 ossified, (converted into bone,) in conse- 

 quence of the pressure from contracted 

 hoof, causing a high degree of inflam- 

 matory action in the part; this alteration 

 of structure, when once established, 

 never can be removed. This is a com- 

 mon disease in our large cities, where 

 the horse has no opportunity of a run 

 at grass; it has been called by some 

 authors ring-bone, which seems to me a 

 more appropriate name than the ring- 

 bone of the present day. Occasionally 

 the inflammation extends still deeper, 

 penetrating the navicular or coffin joint, 

 which is made up by the three bones 

 previously mentioned, and which also 

 frequently proves incurable, from the 

 fact-- first, from absorption of the syno- 

 via (joint oil); second, the cartilages 

 covering the articular surfaces of the 

 bones are destroyed by ulceration; third, 

 a portion of the bones are destroyed by 

 friction; fourth, exostosis, sometimes 

 ending in anchylosis — two cuch speci- 

 mens are in the college museum of this 

 city. 



i have recently articulated the skel- 

 eton of the famous trotting horse, jS^ed 

 Ji'orrest^ the fastest trotter of his day in 

 the world. As yet I have been unable 



to get his pedigree or performances. I 

 find, however, several notices in some 

 odd numbers of the Ttirf liegister and 

 Sporting Magazine for 1834-5, and G. 

 In a match against ISally 3liller, De- 

 cember I'th, lb3o, Ntd won the first 



