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AGRICULTURAL. TOPICS OP INTEREST RELATIVE TO FARM AND GARDEN. Dislocation of the Hip Joint. In cases of dislocation of the hip joint the first thing to be done is to restore the limb to its proper position, which can eral'men usually be done very quickly if sev¬ take hold of the limb and pull it out so that the joint can be replaced by a sudden movement and pressure on the thigh bones. Then give the animal rest, using a sling if necessary to relieve the weight on the injured leg. Then proceed to foment the hip with thick rugs or any thick cloth,and after the in¬ flammation has subsided apply a blister or some liniment containing ammonia or chloroform. The animal will need a long period of rest to effect a permanent cure. The hip snould be rubbed daily even after you have ceased to apply lini¬ ments, in order to prevent the wasting away of the flesh over the injured joint. The rubbing causes an increase in the circulation of the blood in affected parts. —iVeio York bun. Save the Plums. A “Veteran Fruitgrower” says in the New York Tri’une : “The curculio, so destructive of the smooth-stone fruit (And in jurious to early apples and pears) is a small insect a fourth of an inch long, hempsecd. resembling in size and appearance a ripe As soon as the flowers drop from the plum and apricot, it begins its work, by making a small crescent-shaped puncture in the young fiuit, now no larger thrusts than a pea. Into this puncture it its egg, which soon hatches, and the young larva enters the fruit, eats and grows, and destroys its value. The smaller plums and those first attacked fall to the ground. The remedy (which is better than all the many others ever prop sed and tested, and which is based on fifty years of successful experience) consists of killing the insects before they have done much harm, by jarring down on white sheets, and pinching them be¬ tween thumb and finger. To make the jarring effectual, insert an iron plug as laterally long as one’s finger into a hole bored in the trunk at the centre of the head, or if the tree be large, into each main branch, and strike with a heavy hammer on the plug. The heavy jar loosens the hold of every curculio, audit falis on the sheet below, is easily seen on the white surface and is quickly dis¬ patched. The best form of the sheet is a stretched piece about two yards wide and long, the operator’s on a light left frame, with to be the carried ham¬ on arm mer in his right hand. He holds the sheet first under one side, then under the other, with a sharp blow of the ham¬ mer each time, followed with the finish¬ ing pinch of thumb and finger. As soon as the blossoms drop and the plums are as large as small peas, the crescent marks will be seen, and the work must be begun, going over every tree early in the morning, without inter¬ mission, for about three weeks. Some¬ times when the insects are most abun¬ dant, ten or fifteen may be found at a time on a single tree, but by the contin¬ ued jarring day after day, they will gradually Orchards diminish containing to one or two or none. the which forty or fifty plum trees, crops of were so nearly ruined by this inset that not a peck of good pletely fruit remained, have been so com¬ protected by this process that after the destruction of several hundred insects, the trees were afterward seen loaded and bending under their heavy crops of purple and golden fruit, the cost of defending which did not amount to more than six cents a years for each tree. —The common mistakes made in de¬ stroying the curculio are: 1. Striking the limbs with a mallet which has been padded with cotton to prevent bruising the bark. The blow is thus softened, and but few of the insects fall; on the inserted iron plug, one sharp blow brings down every one. 2. Spreading sheets on the wet ground, with boys to carry them from tree to tree. With light rods to stretch one largo sheet, and a central cross rod for the operator to carry on his left arm, he needs no help and keeps the sheet dry and clean. 8. Beginning the work too late in the season, after most of the plums have been punctured, inter¬ mitting it, and stopping too soon. Farm and Garden Notes. Cut the asparagus bed only very lightly' the second year. Begin the to weed well the started. garden crops as soon as rows are Ig Summer succulent food is the best because the cow needs more water during warm weather. But if fed entirely on green food in Winter, the cow may be obliged food. to take too much water in her A. W. Cheever claims that grass can be grown much more economically in rotation with other crops than if the attempt is made to grow it continuously on the same land lor a long term of years. Endive is a kind of lettuce grown for fall use, and when nicely bleached, makes a pleasant salad. Spinach is a crop that can be had all summer, by fre¬ quent spring sowing, and fall. but is more in season in The director of the Massachusetts Ex¬ periment Station favors spreading out barnyard manure on the surface of the soil as soon as possible. It does not gain in value by being kept, and it is un¬ healthy for stock to have it stored under them. A vast deal of trouble can be saved if the battle with the insects is waged at the outset. The little silvery network that spreads itself at the junction of two bare limbs looks harmless enousrh now, but when the skeleton hands of leaves stripped themselves of in all their greenness extend pleading to be rid of the hungry worms that cling to them in an attempt to