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POPULAR "GARDENING. 



August, 



poviltry. 



Fancy stock requires close attention. 

 Give the Hens fair treatment. If pigs and calves 

 were compelled to forage for a living as hens often 

 are, they would be voted a great nuisance. For 

 profit hens must have attention, and then they will 

 ■pay. 



Cure for Gapes. A correspondent of the Stockman 

 and Farmer says he has found the following an 

 easy and certain cure for gapes, where the work is 

 well done: Hold the fowl in one hand, and with 

 the thumb and forefinger of the other compress the 

 windpipe or trachea at the lowest accessible point, 

 almost but not quite severely enough to choke. 

 Then remove the fingers, and in a moment or two 

 repeat the performance a little higherup Keepon 

 in the same way, and as the head is approached the 

 patient will " throw up " a mouthful of worms— and 

 the thing is done. This remedy is always available. 

 Guineas in Market. Guineas are seldom sold in 

 the markets, and never quoted on the price lists. 

 Just why this is so we cannot explain unless it is 

 because the city people are not educated up to the 

 luxury of a good fat Guinea, for the Guinea is far 

 superior both in quality and flavor of flesh to many 

 of the game birds, so highly prized as choice eat- 

 ing. The flesh is somewhat dark, but juicy and 

 tender, as well as having but a small proportion of 

 offal. The carcass possesses a large share of breast 

 meat, and they can be cooked in any manner suit- 

 able for a turkey or chicken. At all events the 

 farmers know how delicious the Guinea is, and as 

 they can be consumed at home they can be raised 

 very profitably.— Mirror and Farmer. 



Green Food in Winter. Many poultry keepers 

 rely largely upon cabbage for green food for their 

 fowls during the winter season, but of late years 

 some have practiced laying in a supply of green 

 frozen rye with excellent success. The ground 

 should be made very rich, so as to insure a rank 

 rapid growth, and the rye should be sown much 

 thicker and earlier than where a crop of grain is 

 desired. When the soil is rich and the grain sown 

 in August it will reach a growth of from sixteen to 

 twenty inches before the ground freezes. It should 

 remain in the field until just before snow comes, 

 then cut when frozen solid, and pack away in some 

 convenient place where it will remain frozen all 

 winter. As it is wanted for use, take out a small 

 portion, thaw, chop fine, and feed it to the hens. 

 Those who have tried this method claim that it 

 promotes health and increases the number of eggs. 

 No time should be lost in putting in the crop for 

 next winter's use. -American Cultivator. 



Buck Raising. In reply to a request for infor- 

 mation on this subject we can do no better than to 

 give the following synopsis of an article from the 

 American Poultry Yard: A pond or stream of 

 water may not be absolutely essential to the exibt- 

 ence of ducks, but for permanent success there 

 should be at least a fair amount of brook or marsh 

 land convenient. The best water is a marshy, slug- 

 gish stream, in which they will find aquatic plants, 

 bugs and worms, and upon which they will make a 

 rapid and healthy growth. Where a good brook is 

 not available a made pond or trough, large enough 

 for the ducks to bathe in, answers fairly well. What 

 is good food for common fowls will usually suit 

 ducks. We have fed all out of the same dish and 

 found all do equally well. We prefer common hens 

 as hatchers. Some ducks do splendidly in hatching, 

 and raise every duck, yet, taken all in all, less loss 

 is incurred where hens are used. Duck's eggs hatch 

 as certainly as hens' eggs. Ducklings should not 

 be allowed free access to a pond or brook until sev- 

 eral weeks old, and it is a trying matter for the old 

 duck to be kept away from water so long. It is not 

 necessary to have the duck house as warm as a 

 coop should be for gallinaceous fowls, but if rather 

 warm the ducks will lay sooner, which is desirable 

 when ducks are wanted for early fall market or for 

 showing. Artificial heat is hardly necessary. For 

 ventilating a closely -built house a sub-drain of large 

 size tiling, running a considerable distance and at 

 two feet beneath the surface, entering the coop in 

 the center, will admit plenty of fresh yet tempered 

 air. A small opening in the center of the roof will 

 lead off impurities. This opening must be arranged 

 to prevent draughts. The fioor can be either of plank 

 or concrete and covered with sand or dry gravel to 

 a depth of several inches, upon which straw, leaves 

 or litter of some sort must be strewn in laying time. 

