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tlic  European  kiutlB,  it  being  bcitwoeu  the  Turkey 
Oak  (Q.  wrls)  andtlio  EiigliHh  (  Q,  ra^tur).  In 
Mexico  tlie  BpocieM  are  imnieronfl,  and  in  tbo 
EaHt  ItidicB  and  the  I’lnlliplnoB  they  abnmid. 
WimtiniKlit  be  termed  Ibe  Mexican  race  of  Oaks 
extends  up  into  California. 
Many  (.■aliforida  trees  will  stand  tbo  rigorw  of 
tbo  winlcr.s  of  the  Middle  Rtabm.  but  tbo  t Cali¬ 
fornia  Hpecios  of  Oak  will  not,  probably  bccaUHo 
they  are  but  etnigranta  b>  Uio  Golden  Htato  from 
the  land  of  the  Aztocfl  and  have  already  gono  as 
far  north  as  prndence  would  dictate. 
For  ornamental  j>nrpoHOH  adapted  to  our  gen¬ 
eral  culture,  I  would  make  a  list  w(!re  it  not  that 
all  capable  of  Btanding  tbo  climate  are  wortliy 
of  culture.  Tin  y  ai’c  all  so  boautiful,  it  is  bard 
to  make  a  choice.  Where  it  is  iiracticablo  arid 
tlio  grcatc.'it  beauty  is  doidrod,  1  tliink  they  look 
be.Bt  when  braiichiTig  direct  from  tbo  ground; 
blit  ntill  a  Ixild,  heavy  trunk,  Btrnigbt.  tall  and 
br-anchloKB,  with  its  hea<l  formed  of  bold,  Btrong 
brancbftH,  is  bo  boautitnl  that  1  xlionld  not  bo 
Horry  if  I  bad  hr  bo  lined  lioavily  for  not  making 
a  choice.  Of  (hose  ada)i(ed  lo  cnltnro  in  the 
Middle  Ktatefl,  there  arc  the  Overcup  O.ik 
h/rala),  the  Mos-syonp  Oak  (Q.  mavromrpa), 
SpauiBh  Oak  (Q.  atvllitld).  White  C)alc  (Q.  filhn), 
Eosl  Oak  {Q.  ohbmMin),  Durand’H  I’OHt  Oak  (Q. 
]>urnn(U)  a  recent  iliHCovery  of  13tJCKi,EY  in 
Texas;  Hwamp  White  (bik  {Q,  himktr),  Hock 
Ghestimt  Oak  ((j.  prhiiis),  Michaux'M  Clicstuut 
Oak  (Q.  Miikuu^cii  of  NnrfAi.i.d,  Hocky  Moun¬ 
tain  Oak  {Q.  urKbilala)  -ono  of  the  hcHt  for 
forming  into  an  Oak  thicket;  I’in  Oak  {Q.  pahis- 
trin),  Hcd  Oak  (_Q.  rubra),  Hcarlel  Oak  (V- 
cinm),  Black  Oak  ((,J.  thwhirla^,  JerHCy  Hernb 
Oak  {Q.  »/fcj/ohVt)  — a  good  dw.arl'  for  thiekotH  ; 
Black  Jack  Oak  (Q.  niijra),  Soiittieru  Black  Jack 
Oak  (Q.  i 'nU'shnrf),  Water  Oak  ((J.  aqnaiica), 
Ujdand  WaU-r  Oak  (Q.  Inurifotia),  Hhinglo  Oak 
(Q,  inibriraria),  Willow  Oak  (().  J^}wUf}C),  En- 
glil^h  Oak  (IJi.  pcduncnlntn'),  and  Tiu’koy  Oak  (t.i. 
cerrix). 
BoHidcK  the  above  there  arc  nuinerous  other 
varieticM,  tho  Euroiu'an  OBpocially  being  abun¬ 
dant,  and  in  tlieir  characters  for  practical  pur- 
posos  they  are  as  good  a  species ;  indeed,  in 
many  rcsjiocts  tlicy  are  much  more  distinct. 
