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Apples always keep best when pro
tected from currents of air, which
change the temperature often. A uni
form temperature is best. Hence they
do better in barrels headed up than
exposed on shelves or in tight boxes.
Evergreen boughs are excellently
adapted for covering newly planted
strawberry beds, since they admit air
and shield the plants from the sun and
wind, which is all they require as the
best conditions for wintering.
Wheat bran is much richer in phos
phoric acid than corn bran. Wheat
contains in the whole grain 8.2 per cent,
of phosphoric acid and corn only 5|
per cent.; but nearly the whole of the
phosphoric acid of the grain exists in
the husk or bran. Thus wheat bran
contains nearly 29 per cent, of this val
uable substance. What percentage is
in the bran of corn we have no means
of ascertaining, but it is certainly less
rich in phosphoric acid than wheat
bran.
A new kind of potato rot is reported
to have appeared in Apolda, near Jena,
Germany. The disease attacks the
tuber at once, without apparently in
juring the vines. The tuber is found
covered with a kind of felt, of a pur
plish color, which is the mycelium of a
fungus. The tuber is not always pen
etrated by this mycelium, but generally
it is destroyed by a cancerous disease,
the skin being covered by a number of
black dots.
The Alabama newspapers want the
planters of the South to plant Peruvian
cotton. It does not bloom until the
second year after planting, but it con
tinues to yield every year afterwards to
the seventh year. The staple is coarser,
but as long as the Sea Island and
stronger. It commands more in the
market than ordinary cotton. The only
danger apprehended arises from the
changes of the winter climate. It has
already been introduced by the Agri
cultural Bureau.
A method of preserving green fod
der, such as turnip tops, beet tops, or
other succullent vegetables, has been
in use for many years in Europe, by
which this green fodder is kept in good
condition for six or twelve months. A
trench two or four feet deep is dug in
a dry spot in the field, and the tops of
the roots, carefully gathered when free
from rain or dew, are thrown into it.
They are very compactly pressed down,
and when the pit is filled some straw is
laid upon the fodder, and the earth is
heaped over the whole. In this man
ner this product, which is generally
wasted in a great measure, is utilized.
On an animal becoming choked with
any hard substance that cannot pass
the gullet,harsh measures should never
be used until all others have failed.
The practice of placing a block against
the throat and endeavoring to break
the obstruction with a mallet, as is
sometimes practiced, is simply brutal.
One of the simplest and at the same
time most efficacious remedies is to
give a half-pint of lard oil or melted
lard, by drawing out the animal’s
tongue, raising the head and adminis
tering from a thick bottle. This lubri
cates the gullet, sickens the stomach,
relaxes the muscles of the throat, and
in coughing the lodged substance will
generally pass up or down.
If the choking has existed so long
that inflamation of the throat has en
sued, resort must be had to probing.
Any flexible rod, either whalebone, vul
canized rubber, etc., with a sponge or
soft substance affixed to the end, will
answer. Introduce the soft end into
the throat, holding the animal’s head
up, and, the obstruction being reached,
press it down firmly at any risk, for it
is now a case of life or death.
To relieve the inflammation, apply a
slippery-elm poultice, keeping it in
close contact with the throat by secur
ing the folds in which it is placed by
means of cords to the horns, keeping
the animal on light, soft food, assisted
with linseed tea. until the inflammation
is subdued.
The Weight of a Rale of Cot
ton. —The cotton crop is estimated at
so many bales, and this way of estimating
produces the impression that the bale is
some definite weight or quantity. This,
however, is a mistake. In 1852 the av
erage weight of cotton bales imported
into< Liverpool was as follows: Mobile,
504 lbs.; New Orleans, 455 ; Upland,
390; Sea Island 333; Egypt. 245 ; Bra
zil. 182. A “ Manual of Commerce,"
published in 1855, gives the weight of a
bale of cotton from 100 to 509 lbs. the
heaviest being from Alabama and Lou
isiana. and the lightest from Brazil. In
1790, a "bale of American cotton was
200 llts In 1>24 it averaged 200 lbs.;
and in 18 ’5. it was 319 lbs. In Lowell,
in 1831, the average bale was 301 lbs.
