l itt f4 - 1,-4ettir PARm,'GABDis liotwou). Widking lamest • The best - gait a horse ever had for every diy use is: a good .- walk, - It is a - gait that not one in- fen- possesses. Colta are not ;:.tredned to walk in all of the Eastern States.: sl r o4bg, Atairies *Ants more speed : Een • tricky hoe more good walking horses - than any other State, for there horseback trivel ing has Jong bees x in , fashion for men and men and women over a country where "muddy ieadEi, at limes, render any other --- gait impossible,-and so horses have been bred for the paddle and trained to a walking gait.. This is also the case in all the Western • States. and perhaps might have been en in New . England when our grandmothers rode to meeting on a pillion hehind our grandfathers. But one.horse wagons hive put horseback riding out of fashion' and now a good walking horse is more rare than one that can trot a mile in 2:40. At the Springfield (Mass.) Honks Show of 1860, the writer was one of the" Committee to award prizes to the best ,walking horses. Out of seventeen entered,. the committee r foUnd but one; hich was considered, a first rate"walker. - This was a Morrill mare, which walked five miles an hour with, ease. • - Two others were;faiiwalkers, and the rest knew no gait that Could be called walking. At the liew,Xort State Fair the same state of facts.was: again developed. A letter from •Wisconsin says: "I think horses trained to walk fast would be "a greater benefit to our farmers inieneral than fast trotters, as al mast all their work has to be done with a ! 'walk." •lonce knew a man in Massachusetts who, i ,before the, railroads were built, kept from two to four teams at work on the road, and' , never allowed-them to trot all, and made ~..- the distance in quicker time thawhis neigh , ' hors, who - tnade their horses trot at every convenient place. He said that when a horse commenced to walk after . a trot, he - walked much slower than his usual gait, if kept on a walk, and thereby lost mor e; than he gained. Will farmers think of this, and pay more attention to walking horses ? Farmers' Ikme 'Journal. I' , • ' OATS. 1 • - ) ' Oatsare of coarse , a most important I article in setae management; and these, as everything a horse eats, ought to be of the finest quality. ' It may be,thought - that the weight of oats is not a matter of great con sequence, nor, in fact; is`it-to cart or com mon horsea;, but it is quite the . reverse to .such as we are pirliOlar -, about as to star;- ins, wind and condition. Horses are ge •;- erally fed by measure, not by weight;_ con fequently in giving light oats, 'we actually rob the horse of his proper quantum of meal. giving him husks instead; and if we feed tdmby weight, going on the principle that a pound of feathers and a pound 'of lead are both a ponad, the. principle would be a very bad one_regards oats ; pound in that, case, e s - though th horse gets his pound weight, if he getal undue portion of itj ri husks he is only filled with that which MI no use to ..him; so in every way light oatenre . bad for chid& horses'. • • '' ' 7 ,- ' • -GROWTH OF WOOL IR THE UNITS?) S.TATF.a. ' .4.. .. The Butiand County (Vt.) Journal says: The history of the growth of wool is very curiOns. Tifty leers ago not a pound of fine wool was grown in- the United States, lin Great Britain, or .in any other country '7 - except Spain. - In .1784 a . small flock was ;sent to the Elector Id Saxony as a present .. . .from the -ring of Spain, whence the entire = -;rodtitit of Saxony wool, now of such im • . nse value. ' 'ln .1809, during.the invasion .. Spain' by the French, some of the value ble crown flock were sold - to raise money. '-:The 'American. Constil, Jarvis, 'at Lisbon, purchased fouiteen hundred' head and sent • - them to thialconntrY. j 1 - portion of this '- pare and Unmixed Merino 'Sock is - still 'to be fbund in:Vermont at this , time. Such was the origin of the immense - flock - of fine wool • sheep in the United States at the, present FATIOE . R'6 CATTLE. -,' Fattening animals of all kinds lay on : flesh very rapidly sa the weather grows cooler. Kee p beeves and sheep;n pasture as 4olg as the feed.is good; btit yard them • at night, and feed twice a day with grain t lf they-are' to'- niarketed soon;otherwise simply feed son s tobe Imre - they ! are con . stantry gaining. Pigs should have cooked • _ .food andplenty of : it. - push forward their 'fattening as ispidi,fas pOssible, for at no season will 'they gain faster., Keep thenk clean and gi*e'them warm;' sheltered nests. Ponitry also gain very rapidly, and ' it- is best to fatten them on scalded meal, with -coin; wheat screenings and -other food in addition, at daylight in the morning and late:in the afternoon. • USEFUL EWE:EFT& • Hers is the way to Prepare Grapts for win ter.