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ble, and to the baneful effects of stalls is our 

 present object. We urge the adoption in their 

 stead of the loose box. It will be found one 

 of the greatest preservatives of the life and 

 usefulness of the horse which can be pitched 

 upon — worth all the farriery in the universe. 

 Mr. James Turner remarks: "I firmly believe 

 that if every valuable horse in this country 

 were to be forthwith turned into a large box, 

 night and day, besides the continuance at his 

 ordinary work, it would prove the worst event 

 for veterinary surgeons that has ever happened 

 in the horse world; because it would tend 

 more to cut off our supply 6T groggy lameless 

 and its attendants than any circumstance or 

 single cause that has ever yet been published, 

 or even named." 



To give each horse in a stable a loose box 

 to himself, will undoubtedly require more sta- 

 ble room, and consequent expense in building 

 than the present method of stalls; but that 

 expense will more than be repaid by the better 

 health and lengthened life of every horse who 

 is blessed with one. Those who have so little 

 true knowledge ot their own interests, and so 

 little regard for the comfort of this noble ani- 

 mal as to be deterred by this obstacle, are unfit 

 to own him. As for those who cannot afford 

 the small expense of the required addition to 

 their stables, they should never take upon 

 themselves the care of a horse, unless neces- 

 sity obliges them. 



By taking down the partition between two 

 stalls, walling up the open ends. of them, and 

 constructing a door sufficiently wide for the 

 passage of the horse into the enclosure, you 

 may have in the place of every two stalls in 

 your stable a very good box into which you 

 may turn your horse loose. The best parti- 

 tions between these boxes is a brick wall, 

 cased with boards, and surmounted by a rail- 

 ing. This partition should not be so high as 

 to prevent observation, for horses are sociable 

 animals, and are fond of company. It should 

 be high enough, however, about the trough to 

 prevent their watching one another at meals; 

 for this is both unmannerly and injurious to 

 health. Each hopes to get some of his neigh- 

 bor's prog, and fears that he may get some of 

 his; and so they bolt it down in a way which 

 will produce dyspepsia both in man and beast. 



WARMING LANDS. 



Mr. Josiah Lovett, of Beverly, who has 

 been remarkably successful in raising va- 

 rious kinds of vegetables, as has appeared 

 from his superior exhibition at the Horti- 

 cultural Rooms, in a late number of the 

 New England Farmer, gives bis mode of 

 warming land, by which he gets vegeta- 

 bles almost as early as they are produced 

 in the vicinity of Boston, though the sea- 

 son in Beverly is at least a week later, 

 and Mr. Lovett's land is moist and low. 



His method is, to plough or spade, or 

 in working the land in any way, to do it 

 while the sun shines clear, and, if possible, 

 from 1 1 to 4 o'clock. By this means, the 

 warm surface earth is turned under, the 

 cold earth brought up and warmed, and 

 buried in turn. This is repeated two or 

 three times, on warm sunny days. Seeds 

 planted on land thus warmed, a week or 

 ten days later than on land ploughed or 

 spaded but once, will mature their fruit 

 earlier and of a superior size, with the 

 same manuring and attention. 



This system is founded on the true 

 principles of philosophy, as will appear 

 evident to every person of reflection, and 

 we doubt not may be turned to a good 

 practical account. The superior crop, 

 from a more thorough pulverization of the 

 soil, and mixing it well with manure, will 

 amply compensate for the extra ploughing. 



Boston Cultivator. 



THE CORN AND WHEAT CROPS. 



We can scarcely conceive the immense 

 quantities of corn and wheat which are 

 annually produced in the United States. 

 The Delta says that the crops of the 

 West for the year 1846 will be more than 

 500,000,000 of bushels of corn, and 

 140,000,000 of wheat. In the State of 

 Ohio, alone, the quantity of corn raised, 

 is estimated at 60,000,000 bushels/ The 

 Cultivator says, " The Ross County Agri- 

 cultural Society have taken pains to as- 

 certain, as near as possible, the amount of 

 the principal productions raised on each 

 farm in several townships of that county. 



