418 KfiPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE. 



fumigatiou m a close room has been employed ; the sheep is compelled for several min- 

 utes to inh/ile the fumes of tar, burning solphur, tobacco, or chlorine gas. This method 

 is said to secure the expulsion of the worms in large quantities. A more convenient 

 and equally effective treatment consists in the frequent administration of small doses 

 of oil ol turpentine. This article, given in large doses, passes off by the bowels or the 

 kidneys, and is not as effectual to remove lung-worms as when admiuiatered in smaU 

 and repeated doses that will be eliminated by the respiratory apparatus, a,nd so come 

 dire^jtly in contact with the worms. Oil, or spirits of turpentine, as the ar. icle is 

 usually called, is probably the best anthelmintic known, but it should be used with cir- 

 cnmspection. If administered by force, and in the pure state, a few drops passing into 

 the windpipe may occasion serious trouble ; it is therefore better that it should bo diluted 

 either with whisky, which converts it into an essence, or with iinseed-oil, which partly 

 conceals its extreme pungency and renders it less irritating to the throat. To remove 

 lung-worms from sheep, the dose of turijentine should never exceed a teaspoon ful, and 

 less will answer equally well if given daily for a week or more. A convenient form for 

 the administration of turpentine to lambs is to mix an ounce of the oil with half a 

 pint of whisky, shake them together thoroughly, and give a tablespoouful once a day 

 so long as necessary. 



Mr. George W. Campbell gives a brief history of a new Concord seed- 

 ling-grape known in Ohio, where it originated, as the " Lady " grape. He 

 says: 



This valuable new grapo was first brought to notice by W. S. Imlay, of Muskingum 

 county, who has now fruited it for six or more years. Its character may therefore be 

 considered well established, and it wiU mark a new era in grape-culture as the first 

 introduction of a very early grape of really excellent quality. It is a true Concord 

 seedling, and seems to have all the hardiness, health, vigor, and productiveness of the 

 Concord with greatly improved quality, and a period of ripening at least two weeks 

 earlier. I have fruited it for three years at Delaware and have found it to ripen inva- 

 riably in advance of the Hartford Prolific. The present season it was in good eating 

 condition August 15, before the Hartford was colored. Its extreme earlinesa, combined 

 with its perfect health and hardiness, will also render it specially adapted to northern 

 localities where the season is too short for the Concord. 



The "Lady" is a white grape, handsome and attractive in appearance, with large, 

 round berries and medium large bunches. When fully ripe, of a light, greenish-yellow 

 color, covi!red with white bloom ; nkln thin; seeds few and very small ; pulp tender and 

 wholly without coarseness or impurity of flavor, and of uniform character from the 

 outside to the tenter; in cjuality much more delicate and refined than Concord ; pecu- 

 liarly sweet and rich, with just enough of siirightly vinous acid to prevent cloying the 

 appetite. 



The tenth iiuiuial convention of the Ohio Dairymen's Association was 

 largely attended bj' representatives of dairy interests in Ohio and neigh- 

 boring States. Among the various subjects of interest discussed, the 

 first was the aduUeration of milk. Mr. Ausou Baitlett regarded the 

 graduated cup and cream-gauge as the surest means of detecting 

 skimmed milk, and the lactometer as less reliable. By skimming all 

 the cream from ditferent samples of milk, the remainders ought to be 

 substantially alike, and it was then easy to detect adulteration by water 

 or otherwise. Mr. Welton thought the cream-gauge was as good a test 

 as had \et been discovered. Mr. Pope believed the test of the lactom- 

 eter generally accurate, and said there had been an ellort to have it 

 establisbed as the legal test. Mr. Wire said he regarded the evidence 

 of tlM? lactometer in cases of adulteration as fully conclusive. The fol- 

 lowing resolutions were adopted as the sense of the convention : 



1. That this convention recommend each cheese-factory, before opening in the spring, 

 to notify all patrons, in writing or by printed circular, just what its ruJeswill bi; as to 

 skimming, and that the person in charge of each factory should, (iuring the eutire 

 season, make regular and careful use of the lactometer, microscope, per-ceut. tube, and 

 cream-gauge for the detection of skimmed and adulterated milk. 



2. That this convention reiiards the testimony of these instruments, when carefully 

 and repeatedly used, as tru.-.tworthy and conclusive, and that it recommends the most 

 rigorous enforcement of the penalties of the law against every patron of a cheese-fac- 

 tory detected in watering or fraudulently skimming his milk. 