Onr  native  trees  are  often  found  varying  in  a 
remarkable  dogrtto — so  miicb  so,  indeed,  tiiat 
Boine  of  onr  be.st  botoniBts  regard  Ujo  variatioiw 
as  "hybrids.”  But  g.ardenerH  who  are  famihar 
with  the  wonderful  variations  among  the  EngliKh 
Oaks,  in  wliich  no  hybridization  is  posMlde,  do 
not  luyeid  this  opinion.  Tlioho  who  would  know 
all  about  tho  American  Oaks  adapted  to  enlturo 
Bhonld  rciul  OuAvV  Works— “Tho  Monogra|tli  of 
Oaks,"  just  issued  li.v  that  great  botaniht,  En- 
OEEMANN — and  tliO  ISritAi.  New-Youkkk. 
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ENGLISH  OR  ROYAL  OAK. 
Mr.  Thomas  Mekuan.  in  Ids  excellent  article 
on  tho  Oak,  which  may  he  found  jiroceding 
this,  Bjieaks  in  Huch  high  lerins  of  tho  value  of 
tho  English  or  Hoyal  Oak  Unit  wo  were  prompted 
to  give  an  illuHtralion  (as  will  ho  seen  t<y  refer¬ 
ring  to  tii’Ht  page)  of  a  Imndsonio  specimen  of 
this  tree  now  growing  in  tlio  grouiulM  of  one 
of  onr  esteemed  coiTesjumdonts,  residing  a  few 
miles  from  this  city.  The  tree  is  about  twonty- 
livp  years  old,  and  bavuig  been  planted  wbere  it 
had  room  to  grow,  lietng  unobstructed  on  all 
sides,  tho  hranohe.s  consequently  spring  from 
new  tbo  base  of  tho  stem,  as.snming  a  ualnral 
and  most  giacefiil  form. 
It  is  to  tic  rugrotted  that  onr  iial  Ive  as  well  as 
foreign  species  of  tlio  oak  are  so  liltic  ]tlanted  in 
this  country,  for  they  ai'o  deserving  of  t'spocial 
attention,  and  it  is  to  be  hoped  that  Mr.  Mee¬ 
han's  remarks  will  awaken  a  new  interest  in 
thoso  trees  among  all  of  the  many  thousands  of 
onr  readers,  even  if  they  do  not  extend  any 
further. 
^fiflii  Crojis, 
RYE  FOR  PASTURE. 
In  localities  w'here  llui  droiighl  has  prevailed 
during  tho  present  season,  pasture  will  be  light 
and  tbin  next  .siiring,  and  it  would  bo  well  for 
farmers  to  provide  some  substitute  to  malm  uji 
for  tho  deficiency.  We  have  already  recom¬ 
mended  tJie  sowing  of  rye  lor  this  iniriioso,  and 
are  jileased  to  iwld  to  our  own  cxiierience  that  of 
tbo  .touriial  of  Agriciilturo  as  to  tbo  value  of 
this  crop  for  i>asturo. 
Q'wo  years  ago  onr  corn  crop  was  a  short  ono 
on  account  of  an  uxtoudod  drought.  All  kinds 
of  oxjiedionts  wore  rosurtod  to,  to  bridge  over 
the  whiter  months.  Not  only  corn  hut  all  kinds 
of  crops  save  wheat,  woro  comp.u  ativc  failures. 
