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good winter treatment. A valuable young,
horse which had met with an accident
by which it will must probably lose an eye,
was brought out for us to see. A short walk
to the pasture field was taken , which like
most of our tramps of latter years , was cut
off too short. We as a body have aged too
rapidly in this respect. On returning to
the house the following questions were discussed.
Question 1^st Shall I wait for rain to get any
corn land in order ?
Ans ---- 11 would wait for rain and the same
number would go on reducing lumps
with rsoller and [harraro?] .
Ques 2^nd Will hogs do best in pens ,or in small
enclosures when grass is growing ?
Ans --- It was generally thought that they
would do better in pens,with grass
cut for them, as the standing grass
would soon be destroyed , leaving short
allowance .
Ques 3^rd How is the ice Keeping ?
Ans -- For most present, about as usual,
tho' two or three answer"melting badly."
Ques 4^th What do you think of "[Sulky Cultivation?]"
for working corn
Ans ---- No one has use them sufficiently to
give an opinion . Your Sec'y thinks
they will come into general use as
soon as we get to using corn planters,
Ques 5^th Shall I feed crushed corn , or corn meal