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In these days the bale of American cotton
is understood to be 450 lbs., and when the
crop is stated, bales of that weight are
intended. But it would seem to be de
sirable, on account of uniformity in bales,
to state the crops in hundred weights or
tons. _
The Farmer and Gardner describes
the following plan for keeping Early
Rose potatoes for spring planting : Dig
the potatoes when ripe, in June, and
spread them on a platform under the
shade of a tree. During a rain, they are
covered with bagging. potatoes
are planted early in August, and are
ready to harvest by the first of Novem
ber. This second crop should be planted
on land that had been well manured in
the spring, but no manure is used at the
time of planting. Whole, medium
sized tubers are used. The ground is
kept level and well mulched with straw
or litter. The potatoes raised in this
manner keep well until late in the
spring. _
Mr. John Dey, in a discussion on
Root Culture, by a Wisconsin Farmer’s
Club, said: “The Swede turnip is a good
root for sheep, hogs and young cattle.
Cows fed on them will keep in good
heart, but they are not as good for
miik as the carrot or beet. It will pay
well to raise them. If we do not wi
to feed them, we can sell them ; they
usually bring 40 or 50 cents per bushel.
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The Repository says that scientific
men attribute the excessive effects of the
late famine in Persia, in a great meas
ure, to the wholesale destruction of
trees in that country. Man destroys
the trees, the absence of trees brings
drought, droughts, diminishing the
producing power of the ground, finally
destroy it entirely, consequently the
population dwindles. Spain is cited as
an example: it had once forty million
of people, and was fertile and prosper
ous, now it has only sixteen millions of
people, and is not half under cultiva
tion. Persia was once powerful; it is
now almost a wilderness, and its popu
lation of two millions is suffering from
famine, casused by a three years’
drought. It behooves us, then, before
it is too late, to look after our trees.
. The blue gum, for shade and lum
ber, is extensively cultivated in Cali
fornia. Its growth is rapid. It is the
1 lue gum w of Victoria and Tasmania.
It grows on low, moist lands. The
leaves are shaped like the blade of a
sickle, slightly tinged and veined with
red. It attains a height of 400 feet,
furnishing a first-class wood. Ship
builders get keels of this timber 120
feet long ; besides this, they use it ex
tensively for planking and many other
parts of the ship, and it is considered
to be generally superior to Aieerican
rock elm. A test of strength has
been made between some blue gum,
English oak, and Indian teak. The
blue gum carried 14 lbs. more weight
than the oak, and 17 lbs. 4 oz more
than teak, upon the square inch.
Concerning the enriching and im
provement of light soils, a writer in the
Canada Farmer says :
All green succulent plants contain
saccharine and mucilaginous matter,
with woody fibre, and readily ferment.
They should, therefore, if intended for
manure, be us d as soon as possible af
ter death. Hence the grand principle
of turning in green crops. They must
not, however, be plowed under too deep,
lest fermentation be prevented by com
pression and exclusion of air. As was
mentioned above, such crops should be
turned under when in flower, or at the
commencement of flowering, for it is
then that they contain the largest
quantity of easily soluble matter.
What crop is most suitable for the
purpose mentioned above ? It has been
found that clover possesses the valuable
property of withstanding a dry soil,
and in consequence will succeed where
cereals would fail. It also reaches per
fection at a height which permits it to
be turned in, and in consequence pos
sesses a great advantage. As to the
proper variety, the common red suc
ceeds perhaps as well as any ; for we
must look chiefly to the amount of
material likely to be produced. The
roots of clover also possesses a peculiar
advantage in the manner in which
they bind the soil together, thus in
creasing its firmness and affording a
basis for successive crops of mure ex
haustive character. By giving the soil
a fibrous consistency it increases its
retentive powers with respect to moist
ure. The improvement of sandy soil,
mechanically, can (be accomplished bv
means of the roller. Without this im
plement no farmer can successfully till
a light farm. Compactness 'is one of
the qualities which is deficient in such
a farm,and in consequence the moisture
escapes too rapidly from the soil and
the seed is "not sufficiently protected
by the firm envelopment of earth neces
sary to its successful gern i lation. The
use of the roller supplies thisquality.and
moreover gives to the ground a greater
capability to resist the wearing action
of violent rains.