Wo  exiierimonted  that  year  with  ryo  and  our 
success  was  far  beyond  uiir  exiicctations.  Our 
first  sowing  consisted  of  a  U-u-acro  field  upon 
which  we  had  gi-owm  and  fed  down  tho  corn  t<i 
hogs.  Tho  com  crop  hivd  been  well  cultivated 
and  tho  ground  was  entirely  free  of  weeds  and 
■<  grass.  We  commenced  about  tbo  first  of  Sep¬ 
MOORE’S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 
SEPT. 23 
6^ 
tember  by  sowing  down  on  the  ground  and 
harrowing  in  with  a  two-borso  barrow.  Wo 
completed  about  half  the  field  in  this  manner, 
nsiug  about  five  bushels  of  seed,  or  one  bushel 
jier  acre,  when  we  concluded  we  W'cre  not  putting 
our  ryo  in  as  wo  should.  Tlio  roniainlng  live 
acros  wo  plowed  in  with  ilouble-sbovel  plows 
after  wbicb  wo  banowed  thoroughly.  Onr  rye 
soon  came  np  and  made  a  luxuriant  grow’th 
ui>on  wbicb  wo  grazed  pigs,  calves  and  cows 
during  the  winter  (when  not  covered  with  snow) 
and  until  sneb  time  in  the  spring  as  blue-grass 
jiastnres  would  do  to  turn  on.  Contrary  to  our 
expeetatioiis  tho  portion  that  was  only  harrowed 
alfordiMl  iiiucb  the  best  grazing  and  the  rye  was 
much  less  injiinsl  by  the  stock  going  over  it 
than  the  other  poition.  After  taking  our  stock 
off,  the  ryo  made  a  fine  grow  th  and  yielded  more 
per  atu  o  than  did  our  wheal  crop,  which  was  not 
Itaslured  at  all  and  which  was  sown  on  uiucb 
bettor  Beil. 
Wo  mention  this  btUe  experionwj  that  others 
may  give  our  re.adcrs  the  benefit  of  tlieir  experi- 
enco.  Wo  are  satisfied  this  crop  will  grow  and 
be  a  profitable  ono  niion  soil  upon  which  wheat' 
will  not  pay  exixmses.  As  regards  the  benefits 
to  stock,  lambs,  f-boep,  calves  or  any  other  kinds 
of  a  change  of  diet  during  the  long  winter 
inontliH  it  is  not  ncee.ssary  to  speak,  all  acknowl¬ 
edge  this  as  a  necessity. 
■  4  ♦  »  ■ 
CORN  FOR  THE  POOR  OF  ENGLAND. 
The  London  I’all  Mall  Gazette  says: — The 
enormous  import  of  wheat  from  the  United 
Htates  into  tliis  country,  and  the  jirobability  that 
it  will  increase  rather  than  diminish  in  time  to 
come,  lead  us  to  relleet  how  it  hajipens  that 
Indian  corn,  wluch  is  so  largely  consuined  in 
v.arions  forms  liy  all  classes  in  America,  fails  to 
find  favor  with  Englishinen  at  home.  In  some 
way  malzs  is  certainly  to  he  preferred  to  wheat ; 
and  thoso  who  liave  once  acijnirw]  tlio  taste  for 
it  on  tho  oilier  side  of  I, he  Atlantie  certainly  miss 
the  Indian  corn  on  iheir  return.  Wo  siipiKise, 
however,  that  there  is  lit.l.lo  hope  that  our  work¬ 
ing  classes  will  ever  take  to  this  cheap,  winde- 
soino  and  iintritions  food.  Tho  mere  fact  that  it 
is  cheap,  operates  in  some  me.asnro  against  iis 
ado))tion.  There  is  nothing,  |ierlia]is,  in  an  En- 
glishinaii's  nature  so  as  Ids  dislike  to  have 
it  Hiii)])oKe(l  that  ho  is  content  with  cheap  food. 
And  Indian  corn  is  very  cheap. 
■  ■  4»» 
SOWING  SALT  ON  WHEAIV^LAND. 
The  Toronto  Globe  recommends  that  the  host 
time  to  sow  salt  on  land  for  wilder  wheat  is  im¬ 
mediately  before  the  seed  i.ssowii.  Where  land 
is  ploweil  ill  the  fall  for  s|tring  crops  then  sow 
tho  salt  lute  in  tlie  season  on  (ho  ]ilowed  land. 
It  is  always  sown  hroaileast  when  uiiplied  alone 
and  it  lias  bemi  applied  with  good  effect  at  tho 
rate  of  from  Ibree  to  twelve  hnshels  per  acre. 
But  all  tronhlo  and  lulior  of  that  kind  may  he 
saved  by  scattering  it  on  the  manure  heap, 
when  it  will  do  just  ns  much  service  as  wlioii 
sown  alone.  'J'liat  salt  is  heiiefi(!ial  on  many 
soils  there  is  no  question,  Imt  it  has  not  been 
tried  sullicimitly  on  tlie  several  kinds  of  soils  to 
indicate  witli  certainty  bow  mucli  or  how  little 
will  servo  as  a  fertilizer. 
