801110 unaccustomed work or in case of cough or 
cohl, are all the food required for months, 
indeed any horse in regular work, and exercised 
when not working, when fed on these, will con¬ 
tinue In good condition aud perfect health 
longer than on any other food. Of course, this 
diet ih to be accompanied by the proper care of 
a faithful stable-man. 
Second—With reference to the farm horse 
which walks from morning till night dragging 
might never be developed if they were batf- 
st&rved like some—vet it would be well for those 
who go to tl* other extreme, by coddling their 
horses, to go to Ontario and see the Canadian 
brood-mares and colts of all ages, lying out in 
the snow and the cold of the winter, there ex¬ 
tremely severe. There are, however, mares 
twenty odd years old, which were never handled, 
never had a halter on, aud were never in a 
stable which have bred from fourteen to eighteen 
after it weights which are heavy n’t W -7 7, t0 * ighteeu 
with those that fall to the lot of the that ® msed 1Q the same Wft y aud u °t 
gentleman’s pleasure horse. These 
can be fed light or heavy according to 
the amount of labor required of them. 
As their work is done at a slow pace 
they can cat green food in the sum¬ 
mer instead of hay ; and if the oats, 
corn, or ground feed is not lessened 
when they are feeding on grass or 
any green forage, they will improve 
and be altogether the better for the 
change. It should, however, be al¬ 
ways borne in mind that they should 
neither be hurried so as to sweat ex¬ 
cessively nor overloaded, nor kept 
out too many hours. It is scarcely 
necessary to go into details aud cau¬ 
tion against the feeding of now corn 
etc., because the nioBt ignorant farm 
laborer knows snob kinds of feed will 
not only be injurious to their condi- 4 
tion, but will ofton bring on danger- A 
oils tits of colic. ^ 
Third—The ldlo horse generally bo- 
longs to some well-to-do man aud is i Sgg Si 
resting because his legs and feet have 
shown symptoms of requiring it, and 
perhaps have become stiff and tender 
when starting from the stable. Now, jv'' t 
in all such cases the animal should L \( 
have absolutely perfect rest and free- ( % 
dom from restraint in every way so VU 
far as standing or lying down and the 
position in which it chooses to stand /{, 
or lio. Conreqnently it should not bo {'M 
confined in a stall and tied np so that l '*W' 
it cannot turn about. If, however, 
there riionld lie no other convenient ^*4^ 
place for it to pass the night, it should 
havo the wholo day in a yard where it 
can move about at pleasure and stand 
or lie in the sunshine when there is 
any. 
The food for idle horses need bo 
little more than hay; and if this 
should bo nice sweet hay made from 
clean young grass, nothing else would 
be necessary. Yet if the animal has 
born worked down to a loan condition 
and is required again in the spring or 
early in summer, it would be well to 
feed twice a day with bran aud oats ; 
say four quarts of the first and two 
of tho second, at each feed. 
Fourth—Brood marcs. These need 
nothing but good hay excepting some 
bran for a month before foaling. 
When it is a marc used on tho farm 
gentle work will bo excellent exercise 
and do good; and while doing daily work some oats 
or other feed can bo given in sufficient quantity 
to keep the condition healthy. Mares having 
autumn foals should be fed in winter somewhat 
like a milch cow, as tho colts want a little more 
milk then than they would in summer, and bran 
and oats will yield richer milk than grass. Car¬ 
rots are a very good addition but they aro more 
expenBivj than bran and oats. 
Fifth Weaned colts having been dropped in 
spring, should have oats and bran all the follow¬ 
ing October, given in a sheltered building in the 
field they lie in, and the longer tho weather will 
permit them to run about and eat grass, the 
more they will grow and strengthen for winter. 
Moreover, if they can run out In tho day-time 
every day, or nearly so, all through tho cold 
weather, the better they will do, because this 
will keep up a good appetite and make the dry 
food do twice tho good it would without the 
open air and the healthful, invigorating sun¬ 
shine. Some of tho noted horsemen in the 
North, however, have known no better than to 
confine their weanlingB and have them groomed 
and brushed till they looked as rough a* Cana¬ 
dians, and have actually become so lousy as to re¬ 
quire repeated dressings, a tiling that could never 
happen to a well-managed healthy lot of colts 
treated as above suggested, even if never 
touched with brmii or comb. 
Sixth—When colts have had one winter and 
gone tbrongh it as fat as dumplings—which 
they will do when froperly cared for—there will 
&!)c 1) inf Mart, 
IADY WASHINGTON GRAPE. 
