THE LANCASTER FARMER. 



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be set. The worms ate holes in the leaves 

 and lay in clusters dead, or so stupid that 

 they did no further harm to the plants which 

 were afterwards set out, and a fliic. crop was 

 harvested. 



Speaking of the possibilities of a single 

 acre of ground, when stimulated to the high- 

 est degree, the Ifew Enyland Farmer refers to 

 a farm that was made to nicrease its annual 

 crop of hay from seventy-five tons to 300 

 tons, and the crops now produced per acre are 

 from eighty to 12.j busliels of corn, forty to 

 sixty of wheat, eighty to 100 of oats and four 

 to five tons of hay. These crops, while in- 

 volving greater expense, do not entail greater 

 cost proportionately to the yields, and if a 

 farm can be thus made productive the task is 

 much easier with a small area. 



Cranherry .Telly mixed with cold water 

 makes a refreshing drink for a sick pcr.son. 



A LITTLE BORAX put in the water in which 

 scarlet napkins and red-bordered towels are 

 to be washed will prevent them fading. 



Sliced bananas and oranges mixed with 

 chopped pineapple, with powdered sugar 

 scattered over all, make a delicate dish. 



Black kid gloves are sometimes a source of 

 annoyance on account of little white streaks 

 at tlie seams. This trouble may be diminished 

 by coKiring a little salad oil with black ink, 

 and rubbing this over the white places with a 

 feather ; dry quickly outside the window. 



For seriously chapped hands try this : 

 Scrape a cake of brown Windsor soap until it 

 is all as fine as powder ; mix it with an ounce 

 of cologne water and an'ounce of lemon juice. 

 Stir this ver}' thoroughly together, shape it 

 into cakes, let it harden, and then u.se it when 

 you wash your hands. 



Potatoes in Cases.— Bake potatoes of 

 equal size, and when done and still hot, cut 

 off a small piece from each potato ; scoop out 

 carefully the inside, leaving the skin un- 

 broken ; mash the potato well, season it with 

 plenty of butter, pepper and salt ; return it 

 with a spoon to the potato .skin, allowing it to 

 protrude about an inch above the skin. When 

 enough skins are filled, use a fork or knife to 

 make rough the potato which projects above 

 the skin ; put all into the oven a minute to 

 color the tops. It is better, perhaps, to color 

 them with a salamander. They will have the 

 appearance of baked potatoes burst open. 



Vanderbilt's capital of gold is greater 

 than all the gold there was in the world-con- 

 quering Rome in the reign of Augustus Csesar. 

 200,000,000 dollars in gold ! or 359 tons of 

 gold ! or 700,000 pounds of gold ! or 11,200,- 

 000 ounces (avoirdupois) of gold I How many 

 freight cars would be required to carry this 

 gold ? Then you'll say at a jump. No— 

 thirty-five 1 Turn the gold into golden 

 "eagles," ten-dollar coins, lay them in a cir- 

 cle, edges touching, what would be the cir- 

 cumference of that circle ! It would be a 

 ring over three hundred miles in circumfer- 

 ence. 



The annual proclamation of the Secretary 

 of the Treasury, of the value of foreign coins 

 expressed in the money of the United States, 

 to be taken in estimating the values of all for- 

 eign merchandise made out in said currencies, 

 imported on or after January 1, 1884, makes 



the following changes from the jiroclaraation 

 of January 1, 1SS3 : Australia, llorin from 

 40.1c. to 38.9c.; Bolivia, boliviano, from 

 81.2c. to SO.Cc; Ecuador, peso, from 81.2c. to 

 SO.Gc; India, rupee, from SS.fic. to 38..3c.; 

 .Japan, gen, from 87.Gc. to 86.9c.; Mexico, 

 dollar, from 88.2c. to 87.5c.; Peru, sol, from 

 81.2c. to 80.6c.; Russia, rouble, from 6.5c. to 

 04. .5c.; Tripoli, mahbub, from 73..3c. to 72.7c.; 

 U. S. of Columbia, peso, from 81.2c. to 80.6. 



From forty to fifty degrees is the tempei-- 

 ature for a bee-cellar in winter. 



If the frost heaves up the fixll-i)lowpd 

 ground the cutworm is the sufferer on sucli 

 occasions. 



The directors of the Louisville E.Kposition 

 have decided to give anotlier chance to ex- 

 hibitors next season. 



The Aroostook (Me. ) farmers can only get 

 $1 per barrel for their potatoes, and are hold- 

 ing them for higher prices. 



It is best to defer purchasing i)igs till 

 spring, as they make but little growth when 

 separated from the sows at this season. 



Fourteen farmers of Olmsted county, 

 Minnesota, have gone to Europe after stock, 

 their motto being "the best is none too good." 



The fig can be grown as far North as Nor- 

 folk, Va., and can be grown from seed or pro- 

 pagated from cuttings, layers or suckers. 



