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stone, while a ‘no-lime’ plot was kept 
for ‘control’ purposes. These tests were 
carried out on four different farms, and 
the results were singularly uniform, the 
balance being decidedly in favor of ground 
lime as compared with shell lime, and 
rather decidedly also in favor of the 12 
ton of ground limestone’ as against the 
1 ton of ground lime. The difference in 
price was also in favor of the ground 
limestone, as the 1 ton of ‘shell’ lime 
cost 14s. 2d., the 1 ton of ground lime 
cost 228 2d., while the .$ ton of ground 
limestone only cost 18s 8d. Alike, as 
regards both price and produce, therefore, 
the balance was in favor of the ground 
limestone, which has the further advantage 
that it has no irritating effects on the 
eyes and the nose, and drops to the 
ground more readily than ground lime 
from a mechanical sower. If these results 
are confirmed by further experiments on 
a large scale, it seems more than likely 
that the use of limestone ground to a fine 
powder will make rapid headway in the 
favor of agriculturists. 
To Cure a Jdibbing Horse. 
The ‘ Nor’-west Farmer’ gives the fol- 
lowing as a certain method of overcoming 
the jibbing habit of a horse :—Whipping 
such a horse is generally of no usa. Dif- 
ferent horsemen have different ways of 
treating balky horses. One of the most 
successful ways of making a balky horse 
work is to hitch him to a tried and trusty 
animal that will pull up steadily but 
surely. Take a small stout cord—a small 
rope is good—and fix it with a noose 
around the tail of the balixy horse after 
the fashion of a crupper. Pass the free 
end of the rope over the horse’s back 
and tie it to the large hame rings of the 
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August 1, 1908 
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ne 
other horse Have the rope adjusted right 
as to length, and then start the old horse 
up quietly. Mr. Balky Horse will perhaps 
Jean back in his collar and not budge an 
inch, as was his usual custom. This will 
not continue long, however, for he will 
soon feel shat noose tightening on his 
tail, and th more he pulls back the 
tighter the noose draws and the harder 
the rope pulls at his tail-head. 1t will 
take just about ten seconds, if the Tope 
and noose are fixed properly, to convince 
any balky horse that he has become ad- 
dicted to » bad habit of which he should 
speedily rid himself. He will give a 
Jump, and inay land 3 or 4 feet ahead of 
the other hurse, and perchauce Joan back 
in his collar again, but just as soon as 
that noose begins to draw on his tail Mr. 
Horse will begin to move, and after two 
or three times backing up on the noose 
he will walk right off, and, with most 
horses, the balking habit will be com- 
pletely overcome. This treatment will 
not injure the animal, but it will teach 
him a valuable lesson which is hard to 
learn in any other way. 
We have seen a confirmed jibber induced 
to move along by simply passing a rope 
round hls knee and pulling gently on it 
when the leg is lifted 
Agriculture is an art as well as a busi 
ness, and the real farmer is an artist. 
The lay of the old speckled hen is more 
inspiring to the farmer than the lay of 
the spring poet. 
The winnower is probably the most 
useful implement that is used upon the 
farm in proportion to its cost. While it 
is useful in preparing grain for being 
marketed, its highest use is found in 
preparing grain for sowing. 
All experience proves thas a small area 
of land properly worked pays better than 
a large acreage imperfectly tilled. 
Whenever a thorough preparation of the 
soil is made before sowing it will admit of 
a more careful tending of the plants dur- 
ing their earliest stages of development. 
Many a good farmer has been spoiled 
to make a poor lawyer or a poor preacher, 
The fault lies with our educational sys- 
tem, which fits the boys only for the 
professions. ‘The boy gets started into a 
profession and finds himself unfitted for 
it, and the result is that he gets out of 
sympathy with the world and mankind. 
How very seldom do we find a decent 
set of tools upon the farm ; most farmers 
have a handsaw and tomahawk which 
comprise their entire stock. It is just as 
essential that the farmer have a good sei 
of tools and possess a fair knowledge of 
how to use themas it is to understand 
the methods of agriculture and stock 
raising, or any part connected with the 
farming. 
THe Propupr’s Mares.—Mohammed 
according to tradition, set great store by 
the readiness of horses to obey any signal 
to which they had been accustomed, and 
he selected mares for breeding purposes 
by a test of their obedience. He shut up 
a drove of mares within sight of water. 
and kept them without drink till they 
were silmost famished with thirst. Then 
the drove were released, and naturally 
started at a headlong gallop for the water. 
When they were in full flight a trumpet 
sounded the ‘halt.’ - Only five, some say - 
three, mares obeyed the call and stopped 
the rest being intent on assuaging their 
thirst. The three obedient mares were. 
chosen as dams, and honored by the title 
of ‘The Prophet’s Mares.’ 
