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hogs down licre in DelaM-are. On last Friday, the 23d, we prepared, 

 among other marketing, twent3'-live bunches of common rhubarb, a 

 pie plant, by stripping the leaf from the stalk, which we sent to market. 

 The leaf being rubbish, M'e threw it into the hog-pen, where we had 

 nine Chester county whites, that would dress about 100 pounds each. 

 The result this morning is, that of the nine pigs five are dead, three 

 appear convalescent, and one looks very doubtful. These pigs died 

 with every symptom of poison. 



Eats and Mice Pkoof Houses. 

 Mr. James M. Hartwell, Colebrook, Coos county, N. H. — After 

 the frame of the house is up and boarded, and the partitions for the 

 rooms are set, take same mortar and bricks and lay one or two thick- 

 nesses of brick between every stud, both on the lower and upper 

 floors. Then lath and plaster to the floors, and put on a narrow mop 

 or washboard, not so high as to have the upper edge come above the 

 brick. As the rats and mice gnaw in, just over or under the wash- 

 hoards will be rat and mouse proof, at an expense of five dollars. 



Profitable Hens. 

 William C. Xoyes, Lebanon, Conn., gave the following relating to 

 the productiveness of his hens for the last two years : 

 April 1, 1S67, to April 1, 1868 : 



Twenty-five hens— 2201 dozen eggs %QQ, 66 



129f pounds poultry 28 27 



Total $94 87 



Average per l)en,^$3.79|. 

 April 1, 18G8, to April 1, 1869 : 



Thirty hens— 247| dozen eggs $87 05 



92| pounds poultry 22 05 



Total $109 10 



Average per hen, $3.63|. 



Striped Bugs on Cucumbers and Squashes. 

 Mr, Robert Ivinnicut, Warren, > R. I., Avould learn how to keep 

 these pests from cucumbers and Hubbard squashes. 

 Mr. D. B. Bruen stated that he had used Scotch snuff. 