('5conoiim. 
FARM  CROPS  IN  NORTH  CAROLINA. 
Anotheii  year  of  toil  is  closing  and  the  farmers 
are  reckonUig  the  results.  Tbo  boat  in  tlic  first 
half  of  July  was  intense,  and  deslnictivo  in  this 
Stale.  Tho  di’oiigbt  was  protracted,  cxceiit  in  a 
few  limited  loc.alities;  but  the  beat  was  so  great 
that  unusual  injury  was  done  to  farm  crops  in  a 
short  time.  Tbo  month  of  August  was  generally 
seasonable  i  cstoring  tbo  corn  and  tobacco  to  a 
considerable  degreo. 
A  respectable  but  not  full  crop  of  corn  is 
made,  rerlnaps  a  little  over  ouo-lbird  of  a  crop 
of  tobacco  was  planted.  'I'Jiat  is  uiUidi  improved 
dining  the  last  monlh.  I  think  Unit  nioro  than 
usual  of  the  old  crop  was  held  haiii  and  is  seek¬ 
ing  the  market  now'.  Prices  are  rathor  high. 
It  seems  in  this  cose  that  wailing  will  iiay.  The 
yeiu'  has  heoii  quite  favorable  for  hay.  The  fir.st 
mowing  was  good ;  the  second  injured  by  drought ; 
tho  last  (not  yet  cut)  promises  a  very  tine  yield. 
Indeed  it  is  seldom  that  grasses  grow  as  they 
have  for  tho  Last  month. 
Pol'atoes  average  well.  Early  Irish  potatoes 
were  hastened  by  tlio  heat.  My  experiments 
this  year  proved  the  Early  Vermont  cstimnblo 
for  ipiallty  and  earlincss,  but  uuinofitablo  as  to 
quantity.  BrowueH's  Beauty,  though  not  white 
or  mealy,  gave  satisfaction  at  ths  table  and  pro¬ 
duced  well.  'J’ho  Suowtlake,  with  only  ordinary 
care,  made  thirty  to  ono,  and  iiossessed  every 
good  quality. 
Apples  are  scarce  in  tho  central  fiai't  of  the 
State — jirohalily  the  same  throughout  tho  cutiro 
State.  There  has  been  enough  of  them  for  a 
bmited  supply  for  immediate  demands.  Enough 
peaches  to  remind  us  of  tho  delicious  feasts  of 
other  years  and  awaken  the  hopes  for  another 
season. 
The  scarcity  of  money  is  sorely  felt.  The 
people  generally  are  perforce  practicing  more 
economy,  and  slowly  adapting  themselves  to  tho 
stringency.  There  is  a  growing  impression  that 
wc  have  seen  the  worst  of  tbo  “  b.ard  tunes.” 
Yours  truly,  n.  c- 
■ - 4  »  4  . — 
A  CORN  HORSE. 
II.  Ives  wwites  to  the  Now  York  Times  that  a 
coru-borso  is  an  implement  of  so  much  utility  in 
harvesting  corn  that  it  is  a  w'onder  that  so  many 
farmers  will  cut  up  their  com  without  the  aid  of 
ono  to  stand  tlio  sliock  np  to  while  cutting.  It  is 
a  tool  wbicb  any  fanner  who  wants  it  will  make 
for  liimseilf,  for  thero  are  nono  in  m.arket,  and  no 
agont  nbout  to  toll  us  of  their  great  usefulness. 