 A duck house need not be high, as ducks roost right 

 on the floor (Wood ducks and Brazilian or Muscovy 

 ducks excepted), and they are not to be kept housed 

 excepting at night and in bad weather. 



Amateurs often have an excess of certain seeds, plants, 

 etc., while in want of others. This depar'tment is designed 

 to bring about free exchanges in such cases. 



In The Exchange may be named lohat can be spared, what 

 is wanted and the address. No price figures admitted. 

 Any offer that may appear objectionable to the publishers 

 not admitted. No responsibility will be assumed for any 

 results connected with The Exchange. Those using the 

 column should correspond before sending articles. 



204. Mrs. F. A. R. Wharton, Raymond, Miss., 

 will exchanffe Hyacinths. Jonquils. Narcissus, 

 hardy Gladioli, Lilies, Honeysuckles. Grape Myrtle, 

 for Roman Hyacinths, White Polyanthus, Narcis- 

 sus, Callas, etc. 



305. C. B Elliott. Panacea, Mo., has Iris, Lilies, 

 Forsythia Japan Quince, Moss Rose, Flowering 

 Currant, Perennial Phlox, to exchange for Lilies, 

 Purple Fringe, Weigelia, Syringa, Oalycanthus, 

 Deutzia, etc. 



206. Mrs. W. S. Hammond, Carthage, N. Y , has 

 greenhouse and hardy plants to exchange for fancy 

 work, shell work, stamped tidies, pillow shams, 

 painting on velvet, etc. 



207. Chas. E. Pamell, Queens, N. Y., has a large 

 list of plants to exchange for books, magazines and 

 other reading matter. 



208. Mrs. J M. Woodworth, Lakeville, Ct., has 

 Lily Canadense, Apios Tuberosa. Hydrangea gran- 

 diflora to exchange. 



209. Mrs. T. W. Nelson, Coffee, Va.,will exchange 

 strong Strawberry plants for hardy flowers. 



210. Mrs.W.M. Barrett, Huntsville, Tex., has na- 

 tive and house plants, books, stamping outfit, etc , 

 to exchange for books on floriculture or botany. 



WHIP 



Best in the world. 



Made from Quills. 

 Ask your dealer for them. 



Of Interest to All Frait Growers 



THIS AlTXUBIPf. 



Honey, thick and luscious as that from bees, is 

 made from pure juice of pears, peaches, plums and 

 sweet grapes without one grain of sugar or other 

 addition. For this method, long used in Europe, 

 with other valuable recipes, send for Shirley 

 Dare's Fruit PanteSf Syrups and Preserves. 

 25 cents postpaid. A. F. rO'WER, Wal- 

 nut Hill, Mass. 



CUPPLES & HURD, Boston, Agents for trade. 



CHERRY 

 MALT 



PHOSPHITES 



Is a combination 

 of Wild Cherry, 

 Extract of Malt, 

 and tJie Hjpo- 

 phoshites. 



Cherry Malt 

 acts on the Stom- 

 ach and Liver, 

 increasing the appetite, assisting di- 

 gestion, thereby making it applicable 

 for Dyspepsia in its various forms, 

 Loss of Appetite, Headache, Insom- 

 nia, General Debility, Want of Vital- 

 ity, Nervous Prostration, etc., etc. 



If your Druggist does not keep it, 

 send $1.00 for one bottle, or $5.00 

 for six bottles. Sold by all Druggists. 



Lrlebig Pbarmacal Co., 



78 Maiden Lane, - New York. 



Ma 



Cleveland Nursery. 