Probably the oldest timber in the world
which has been subjected to the use of man is
that which is found in the ancient temples of
Egypt. It is found in connection with stone
work, which is known to be at least four thou
sand years old. This wood, and the only wood
used in the construction of the temple, is in the
form of this, holding the end of one stone to
another in its upper surface. When two blocks
were laid in place, then it appears that an ex
cavation about an inch deep was made in each
block, into which an hour glass shaped tie was
driven. It is therefore very difficult to force
any stone from its position. The ‘ties appear
to have been the tamarisk, or chittim wood of
which the ark was constructed, a sacred tree
in ancient Egypt, and now very rarely found
in the valley of the Nile. Those dovetailed
ties are just as sound now as on the day of their
insertion.
President Wileer, in an address
before the Massachusetts Horticultural
Society said: “ I would rather be the
man who shall originate a luscious
fruit, suited to cultivation throughout
our land, of which successive genera
tions shall partake, long after I shall
be consigned to the bosom of mother
earth, than to wear the crown of the
proudest conqueror who has ever tri
umphed over his fellow men.”
A company has been recently organ
ized who have selected one hundred and
sixty acres to commence work on, near
Anaheim, Los Angelos County, Florida.
Oranges, lemons, citrons, limes, olives,
figs and nuts of every variety will be
grown in large quantities. The soil is
a light sandy loam, mellow as ashes
easily irrigated, and beautifully sit
uated.
Whether spring or autumn is the
best time for planting fruit trees, is a
vexing question. How it best may be
done is of most importance. Many
think the question of expense settled
by the cost of the trees, yet every man
who does not spend double, triple or
quadruple the cost of the trees in plant
ing them, is making a great mistake.
Nothing that is worth doing at all is
worth doing so well as planting fruit
trees. Wherever a tree is to be planted
the soil should be enriched to the
depth of at least two feet, and not less
than six feet across. This preparation
should precede planting at least a
month No raw manure, or other sub
stance liable to ferment while decompo
sing, should come in contact with the
roots. Don’t hesitate to postpone
planting one or two years, in order to
make thorough preparation. This is
the way to get fruit quickly. Apple
tress properly planted often bear in
four years, and pear trees in six ; and
they never die prematurely, as do thou
sands planted in the slovenly fashion
that prevails.
The scarcity of trees, for a few years
past, has stimulated propagation to an
extent that we fear will lead to low
prices, and this, in its turn, to excessive
and careless planting in the future, as
in the past. Let us respect the feelings
of our children’s - children, and in their
interest as well as our own, “turn over
a new leaf ” in the matter of planting
ft-uit trees.
The Country Gentleman says : “It
would be interesting to classify or com
pare certain varieties in the different
kind or species of fruit. For example,
the seckle among pears, the green gage
among plums, the Delaware among
grapes, etc., resemble each other for
their excellent flavor, small size and
moderate growth. The Rostiezer may
be termed the seckle of Summer, and
Dana’s Hovey the seckle of Winter.
Wilson’s Albany among strawberries,
the Bartlett among pears, the Baldwin
among app’es, the Concord among
grapes, and the early Richmond cher
ries are distinguished fortheir reliabil
ity and productiveness, connected in
most instances with moderate quality
—to which may Im? added the Ben
Davis apples at the West, and the
Rhode Island greening at the East.
Those which are remarkable for their
excellence, without regard to vigor or
growth, fairness of appearance, or pro
ductiveness, would include the Dyer
and Melon apple, the Triomphe de
Grand, and Burr’s New Pine straw
berries, George IV. and Bergen’s yellow
peaches, Hilling’s Superb and Golden
Drop plums, and Knight’s Early Black
and Reine Hortense cherries, and the
Rebecca and Allen’s Hybrid grapes.
Such lists might be increased and
extended with interest, and would
afford valuable information to novices.
Useful Ijinfs.
Artificial Coral.—To two drams
of vermillion add one ounce of resin,
and melt them together. Have ready
the brandies and twigs peeled and dried,
and paint them over with this mixture
while hot. The twigs being covered,
hold them over a gentle fire; turn them
round until they are perfectly smooth.
U hite coral may also be made with
white lead, and black with lampblack
mixed with resin.
Loss by Cooking.—The loss of weight
in cooking is greater than many persons
suppose. Flour gains in weight about
one-sixth in passing into bread. But
meats, of all kinds, lose both substance
and weight. Nine pounds ten ounces of
mutton, roasted, is reduced to six pounds
twelve ounces, and the weight of the
cooked meat was only four pounds thir
teen ounce.—-just one half of the weight
before roasting. Beef does not lo e
weight in like proportion. Much waste
may be prevented by care, but a large
portion of food is wasted in any process
of preparation for the table. Eggs alone
come back to you with full weight, and
if t the first cost is not too high, are a
convenient, nutritious and cheap article
of food.
