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OsAOE Orange. — Will you inform me if Osage Orange 

 ants, four years from seed, will live if transplanted with 

 re next spring? Also, if Buckthorn and English Haw- 

 orn will answer to plant in where the Osage Orange has 

 eu killed ofi', the last two years, a foot or more oelow 

 e cutting, and sprouted out near the top of the ground, 

 y hedge has been planted five years next spring, and no 

 Kce yet. It is quite full and wide enough at base, but I 

 i« not get it more than two or three feet high. — R. B., 

 :. Thomai, a W. 



The Osage Orange is very tenacious of life, and would 



obably grow if transplanted as you propose; but unless 

 has been pruned so as to make it throw out branches 



!ar the bottom, it would be of little use in the hedge. 



Can not say how the Buckthorn or Hawthorn would 

 iswer to replace those killed ; but their habit of growth 



s<> much slower than the Osage Orange, that they would 

 ■obubly be of little value. It is generally supposed that 



e extreme heat of summer in this climate renders the 

 awthorn too uncertain for a hedge plant. 

 Summer clipping of the branches is recommended to 

 raedy winter-killing. Cut back early in July, after 

 hich a new growth will come forward and be killed off; 

 jt that part below the July clipping will probably ma- 

 .re sufficiently to stand the winter. If you have a hedge 

 ide enough and three feet high in five years, it ought to 

 ; satisfactory ; and the summer growth should be suffi- 

 ent to turn any kind of stock. 



DrsTntrcTiDN op Wike-Woums. — (L. B, Harford.) 



any have been the devices and applications to rid the 



iil of these pests, but with very indifiereut success. 



rscnic, lime, unlcached ashes, &c., have been sown with 



anporury benefit; but wo are not aware that any of these 



pplications have destroyed the worms effectually. A crop 



f buckwheat, which they do not relish, has been effectual 



)r a time in starving them out, or, what is more probable, 



iduciug them to migrate to more congenial fields. J. G. 



f Amherst Island, C. W., gives the following experiment 



3 checking their ravages in a field of barley, on a black 



jam with a clay subsoil: 



" The land had previously been meadow, followed by 



alley, when I perceived the barley was being cut off in 



atches, much of it turning yellow and languishing. I 



owed broadcast on the land fresh lime and salt, in equal 



roportions. The good effects were soon perceptible— the 



ram assumed a healthy appearance, and, as far as I could 



icrceive, no more was cut down, and the field yielded a 



;ood crop." 



Had Mr. G. stated the quantity sown per acre, his gx- 

 )eriment would have been more satisfactory. 



Can not others add the result of their experience upon 

 fais subject 



Feeding Clovek Hat. — (Andrew Friedle, Blairsville, 

 r'a.) We should think, from the description given of your 

 bay, it had been hurt by being put into the barn before it 

 was well cured. You think it is cured too dry, and neither 

 cattle nor horses eat it well. Our recommendation would 

 be to cut it short with a hay-cutter, moisten it with water 

 as you feed it, and sprinkle on each mess, while damp, a 

 small measure of Indian meal, shortg, or other ground 

 feed. Farmers complain that clover hay gives their 

 horses a cough, or the heaves. All danger of this difS- 

 eulty may be obviated by feeding it as here indicated. 



Clover Seed out all Winter. — (M. Haskins.) Tour 

 oiorer seed, which you were unable to harvest, will not be 

 injured by the firost. It will be good, if you can gather it. 



Lice on Calves.— (M.) Feed your cattle well, and keep 

 them clean, and they will not be troubled with lice. If 

 they are, there a dozen methods of destroying them. The 

 easiest, perhaps, is to wash them with a decoction of to- 

 bacco. Some fumigate with tobacco, by burning it under 

 the belly and covering the animal with a blanket. An- 

 other way is to apply oil or grease along the back, shoul- 

 ders, around the eyes, and other parts of the body. Mer- 

 curial ointment is very effectual, but requires to be used 

 with caution. We have known the tobacco wat«r make 

 the animal sick when too strong. Better apply a weak 

 solution two or three times, than run the risk of impairicg 

 the health of the animal by too strong a dose at once. 



If calves are troubled with lice, give them a little sul- 

 phur in their milk. This will generally prove effectual. 

 Be sure that the pen is dry, well ventilated, but not too 

 light, and supplied with plenty of clean straw. 



Several Inquiries. — There are many things about farm- 

 ing of which I am ignorant; and it is'frequoutly the case 

 that what one wishes to know, many others are also desi- 

 rous of learning. 



My horse-barn has a cellar under it, where, beside keep- 

 ing my wagons, plows, harrows, etc., etc., I also keep my 

 calves and colts through the winter. Of late, I have prac- 

 ticed spreading my horse manure where the calves leave 

 their droppings, so as to have the manure well mixed. 

 This prevents the horse manure from burning. Can you, 

 or some of your readers, tell mc whether it is better to 

 spread the manure daily, cold, or let it ferment slightly so 

 as to steam a little ? 



There is another thing I would like to know. I have 

 four horse-stalls, with troughs to convey the urine into 

 two large iron-bound oil-casks which stand in the cellar. 

 What materials shall I mix with the urine, and how can 

 I make the most of it ? I have practiced putting in leached 

 and unleached ashes, plaster, hen dung, lime, and salt; 

 and putting about a gill into each hill of corn, when plant- 

 ing, and have received great benefit from it. I have to be 

 careful and not drop it directly on the corn. How much 

 of this is wrong, and what would be better ? Will some 

 one tell? 



One thing more. For some years I have been in the 

 habit of going into my corn field, before cutting up my 

 corn, and gathering tfie first ripe corn for seed, braiding 

 it up, and keeping it out in the sun on pleasant days, untU 

 dry enough to put away in a tight chest where mice c?.n 

 not get at it. This, I have discovered, makes it early, and 

 I have no trouble with poor seed corn ; bat the ears" grad- 

 ually become smaller every year. Can this be prevented ? 

 — A. Tiffany, Gibson, I'a. 



Raising Mcles. — Considerable has been said about 

 Mules ««. Horses, in which we have been iuterestetl. An 

 impression prevails that mares will not breed colts- after 

 having foaled mules. It has deterred many from raising 

 mules who would otherwi«e have done so. Is there any 

 truth in the theory ? Will some one answer ?— W. 



Notices of Books, Pamphlets, &c. 



OoR columns are so crowded, this month, that we can 

 give only the titles of the now books recently received. 



THE LAND AND THE BOOK; or itiblical Illustrations drawn 

 from the Manners and Customs, the Scenes and Scenery, of the 

 Holy Land. By W. M. Tiiompsok, D. D., twenty-five years a 

 Miwionary of the A. B. C. F. JI. in Syria and Palostine. In two 

 volumes, with Maps, Engravings, Ac. New York : Harphe 

 & Beos. 1S59. For sale'by D. M. Dewkt, of this city. 



CORNELL'S GRAMMAR-SCHOOL GEOGRAPHY; forming 

 a Part of a Systematic Series of School Geographies. Embra- 

 cine an extended course, and adapted to pupils of the higher 

 classes in Public and Prirate Schools. By S. S. CoRKfiLL. 

 Now York : D. Applbtok & Co. For sale by Wm. Allisg, 

 of this city. 



THE COMEDIES OF TERENCE. Literally Translated into 

 English Prose, with Notes. By IIenbt Thomas Riley, B. A., 

 late Scholar of Clare Hall, Cambridge. To which is added the 

 Blant Verse Translation of Gkorgk Colman. New York ; 

 Habpbk & Bkos, 1859. For sale by D. M. Dkwkt, of this eiiy". 



