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their carts and tubs, and purchase as much as 
they may want. The price varies from three 
to five francs (56 to 93 cts.) per hogshead, ac¬ 
cording to the quality. In a small farm of 
thirty to forty acres the tank is generally about 
twenty feet long, twelve wide, and six deep, 
with a partition in the middle, and arched over, 
leaving an opening for the pump, and another 
sufficient to allow a man to go in to empty out 
the earthy deposit which falls to the bottom. A 
trap door shuts over this aperture, to prevent ac¬ 
cidents. Sometimes the tank is round like a 
well, with a domed top, and so deep in the 
ground that it has a foot or two of earth over it. 
The situation of the tank is either in the farm¬ 
yard near the entrance of the cow-house, or im¬ 
mediately behind it; sometimes it is like a cel¬ 
lar under the building, but this is apt to cause 
a disagreeable smell in the cow-house. We 
here describe those which we consider the most 
convenient: the form and capacity of the tanks 
vary greatly according to the means and no¬ 
tions of the proprietors of the farms, but a tank 
of some kind or other is considered as an ap¬ 
pendage indispensable to a farm as a barn or 
cow-house. The farmer would as soon think 
of dispensing with his plough as with his tank: 
and no expense or trouble is spared to keep this 
well supplied. The numerous towns and vil¬ 
lages in Flanders afford great help in the way 
of manure. The thrifty housewife and her 
active substitute, the maid, know the value 
of what in our households is thrown away or 
wasted and lost. A small tank, or a tub, sunk 
in the ground in some corner, contains all the 
liquid which can in any way be useful, soap¬ 
suds, washing of dishes, &c, are carefully kept 
in this reservoir, until, once a week, the farmer 
or contractor calls with his tub on a cart; and 
this, mixed with the contents of privies, which 
are frequently emptied, he keeps in large cis¬ 
terns for use or sale .—Flemish Husbandry. 
Breaking Horses.— Some 30 years ago there was 
an Irish groom called “ the Whisperer,” who had the 
skill of subduing the most unmanageable horse. His 
lan*was to be closely shut up with the animal, when 
e pretended to whisper to him, and after being “at 
confession ” about 30 minutes, he would lead out the 
horse perfectly subdued. Some almost incredible ex¬ 
amples are related of his success. He would never 
communicate the secret of his art, and it died with 
him. It is probably detailed below by our intel¬ 
ligent countryman, Catlin. Its success has been sa¬ 
tisfactorily tested in some instances among civilized 
horses, since its publication. 
“ I have often, in concurrence with a well- 
known custom of the country, held my hand 
over the eyes of the calf, and breathed a few 
strong breaths into the nostrils; after which I 
have, with my hunting companions, rode se¬ 
veral miles into our encampment, with the little i 
prisoner busily following the heels of my horse 
the whole way, as closely and affectionately as 
its instinct would attach it to the company of its 
dam. This is one of the most extraordinary 
things that I have met with in the habits of this 
wild country; and although I had often heard 
of it, and felt unable exactly to believe it, I am 
now willing to bear testimony to the fact, from 
the numerous instances which I have witnessed 
since I came into the country. During the 
time that I resided at this post, in the spring of 
the year, on my way up the river, I assisted (in 
numerous hunts of the buffalo, with the Fur 
Company’s men), in bringing in, in the above 
manner, several of these little prisoners, which 
sometimes followed for 5 or 6 miles close to our 
horses’ heels, and even into the Fur Company’s 
fort, and into the stable where our horses were 
led. In this way, before I left for the head 
waters of the Missouri, I think we had collected 
about a dozen. In the same way the wild 
horses are tamed. When the Indian has got 
him well secured with the lasso, and a pair of 
hobbles on his feet, he gradually advances, un¬ 
til he is able to place his hand on the animal’s 
nose, and over his eyes, and at length to breathe 
in its nostrils, when it soon becomes docile and 
conquered; so that he has little more to do than 
to remove the hobbles from his feet, and lead or 
ride it into camp.” 
Use op Carrots and Parsnips for Horses.— 
Can any of onr readers inform us whether the inju¬ 
rious effect detailed in the following extract from 
Gtuayles Agriculture, have ever been realised in this 
country 'l The liberal use of salt would, we have no 
doubt, prevent this effect partially or wholly. 
“Horses eat this root greedily, but in this 
island it is never given them, as it is alleged 
that when on this food their eyes are injured.” 
Again, in the island of Guernsey, he says:— 
“To horses, parsnips are frequently given, and 
have the property of making them sfeek and 
fat; but in working, they are observed to sweat 
profusely. If new, and cut sufficiently small, 
no other ill effect results, except indeed, at one 
period of the year, towards the close of Feb¬ 
ruary, when the root begins to shoot; if then 
given, both horses and homed cattle are subject, 
on this food, to an inflammation in the eyes, and 
epiphora, or weeping; in some subjects per¬ 
haps producing blindness.” 
Protection of Cotton from the Louse. 
—Lewis M. Garrett, of Madison co. in our 
State, in a communication to the Agriculturist 
of Nashville, says that the best way to prevent 
the depredations of lice on cotton is to leave 
balks between the ridges, to grow up in grass 
and weeds, and remain unploughed until the 