How to Cook Corned Beef.—The
Boston Journal of Chemistry says: The
rule has a Hibernian sound. Don’t boil
it, for corned beef should never be boiled.
It should only simmer, being placed on
a part of the range or stove where this
process may go on uninterruptedly from
four to six hours, according to the size
of the piece. If it is to be served, let
the meat remain in the liquor until cold.
Though meat can be made tender by
letting it remain in the liquor until the
next day, and then bring it to the boil
ing point just before serving.
To Remove Iron-Rust or Tomato
Stains from Linen or Cotton Cloth.
Wet the spot with cold water and place
the cloth in the sunshine. Then mix
equal quantities of cream-tartar and ta
ble salt, and sprinkle the mixture upon
it until the dampness has absorbed a
great deal, then lay on enough to hide
the spot. Wet the spot with cold water
every half hour, and if the stain is then
seen, cover it again with the cream-tar
tar and salt. Keep it in the sunshine,
and continue these applications till the
stain is gone. If recently contracted,
two or three applications will remove it.
A correspondent of the AmeWccn Ag
riculturist a says that lard maybe kept
perfectly sweet and free from any strong
or rancid odor, for any length of time,
by putting into each kettle while render
ing a handful red or slippery elm bark.
Treated thus it has a sweet and not un
pleasant smell in the hottest weather,
even when kept in a cellar. This is a
very old plan, the knowledge of which,
if we mistake not, was derived from the
Indians, who kept their deer fat in this
way. We have never tried it, but have
been assured of its utility by others. Only
the ii s‘de bark is i s?d.
The following is a useful cement to
fasten objects of wood to others of metal,
glass, stone, etc. Good cabinet makers’
glue is warmed up with water to the con
sistency necessary to connect wooden ob
jects ; then add enough sifted ashes to
bring it to the thickness of a varnish.
The cement should be applied to the sur
face of the objects to be united when
warm, and then they should be pressed
together tightly. After cooling and
drying the surfaces are so strongly united
as to require great force to separate
them. Grinding stones fastened on
wood, and handles to painter’s stones for
grinding colors, have been used for more
than a year without exhibiting any ap
pearance of fracture.
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Can’t some genius invent a kind of
stable floor that can be kept clean with
out too much labor, and not ruin the
feet of the horses standing on it ? A
horse which we kept in the stable last
winter, came out in the spring so lame
that he could not strike a trot and his
limbs seemed weak and tender, al
though we could find ho sore or tender
spot, nor were his limbs swollen.
We enclosed a small plot of grass,
and turned him out, cutting grass for
him. In one week from the time we
turned him out he could trot off quite
lively, and now he is nearly recovered.
He seemed to be lame in every foot, and
especially in his hind feet, and we have
no doubt that standing idle upon a
plank floor, caused his hoofs to become
dry, hard and contracted, so that they
pressed upon the tender frog.
A correspondent of the Massachu
setts Ploughman recommends the fol
lowing remedy for white hairs on
horses, which appear on spots galled by
the saddle or harness : “ Take a piece
of lard larye enough to give the place
a thorough greasing; rub the same
with the hand until it becomes hot,
repeating the operation three or four
times, and the white hairs will soon
come out and hairs of a natural color
will take their place. I have tried this
on several horses and I never knew it to
fail.”
Che pairn.
In the management of dairy cows,
these general principles are suggested
by Waring :
'l. The cow should be constantly
kept in a thrifty, healthy condition,
and with a voracious appetite. The
great end of her life, the production of
milk, cannot accomplish unless she
is comfortable and cheerful, and unless
she consumes the largest amount of
food that is possible for her to take
into her stomach without injury to her
health.
2. The character of the food should
conform to the end desired to attain.
If for milk to be sold,'to stimulate the
production of quantity, and inciden
tally, to induce the drinking of a large
amount of water; while for making
butter, the food should be less watery
in its character, and much richer in
quality.
. 3. Pregnant animals, in addition to
the demand which the secretion of
milk makes upon their digestive organs,
require a certain quantity of food, and
food of the most nutritious character,
for the development of the foetus.
