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fly-destroyer. 



Mr. Prindle, East Bethany, N. Y. — I saved a crop last year from 

 flics by using sifted lime. 



Mr. J. C. Thompson. — Flour of bones, used freely, is a sure pre- 

 ventive against bugs and insects. 



Dr. Wm. B. Peck. — Will not any kind of impalpable substance 

 do as well? I know a man who puts common street dust on his 

 vines, and has no trouble with insects. 



Prof. Nash. — Cresylic soap kills or drives away all kinds of 

 insects. 



TRIMBLE SWEET CORN. 



Dr. Halleck said that he had <riven this corn a thorouorh trial the 

 past season. He thought it was the best sweet corn he had ever 

 eaten. I shall send the Secretary some for distribution. 



MAKING SOAP. 



Dr. Bush, Setzler's Store, Chester county, Pa. — Many persons 

 Lave trouble, and should Imow the reason — which is, in most cases, 

 the presence of an acid. The remedy is the use of quicklime to 

 correct the acid. Ashes and lye absorb carbonate acid from the 

 air, and form carbonate of potash, which hinders the production of 

 Boap. The use of quicklime decomposes the carbonate of potash; 

 the carbonic acid unites with the lime and sets the potash free. 

 Half a bushel of fresh-burnt lime is enough to mix with a leach of 

 twenty bufihels of ashes. Lime can also be added to lye with good 

 •effect. 



FEEDING SHEEP FOR BLARJKET. 



Mr. W. Patterson, Brooke county, West Va. — There are a great 

 many sheep fed for market here. They are fattened on gi'ass in 

 the summer; and to keep them in good condition through the 

 winter, you must shelter from the wet and cold, and commence to 

 feed corn gradually, increasing to two bushels per day, or its 

 equivalent of oats, rye or barley, per hundred head, and give them 

 as much hay as they will eat. It is considered diflficult to fatten 

 sheep during cold weather. Sheep should be four years old, or 

 over, to fatten easily. Our sales are during the months of Febiiiary 

 and March. Corn is considered the cheapest and best feed in this 

 region, and is the easiest to raise. One hundred bushels of shelled 

 corn per acre are often produced. It should be shelled, and fed 

 in troughs twice per day, one bushel per feed. Sheep kept for 

 stock piu^oses, and iu good living order in the fall, can be well 



