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A G HI 0 U !, T U R A L .
EARS OF A HORSE'S FOOT.
The bars of the hoise’s foot, arc but
prolongation of the outer wall of th e toot .
Their object Is to protect tho frog and
siivngih-n the foot i/self. Their value
ji. tlii direction can scarcely Ve overesli
t ed. To cut them away, is like remov*
jjjrr tho beams that keep the walls of a
house from falling outward or crushing
inward. If a healthy foot is placed on a
glass stand, it will he seen that the ground
mu (ace cf the wall bars all bear the rel¬
ative proportion of weight. r J hesermight
be called the three great pillars on which
the body of the horse, like some dome,
upheld by three columns, stands. To
shorten or remove two cf these three
columns, is of course fatal. The dome
is of such weight as to crush the sole
remaining support. This is precisely the
condition of things under tiie common
viscious system of shoeing. The bars'
are cut away so that they cannot touch
the earth, the frog is pared down the
same way, the sole is gouged out and the
result is that nothing is left but the wall
of the hoot to support the vast weight
above. When you rcmcmbei that the
wall is very thin, scarcely an inch in
thickness where it touches the ground—
you will sliaue with me the surprise, not
that so many horses “pound their feet
up,” and break down or “give out in
their feet,” as the saying is, hut that any
horses survive at all. The true w r ay is
1o let evnything grow to its fullest ex¬
tent that nature designs it to reach, and
in shoeing, seek only to protect from too
rapid destruction what nature has put to*
gether, least of all cut away that which
nature has provided so abundantly and
more efficiently than the art and skill of
man can ever hope to effect. The vast
importance ol lmvino the frog come in
contact with the “round in order to keep
the foot in health and good condition is
most ably shown in “National Horseshoe¬
ing,” a small book recently published,
that ought to be in tho hands of every
owner and lover of a horse.
INSECT ENEMIES OF THE APPLE.
At a recent meeting of the Western
New York Farmer’s Club, Mr. Green
man, of Lockport, whose devices of en*
1 rapping insect enemies of the apple have
attracted attention and fivo>’, was called
upon and related his experience as fol¬
lows, according to a report in the Rural
Home :
Mr. Grccman had followed fruit rais¬
ing many years and had come to tlm con¬
clusion that lie must destroy the insects
or they would destroy his fruit. The
codling worm had damaged his apples
this year to the amount of $3,000, lie
experimented to learn the nature and
habits of the insect. Exposed the mag¬
got 1o a temperature of two degrees be¬
low zero and upon taking it in a warm
room, it soon revived, but wet was dis¬
astrous to him. Last tall carefully scrap¬
ed his trees, but it did not rid him of the
pests, for they appeared in great numbers
the past summer. Hatched out the eggs
in boxes and watched the worms to see
what they preferred to hide in to enter
the pupa state. First put in paper, and
afterward cotton, and observed that they
left the paper fov the cotton, and spun
their cocoons therein.
lie then made bandsdof paste-board
three inches wide and a yard long, which
helmed with cotton flannel two inches
wide, tacking the bands around the trees
with small carpet lack, He first tried
them tc see where the worms come from,
putting three bands around tbe trunk of
i he tree. He found a number of worms
in both tbe upper and lower bands, but
none in the middle, showing that some
leave the apple on the tree, and others
after they fall to the ground. Ilewa’ch
e 1 the apples after they dropped from
the tree to sec when the worm moved,
and learned that they invariably move
in the nighf, so that poultry would be of
little use in destroying them. When
they left the apple they would crawl from
their hole, raise their heads and look
around and tlfen make straight for the
nearest tree, roaming over it in search of
a proper hiding place, Will not crawl
under loose baik unless some part of it
is fast to the tree so as to shelter them
from the rain. In the autumn they will
go to the fences, crawling into very
small crevices, and seek various other
hiding places. .
There are other enemies of the fruit
tree. The canker worm and the winter
moth, an insect very much resemnling
tho canker worm, but a trifle larger, and
the creeping crickets have troubled Mr.
Greenmail. The latter eats into the ripe
apple making holes which attract the ant
and bees, which cause the fruit to decay,
lie made a trough around the base of
tho tree, filling it with coal tar, and
caught numerous crickets and canker
worms. Filled with crude petroleum it
destroys the mollis and other insects
quicker and they cannot bridge it over
so readily. He invented a cast-iron
trough oast in two sections, which works
well. The joints are cemented together,
and the space between trough and tree
is filled with clay or mortar. They cost
twenty five cents each but thought they
could be made of potter’s clay for half
the price. The bands should be left
giouiui the tree until late in autumn, and
be examined every week from ihe mid¬
dle of June till apples are grown.
MERCY.
The quality of mercy is not strained—
It droppetli as the gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath ; it is twice blessed—
It blesses him that gives, and him that takes ;
’T is mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes
1 lie throned monarch better than his. crown ;
His scepter shows the force of temporal power,
The attribute to awe and majesty,
Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings;
But mercy is above this seep! red sway—
It is enthroned in the hearts of kings,
11 is an attribute of God himself;
And earthly power doth then show likest God’s
When mercy seasons justice. [SnAKsPEAiiE.
