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again without any special measures .being 
taken, but more likely than not, once,the 
horse has got into the habit of remaining 
standing up at nights as the results of 
being cast in its stall, it will continue in 
it, unless some special means are adopted 
to break it of the same. 
In seeking a cure, the first remedy is to. 
place the horse in a loose box if one is 
available, the animal, ot course, being left . 
loose, so that it can move about therein 
at will. The roomier the loose box is the. 
better. Though it may be averse to lying 
down ina stall, and when its head is tied 
up (under which conditions its movements . 
are so greatly. interfered with and 
restricted), the horse, on being accom- - 
modated in a loose box, will very usually 
lie down readily on finding that it enjoys’ 
Complete freedom of movement and ¢an - 
turn about as much as it likes. A deep: 
bed of straw should also be provided, as a’ 
plentifu: supply of litter will be'a further 
inducemant to the hor.c to lie down. Once 
the animal has learned to get down again, 
it will continue to do so, and it will thus 
quickly lose its habit of remaining ina 
standizg position at nights. Should a 
loose box not be available, the horse may 
be quartered in an empty barn or in a’ 
coachhouse—the kind of accommodation. 
matters little, the essential thing ~ being” 
that the horse should enjoy ample room ' 
so that it can turn about at will, and that. 
it should not be tied up. Given these 
two conditions, it willbe found in the- 
majority of cases that horses which have 
got into the habit of not lying down in a 
stall will speedily lose it again. It willof 
course, not do to transfer them back to a 
stall for some considerable time after they 
appear to have been cured of their bad 
habit, because on the horse once more 
being placed in circumscribed quarters, 
and having its head tied up, the old 
trouble will most probably recur. The 
horse must be left in the loose box or 
other roomy quarters for along time, so 
that it may quite forget about its former 
habit of not lying down. 
—‘Live Stock Journal.’ 
Peas, as green fodder, either alone or 
with oats or barley, are a fodder that is 
highly relished by pigs. 
Teeswater Sheep. 
The old Teeswater breed of sheep was 
the largest in England (says ‘The Live 
Stock Journal’). Four-year-olds were 
killed, which weighed 55 lb. per quarter, 
and evenmore. Mr. Thomas Hutchinson 
of Stockton, an eminent breeder and 
grazier, killed at Christmas, 1779, a wether 
which scaled 17 st. 11 1b. (14 lb to the 
stone), with 17 lb. of tallow. This, says 
Culley, was the heaviest sheep by several 
pounds per quarter he ever heard of. The 
animal was of the ‘true old ‘Teeswater 
breed,’ which was famed for its mutton: 
These sheep were not kept in large 
flocks, and conld not thrive on poor 
ground, and the practice was to depasture 
them in small numbers in small enclosures 
of the best grass, The enclosures were 
well sheltered, and the sheep had access 
toastack of hay in winter. The Teeswater 
ewes were prolific breeders. Mr. 
Eddison possessed one which, in six years 
1772-77, produced twenty lambs, the first 
nine in eleven. months! 
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Miscellaneous Items. 
Few foods equal peas when judiciously 
associated with other foods in producing 
a well-flayored, good-textured pork and 
bacon. 
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Clean dirt off roots for fodder befcre 
cutting them, and take care that no bits 
of iron or glass get mixed up with the 
fodder. : 
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Superphosphates and ground bone are 
suitable for most crops, and returns will 
be obtained on most soils and on most 
crops the first year. 
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When pigs are weaned and are expected 
to make a good profitable growth, they 
will require more care and better feeding 
than they received while running with 
the sow. 
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All farmers know that animal bone is a 
good source of supply of phosphoric acid; 
they also know that the availability of 
the phosphoric acid will differ in different 
samples, 
THE AUSTRALIAN GARDENER. 
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Edw. 
March 1, 1909 
This year’s Royal Agricultural Show: 
in Melbourne will extend from August’ 
31 to September 4, Last year’s experi-" 
ment of an extra three days was not a 
success, and will not be repeated. 
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On soils rich in vegetable matter 
(humus), where decay proceeds rapidly 
and organic acids are formed, the\ ground 
phosphate rock will give in many cases: 
satisfactory returns, if applied in suftici- 
ent quantities, ; ; 
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What is usually called ‘ cold’ soil is duo. 
mostly to excess of water, which finds no 
outlet by sinking into it, and is forced to- 
evaporate from the surface. This takes. 
so much heat from the so:] that vegota- 
tion will not readily gtow in it. 
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Plenty. of exercise is absolutely neces-- 
sary for stock. This is especially true o¢ 
the brood mare, brood sow, and breeding 
ewes. Without it they are very certain 
to disappoint their owner at the time. 
they bring forth their young. 
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Ground phosphate rocks are suitable 
for sour soils, which sourness is not due- 
to excess of water Ground phosphate 
rocks are not suitable for soil that have 
been farmed for a long time, and in 
which the vegetable matter is exhausted. 
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A sow is good for breeding purposes 
much longer than is generally supposed, 
After the pigs are farrowed, everything. 
that will make for development should be 
provided, as when they are not fed and 
sheltered properly they become stunted. 
and unprofitable. 
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