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probable that electricity might be concluctecl from the roof to the 

 ground. It is equally probable that in less than twelve months 

 hence the bottom of the rods would become so rusty as absolutely 

 to be a non-conductor. 



When to cut Timothy. 



Mr. Gilbert Martien, Ashland, Ohio, writes: "After an experi- 

 ence of over forty years, I am fully established in the opinion that 

 the proper time to obtain the largest amount of good timothy hay 

 for all stock, is when it has done blossoming. If cut when in 

 head before blossoming, the juice is thin, watery and tasteless, 

 and when cured the ha}^ (what little you have) is a light drab 

 color, in weight and nutriment about equal to oat straw. When 

 in bloom the juice begins to assume a greenish color, and hay 

 when cured, is of a bluish color, and is more nutritious, and has 

 more bulk and weight. When just out of bloom, the stalks con- 

 tain a rich green juice, the hay is easily cured, and retains nearly 

 the same color as when cut, yields more hay than at any previous 

 time, and better feed for horses, cattle and sheep. When further 

 advanced toward maturity, say when the seed is beginning to 

 ripen, we have more weight, and for horses I consider it most 

 preferable." 



How TO Grow Grape Cuttings. 



Mr. C. J. Pennoyer, Sharon Station, N. Y., writes: "I have 

 been raising some grape vines the past two seasons from cuttings. 

 I planted them in Ml, deep, tied in bunches, left them till I 

 thought all signs of frost were over, prepared my ground, then 

 took up the cuttings, found them with sprouts some two inches in 

 length. I placed thorn carefully in the ground with the sprouts 

 above. I then gave them a good sprinkling, placed brush around 

 them, and covered with old thin rag-carpet; kept the ground 

 moist; when it was rainy removed the carpet, but last season 

 used green hemlock boughs instead of carpet, and liked it better; 

 raised some lona and Rebecca in a pot with window glass over 

 them; had fine roots; put them in the cellar last fall; set them in 

 the ground in the spring; grew well; took off some cuttings last 

 of July, placed them in a pot with glass over; found them rooted 

 some tAvo weeks since; one two ^^ear old Concord has a number 

 of fine bunches of grapes, and one Delaware one small bunch. I 



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