The display of dress in many religious
assemblies, is hardly less magnificent
than that which one sees at the opera, or
the dress rehearsal. It is quite common
to hear a congregation praised as being
quite “stylish,’’ The lustre of silks, and
the waving of plumes, and the glitter of
tinsel, says au eminent Divine, make the
spectacle seem from the pulpit, the Sab¬
bath day, really a brilliant one. If the
minister were as much given to the ob¬
servation of millinery, as some of his
fair parishioners are, his position would
afford him a most eligible outlook. If
he can only contrive to forget where he
is, and what the errand is that brought
these people together,^he may even take
great pleasure in the fair vision.
SUCCESS IN LIFE.
Benjamin Franklin attributed his suc¬
cess as a business man, not to his talents
or his power of speaking—for these were
moderate—but to his known integrity of
character, “Hence it was,” he says,
“that 1 had so much weight with my
fellow-citizens. I was but a bad speak¬
er, never eloquent, subject to much hesi¬
tation in my choice cf words, hardly
correct in language, and yet I generally
carried my point.” Character creates
confiedenoe in men in high station as
well as in humble life. It was said of
the first Emperi r Alexander of Russia,
that his personal character was equiva¬
lent to a constitution. During the war
of the Fronde, Montaigne was the only
man among the French gentry who kept
his castle gates unbarred; and it was
said of him, that his character was worth
more to him than a regiment o( horse.
That character is power, is true in a much
higher sense than that knowledge is
power. Mind without heart, intelligence
without conduct, cleverness without
goodness, are powers in their way, but
they may be powers only for mischief.-—
We may be instructed or amused by
them ; but i is as difficult sometimes to
admire them as it would be to admire the
dexterity of the pickpocket, or the horse¬
manship of a highwaymen. Truthful¬
ness, integrity and goodness—qualities
that hang not on any man’s breath—form
the esence.of manly character, or, as one
of our old writers has it, “that inbred
loyalty unto virtue which can serve her
without a livery.” When Stephen of
Colonna fell into the hands of h-s base
assailants, they asked him, in derision,
“Where is now your fortress?’’ “Here,”
was his bold reply, placing bis hand up¬
on his heart. It is in misforturie that the
character of the upright man shines forth
with the greatest lustre ; and when all
else fails, he takes stand upon his integ¬
rity and upon his courage.
Table of Weights and Measures.
Wheat.................. 60
Shelled com......... ...56
Corn in ear.,...,...... 70
Peas.................... 60
%e..................... 56
Oats..................... 32
Barley.................. .47
Irish Potatoes...... 68
Sweet Potatoes...... ,55
White Beans........ .58
Castor Beans........ .46
Clover Seed......... .60
Timothy Sex d...... ,46
Flax Seed............ 56
Hemp Seed........... .44
Blue Grass Seed,.... 14
Buckwheat........... ......52
Dried Peaches..... ,38
Dried Apples........ .24
Onions................. 57
Salt.................... .50
Stone Coal........... .88
Malt.................... 4
Bran ......... ....... 20
A WARNING.
Those who think they can purchase! Stoves
ill Atlanta, cheaper than they can from me,
let them take warning from this example. A
Falstaffian friend came in last week to buy a
stove. I offered him one of my magnificent
No. 7 Columbia Cooks, (which is as
large and heavy as an ordinary No. 8] with a
dray load of Trimmings, for $20 00. He said
he could do better in Atlanta. He went there
and bought, with this result:
A Light, No. 7. Stove §20 00
Freight and drayage, 75
Expenses of trip, 3 00
Deficiency in pipe, bought
of me. 25
$24 00
2tf E, ROBERTS.
$1,000 ! $2,000 !! $3,000 !!! $4,0001!!!
IT V 7 TLL be sold before the Court house door,
Y in Conyers, on the first Tuesday in March
next, All tli Judgments, Notes and Accounts
belonging to the late firm of MoCord & Sons,
which are new in my hands for collection.
Terms cash, J. C. BARTON,
jan!9tds Transferee.
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Conyers, Ga., April 26—ly«
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Con ers, Ga, jan 5. ’78tf
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Had Asthma Thirty Years.
“ I have had Asth Baltimore, February and 3,1875. found
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end My wife thinks it the best is medicine than in the world,
the children snv it ‘nicer molasses
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T. P. ELLIS, M.D., Newark, N.J.
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Texas.
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HUE. FAT. FRESH FAMILY FISH.
HPHE Third Lot of New Fat Mackerel, in bbl
L Ha f bbls„ Quarter bbls. and Kits, have
just been received at
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Convers, Ga. jan 5 ’78, tf
J. H. ALMAND SON 4 00
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Conyers, Ga. Feb. 2, tf
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