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IrOB FARM AND GARDEN. «~
Topping - Corn.
<Tha old practice of cutting off the tops
j corn above the ears and leaving the
hmaining stalks in the field to dry up
id be worthless for any purpose seems
>ry strange to modern farmers. The
itts of cornstalks were practically
orthless when left in the field .to dry.
ured properly and cut when still
steen, just after the corn has hardened,
I ke butts are richer in nutriment than
he tops. Possibly the richest place of
.1 is the middle around whore the ear
as formed. Any one who notices ho w
» Cow eats cornstalks will find that she
lizes the stalk by the middle, doubles
up in her mouth and so progresses
swards both ends at once. When she
omes to the tassel she bites it off and
tops that with the butt, preparatory
o taking another mouthful. —[Ameri
an Cultivator.
Advice to Poultry Rai.cre.
A firm of poultry dealers in New York
as sent out a circular to poultry ship
iers containing the following advice:
*To ensure the best prices, the fowls
aust be well fattened; crops empty
rhen killed; killed by bleeding, but do
iofc' take off the heads; pick nicely
■ rithout breaking skin ; entrails should
>e removed; cool thoroughly but don’t
pack in boxes with clean straw
rye is the best) between each layer of
wultry, in the same posture in which
hey roost; mark each box, specify what
t contains; send invoice by mail; ship
o reach market about the middle of tho
(reek —never so late as Saturday. Fino
at turkeys are wanted for Thanksgiv
ng; prime geese for Christmas; extra
largo and nice turkeys for New Year’s.
Ifyou cannot find any profit in sending
irimo quality and well prepared, you
meed not look for any in ordinary or
pcor qualities.”—[New York Observer.
A Wheat Parasite.
J. G. Allen of Winters, (Jal., one of
the substantial and intelligent farmers
of Yolo county, informs us that for the
■fast 15 years, until this season, nine
straws out of ton in all our wheat-fields,
(contained in the upper joint a small
Iworm, red or pale rod in color, and
Bbout one-eighth of an inch in length.
This season, he says, the worm was
mot found in more than ono straw in
ten, and to this ho attributes tho fact
that tho wheat crop of Yolo was a third
greater than was predicted or expected
by tho farmers. Mr. Allen proposes
prosecuting his investigation further
•nd learning, if possible, from whence
this little parasite comes and what his
afterlife produces. If, as Mr. Allen
believes, tho reduced product of our
wheat-fields during tho last 15 years is
chargeable to this intruder rather than
to tho exhaustion of tho soil, it is cei
tainly an important matter, and should
engage tho serious attention of our state
•ntomologiit.
Value ot Sheep,
A correspondent of the Rural New
’ Yorker says that, aside from tho value
of tho wool, tho raising of sheep for
their manorial value is of great import
ance on a farm where it is not conven
ient to apply manure on many of tho
that require it. A llock of thirty
Jiheep will bring a poor pasture lot of
f six acres up into a state of comparative
richness in one season, I know a farmer
who owns 100 acres of tillable land,
■Whose special crop is oats, and who has
not manure enough for four acres annu
ally, yet ho has kept up tho fertility of
his land by tho aid of sheep. He
keeps from thirty to forty. He changes
them from ono pasture to an
other all summer, and it is sur
prising on what poor pasture sheep
will subsist. I am of tho opinion that
on even moderate pasture sheep do not
require any extra grain rations. They
will rear their lambs well and thrive on
pasture on which a cow would show a
very perceptible lessening in her milk
flow. I have come to tho conclusion
that tho droppings of sheep will pay for
their pasture, and if I had plenty of
pasture fields I would pasture auy num
ber of sheep gratis all summer. There
is a great difference in tho breeds of
sheep. I believe thoso of tho Down
breeds aro tho hardiest and make tho
best mothers, and they are freer from
disease. When I kept Leicester* they
were never free from disease, and both
•beep and limbs di din numbers. My
flock now aro high grade South and
Shropshire Downs. They aro hardy,
good mother: and free from disease.
• veil TnH for ViiMlify and Purity.
A bulletin of the Ontario Agricultu
ral collage contains, among other valu-
vitality of seeds: 1. Place 100 seeds be
tween two sheets of blotting paper laid
on sand, and keep tho paper damp in a
place where the temperature is about
seventy-five degrees to 85 degrees F.
