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months on live stock of every kind. Fodder  ed better now than when the weeds
are hok
not unfrequently runs a little short, the horses,  ng the corn in summer,
and no farmer is ready
cattle, and sheep are frequently turned off with to begin the work of putting
in crops in the
straw, and the storms are more than ever try- spring until the fences about
all such fields are
ing upon the health. A little extra pains should staunch enough to withstand
the assaults of
therefore be taken to make every available the most unruly cattle in the
neighborhood.]
means subservient to their comfort and vigor-                  0
  ous health.                                  A Nzw WHLrnXTRaaZ.-Many accidents
oc-
                                             cur from horses getting frightened
and runing
  It the hay is run out, and the corn-fodder away, caused by the whiffietree
being detached
begins to wane also, chopped straw, sprinkled and dropping upon the horses'
heels. An in-
with bran, and fed in troughs, or long straw  vention to obviate this difficulty
has been made,
                                             and a model of the whiffletree
forwarded to us
with a sprinkling of brine occasionally, wRl be by the inventor, Jacob IMuzzy,
of East Edding-
relished, and help to eke out spring feed.  Of ton, Me.  The whiffietree
is hollow, and is
                         wel  su plid  wth  arrts. strengthened  by  an 
iron  fastened  upon  the un-
course you are not well supplied with carrotsder side, of the same dimensions
as the whiffie-
Farniers in Wisconsin haven't yet learned that tree. Through the wood part
a leather strap
they are among the best crops that can be pro- passes, playing at each end
over a roller. To
                                              hle ends of this strap the
fastenings for the
duced fot cattle, and horses particularly, and traces are firmly placel.
The whiffietree is
accordingly they don't raise them.  It's all designed to remain stationary.
the motion of
right so far as the farmer is concerned, but for  the horse or carriage acting
witheae lby means
his starviug animals we feel sorry.        clatter is done away with.-Mfaine
Farmer.

                Marauding Cattle.                  ShepRaising and Wheat-Growing-
   Cattle may be educated to do almost any
 thing  A quiet cow may be converted into a   EDITOR FARMER:-A short time
since I sent
 skillful jumper in a single season. The first you, in a business letter,
a few lines on the
 requisite for such training is short feed, result-
 ing fron over stocking.  The second is low  subject of wool-growing. I now
send you more
 fences and the third, tempting crops of corn money, and add a word or two
on my favorite
 beyond these low fences. In the spring, grass topic, which appears to me
to be of sufficient
 is usually good, corn and other crops are small
 and uninviting; but during the midsummer importance to warrant even a repeated
discus-
 periods, when the pasture is dried up, the pro- sion.
 cess oftea begins. One or two rails are acci-
 dentally blown from the fence; the quiet and  A man with industry and ingenuity
enough
 orderly animals stretch their heads over to to become a successful farmer
can keep as
 reach a morsel of the tall grass; they throw  many sheep as he has acres
of land, without
 down accidentally two or three more rails, and
 finally leap over.  The owner drives them out diminishing his nett receipts
from wheat.
 as soon as they have learned the difference be-  Most men can comprehend
and understand
 tween delicious food on one side and short coin- that 30 acres of wheat
yielding 20 bushels to
 mona on the other, and puts up a rail. They
 have already learned to leap a little, and the the acre is quite as valuable
as 80 acres aver-
 next day they improve and go a rail higher. aging but 10 bushels.
 Another rail is added, and the process is re-
 peated until they become quite expert-Coun-  By seeding with clover and
allowing the
 try Gent.                                    sheep to convert it into manure;
we may fit
    [During this month the "feed" on meadow  our land for raising
large crops of grain, in-
  or pasture is neither -short " nor long, nor do stead of wild buckwheat,
wild oats and other
  "crops of tempting corn" staftd just beyond foul plants which
tell largely in the mhiminttitn
  th 'w o' 'u, n* .  t of how many tarms, f our valuable crops.
  can it he said, The fences are not low ? Neigh-  Let us bear in mind that
sheep are fond of
  hors SI-i-k and Hard-tip, now is your time to nearly all the vicious weeds
which harass and



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