We recently visited the Cleveland nursery and 

 fruit farm, managed by M. T. Thompson, and was 

 greatly surprised at its extent and excellence. It 

 is situated on Madison avenue, a mile or so from 

 the city limits. They have 26 acres in strawberries, 

 about 20 varieties; 20 acres in Raspberries of all 

 varieties; 4 acres in Gooseberries, 2>^ acres in Cur- 

 rants,4 acres in Blackberries, and 8 acres in Grapes, 

 making one of the most extensive concerns of the 

 kind in the State. Mr. Thompson is one of the 

 best posted men on small fruits we have come in 

 contact with. He knows the character, habits, 

 quality, and loorth of any variety you can mention. 

 His knowledge extends to Pears, Peaches. Apples, 

 etc., etc., all of which are grown in abundance, and 

 all of the popular sorts, on this farm, the merits of 

 which are comparatively unknown. Mr. Thompson 

 originated a new seedling Red Raspberry last year 

 that promises to be a great accession. It bore for 

 the first time this year, and is exceedingly prolific, 

 and of excellent quality. He has named it Thomp- 

 son's Early Prolific, and claims for it the most pro- 

 lific and earliest Raspberry knoivn. It ripened this 

 year June 19. He has a new variety of Strawberry, 

 fruited on the place for the first time this year, 

 which promises great things. We saw it in bear- 

 ing, and the plants were literally loaded down with 

 fruit of most desirable quality. This Strawberry 

 has never yet been catalogued, but full particulars 

 can be obtained by writing to the "Cleveland Nur- 

 sery," East Rockport, O. We can confidently rec- 

 ommend this concern to our readers.— O/ito Far- 

 mer. 



GARDEN SUPPLY 



DIRECTORY 



Grape-vines and Small Fruits.— I^wis Roesch, 



Fredonia, N. Y. 

 Garden Seeds, etc.— Shaker Seed Co., 



Mt. Lebanon, N. Y. 

 Grape-vines, etc.— Geo. W. Campbell, 



Delaware, Ohio. 

 Market Gardeners' Supplies, etc.— J. B.Root& Co., 



Rockford, 111. 

 Nursery Stock, General.- John R. & A. Murdoch, 



Pittsburg, Pa. 

 Nursery Stock, — Irving Allen, 



Springfield, Mass. 

 Nursery Stock, Ornamental Trees. — Putney & 

 Woodward, 



Brentwood, N. Y. 

 Nursery and Florists' Stock.— I. C. Wood & Bro., 



FishkiU, N. Y. 

 Nursery Stock, General.— E. Y. Teas, 



Dunreith, Xnd. 

 Nursery Stock, General.— E. H. Ricker & Co., 



Elgin, lU. 

 Nursery Stock --H. S. Anderson, 



Union Springs, N. Y. 

 Plants, Seeds, etc.— Paul Butz & Son, 



New Castle, Pa. 

 Plants, Seeds, etc.— Harry Chaapel, 



Williamsport, Pa. 



Plants, Seeds, etc.— C. E. Allen, 



Brattleboro, Vt. 

 Plants, Carnations a Specialty.— Chas. T. Starr, 



Avondale, Pa . 



Plants, 



, etc. — Ellis Brothers, 

 Keene, N. H. 



Plants, Eoses a Specialty.— M. A. Hunt, 



Gilbert, (P. O. Terre Haute), Ind. 



Plants and Seeds — Rob't Veitch & Son, 

 New Haven, Conn. 



Seeds, Fansies a Specialty.— L. W. Goodell, 



Dwight, Mass. 

 Seeds and Plants.— William C. Beckert, 



Allegheny City, Pa. 



Seeds, Plants, etc— F. H. Mooers, 



Pittston, Me. 

 Seeds, Plants and Fertilizers.— Aaron Low, 



Essex, Mass. 



Seeds, Plants, etc. — Albert Williams, 

 Sharon, Pa. 



Seeds, Plants, etc.— Frank Ford & Sons, 



Ravenna, Ohio. 

 Seeds, Plants, etc — H. C. Harman, 



South Bend, Ind. 



PopiTLAR Gardening may be ordered at the reg- 

 ular price of any of the parties named above. 



