THE LANCASTER FARMER. 



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acre was bid, and $115 for S acres, but they were not 

 sold. As these last prices were the value in the 

 ground uiiliarvested, the root crops seem to be more 

 profitable under this system, than even the grain 



crops. 



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American Poultry. 



An Eiiiilish paper qiKjIc^ the fcillowin!;: from the 

 Atnericaii J'unllrit W'niid, and lliinks it indicates that 

 American poultry knoulcdi^e and caste is far ahead 

 of tliat of Europe : 



We are breedin;? in America at the present time, 

 all varieties of domestic Ibwls, undeniedly the llnest 

 poullry stocl< in the world. In the last two years, 

 and especially during the past season, more really 

 lirst-class ibwls have been i;rown in the United States 

 than ever before, beyond comparison. We do not 

 speak of any particular variety of stock, althou!;li the 

 Cochins and Hrulimas liavc been bred most exten- 

 sively witbcmtdoubt. Hut tlie Lcijhorns, tlie Spantjled 

 rolish, the lloudans, and other Krench fowls, the 

 Dominiques, the new " IMymoutli l!ocks," and the 

 games of all kinds — not to l'or;;et th<' numerous beau- 

 tiful little Iiantams also— have multiplied largely all 

 over the country. Thousands of superb specimens 

 have been produced for standard stock that are a 

 credit to tlu^ ])roducer6, and which liave very largely 

 enhanced the intrinsic value of American-bred poul- 

 try as an item of solid national wealth. This is a 

 most encourairina' outlook, not only ibrthe ambitious 

 American fancier of poultry, but for all who take an 

 interest in this important branch of our rural economy. 



Fall Cuttings. 



The fall season is a much better one for taking off 

 cuttings than any other, and there is a large number 

 of plants that can be propagated in this way. The 

 currant, gooseberry, quince and the grape among 

 fruits; and the privet, honeysuckles, wiegela, 

 forsythia, mock-orani;e and many other things 

 among ornamental shrubbery. Indeed, there are so 

 many things among these hardy i)lants, iVc., that 

 will grow well in this way, that it is much easier to 

 give a list of the thinii:s that will not grow from fall 

 cuttings, rather than the things that will. The great 

 difticulty is that they draw out of the ground by 

 frecEing and thrawing. To avoid this the cuttings 

 need not be set out at once in the ground, but they 

 may be tied into bundles, each after its kind, and 

 buried under ground till spring, anil then put out in 

 rows whcTc they arc to grow. Of course they must 

 be looked after early in the spring, or the buds will 

 sprout and rot. In sandy land, or earth that keeps 

 good hold of things, cuttings may be put in at once. 



Beets for Cows. 



Last year I raised a lot of mangolds and carrots. 

 The mangolds were gathered lirst and put in the 

 cellar; afterwards the carrots were gathered and 

 corded up on top of Ibem, so that when I began to 

 feed them to ray co^vs, the carrots came first. The 

 cow gave about her usual quantity of milk, except- 

 ing the usual shrinkage of the occasion of cold 

 weather and being put upon dry fodder. Fearing 

 that the beets would not keep as well as tlie carrots, 

 and also thinking that they possessed better milk 

 producing qualities, I was anxious to get at them. 

 Accordingly, I removed part of the carrots and com- 

 menced feeding beets, when, to my surprise, n\y cow 

 began to fail of her milk until the deficiency reached 

 about one-third. Wishing to test the matter still 

 further, I changed back again to carrots, when her 

 milk increased to about the usual standard. The 

 quantity fed was about the same in either case — 

 about a half bushel basket three-quarters full. If 

 there was any dill'erenccs, it was in favor of the 

 beets. — Cor. liural Xcw Yorker, 



Cr.^wfohd county, Pennsylvania, has in opera- 

 ration fifty-eight factories, producing (;,.'510,000 

 pounds of cheese ; Erie county, twenty-two factories, 

 producing 2,(510, 000 pounds of cheese ; Mercer and 

 Yeuango counties, eleven factories, producing(i47,700 

 ])Ounds of cheese. The aggregate in the four north- 

 western counties of Pennsylvania is 101 factories, 

 producing 9, .5.57, 700 pounds of cheese. 



LITERARY RECORD. 



"TnouGHTS Heatenwahd," a royal 12 mo. 

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 Joy, 187H. Price 2.5 cents. This little work is sub- 

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 to the Herald by Mr. II., on moral and religious sub- 

 jects, which had their beginning in the year of our 

 Lord 180S, under the title of "Our Diauv," and 

 which are still continued. In the advancement of our 

 temporal interests, it is a matter of momentous im- 

 portance, that we check our heedless career, and also 

 devote our " mind and soul " to the contemplation of 

 our spiritual aims and ends, and we know of no sim- 

 ilar work, of equal accessibility, that woidd be so 

 effectively a great spiritual and moral help, as these 

 daily productions of Mr. Hoffer, now first brought to- 

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