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the diseased parts. The turpentine kills the ex- 

 cresence and the trees put out healthy branches 

 below it. He burns all branches of diseased trees 

 removed in pruning. 



— Half a dozen eggs beat up with two ounces of 

 salt, is recommended as a sure relief of cattle 

 choked with a potato or an apple, by a correspon- 

 dent of the Country Gentleman. 



— It is estimated that the maple sugar product 

 of Michigan this year is one-third larger than ever 

 before; or some 7,000,000 pounds, which at 16 

 cents, would amount to $1,120,000. 



— The Rural New Yorker concludes that our 

 citit-S are less prosperous than of late years, with 

 few indications of improvement, while the coun- 

 tr.v is in a comparatively progressive and enviable 

 condition. 



— The Gardener's Monthly, in speaking of the 

 nasty rose slug and the rose bug, says all through 

 the garden handpicking and watchfulness will be 

 found the best remedy for all the larger class of 

 insects. 



— Potato speculators in some sections of the 

 country have been badly bitten this season. A 

 Michigan paper says that farmers in portions of 

 the State have been obliged to sell potatoes at fif- 

 teen cents per bushel, for which they refused $1.50 

 last fall, and that with very large stocks on hand. 



— A correspondent of the Country Gentleman in 

 an article on raising wheat says, "If the farmers 

 of this State would try one-half as hard to raise 

 their own bread, as some of them do to raise fast 

 horses to spoil their children with, we should soon 

 hear the last of importing wheat from the West." 



— A Southern paper says mosquitoes may be 

 driven from a room by placing a piece of gum 

 camphor, one-third the size of a common egg, in a 

 tin vessel and evaporating it by holding it over a 

 lamp, taking care it does not ignite. The smoke 

 will fill the room and expel the mosquitoes. 



— At the Newcastle, Eng., Farmers' Club, Mr. 

 Throckly gave six good rules for beef raisers : 1. 

 Never buy a bad bred beast. 2. Cheap bought is 

 half sold. 3. Feed the best food. 4. Give it reg- 

 ularly, and clean. 5. Keep them warm and dry. 

 6. Seil as soon as fat. 



— A correspondent of the Germantown Telegraph 

 says that he knows a first-class farmer who culti- 

 vated his fence corners, or rather land which the 

 plough would not reach along the fences, in grass, 

 and found that the product met all the expenses, 

 and his fields suffered very little from weeds. 



— Maj. S. Dill, of Phillips, Me., writes to the 

 Maine Farmer, that "Sheep still continue to 'kick 

 tae tjucket,' notwithstanding they have got out to 

 grass. Quite a lot of farmers have lost half their 

 flocks. One farmer remarked that he had lost fif- 

 teen out of thirty-one, another replied that he 

 could Ijeat that, for he had lost eighteen out of 

 twenty-eight. I believe worms in the head to be 



the chief cause. I saw one head opened which 

 contained five large grubs or worms." 



— To prevent inflammation and soreness in a 

 foot wounded by a rusty nail, a correspondent of 

 the Germantown Telegraph says as soon as possi- 

 ble after the foot is hurt put some hot ashes in 

 half a pail of water and immerse the foot in water 

 while as hot as can be to be comfortable, and keep 

 it in half an hour. 



— A Virginia correspondent of the Rural New 

 Yorker has fed his horses a raw potato once or 

 twice a week for the past twelve years, and they 

 have never been troubled with the ascarides or 

 pin worms. His grandfather, who had an exten- 

 sive experience with horses, considered it a sure 

 preventive. 



— The Toronto Globe gives a description of a 

 successful "Minkery" at Patterson, Can. An acre 

 of land is enclosed by a close high fence. Build- 

 ings and fixtures are somewhat expensive, but it is 

 claimed that with skins at four or five dollars each 

 the establishment is profitable. They are fed on 

 liver, hearts, lights, &c., which a butcher furnishes 

 at a dollar a mink per year. 



— The Lewiston, Me., Journal thus describes a 

 new apple. "Among the productions of Franklin 

 county which are spoken highly of is the Deane 

 apple, known sometimes under the name of the 

 nine ounce apple. It is described as an excellent, 

 fine looking and eating apple, of large size, and 

 will keep on shelves till February. The tree 

 spreads low, and is hardy. It seems to be a great 

 favorite among those who cultivate it. It origi- 

 nated, we believe, in Temple." 



— A correspondent of the Prairie Farmer says, 

 take up a dozen or so of your cabbage plants as soon 

 as they are large enough, without regard to the 

 weather, and take them to the place you wish to 

 set. Have a dish of rain water with you. Make 

 a hole and put in your plant, fill in the dirt and 

 press it firmly around the roots until the hole is 

 nearly full. Then turn in half a gill or so of water, 

 and haul fresh dirt upon that, but do not press it. 

 This will prevent the ground from baking, and the 

 plant is almost sure to grow. 



—Mr. N. M. Carpenter, of Ellington, N. Y., 

 contributes to the New York Farmer's Club the 

 following cure of flatulent colic in horses, a dis- 

 ease of which he thinks horsemen are sadly igno- 

 rant, and the fatal results of which he believes are 

 frequently ascribed to bots. He says: "Take a 

 piece of old or worthless cotton cloth, set it on 

 fire in such a manner that it will not blaze, but 

 will smoke well ; throw a blanket over the horse's 

 head, so as to confine the smoke about the nostrils 

 as much as possible ; continue to apply the smoke. 

 10 or 15 minutes, which seems to act as an anti- 

 spasmodic, and, so far as I know, has never failed , 

 to give relief, although the second application has 

 been required sometimes, in very bad cases, to ■ 

 render the cure permanent." 



