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ing and liaDdling the droppings and apply- 

 ing them to the land, than mixing and 

 composing them with stable manure? 



In conclusion I suppose I shall have to 

 own up, as with many of my other discover- 

 ies, that it is not exactly neiv. In fact, it is 

 just the way I kept chickens when a lad 

 of ten or twelve, more than 60 years ago. 

 My chicken-house was a " lean-to " back of 

 the horse-stables. I tixed a door under the 



sill of the barn so manure could be shoveled 

 into the care of my fowls easier than to lift 

 and throw it out at the little door. The 

 chickens dug it over and over, even in zero 

 weather, and I had eggs to sell when no one 

 else did ; and when it cam.e summer time, 

 " our garden " (mother's and mine) was 

 ahead of the whole neighborhood because 

 of our supply of fine, di'y, pulverized poul- 

 try and stable-manure compost. 



Health Notes 



" IP EVERY ONE DID AS TERRY DOES." 

 V. W. Clough, Brewster, Wash., writes to Glean- 

 ings IN Bee Culture, heartily endorsing The Prac- 

 tical Farmer's health book. And tlien he adds that, 

 " If we all lived as Terry does, eveiy tiling in the 

 eating line would be a drug on the market, with the 

 possible exception of fruit ; it would mean the bank- 

 ruptcy of our nation." You can leave out the "possi- 

 ble." The fruit would all be eaten, and much more 

 called for. We see no reason why the demand for 

 vegetables would not be about the same as at pres- 

 ent. There would be less grain products eaten, be- 

 cause we would get more good from a smaller 

 amount, on account of more thorough chewing. So 

 there would be far more grain to ship to England, 

 which would be good for the nation, and would in 

 no way injure the producers. White beans are a 

 leading article of food in New England, but they are 

 not as much used as they should be in many other 

 sections. If every one lived as Terry does, the mar- 

 ket price of the legumes would be higher than at 

 present, unless many more were raised. Terry bought 

 3 % gallons of extracted honey last winter. If every- 

 body used as much, the price of honey would go 

 soaring. He bought three gallons of pure olive oil, 

 and will soon have to get another. Growers could 

 not begin to supply the demand if every one ate as 

 much. His wife and he eat from 1 V2 to 2 pounds 

 of lest creamery butter per week. The price would 

 go higher than it is now if every one used it as free- 

 ly. If all let meat alone, as Terry does, because he 

 can do better, there would be vastly more to ship to 

 Europe, where it is wanted. The nation would actu- 

 ally gain by it. If Terry's simple, wholesome way of 

 living were followed by all it might make a tempo- 

 rary trouble for egg-producers, but soon they would 

 find a way to can or evaporate their products and 

 ship them to countries not so well posted. This 

 would not bankrupt our nation, although it might 

 be considered as not loving our neighbors as well as 

 ourselves. As to adulterated, poisoned, and injurious 

 articles, they ought to be " a di-ug on the market." 

 If every one shunned liquor as Terry does, there 

 would be enough more grain to sell to pay soon the 

 huge national debt. And there would be hundi-eds of 

 millions more money in the hands of the people for 

 comforts and real luxm-ies. Terry has never used 

 tobacco. If every one did the same, the saving in 

 money and the greater efficiency of our young men 

 would soon boom business away out of sight of what 

 it is in any other country on earth. 



The above comes from the Practical 

 Farmer. If Terry means that he and his 

 wife use perhaps 31/2 gallons of honey a 

 year it certainly would send the price of 

 honey soaring if every one used as much. 

 If the necessaries of life, especially butter, 

 eggs, and milk, should get to be a " drug 



on tlie market," it would be a gi'eat boon 

 to the hard-working people who are at pres- 

 ent complaining of the " high cost of liv- 

 ing." When eggs get down to 20 cts. a 

 dozen, instead of 30 and 40, in my Florida 

 home, I always feel happy, because it is 

 such a blessing to poor people, even if it 

 does come a little hard on the " chicken 

 man." May God speed our good friend 

 Terry and his hosts of followers. 



CASSAVA — SOMETHING MORE ABOUT IT. 



We clip as follows from the Florida 

 Grower: 



In Jamaica a new industry has recently sprung 

 up in the line of making cassava wafers which are 

 now exported to the United Kingdom and the United 

 States. These wafers are made in several forms 

 from the huge coarse " bammies," consisting of the 

 grated root with a little of the starch pressed out, 

 made into thin sheets and toasted or roasted or fried, 

 to the delicate " tea wafers " which for some time 

 have been used at fashionable luncheons and after- 

 noon tea parties, especially in Boston. Nowhere is 

 there any thing else in the bread line quite so good, 

 in my opinion, a-s hot-buttered " bammies " fresh 

 from the fire. 



Not only the wafers, cookies, and cakes, but also 

 the new breakfast foods, tapioca, flour, etc., made 

 from the grated root treated in different ways, are 

 bound to be popular. 



GETTING RID OF ROACHES, ETC. 



Some years ago I saw an article in a newspaper 

 saying that roaches could be destroyed by placing in 

 their reach a mixture of flour, sugar, and plaster of 

 Paris, all finely pulverized. The mixture is to be put 

 in a dry place. I don't remember the proportions of 

 the different ingredients; but the readers of Glean 

 ING.S in Florida might try equal parts of each. 



Portland, Ore., Aug. 25. C. Wanty, 



The above would certainly be preferable 

 to poison of any kind; because if you poi- 

 son the roaches, and the chickens afterward 

 gobble them up, you kill the chickens also 

 — at least so they tell me down in Florida. 

 In the above it is the plaster of Paris that 

 does the business, and chickens do not mind 

 plaster of Paris. The same thing has been 

 frequently recommended for rats and mice. 

 After they take a drink, the plaster sets. 