But  they  are  of  iio  loss  merit  for  all  that.  By 
using  one  to  form  tbo  shock  to,  instead  of  placing 
it  against  a  standing  bill,  wo  have  soinetbing 
imicb  tinner  to  stand  it  to,  wo  have  all  the  corn 
cut  lip,  and  are  pretty  sure  to  bavo  the  shwk 
hotter  lialianced,  and  for  that  reason  standing 
better,  becauso  every  quarter  as  it  is  cut  will  he 
jiluAicd  into  each  quarter  section  of  tliis  iniple- 
niont  (or  corn  horse),  thus  liracing  tlio  whole 
nicely  from  each  quarter  when  hound  together 
at  the  top. 
l'\ir  instance,  if  I  take  six  rows  of  corn  for  a 
row  of  stooks,  and  six  lulls  of  a  row  (as  I 
generally  do),  giving  tbirty-six  bills  to  a  bunch, 
I  take  my  horse  in  bctivecii  tho  tbiid  ainl  fourth 
rows  and  stand  it  for  the  shook  hetwoen  tho 
third  and  fonrtlx  hilis  ;  standing  so  it  reiiresonts 
nine  hills  in  each  quarter  Then  I  cut  tho  first 
three  hills  of  the  third  row  and  place  in  one 
quarter,  while  the  man  working  against  me  cuts 
tho  lust  threo  bills  of  the  foiirtli  row  and  jilaces 
tlicm  ui  the  second  quarter  ojiposite.  Tlion 
each  cuts  the  next  tlu’co  hills  of  the  same  rows, 
))la(;ing  into  third  and  fourth  qMn.rter.s.  Next 
cut  tlio  second  and  fifth,  then  the  lirsl  and  sixth 
rows  just  the  same,  thus  only  putting  throe  hills 
into  each  fpiarter  at  onco  alternately,  will  balance 
it  uj)  good  to  stand. 
The  best  way  to  make  a  corn  liorso  is  to  get  a 
dry  cedar  pole  Ifi  feet  long,  about  4  indies  at  tho 
butt,  and  if  a  little  crooked,  bowing  about  a  foot 
all  tlie  belter.  Put  two  logs  into  tho  butt  of  tho 
pole  2.1^  or  :i  fiiot  long,  with  a  spread  of  2  feet  on 
the  ground,  and  so  as  to  have  thcpole  bowing  np 
if  it  is  eronked,  for  thou  it  won't  require  so  long 
legs.  At  t)  feet  bat^k  I'roni  these  legs  boro  an 
inch  hole  horizontally  through  tho  iiole,  through 
whidi  insert  a  loose  pin  2ti  inches  on  each  side, 
that  is,  feet  long.  Then  for  use  stand  this 
in  the  corn  as  described  above,  so  Uiat  the  shack 
will  ho  stood  up  into  tho  angles  made  by  this  pin 
and  tho  polo.  When  this  is  cut  and  bound  pull 
out  this  long  ]iiu,  then  taking  the  largo  end  of 
the  polo  draw  it  ahead  tlirougb  this  shock  and 
place  it  for  another,  and  so  on  tlirougb  the  field. 
It  will  be  found  iilaincr,  handier  work,  and  can 
be  done  by  coarser  or  less  skilled  help  to  put  it 
up  in  good  order  as  quick  and  as  well  as  in  any 
other  way. 
PROTECTION  AGAINST  GRASSHOPPERS. 
Daniei,  G.  L.vne  writes  to  the  Council  Bluffs 
Globe,  from  Bermuda,  W.  1.,  telling  how  crops 
may  bo  proteeted  against  grasshoppers,  and  po¬ 
tatoes  kept  clear  of  heetles.  Now  while  wo  do 
not  beliovo  either  of  the  pi’otoctivo  agents 
proiiosed  are  of  any  prnelical  nso  still  tlioy  may 
he  worth  trying.  Mr.  Laiio  says For  the  la.st 
two  weeks  I  have  been  in  tliis  country  from  the 
West  Indies,  and  T  find  tho  gi'asshuppers  making 
great  ravages  in  vegetation.  In  order  to  prevent 
this,  bum  one  ]tound  of  sulphur  on  cbarcoal,  hi 
the  ceiilor  of  a  field,  and  save  what  it  has  lakeii 
BO  much  toil  to  develop.  To  prevent  i>otato  bugs 
from  destroying  tho  crop,  (ilant  two  grains  of  llax 
seed  in  each  bill.  This  will  prevent  them  from 
injuring  the  potatoes,  as  tliey  will  not  go  near 
tho  llax. 
Dorsfiiuiu. 