—Notice the stem of the grape and you will find that it is dried and withered near tbe branch; cut in 'dry weather as near the - branch - as possible; remove all imperfect fruit, and pack them in boxes; with layers of the nicest wadding between them, not, suffering the to touch ; paper should ,be placed between the grapes and the wad ding, • - as the cotton . - often sticks to . the - grapes, and- is troublesome to pick off. Keep the grapes in a cool place to preserve the fruit from the Unpleasant • flavor of the cotton. Shoifid the season be, hackward and the stem still green, but the grapes as close to:the branch as possible and dip'the end of the stem into melted sealing wax imme diately. Grapes preserve beautifully, by puroune. this course, most of the winter. Fruit Raised Paddiag.—When baking, take two and a half cups of light dough, One of sugar, hardly three-fourths of a cup of butter, two eggs, half teaspoonful of soda, one glass of wine or brandy, cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg; being careful not to let one spice e. predominate, a half, 'pound of washed currants, the same of atoned raisins, Nald'a quarter of a pound of citron chopped `fine ; let - it stand until light, in the pudding dish; ` - bake 'carefully:so as not to form a bear y crust; turn it out. when baked, and pour ` v ' it, when hot; a rich wine sauce; • this will, be found - excellent, It must be,, started very early in the morning. If home made yeast\is used, the dough can be saved until the next day. Sweeten it with soda before mixing in the other ingredients, and allow it to rise again. s- _ - Tickle Beet Boots.—This. - vegetable makes an excellent pickle, and frOm the brightness of its color haaa very pretty ef fect Ina glass Pickle dish or jar. 'Wash the beet perfectly.; do not cut off any of the 'llhrouliiliets, - as this' would allow the juice to escape, and thus the coloring would be lost. • Tut Into snflicient water to boil it, arid 'When - the Eikin`Will'Come ofC it - will be Sufficiently cooked, and may be taken out and laid - upon ai cloth -to - cool. ••Having rubbed off the skin, cut -the beet into': thick slices, put it into a jar, and pour over.it cold vinegar,: withen ounce of whsle black ..peptser; find,an eijuktweight of .dry ginger, and let it stand- nritil quite cold. The jar , kept closely corked, • Quince and ApAS Jetty. Cat small and pu weight of tart , apples and - Put the fluliluee.ln a>preservingg • kettle, Witli-waterto cover Ahem, and , boll till Bolt; add the..epples, still keepingwater to cover them, - anti boil' tillwhole is • 100 1 7 a pulp, —rat the whole-ltd. a jejly: - • " SE ,„ N., and strain withontpressin : '44)ia . 9.1r *trati'Mtriiiiee - -MrtiVertio - : sugar. Boil,Santhirtone hour. For .8051e.7-41ake.st- plaater, of molasses • and flour i _ar how and flour:;and.aptly ft as siften_aa they - ..get If very : panful, make a - MA polsitice of; bread ; - and milk,. moistfried - sin volatile liniment midlands,- 'num. This will ease - Odd; intiantma tion, and batten -ist %cure.= ;Remedies for cleansing the::lood should be freely used. Beefirnake• *Withered- with Onions —Cut upsix onions very, fine;;nut them:dna sauce pan,with,two Cupsful of • hot ,:water about twoouncts of good butter, •somepepper and salt; dredge sn'a little flour. 'Lett% steW nn el the baiting are quite soft; ._thenliaVe' the stake 2 broiled, •put into the sauce-pan i with the ofiioni;let it simmer; about tenminntea, and send It to , the table very hot. _ Baked Haas.-,lliost persons boil ham. It is much better baked, If baked right. Soak it for an hour is clean. - water, and , wipe it 'dry; next spread it all over , with thin batter; and then put it into a deep dish with sticks under it; to keep it out 'of the gravy. When, it Is fully done take off the skin land batter crusted; upon the flesh -side, and set it away To .12ensovo , trt.oud Fiesh."—Polverite loaf sugar very fine, and 'apply it'to the part affected. • This is a new 'end easy, ramedy; and is said to remove it entirely, without pain. It has been pfacticed in England for For Miff Toints.—Take strong salt and water, orbruie, - . beef's 611; - ,one gill each, four'yolks of egks, beat up; mix and shake them well together; apply three times a day. Discutimt omtments are also good. • /adios, Cako.--Scald one cup of Indian meal - with one pint of milk, two eggs, one table, spoonful of sugar, butter size , of a walnut, one-half teaspoonful of soda. Bake half an hour. vAfuotre rrms: •A Virginia farmer says that, with sheep: and clover, he can make any land produc tive, unless it has the barrenness of the sands of Edam • Some farmers commence business in the morning in such: a hurry that - night over takes them before tb.ey have determined what to do first. . The impression, somewhat prevalent, that soft 'corn is better for ..fattening stock than the matured portion has nothing in nature to support it. - • Working horses, when in the stable, are better without a blanketthan with it. When , driven bard aid standing out the blanket should be Used. - SwinKing . a hat , or screaming at a ram- away horse is about as sensible as would be the application of burning straw to .a burn ing „building. 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