PRACTICAL PAPERS—STOCK ON THE FARM. 
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DOCILITY OF ALL STOCK ON THE FARM. 
BY D. 3. CURTISS, OF WISCONSIN. 
Several classes of animals are natural and necessary serv¬ 
ants of man, in his efforts to cultivate and fertilize the earth ; 
and it is desirable that they should be rendered as valuable 
as possible. Constant and kindly handling of horses and cat¬ 
tle familiarizes them to the keeper, whereby they become 
far more gentle and tractable; and the keepers come to 
understand their wants, diseases and peculiarities, and learn 
how successfully to treat and provide for them all; thus 
reducing the management of stock to a pleasant science, large¬ 
ly increasing the intellectual pleasure of the operator, and ren¬ 
dering the whole business far more profitable and j)leasant, by 
making the manager better acquainted with all the resources 
at his command, and his animals better disciplined for the 
various services required of them. 
From numerous European authorities, and experiments of 
intelligent American farmers, with my own experience and ob¬ 
servations, I am fully assured, that systematic handling and 
feeding all the stock on a farm, with regular rotation and crop¬ 
ping, in the manner known as greensoiling^ is largely more 
profitable and delightful than any other mode pursued by farm¬ 
ers, besides being far more humanizing—inspiring more real 
dignity of character and sentiment; and whatever developes 
the intellectual activities, elevates the tone and temper of 
all or any of the industrial classes, and promotes their higher 
happiness, is desirable and should be encouraged. 
Ag. Tn.—12. 