THEICOACH  OR  CARRIAGE  HORSE, 
Tuk  Kentucky  I, ive  Htock  Record  tiikos  a  very 
sensililo  view  of  tho  late  excitement  in  breeding 
fast  trotters,  to  tlie  neglect  of  the  good  carriage 
and  general  ntilil.y  horse,  and  wc  are  pleased  to 
place  its  remarks  beforo  our  readers  as  they  are 
worthy  of  a  cai’eful  consideration. 
The  old  stylo  coach  or  carriage  horso  is  almost 
extinct  in  Kentucky.  His  jilace  is  suiiphcd  by 
the  trotter.  The  horeo  of  five  and  twenty  or 
thirty  years  ago  is  rarely  seen  now-a-days.  Tho 
big  bays,  browns  and  cbestnuts  of  former  days, 
ranging  from  15?4  to  bands  high,  wUb  deep 
and  well-proportioneil  bodies,  arched  crests, 
strong  and  clean  bono  under  the  knee,  open, 
sound,  tough  feet,  with  great  knee  aullon,  lifting 
their  foro  feet  high,  are  as  scarce  now  as  they 
were  plentiful  at  that  period.  Tlio  display  of 
coach  and  earriago  horses  at  onr  local  fairs  some 
years  ago,  as  well  ns  at  other  less  notable  gather¬ 
ings,  was  one  of  the  most  popular  and  charming 
parts  of  those  exhibitions.  Most  of  these  horses 
walked  and  trotted  well,  picked  uji  their  fore  feet 
smoothly,  bent  their  knoos  and  kept  their  hind 
feet  well  under  them.  This  activity,  with  their 
great  beauty,  short,  ixihited  ears,  extra  style, 
hardinosH,  enduraneo  and  docility,  eminently 
distingiilslied  Ilium  as  splendid  specimens  of  the 
coach  and  carriage  horse. 
Without  tbo  Bixeed  of  the  modern  trotter,  they 
stood  remarkably  well  over  our  hard  unyielding 
macadamized  roads,  and  could  travel  all  day. 
Our  farmers  would  do  well  to  go  Ivack  and  breed 
this  class  of  horso  and  give  np  to  a  groat  extent 
ttio  breorling  of  trotters,  the  snpi>ly  of  tho  latter 
ill  the  last  few  years  being  greatly  in  oxcos.s  of 
the  demand. 
Huiltthlo  siros  to  woss  with  the  common  mares 
and  stock  of  the  country  can  bo  obtained  at  a 
trilling  expense  among  the  many  thovouglibrcds 
that  either  break  dowi  yearly,  or  have  not  sufii- 
cifuit  speed  to  bo  classed  high  as  racehorses. 
Among  them  are  many  strong,  stout  and  sound 
horses  tliat  can  ho  bought  cheap  and  whoso 
service  foes  could  ho  put  at  from  ijilO  to  i?26,  and 
pay  a  handsomo  per  cent,  on  tlic  investineiit. 
Nearly  all  onr  farmers  seem  desirous  of  breeding 
a  trotter,  and  ovoiy  year  valuablo  mares  are 
bred  to  inferior  sires  hucausu  tlicy  stand  cheap, 
many  of  whom  possess  serious  deficiencies.  In 
this  section,  ono  of  tho  best  breeding  di-itricts  in 
America,  there  are  every  year  many  indifferent 
sires  advertised,  wtioso  stud  career  it  would  bo 
tietter  for  the  country  at  largo  if  It  wa.s  cut  sliort 
by  tlio  free  use  of  tho  knife.  Many  of  these 
candidates  for  public  patronage  possess  neither 
beauty,  stylo  nor  finish,  but  have  many  fiiuits 
which  should  not  bo  ijcrpctuntixl,  such  as  weak, 
narrow  loins,  light  tliighs,  had  curhy  hocks, 
light  bones  and  thin,  shelly  feet-  Many  of  them 
have  nothing  beyond  their  breeding  to  recom¬ 
mend  them,  and  this  often  consists  of  some 
remoto  connection  with  a  onco  fasluouahlo  strain 
of  blood. 
