THE FARM AND GARDEN. 



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©OI^I^ESPONDBNGE. 



Sevmour Carrier Floyd, N. Y., asks, l.-If chick- 

 ens hatchiMl in September andOctnlier will moult 

 tlie Idle. Winn fall. 2.-Will Bralinia lieus sit when 

 led lieuvv <in ground oyster shells, meat, bones, 

 etc.? 'Answer: I.-Yes. 2.-Yes, but will lay long- 

 er and more abundantly and will not sit as early 

 as hens less liberally fed. 



E. C. Jacobs, Rochester, N. Y., asks how to use 

 sa'" (?'.;s; as a fertilizer. Answer: Use it as bed- 

 ding in the stable to absorb the urine and then 

 spread on the land. It may be burned and the 

 ashes used, but if spread on the soil alone it is 

 apt to make the soil sour and will be an injury 

 rather than benefit. Lime will remove the sour- 

 ness. 



John H. Hutchenson, Juliaettc, Nez Perces Co., 

 Idaho, asks, l.-\Vliat is the matter with hlsmare. 

 2.-H0W to keep grafts from drying. Answer: 1.- 

 Your mare has taken a severe cold which has 

 listened i.H tile lungs. We would recommend 

 the oiiidition powder, the receipt of which we 

 gave last P'eliruary, or any other good condition 

 powder. i.-I'ack the root grafts in moss or sand 

 or wet paper and put away in a dark cellar until 

 set in tile ground. 



A subscriber, no State, asks for the proper pro- 

 portions of ingredients of egg food and condition 

 powders given last month? Ans: You can vary 

 them to suit your convenience. Absolute pro- 

 portions of the materials are not required. We 

 should not use over one pound of copperas and 

 Ave pounds of linseed cake to UKi pounds of the 

 powder. The copperas, if given in larger propor- 

 tion, will be too caustic if fed freely, and the lin- 

 seed cake will prove too laxative. 



E. Hoft'ner, Ogden, Utah, asks about concrete 

 houses. Answer: I.' you have cheap, good lime 

 and plenty of good, ciean gravel, concrete houses 

 are cncaply made. The usual proportion of lime 

 is one bushel of lime to eight of sand In the 

 best houses to a bushel of lime to fourteen 

 of sand and gravel. The usual plan is to set two 

 boards the width of the wall, mix the concrete 

 and put in wall, and, as soon as set. raise the 

 boards and 1111 again. A very good house may 

 be made of concrete. Y'ou ask also about the 

 Twomley Knitting Machine. The machine is a 

 good one for ttie purpose it is designed. 



James Kelly, Snow Hill, Indiana, asks, l.-Can 

 raspberries be raised from seed? 2.-Will they be 

 the same as the berries they were grown from? 

 3.-When should the seed lie planted? Answer: 

 l.-Yes. 2.-N0; will be like Joseph's coat of many 

 colors. 3.-Plant the seed as soon a.s possible in 

 pots in a warm window or hot-house. Plant shal- 

 low. When large enough, plant in open ground 

 and shelter the first winter with straw or brush. 

 Y'ou may get some valuable new berries, but prob- 

 abl.y in()st all will be of little value. All new 

 raspberries are grown from the seeds, and but a 

 few are valuable. If you have time you should 

 try it. 



Mrs. D. B. Rowland, Eau Claire, Wis., asks. 1.- 

 How much feed will be required for liii») silk- 

 worms? 2.-Where to get seed of groundnuts? 

 l.-Much depends upon the size of the trees, but of 

 the size you mention we think .vou would need 

 at least a dozen. The worms are voracious 

 feeders and when they are at their most rapid 

 growth consume leaves very rapidly. 2.-Y0U can 

 get them anywhere. Ask for the peanuts uii- 

 roasted of an.v one who keeps them for sale and 

 you will get thein. Tliey are usually kept at all 

 large towns and are roasted as the trade requires. 

 The groundnut, peanut, pindar, etc., are all con- 

 sidered tile same thing. 



Mabel Gray, Oakdale, Pa., asks '.low to make 

 concrete walks for gardens, etc. .\nswer; Tlie 

 kind best and easiest made is to round ui> the 

 soil where the walk is to be made and put a layer 

 of clean, coarse sand over it. Then take common 

 coal (gas) tar and heat it hot in a pot and pour it 

 over the gravel and spread wliile li<it. As soon 

 as it is cold spread over it clean sand and use hot 

 tar again, until the sand and tar make a c<1at 

 two inches tliick, and in a few da.vsthe walk will 

 be dry and hard. If the walk is well made and 

 the grouml previousl.v made very solid, the 

 walk will Uist many years; but if notj will not 

 last long. Y'ou can take long shingling lath, 

 sawed 1x2*2 inches and nailed tn\ 3x4 cross 

 pieces of the widtli you want the path two feet 

 ajiart and nail the lath on tiiem an inch apart, 

 will make a cheap, clean walk. Any carpenter 

 can make it. 



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M ONEY IN POTATOES 1 



40O BUSHELS TO THE 

 ACRE AS A FIELD CROP. 



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n-ing and harrowing. . - 1 ■ • . 2 00 



-.king, plowing furrows, covering. . 1 50 



Tipping seed bv hand 1 50 



1. Jj bushels @6l>c. 15 00 



ivating. etc 6 00 



ve-ling and marketing, . . . . 5 00 



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3 buahels % 260. 62 50 



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arge percentage forth 

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