Several weeks ago Mr. Rickets sont us a 
box of this grape from ono of tho buuchoa of 
which our faithful portrait was taken. We sup¬ 
posed it wsb life size, but tho impression of 
those to whom we have shown tho proof is that 
I-'A WASHINGTON Ci It API 
touched till had np to be broken In and employed 
or sold. Every farm, however, ought to bo pro¬ 
vided with good wholesome food for every head 
of stock and a comfortable shelter ro arranged 
that the different ages will bo together, so that 
the older ones canuot abuse or drive about the 
younger. When horsc3 aro wintered after they 
have worked and become thoroughly at home in 
harness, or under the saddle and they arc not 
required for nae, it show's a lack of wisdom to 
exercise them by riding or driving ; for when 
horses aro ouce completely trained they never 
forget and can be used again at any time after a 
few days’ gentle work, and deeding moderately to 
get them in condition. 
Shoes should always be taken off and the foot 
pared so that t he frogs will touch tho grouDd and 
the moving about will then expand the heels. It 
is of the greatest importance that when horses 
are turned out to rest, they should bo placed, as 
far as circumstances will allow, in a natural 
position, and all horses in a wild state have no 
iron either to protect or confine their feet. 
The feed in winter should bo such as will act on 
the system as nearly like grass as possiblo—and 
bran is llie best for that purpose. Although 
almost everybody in the United States thinks wet 
feed best for horses or cows, yet it is better that 
the saliva should be used for moistening the 
food than that it should be wetted with water, 
because, in tho latter case, it is not masticated 
but swallowed as fast as it can bo rolled around 
tho mouth and ’• bolted." The writer has often 
it is a little less than life Rize. As the bunch of 
grapes was agreeably disponed of soon after its 
picture was taken, we had no means of compar¬ 
ing the one with the other. Mr. Rickets has 
exhibited this grape at many of tho late fairs 
and wo have before had occasion to remark upon 
its tempting, luseions appearance. 
Mr. Rickets, as is well kuown, has spent 
many years in raising cross-bred and self-seed¬ 
lings and the results of his labors have been the 
production of many varieties which though not, 
perhaps, as yet sufficiently tested, promise to 
taka a foremost place among tho best hardy 
grapes in cultivation. 
7-iady Washington, wo had supposed was a 
seedling of the Concord, and we have so stated. 
Mr. Rickets informs us, however that it is a 
cross between Allen’s Hybrid and the Concord. 
Tho following is a description as written out by 
Mr. Charles -Downing : Vine very vigorous, 
hardy and productive; Bhort jointed; leaves 
targe occasionally lobed, thick; bunch very 
large, compact, generally double shouldered ; 
berry medium to large, round, color deep yellow, 
with a tinge of delicate pink where exposed to the 
sun, and covered with a thiu white bloom; flesh 
soft, tender, juicy, sweet aud very good; it 
ripens about with tho Concord. 
lloniolotjifal, 
. - uiuou Jur —mere win — —- j. no wruur nan oiten 
be no trouble in keeping them growing the giveu brau aud meal dl 'y to milch cows and 
Second winfftp if „ _ found fhivtr did a.i. _ ... ... . - 
, * W-Q. VI 1 V 
second winter, if treated in a oomtnon-Hense 
manner. 
Horses will stand more exposure to bad 
weather thau cows, and although the writer is 
decidedly in favor 0 / uniform shelter and com- 
oi t for all young stock of every variety—since 
of course, they then grow foster aud show 
orth all their good qualities, many of which 
found they did better thau when these were fed NOTES. 
wet. especially both in flesh and milk when - 
mangels and carrots are also eaten. liY Charles downing. 
It can be said more forcibly of tho farming „ , _ “* 
than of any other class that the horse is man’s CoXs ° RAN(1K PtFFtN is 0 * English origin, 
best helper, and in view of the extout and and has there been extolled as the "best apple 
fidelity of his services, care should be taken at in the world,” which is no doubt true in their 
a'l times but especially during the severity of climate and soil; but my experience with it here 
wmter, that his modest wants should be satisfied, for some years does not warrant such high 
praise, although it may be classed among the 
very good Apples for home use ; but it is not as 
valuable aud profitable for general purposes as 
many of our best native varieties ripening at the 
same season. Tbo fruit Is of medium size, and 
in well-grown specimens, is half-covered with 
stripes and splashes of crimson on a yellow 
ground; the flash is yellowish, half fine, a little 
firm, crisp, juicy, with a sprightly, rich, subacid 
flavor; the tree is moderately vigorous and a 
good boarer, ripening in October and November. 