When  farmers  use  such  bu-cs  thero  is  great 
uncertainty  in  producing  sound,  good-looking 
offspring.  Wo  would  not  ho  considered  as 
opposed  to  tho  breeding  of  trotters,  for  wo  are 
not ;  hut  we  are  opposed  to  tho  indiseriiuinato 
breeding  of  marcH  cither  iinsoiiud  tliomselvcs,  or 
to  skes  tliat  are  unsound,  with  tho  expectation 
of  getting  a  sound  colt,  fast  trotter  or  goixl 
o.oacti  horso.  WJicn  a  funner  possesses  a'  well- 
bred  marc  of  known  blood  or  of  liigli  form  and 
markoil  characteristics,  it  is  well  to  liiccd  to  the 
host  siro  williin  roacti,  hut  to  breed  a  couuiion 
uiai'o  of  little  trolting  ai/tion  to  the  best  trolling 
Klrc,s,  will  oftciier  fail  than  succeed  in  producing 
a  good  trotter,  and  in  nino  cases  out  of  ten  will 
bring  tlio  funner  in  debt  before  tlio  youngstor  is 
half  developed.  Dissatisfaction  and  disapiioirit- 
mont  aro  nearly  siiro  to  follow  such  breoding, 
and  when  it  docs  fail,  tlio  blaiuo  is  gouorally  laid 
on  tho  sire,  iiTosixictivo  of  tho  bad  or  indiffer¬ 
ent  qualities  of  tho  dam. 
With  young  trotters  selling  in  Kentucky  at 
from  §150  to  §250  per  head,  even  after  they  arc 
broken  and  partly  handled,  it  will  not  pay  to 
breed  anything  hut  tho  best  mares  to  hlgh-iniccd 
stallions.  Most  of  the  stallions  in  Kentucky 
have  heon  standing  too  high,  and  they  must 
como  do\m  to  suit  the  times.  It  is  well  enough 
pcrliap.s  for  a  few  who  liavo  acquired  a  national 
reputation  tlirougb  their  produco  bx  domaud 
high  fees,  Imt  they  arc  few  and  far  between.  It 
will  not  pay  to  breed  common  or  oidinary 
marcs  of  the  country  to  ^luu  and  §150  stallions. 
Wo  firmly  believe  that  it  will  p.ay  a  majority  of 
our  fanners  better  to  brood  and  rear  the  old 
stylo  coach  and  carriage  horse  than  it  will  tho 
trotter,  especially  when  yon  take  into  considera- 
tion  tho  cost  of  tho  stallion’s  services,  and  the 
expense  necessarily  inomred  to  develop  the 
trottor.  There  aro  a  niiiuher  of  men  who  make 
a  speciality  of  brooding  trotters,  and  it  should  he 
loft  with  them.  If  a  farmer  poasosses  good 
mures  bo  bad  botUu*  breed  on  Hio  sbarcs  or  farm 
them  to  Komo  reliable  bi'ccder,  than  to  breed 
biinsolf,  and  have  tlio  country  dolled  all  I'ver 
with  tracks,  his  sons  driving  young  trotters  to 
tho  neglect  of  more  important  work  on  tlie  farm. 
Tho  farmers  of  this  ytato  have  enormous 
advantages  over  other  less  favored  sections  of 
oounti'y.  Wo  have  better  material  than  is  to  be 
fouiul  olsewhero,  from  tho  long  and  free  use  of 
thoronghbrod  sii'cs,  which  enables  onr  farmers 
to  enter  into  breeding  undor  more  favorable 
cucumstancos.  We  ai'o  in  possesBiou  of  tho 
most  delightful  climate,  tho  finest  soil  and  most 
luxuriant  grass  region  in  tho  world  and  need 
fear  no  rivals ;  and  tho  large  number  of  thor¬ 
oughbred  horses  bred  annually  that  are  not  good 
enough  f<ir  races,  furnish  caiiital  material  to 
produco  the  coach,  carriage  and  general  utility 
horse. 
— - - - - 
Fen'eu  jn  the  Feet. —  Thero  is  nothing  better 
for  fever  in  the  feet  of  horses  than  bandages 
wet  with  water.  It  is  better  than  ‘‘stuJiing 
with  filth,  so  often  recommended. 