The number of seeds germinating will
indicate tho percentage good. 2. Place
the seeds on a piece of funnel in a sau
cer, with sufficient water to moisten it
thoroughly. After scattering the seels
(100) on the flannel, put a piece of dark
blotting paper over tho whole and place
in a warm room. Keep it continually
damp, and in a short time the seed will
germinate; tho number sprouting tvill
be tho percentage of good seed. For ex
amining seeds as to purity, scatter them
on a piece of blank cardboard, and tho
foreign grains aro readily observed. If
a good collection of soods, true to their
kind, is kept for comparison, tho im
purities can be easily identified. Tho
results of various tests in tho germina
tor aro given. The following infer
ences will practically cover tho whole
ground: Ago has a marked effect on
tho vitality of certain seeds. Many
seeds have lost much of their vitality
from improper curing or other causes.
Frozen wheat is not reliable for seed,
for, even though germinating a fair
per cent, of growth in tho field, is of
more or loss weakly nature. AU seeds
should bo tested for vitality and purity.
A small percentage of impure seeds
means very many in a bushel.
Un the Ponltry Yard.
In feeding poultry, says a correspon
dent in tho Now York World, the old
and experienced birds usually get tho
lion’s share of tho food. A simple old
hen with a brood of chickens, when fed
by herself, will throw herself into such
ecstacies that with tho noise she makes
she will attract tho attention of every
other fowl on tho premises, which loses
no time in hurrying to the spot to help
with the lunch, and then it is bad for
tho chicks.
To remedy this, pieces of lath may bo
sharpened at ono end and driven into
tho ground to form a circle or any spaco
largo enough to mako a feeding place
for the small chicks, and the lath must
bo near enough together to admit of
tho little fowls going through, and yet
to exclude tho largo ones.
A hen and her brood thrive better
when they aro permitted to run out
than when confined to the coup. Fowls
permitted unlimited runs will pick up
nearly all tho food required for them
selves and their chickens.
Turkeys thrive better to bo shut up
for two or threo weeks, for there is
hardly any kind of fowl known as ten
der as a young turkey. Going through
tho wet grass, following tho mother
turkey, is very bad exerciso for them
and many of tho mother fowls have no
discretion where they set down their
big feet, and often flatten out
a young turkey, seemingly
in puro absent-mindedness. A
hen makes a much bettor mother of
young turkeys than ths turkey does,
and it is customary to set turkeys’ eggs
under hens on this account. A hen
s o ems to have a sense of propriety and
moderates her gait to what young ones
can boar, and is much moro apt to
bring a whole brood through safely
than is a turkey.
Porcelain eggs aro useful for nest
eggs; they will not freeze. Tho profits
of poultry-raising for the sale of eggs
and chickens, as well as for uso at his
own table, have hardly received tho
attention tho subject merits at tho
hands of tho farmer. It is ono of the
least troublesome and inexpensive
branches of husbandry that he has to
look after, and pays better than many
other things, even when very much
neglected.
Farm anti Warden Notoa,
You can’t make an overstock of good
butter.
A canvas waterproof cover on tho
farm will save its cost many times over,
if intelligently used. •
Investigations into the cause of tho
swine plague show that, of all farm ani
mals, swine should hive pure water to
drink.
When selecting a horse, choose ono
with medium-sized feet; horses with
flat or over-largo or very small feet aro
not as good.
The milk-room should bo away from
tho i fluonco of odors of tho farm-yard,
of the piggeries, or anything that will
hurt mi>k.
It is now generally admitted that tho
best ensilage if male from red clover.
A* it is very difli u’t to cure it in a wet
season, the advi,*i4Wy of putting it in
a silo becomes ap|i*ont. It is not
necessary to pass it trough a cutter,
as it will pick cUjbsf |m ths state la
whpjb it u cut •'jjao.
Fertilizers.
“There is no fertilizer that possesses the
property of attracting and retaining
moisture in such marked degree that its
application will absolutely discount the
effects of a drought. Kainit, on account
of the common salt it contains, is sup
posed to conserve or attract and retain
moisture. Land plaster has the s»me
property. But neither of these can be
profitably used in such quantity as to
produce any very decided effects in pre
venting the soil from drying. It is said
of such fertilizers that they ‘tend’ to
preserve moisture, but the tendency does
not practically amount to much. Deep
preparation, thorough underdraining,
rapid surface culture and plenty of humus
aro the great practical conservators of
moisture in the soil. Very thirsty soils
should be plowed deeply (but not turned
over) Jbcfore planting, the surface should
be kept as nearly level as possible, the
rows run on a level, and a dry crust
should never be permitted to form after a
rain.”— Atlanta, Ga., Southern Cultivator.
Clara’s Specific.
« - -
They were returning from the theatre.