4. The stock should be so fed that
the manure heap be made as rich as is
consistent with profitable feeding.
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The benefit which fowls derive from
eating charcoal is acknowledged. The
method of putting it before them is,
however, not well understood. Pounded
charcoal is not in the shape in -which
fowls usually find their food, and con
sequently is not very enticing to them.
I have found that corn burnt on the
cob, and the refuse—which consists
almost entirely of the grains reduced to
charcoal, and still retaining their per
fect shape—placed before them, is
greedily eaten by them, with a marked
improvement in their health, as is
shown by the brighter color of their
combs, and their sooner producing a
greater average of eggs to the flock
than before.—/S'. R. Mason, in the Poul
try World.
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The statistics of imports of dutiable
articles for the fiscal year of 1873, as com
pared with those of 1872, are interesting
reading. For instance, in 1872, we im
ported living animals to the amount
of 83,465,554; in 1873, only $3,327,953
worth ; but why import living animals
at all ? Our exports of living animals
in 1873 amounted to $2,555,914 —a bal
ance of trade against us on this account
of $742,039. Os barlev, we imported in
1872, $3,403,607, and‘in 1873, $2,962,-
981—a decrease~of $440,320. Os course
we exported no barley these years,
which we should have done instead of
importing it. What is the need of im
porting barley and growing corn, which
is a drug on the market at ten or fif
teen cents per bushel ? Hadn’t farm
ers better sow more barley and plant
less corn? Then again, in 1872, we
imported $2,317,172 worth of rice; in
1873, $2,304,661. Why not export
rice instead ? We can at least supply
ourselves with the article. Is not this
a suggestive hint, Southern planters?
Then think of ’importing wheat into
this country ? Who would have be
lieved it ; and yet the figures show that
in 1872 we imported $2,188,689 worth,
and in 1873 $2,538,275 —the aggregate
of two years’ importations being $4,-
726,964. But this is not so bad as it
might be, for in 1872 we exported $38,-
915,060 worth of wheat, and in 1873,
$51,452,254 —a total in two years of
$90,367,314. But why import wheat
at all ? Os course we suppose it came
from Canada, and because of high
transportation, it was cheaper to im
port it than bring it from the West. In
1872 we imported of cotton and cotton
manufactures, $25,307,447, and in 1873,
$35,201,317 —an aggregate in two years
of $60,508,764. But we exported in
1872 of the same $182,988,925, and in
1873, $230,190,595, or a total of $413,-
179,520. But why import over sixty
and half millions of dollars worth of
a fibre, manufactured or otherwise,
that we can grow and manufacture
ourselves ? Again, we imported of flax
and its manufactures, in 1872, $22,-
620,243, and in 1873, $21,566,652, an
aggregate in two years of $44,186,295.
But we can grow flax and manufacture
it I We need just such a diversion
from corn growing to make us happy.
We did not export any flax, arid yet we
might have done so !
Scarlet Fever—A Simple Rem
edy.—Robert Christie, of the Potrero,
suggests a remedy for the scarlet fever,
which he avers has invariably proved
successful. It is very simple and lies
within the reach of those whose limited
means preclude them from employing
the services of a physician. It is this:
Take an onion and cut it in half; cut
out a portion of the centre, and into the
cavity put a spoonful of saffron ; put
the pieces together, then wrap them up
in a cloth and bake them in an oven
until the onion is cooked so the juice will
run freely ; squeeze out all the juice, and
give the patient a teaspoonful, at the
same time rubbing the chest and throat
with goose grease or rancid bacon, if >
there is any cough or soreness in the
throat. In a short time the fever will
break out in an eruption all over the
body. All that is then necessary is to
keep the patient warm and protected
from draught, and the recovery is cer
tain. Mr. Christie s ivs he has beenem- i
ploying this remedy for many years, and
never knew it to fail when ‘proper care
was taken of the patient after its appli
cation. One family, in which there
were five children down with the dis
ease at one time recently, used this
simple remedy upon his teHingjthem of it,
and every one of the little ones recovered
in a short time. — San Francisco Chroni
cle.
Receipe for making farmers’ boys
love to stay at home in the evenings :
1. Treat them as partners with you.
Give them to understand that they are
interested in the success of the farm
ing operations as much as you are your
self.
2. Converse freely with them. Get
their opinions, and give them yours.
