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"kind, without first preparing for them a 

 thoroughly protected situation. 



HEDGE, Seed for Planting.— Gather 

 them in the fall when fully ripe and com- 

 mence to fall of their own accord, shell 

 and store them in a cool, airy place, to 

 insure them not to mold. In the spring 

 in good weather, and at the time of 

 planting corn, put them in a bowl or 

 crock, and pour boiling water on them 

 until the seed are covered, and let them 

 stand in a cool place eight or ten hours ; 

 then pour off this water and put on boil- 

 ing water as before. After standing from 

 four to six hours drain off the water 

 again, and they are ready immediately to 

 plant in the ground, which must have 

 been well prepared by plowing up into a 

 ridge where the fence is designed to be. 

 Then mark off a straight shallow furrow, 

 and drop two or three seeds in a place, 

 18 or 20 inches apart; cover one or two 

 inches deep, owing to the weather. They 

 will be up in four or five days ; cultivate 

 as corn, and if necessary use the hoe to 

 clear them of weeds. If all have come 

 up well they can be dug up in the fall 

 and saved, except one in a place, and 

 those that have been kept through the 

 winter can be planted in the spring the 

 same as the Osage orange, only earlier in 

 the season. If any have missed grow- 

 ing, be sure and fill the space with a 

 strong, vigorous plant; cultivate the 

 second year the same as the first. By 

 having the plants the distance designated 

 enables them to throw out a considerable 

 number of side branches, which are 

 essential and should not be cut off. At 

 two or three years old they may or may 

 not be cut and plashed down as Osage 

 orange ; if not cut down, they should be 

 top trimmed, so as to keep the side 

 branches alive and thrifty, which insures 

 a growth of thorns on the side branches, 

 and renders it stock-proof. 



HOG CHOLERA.— We find the follow- 

 ing in the Southern Cultivator: 



" Last year I lost nearly all my hogs 

 with hog cholera. My neighbor lost none 

 scarcely, which led me to believe that he 

 must possess a sovereign remedy for this 

 evil. I asked why he lost no hogs. His 

 reply was, that he ' kept them clear of 

 worms, and stimulated with black pepper. 

 I first fed them on corn soaked in lye and 

 •copperas, to clear them of worms ; after- j 



wards, gave them plenty of black pepper. 

 Those that were sick got well, and those 

 that were well remained so, of course.' 



" This year I have given my hogs an 

 occasional dose, twice a week, of kero- 

 sene oil, said to be a preventive of chol- 

 era. Several of my neighbors lost nearly 

 all their hogs, and six weeks ago mine 

 showed signs of disease, and I concluded 

 to try the lye and pepper. I prepared it 

 as follows : First, shell an ear of corn and 

 soak in strong lye all night ; next morn- 

 ing add a half teaspoonful of pulverized 

 copperas. Mix, and feed in a trough. 

 This was repeated on the following morn- 

 ing, and a half teaspoonful of black pep- 

 per was added. After this I put a tea- 

 spoonful of pulverized pepper in the food, 

 boiled grits, every other morning for a 

 week. 



" Result. — My hogs stopped dying ; all 

 that ate got well, and are as thrifty now 

 as I could wish. The above is the dose 

 for a single hog. It is simple and reliable ; 

 as a preventive it cannot be beat, and I 

 have seen hogs sick — very sick, too — 

 restored too good health by the use of 

 this remedy." 



HORSE RADISH, Culture of.— The 

 soil must be deep, so as to allow the roots 

 to penetrate a foot or more if possible. 



The sets which are planted consist of 

 the small roots taken from the large 

 ones, and are from four to six inches in 

 length. In order to distinguish the bot- 

 tom from the top end of the sets, a 

 slanting cut is made across the lower end, 

 while the top is cut off square. When 

 planted upside down they will grow, but 

 the roots are apt to be irregular and 

 branching. These sets are planted in 

 May, in rows two feet apart and eighteen 

 inches between the plants. During the 

 summer it is only necessary to keep the 

 weeds down and the soil loose. Horse 

 radish is not injured by frost, and may 

 remain in the ground until quite late. 

 Just before the ground closes up the roots 

 are dug, and after trimming off the small 

 rootlets for sets for planting the next 

 season, the large roots are either stored in 

 pits in the open ground, or preserved in 

 sand in a cool, dry cellar. The 

 small rootlets are preserved in sand, 

 taking care not to make the layers of 

 roots so large that they will heat. 