Ono of our beet Apples, ripening 
nearly at tbo same time, is the 
“ Moth er," which appear" to have 
been somewhat overlooked, and is no^ 
as well known as it should be, and 
which ongbt to be In every collection, 
however small. It i« equal, if not 
superior, asitn eating Apple, to any of 
its season—October, November and 
December, and even later with caro. 
It is a showy Massachusetts Apple 0 
good njzo, and of a dark crimson col¬ 
or ; tbo flesh is tender, jnicy, wilh a 
\ rich spicy flavor very similar to tho 
EsopusSpitzenborgh,which is admired 
by aH Wli0 k,,OW ik ; tho b ' e<? a good 
' / grower, and bears abundantly. 
\ Fanny. This lino summer Apple, 
/ although not entirely new, seems not 
&>- to ho well kuown ; it is a nativo of 
A Lancaster Co., Pa. The fruit is of 
full medium size, very handsome, 
/ shaded, striped, and splashed with 
j&V C1 imsou on a whitish yellow ground ; 
ffl tho ,,Chh white, fine, tender. Juicy, 
pleasant subacid, and of very good 
B flavor; the tree is vigorous, bearing 
abundantly on alternate years. Its 
good fdzo, beautiful appearance aud 
A ? ood r l ni,,i, >'- wi)l make it vuluallo in 
itf) fie&rfon for market purposes ; also 
desirable in the amateur’s list. It 
commences to ripen about tho time 
A the 1{od Astrachan is over, and con- 
A tir.nes nearly a mouth. 
The Bonne da Rails Ansnuit Rear 
I originated m tbo nursery of A more 
r Leroy of Angers, France. Tbo tree 
is moderately vigorous, and very pro¬ 
ductive, and a first-class Rear forjtho 
amateur, but rather too small of its 
season, September, to moot tho wants 
of tho general market men; fruit, 
scarcely of medium size ; Bkin, light 
yellow, nearly covered with thiu light 
russet; flesh, fine, Juicy, melting, with 
a sweet, rich, slightly vinous flavor. 
The followiug varieties aro a good 
selection of Rears ripening during tho 
months of October, November and 
December. Beurrc llos;, Doyonno 
da Cornice, Emile d'flcyst, Dr. Reed¬ 
er, Lawrence, Bcurru d’Anjou, Dana's 
Ilovey and Winter Nolis. 
| Wo have to thank Mr. Downing for 
the above response to our request.— 
Eds.] 
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COX’S ORANGE PIPPIN. 
BY WILLIAM FALCONER. 
n 
A deal has lately been written, in the English 
horticultural papers regarding the excellence 
of this Apple ; indeed, so loudly is it eulogised, 
that it is likely to surpass in favor England’s 
finest Apple, tho It.baton Pippin ; but if it does, 
so far as Britain is concerned, it may do so un¬ 
deservedly. In tliis country, however, I beliovo 
the future of Cox’s will be greater than the 
Ribston’s. because it naturally prefers a light, 
warm soil and a sunny climate, and is ahealy 
reckoned one of our very good dessert, late fall 
Apples, whereas, tho ltibston Pippin attains 
greater perfection in Canada and tlio Provinces 
than it does iu tho United States. In England, 
aud more particularly iu the warmer portions 
of tfiat country, considering quality and pro¬ 
ductiveness, I don't think Cox’s Orange Pippin 
can bo surpassed by any other kind, but in the 
cooler portions of England and Hcolland I found 
that it i i bot h uncertain and 1 euder, and 0 dy fi ttc d 
for espaliers or walls. On tho other hand, from 
Caithness to Cornwall the ltibston Pippin ranked 
first iu the list of winter dessert apples ; all along 
the sea coast for a few miles inland, wo grew 
them as standards, but in the hill-country of 
Moray, Ross, and Inverness they had to have 
the protection of walls to yield us any favora¬ 
ble result. Cox’s Orango Pippin is rnedium- 
Bized, roundish ovate, with greenish-yellow skin 
streaked aud suffused with red on the shady 
side, but entirely covered with bright red to 
crimson on the sunny check, The flesh is yel¬ 
lowish, tender, crisp, juicy, and has a rich sub¬ 
acid perfume. Tho tree is a second-rate grower, 
0* slender I a fit and an enormous bearer Worked 
on the Notiouoh Paradise stock it acts more sat¬ 
isfactorily thau when grown on the ordinary 
seedling or Crab stock. In England it ripens 