“I am troubled with a slight sore throat,
Miss Clara,” he said, “and think it
would be wise if I should button my
c >at tightly around my neck.” “I
would, indeed, Mr. Sampson,” replied
the girl with some concern. “At this
seas-:? of the year a sore throat is apt to
develop into something serious. Are
you doing anything for it?” “Not so
far,” he replied. “I hardly know what
to do.” “I have often heard pipa say,”
shyly suggested the girl, “that raw oys
ters have a very soothing aud beneficial
effect upon such a trouble.”
Proof Better Tlinu Assertion.
With such proof as the following letter from
W. H. Dean, of No. 278 Seventh street. New
York, it is not necessary to make the bare as
sertion that Allcock’s Porous Piasters cure
lumbago. Mr. Dean says:
Some ten days ago I was taken with a very
violent pain in the small ot my back. It was so
severe that I could hardly breathe; every move
ment caused great agony. I finally found out
it was lumbago. Being entirely helpless, a
friend sent out to a druggist and got two ALL
COCK’S Porous Plasters; those were well
warmed and applied to my back, one above the
other. In half an hour, to my great delight
and surprise, I found the pain began to abate.
In two hours I was able to walk out and attend
to my business, the pain being almost gone.
Next day I was all right, but continued wear
ing the plasters for a week.
Bismarck has sent to 1 h ladelphia for a
dozen pairs of canvass back d icks.
Very Sensible “Japs.”
In Japan the old-school physicians are per
mitted to wear only wooden swords. This is a
gently sarcastic way of expressing the opinion
that they kill enough people without using
weapons. But the druggist who introduced
Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery into the
Empire, carries a line steel blade. It was found
that all who tried this wonderful remedy for
coughs, colds, consumptive tendencies, blood,
skin and liver troubles, were, without excep
tion, greatly benefited. The Mikado himself is
said to have “toned up” his system by its use,
and the importer was therefore permitted
the exceptional honor of wearing the sword of
the nobility.
There is one crop that never fails. It belongs
to the chicken.
Consumption, Scrofula, (-enernl
Debility, Wasting Diseases of Children,
Chronic Coughs and Bronchitis, can be cured
by the use of Scott’s Emulsion of Pure Cod
Liver Oil with Hypophosphites. Prominent
physicians use it and testify to its great value,
n'ease read the following, “I used Scott’s
Emulsion for an obstinate Cough with Hemor
rhage, Loss of Appetite, Emaciation, Sleep
lessness, &c. All of these have now left, and 1
believe your Emulsion lias saved a case of well
developed Consumption.”—T. J. Findley, M.
D.,Lone Star, Texas.
Bad men excuse their faults; good men will
leave them.
Stamping nnd Embroidery.
“Yes, Lizzie, I like to do fancy work, but I
haven’t felt like trying that pattern—or any
thing else—for a week. These awful ‘dragging
down’ pains are just killing me!” “I know how
you feel, and I can tell you where to look for
relief. Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription is a
certain cure for all those peculiar weaknesses
and distressing ailments. Why! it even cured
me of prolapsus, and many of my lady friends
have been cured of various grave maladies pe
culiar to our sex by this wonderful medicine.”
It is the only medicine sold by druggists,under
a positive guarantee from the manufacturers,
that it will give satisfaction in every case, or
money refunded. Bead garantee ou bottle
wrapper.
The costumes made by Worth, worn by Mrs.
Brown-Potter, the actress, till 16 large trunks.
A Regulator.
A few Hamburg Figs will cure the worst
cases of const ipat ion nnd indigestion, and their
Occasional use will prevent the recurrence of
these troubles. 25 cents. Dose one Fig. Mack
Drug Co., N. Y.
Diseases Peculiar to W omen, especially
montiuA disorders are cured by the timely
Use of Biadtield s Female Regulator.
BLog Cabins, lucking ele
gance, were yet comfortable
homes. Health and happi
ness were lound in them.
The best of the simple rem
edies used are given to the
world in Warner s Log
TIP (. abin Remedies made by
Warner of Safe Cure fume. Regulate
the regulator with \\ arner’s Lc«v Cabin
Sarsaparilla.
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Do Not Think for a Meant
That catarrh will in time wear out The theory
is false. Men try to believe it because It would
be pleasant if true, but it is not, as all know.
Do not let an acute attack of cold in the bead
remain unsubdued. It is liable to develop into
catarrh. You can rid yourself of the cold and
avoid all chance of catarrh by using Dr. Sage’s
Catarrh Remedy. If already afflicted rid your
self of thus troublesome disease speedily by the
same means. At all druggists.
Advices from Australia show that Pasteur’s
method of killing rabbits is successful.
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WTiereas, The M non Route (L. N. A. & C.
Rv Co.) desires to make it known to the world
at'large that it forms the double connecting
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then be it
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Dearborn St., Chicago, for full particulars. (In
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