draw the last drop of life, it is a serious state of things. Then it is too late to arouse to the conception of the work to be done. That there is such a disease of the peach tree as yellows is unfortunately too well attested. Still, much that passes for yellows is due to other causes —poverty of soil and Winter killing of the previous year's growth. In any kind of tree the withering or dying out of dead branches will in time affect its hardier vitality. and The apple is a great deal stronger tree than the peach, but even on this a dead limb is, if not speedily until removed, soon followed by others, the tree dies. In many cases other causes of peach trees dying are ascribed to yellows; not infrequently the cause will be found near the root in an attack from the bo: er. Nasal and Auricular Notions. If large noses were thought a sign of genius, it is not usually the case with long ears, characteristic of the donkey, says the St. Louis Globe-Demo:rat. In China, however, we are told by a French missionary, they are thought indications of wisdom, and common people think the Emperor has very largo ears. The itching of the ear is also ominous. This is a very old superstition, for Pliny says: “When our ears do glow and tingle, some do talk of us in our absence.” Molin eus, an ancient writer, says: .“If his ear tingle, ’tis a sign that others speak of him.” In “Much Ado About Nothing” we read (iii. 1): What fire is in mine ears? Herrick alludes to the same belief: One ear tingles; some there be That are snarling now at me. An earlier writer (1598) says: “If theii ears tingle enemies they say abroad it is that a sign doe they have some or are about to speak evil of them.” Sometimes, however, it depended writer upon which ear tingled. An old “When says h : of the superstitious he man; cheerful, but s right ear tingles, will be sad.” if it is his left he will be The Scotch ask; “Bight lug, left lug, which lug lows?” So in Hull, talked England, about it is said that slander is you if the left ear burns, but. if the right men speak well of you. In Lan¬ cashire this is reversed. The Dutch say that some one is praising you if the right ear itches, but if the left he calls you names. In the latter case bite your little finger and the evil speaker’s this tongue will suffer accordingly. In country, it is said that people talk well of you if the right ear tingles, but evil if the left. In popular weather lore, when the ears ring at night a chance of wind is at hand. Foster, an old meteorologist, says: “Singing in the ears portends a change of weather.” hieroglyph of The ear was in Egypt a obedience. The saying “Wails have ears” is very old. Chaucer says: “The fields hath eyes, and the wood hath ears.” The phrase “to set people by the ears” had its origin in a pothouse custom of stringing pots by the handle or cars them. and clashing them together in carrying It seems formerly to have been a form of endearment to bits one’s ear. We read in “Romeo and Juliet:” "I will bite thee by the ear for that jest.” 110,000 J. F, Irwin, for Bible. of Oswego, N. Y., paid a A Rnsineiis-liltc ClFcr. For many years the manufacturers of Dr. Sage’s faith, Catarrh Remedy have offered, in good they $500 for a case o Nasal Catarrh which cannot cure. The Remedy is sold bv ( ruggists at only 50 cents, 'i his wonderful remedy tation. has fairly attained a world-wide repu¬ If you have dull, heavy headache, ob¬ struction of t .e na al passages, discharges falling times from the head into the throat, some¬ thick, profuse, watery, and acrid, at others, putrid, tenacious, if the mucous, purulent, bloody and flamed; eye > are weak, watery and in¬ if there is rim ing in the ears, deaf¬ ness, hacking or coughing to clear the throat, expectoration with of offensive matte)-, together scabs from ulcers; the voice being changed offensive; and has a nasal twang; the breath smell and taste impaired; sensation of dizziness, with mental depression, a hack¬ ing ing cough and gene al debilit y, you are suffer¬ from nasal catarrh. The more complicated your versity disease, the greater the number and di¬ of symptoms. Thousands of cases an¬ nually, without manifesting i alf of the above symptoms, the result No in consumption, and end in grave. disease is so common, more de¬ ceptive and dangerous, or less und .rstood, or more unsuccessfully treated by physicians. The income of Andrew Carnegie, the iron manufacturer, is said to be $15,000 a day. Conventional “ Monon ” Resolutions. Whereas , The M non Route (L. N. A. <fe P. Ry at large Co.) riesres that to make it known to the world it forms the double connecting hnk of Pullman tourist travel between the winter cities of Florida a cl the summer re¬ sorts of the Northwest; and Whereas , Its “rapid transit” system is nn surpa’ sed, its elegant Pullman Buffet Sleeper and Chair cat* service between Chicago and Louisville, Indianapolis and Cincinnati un¬ equalled; th^b^t’ and rates are as l°was the lowest; Resolved , That in the event of starting on a trip it is good pollen to con-ult with K. 0. Mc¬ Cormick, Gen'] Pass. Agent Monon Route, 185 Dearborn St.. Chicago, for full particulars. (In any event send for a Tourist Guide, enclose 4c. postage.) acid Newspapers soaked in a solution of carbolic make a good plug for rat holes. A Summer ■ Summer’s heat debilitates both nerves and body, and Head¬ ache, Sleeplessness, Ner¬ vous Prostration, and an “all-played-out” sensation prove that Paine’s Celery Compound should be used now. 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