It is a noteworthy and gratifying fact that 

 the "salt" feature of dairy conventions has 

 been pretty thoroughly eliminated from the 

 discussions and resolutions. 



Rust and smut feed differently on the 

 wheat plant. Rust is usually on the stalk 

 and feeds on the pabulum prepared for the 

 seed, but smut feeds on the seed itself. 



Let the litter in the stables be kept dry at 

 all times. Standing on hot or fermenting 

 manure has a tendency to make the hoofs of 

 the horses brittle, and eventually brings on 

 lameness. 



Says the Iowa Begister : One hundred 

 bushels of corn will shrink to ninety in the 

 crib, and to an extent more than that, de- 

 pending on the openness of the crib and the 

 honesty of the neighbors. 



English beef, which ;is largely made by 

 feeding roots, is said not to be as nutritious as 

 American beef, which is made from corn and 

 grass ; but the English beef is regarded as the 

 best flavored. 



A Vermonter states that an aged horse, 

 performing daily hard work, ate eighteen 

 quarts of oats per day. and seemed to gain on 

 such diet, although he had been allowed no 

 hay or other food. 



Horseradish yields from two to four tons 

 per acre and sells jfor from 5 to 10 cents per 

 pound. The worst drawback to its culture is 

 the difficulty of eradicating it when once it 

 gets a firm hold on the laud. 



D. A. .Jones, of Beeton, Ont,. had .50,000 

 pounds of honey on exhibition at the Septem- 

 ber meeting of the North American Bee- 

 keepers' Association, at Toronto. He is the 

 largest apiarist in the country. 



Dr. Randolph recently described before 

 the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sci- 

 ences certain methods used by him in the 

 preparation of the grain of wheat for micro- 



scopical examination of its structure, and 

 stated that his examination had proved that, 

 while' the substance of the body of the grain 

 contained the true albuminoid food known as 

 gluten, in addition to the starch, the so-called 

 gluten cells of the cortex did not respond to 

 any artificial digestion, and seem to have but 

 little nutritive value. 



It is .said that if common salt be added to 

 poultry droppings it will prevent its burning 

 up plants when applied to them ; the theory 

 being that the great affinity of salt for moisture 

 prevents the rapid drying of the droppings. 



The Guernsey cow " Kathleen" 38 gave in 

 seven days, ending November 25, .303^ pounds 

 of milk, from which were made eighteen 

 pounds and fifteen ounces of butter. She is 

 the property of L. W. Ledyard, of Casenovia, 

 N. Y. 



The Tyler is one of the earliest raspberries, 

 while the Gregg is one of the latest. There 

 are newer varieties, however, superior in 

 flavor and size, but for market purposes they 

 sliould be selected of varieties that ripen in 

 succession. 



A horticulturist gives the following 

 method for constructing a cheap greenhouse : 

 For summer use oiled canvas answers, but 

 glass can be put on at any time. Dig a pit 

 two feet deep, .six feet wide and eight feet 

 long, and make it smooth. Wall up the sides 

 with boards two feet long, first making a 

 ditch or path two feet wide in the centre, 

 which will give a shelf two feet wide on each 

 side. The ends of the boards should be cut a 

 little longer to give the proper pitch, which 

 should be two feet in the centre. Take two 

 pieces of 2x4 scantling 14 feet long, cut off six 

 feet from each one, which will leave four 

 pieces six feet long for the sides, and four 

 pieces six feet long for the ends. Box up the 

 pit from the top of the shelf to the top of the 

 ground, leaving a space for the door. Next 

 take four pieces of 2x4 twelve feet long, and 

 cut rafters the proper length for the roof. 

 When fastened to their place take four old- 

 fashioned windows and fasten them together 

 with strips on the sides, allowing the top caps 

 to project over, to shed the water. The end 

 should be banked up with earth, and on cold 

 nights covered with hay. Make the door 

 double. 



Some of the results of experiments made at 

 the Ontario Agricultural College are thus 

 summarized : " The Shorthorn is an average 

 milker, short in duration per season, low in 

 specific gravity, high in per cent, of cream, 

 proportionately in butter, and also high in 

 cheese production. The grade of this breed 

 approaches nearest to what is called a 'general 

 purpose cow. ' The Aterdeen Poll is low in 

 quantity of milk, and the second highest in 

 specific gravity. The Ilereforc is not more 

 prominent than tlie preceding in regard to 

 milk, except in proportion of butter from 

 cream, in which it is highest. The Devon is 

 most distinct in highest specific gravity and 

 the weight of cheese from milk. The Galloway 

 milk appears to be of a peculiar texture, rich 

 in cream, but so small in butter globules that 

 they rise very slowly and are very Indistinct 

 in the test tube. The Ayreshire is a particu- 

 larly heavy, long milker, giving five times her 

 own weight per season. The milk is some- 



