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never yet seen any bad results from using it. He feeds 
it freely to his milch cows, and also to his mules. He 
thinks it “ better than corn in the ear. ” No doubt this 
is so, but is it better than corn-meal alone mixed with 
cut-feed or bran ? Is there nutriment enough in the cob 
to pay for grinding it? I have thought not. Better 
shell the corn and either soak it until soft, or grind it. 
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JSook on tlie SHorse. —“S. L. M.” Dadd’s 
American Horse Doctor, (price, $1.50, post-paid, from 
this office,) is a very useful book to a horseman. A more 
comprehensive work is The Horse in the Stable and the 
Field, by “ Stonehenge,” a reputable English horseman. 
Price, $3.50. 
As to Texas.— “ P. E. S.,” Sidney, Ill. The 
soil, climate and healthfulness of St. Antonio and New 
Braunfels in Texas are very good. There are now hun¬ 
dreds of pure Short-horn cattle scattered in almost every 
part of Texas, where they thrive perfectly well when 
properly cared for, and where they are making a great 
improvement in the native stock. 
Wlaeels for Farm Wagons.—“W. A. 
F.,” Le Sueur, Minn. Broad tires are certainly more 
serviceable than narrow ones, and wear the roads much 
loss. Yet the fashion is for 1% to 1%-incli tires. In 
England, upon the turnpike roads, a wagon with such 
wheels as these is charged double the toll of one with 
four or five inch tires, and the heaviest wagons have tires 
even much wider than this. The advantage of a wide 
tire is that the wagon sinks loss in soft soil, and is there¬ 
fore drawn easier. Small fore-wheels are better than 
large ones, because the wagon is turned more easily, and 
large hind-wheels are better than small ones, because 
they pass more easily over the obstructions upon rough 
or soft surfaces; the leverage of the spokes being longer. 
We believe broader wheels than are in use in this coun¬ 
try would be better than the narrow ones. 
To Preserve Eg-gs.-“ J. H. C.,” Des- 
Moines, Iowa. One of the best and easiest methods of 
preserving eggs, is to smear them all over with linseed- 
oil, and pack them in dry sand or wheat chaff, in barrels 
headed up tightly. 
Fisls Culture Edueatioisaily.— Fish 
Culture is to be made a part of the course of instruction 
at the University of Virginia, where a hatching-house 
has been erected by the Fish Commissioners of that 
state, and Mr. Fred. Mather, of the U. S. Fish Commis¬ 
sion has been engaged to superintend it. A large quan¬ 
tity of the eggs of the California Salmon will bo hatched 
there this winter. 
Grass fox* :i Swale. —“J. B. S.,” Grand 
River, Wyoming T. Hod-top ( Agroslis vulgaris) is the 
best grass to sow in a place that is sometimes covered 
with water. It will survive and grow luxuriantly on soil 
that is covered half the year or more with water. The 
coarse native grass, however, must be killed out, or it 
will smother the red-top. Three bushels of red-top 
seed will be needed for an acre, as it is very light and 
chaffy, and much of it is infertile. 
Deep tm<l Shallow Setting' of Milk. 
—C. E. S.” Whether deep or shallew setting of milk 
is the best, is a point on which dairymen differ. By far 
the greater number of them use shallow pans. As the 
butter is made from the oily part of the milk, no amount 
of evaporation of the water contained in the cream, 
can lessen the quantity of butter in it. To lose 5 to 
10 per cent of the cream by evaporation in shallow set¬ 
ting, is simply an impossibility. Cream should be set 
where the air is still, and no current blows upon it, and 
then there will be no more evaporation than that which 
occurs from the larger surface exposed in the shallow 
pans, which will be practically unnoticeable. Every 
dairyman must test this question for himself, and adopt 
his own plan. No absolute rule can be laid down, which 
is best under all circumstances. It is a thing that can 
never be settled by discussion. 
“Thoroughbretl” anil “Arabian.” 
—“ II. B.,” Chester Co., Pa. The pure Arabian horse is 
what its name implies, a horse of pure Arabian blood 
without admixture; a “thoroughbred” horse is one 
whose pedigree traces back through the English bred 
race horses to an Arabian lineage. The thoroughbreds 
are, in fact, a high bred English race, improved by cross¬ 
es of Arabian blood, or the direct descendents of horse's 
of that race imported into this country. The English 
thoroughbred is considered by some as superior to the 
Arabian. We would as soon breed from a good “ thor¬ 
oughbred” as from a pure Arabian. We would choose 
the thoroughbred for speed, and the Arabian for bottom 
and endurance. 
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