If at all prudent, make use of their
plans, and when you think your own
best, explain to them why you do not
adopt theirs. Don’t keep them alto
gether in the dark with reference to
your plans for the future.
3. Don’t require them to stay at
home in the evenings all the time.
When there is any meeting or enter
tainment from which they might re
ceive benefit, be sure to let them go.
4. Provide them with plenty of good
books and papers; especially referring
to agriculture. Let them be well posted
in their own business —farming.
5. Never scold them because they
don’t do their work or attend to the
business of the farm as well as you do.
Encourage them.
6. Give them a holiday now and then,
They look for it, and need it; and it
will be better for you them to let
them have it.
7. A little rational amusement now
and then, such as croquet,*, cricket, a
sail, and a swim, will give variety,
health and contentment.
The St. Louis Democrat says that in
the vast grazing districts of Texas, New
Mexico and Colorado, there is a bitter
feud going on between the growers of
sheep and the growers of cattle. The
cattle men cannot abide the sheep men,
and the sheep men are equally hostile to
the cattle men, though their flocks and
herds get along quite comfortably to
gether. It has been declared that West
ern Texas and Colorado shall be made
all one thing or all the other, and as the
sheep interest is much the lightest just
now, it is suffering a good deal. Only a
short time ago, two men in Southern
Colorado made a dash at a drove of
2,000 sheep which were quietly feeding
on the plains; a stampede was effected,
the sheep were scattered for several
miles around the country, one hundred
head were shot dead, and nearly one
hundred more wounded.
Mr. William Crosier, proprietor of
the “ Beacon Farm ” on Long Island,
has been visited, and the reporter shows
that Mr. Crosier gets seventy cents per
pound in the. city of New York, for all
the butter he can make the year
round. Allowing each cow to produce
365 pounds per annum, she earns
$255 50, besides bringing a calf worth,
the moment it is dropped, from SSO to
SIOO. Some are worth over $150; for
recollect that every cow in his herd is
either pure Jersey or pure Ayrshire,
and that each animal is among the
best of its kind. Taking the cows at an
average of $250 each, and cutting
down the butter products, if one
pleases, to only S2OO, it will be seen
that the keeping up of such a herd is a
highly profitable investment. I say
nothing as to the value of the skimmed
milk and the butter milk; but as calves
are brought up after the first month on
the former, and as the latter is fed to
choice Berkshire pigs, that sell for a
high price, these pass as no small items
on the account of profits.
“ Daisy Eyebright,” in a recent number
of the Country Gentleman, pleasantly dis
courses in the following style concerning her
treatment of rats and mice;
“ We cleaned our premises of these detes
table vermin by making a whitewash yellow
with copperas, and covering the stonesand
rafters of the cellar with a thick coating of
it. In every crevice where a rat might tread,
we put crystals of the copperas, and scat
tered the same in the corners on the flour.
The result was a perfect stampede of rats
and mice, and two full-grown cats could not
possibly devour all they had killed; so the
neighbor’s cats were invited to the feast.
The routed rats had taken refuge in the
woodshed, but here the dauntless cats gave
them no peace—so at last a small remnant of
them departed to neighboring cellars, whe:e
rats were more welcome than with us. Since
that time not a footfall of either rat or mouse
has been heard about the house. Every
spring a coat of the yellow wash is given to
the cellar as a purifier as well as a rat exter
minator, and no typhoid dysentery or fever
attacks the family. Many persons deliber
ately attract all the rats in the neighborhood
by leaving fruits and vegetables uncovered in
the cellar; and sometimes even the soap
scraps arc left open for their regalement.
Cover up everything eatable in cellar and
pantry, and you will soon starve them out.
These precautions, joined to the services of
a good cat, will prove as 'good a rat extermi
nator as the chemist can provide. We never
would allow rats to be poisoned in our
dwelling, they are so liable to die in the
walls and produce much annoyance,
During the coming spring there will
hundreds of families from Sussex,
Surry, Kent, Devonshire, and other local
ities in Old England, emigrating to
Virginia. These settlers are generally
people of no inconsiderable means, who
prefer having lands’of their own in Vir
ginia, purchased at reasonable rates and
yielding good profits, to leasing lands in
England at twenty-five dollars per
acre per annum. In the county of
Amelia a number of English famdies
have found homes, under the auspices
of M. M. Blacker, Esq.