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New Zealand Herald, Volume XII, Issue 4271, 22 July 1875, Page 2 (Supplement)

A witch being at the stake to he humeri, saw her son there, and desired him to give her some drink. " No, mother," said he, "it would do you wrong, for the drier you are the hotter you will burn." J low ami When to Feed : The HjtriiiijfiM Union states :—Too great a proportion of meal or eut feed is not well on this account for the cow or the ox ; and though more aduussable for the horse, may be, and often is, with him carried to excess. So, too, for a like reason, a proper variety should he provided, alternately of green and dry food even in winter, to some extent, the animal craving and enjoying the change ; and then a due regard he observed as to the times and circumstances in which the food is furnished. The common notion is that tlio horse should | not be fc.l immediately alter severe work, or when heated. But City .Marshal Pease, who ] has had long experience in staging, says i there is no danger in this if the Iced itself is [ tempered ; for instance, the cut feed being I prepared with tepid water ; the philosophy i being the same as that which renders rirink- [ ing ice-water, when the system is heated, unsafe to man. There is another observable fact, somewhat curious in its application to i the lower animal races, although fully | recognised in regard to the human lamily— ' the necessity of at least a brief rest after taking food, in order that digestion may be properly carried on. The following, said to be authentic, is related as an illustration : Two limiting dogs were fed at the same time, with food ot the same quantity and cpiality. Immediately after one was placed in conliiieiiient, and the other spent the day actively in the chase. Until were then killed,"and it was found that the one in conliuemeiit had his f I perfectly digested, while the other retained it much as taken. . . . The philosophy of the matter is fully recognised by medical men, and is as applicable to the lower animal tribes as to man ; namely that when one class of the functions of the body are pushed to active exercise, the vital power is, "lor the time, directed to them, and the others relatively weakened or made inert. The muscular, the digestive, the nervous, the mental can never be all in full play at once. The corollary is obvious in its application to our subject ; the horse, the ox, etc., should not be set at once to its tasli alter eating, and the cow should be driven slowly homeward from the pasture alter full feeding, etc. The" licit Apples to Crow : Among apples, Ciiv'k llrauge Pippin holds the lirst rank, and deservedly .>o ; almost every one who grows lir*t-cla*s apples grows that. It is, perhaps, without a rival, cither for dessert or lor kitchen use. At last the fact is beginning to dawn on housekeepers ami cooks that the bent eating apples oit.cii prove also the bet cooking apples ; over and above that, it is cheaper to have the requisite amount of sugar prepared by natural means for us within the apple than to purchase it from the grocer. The liipstoii I'ippin is a splendid second, if not, as many .would aliirni, an equal lirst. In many localities the tree is much given to canker; but where it does well it is, as every one knows, lirst-rate. King of the Pippins ; is also an apple of lirst-rate merit, and generally a line cropper, as is the Cockle I'ippin. i Notwithstanding all that has been said about 1 the degeneracy of the (inlricii Pippin—that it is quite worn out—it is still a gem among dessert apples, and continue to be shown in | force. The scarlet, white, and Uraddiek's | Nonpareil also continue to hold lirst rank among the most deliciously sweet and crisp dessert apple. The Cornish (iillyllower, Cornish Aromatic, (inlricii Keinette, Keel Colville, and other well-known favourites , still continue to bold their own at the great ' ~i \ .1... 1...„f ,„,1 ,„rwf ,i«,.fnt

shows. Among tlio best and most usuful kituln.ii apples may be named Keinette ilti Canada, Alfristnn, iSlenheiui Grange, Ueauty nf Kent, Wellington, Gloria Mundi, ISess Pool, Norfolk lieaufin, Incomparable, ami Noithern Greening. In pears, Marie Louise still holds the lir t place, closely followed by lieurro Diel, lieiine Uanee, Ueiirre Olair■gcau, Doyenne dti l.'omiee, l'itmaston, Unches.se d'Angoidemc (a new anil distinct pear), Winter Nulls, Glen Morceau, Doyenne Boussoch, Van Mous Leon le C'lcrc. These .sorts occur in almost every collection, proving at once their sterling merit and standing popularity. The Catdlac and Uvedale's St. Germain are almost the only stewed pears that receive any attention from the best cultivators ; and, indeed, they are of so line an appearance and quality that none others are needed. We, however, prefer to grow our sugar iu our pears rather than to purchase it; and, consequently, to stew sonic the linest dessert pears, such as Duchesse d'Au' gouleme, Marie Louise, Cansel's lieurre Did, Vicar of Wakefield, &v.— \"ilt« Hardener.