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wings ; in the turnip butterfly, [d-'scribed by Mr. 

 Harris, and alluded to bv Mr. B^rrlett — Ed ] these 

 Wings are pure white; both species produce two 

 broods a year, — one in May and the other in July. 



Subsequently our correspondents furnished 

 Mr. Si^u der with additional specimens, and 

 he unhesitatingly pronounced them the Pieris 

 rupee, and said, "It is an unfortunate English 

 importation, and is spreading very rapidly. 

 1 have myself seen it this summmer in the city 

 of Boston and have received it from northern 

 New Jersey, where it is doing great injury." 

 In the "Synopsis of the described Lepiaoptt-ra 

 of North America," published by the Smith- 

 sonian Institute, the Pieris rapce is not men- 

 tioned, V. bile Mr. Harris's oleracea is. 



The doctors sometimes say a knowledge of 

 a disease is half its cure ; and we think it is of 

 equal importance that farmers should under- 

 stand the character and habits of the insects 

 which attack their crops. We believe that 

 cabbage growers have a new insect to contend 

 with — one nearly related to the old enemy, and 

 of similar general appearance and habits, it 

 may be, but far more voracious and prolific, 

 and, consequently, that ditiereut methods must 

 be adopted to avoid its ravages. 



THE liOKG SNOUTS VINDICATJED. 



Simultaneoufly with the publication of Mr. 

 Harris' book on the hog, commendatory 

 of the improved breeds of this animal, there 

 appeared in The North Alabama Times, an 

 article, laudatory of the long snouts or shack 

 gathering variety — "the hogs as nature made 

 him!" The writer, Joseph A. Leech, M. D., 

 Verona, Miss., professes to have had many 

 years' experience with- the hog, and has come 

 to the conclusion that most of the scrofulous 

 and consumptive diseases, which have pre- 

 vailed to a great extent of late years, are 

 chargeable to the use of the flesh of the im- 

 proved breed of hogs. He has sought dili- 

 gently for the best breeds, and adds : — "It is 

 the old-fashioned woods hog, the long nosed 

 bristle-backed, working, rooting, billions hog, 

 black, blue, red, sandy or spotted; I care not 

 for the color, so he is truly a hardy woods 

 hog, that can stand on his head with his body 

 half in the ground and root — root all day and 

 half the night, and never tire or die; but do 

 well and look well on it all the time, independ- 

 ently making a living. These are the right kind 

 of hogs. Not only because they are the next 

 thing to the ant for industry, but for various 

 other reasons. They know their meat and 

 reject what is poison. They are the best doc- 

 tors of aid hogs. They keep healthy. Their 

 fleth is the most healthy to eat. It is the 

 most nutritious, it is the sweetest to the pal- 



ate ; most easily digested. They are clear of 

 scrofula and consumption, which no other 

 breed is ; which none of the so-called im- 

 proved breeds are ; whose whole ilesh is 611ed 

 with lymphatic, tubercular, adipose, cheesv 

 matter ; breeding scrofula and consumption 

 in all who eat their flesh. — American Farmer. 



For the New England Farmer, 

 DISA PPOINTMENT. 



'Tis crm'iUg, comirg, Ihe blessed rain, 

 The friend we havj waited for long in vain. 

 The hills, in j aotcloth and ai-tee clad, 

 The fainting ftreams, and the fircste sad, 

 The close-mown fltlds iu rasset brown. 

 The gardens, ehcrn cf ihtir floral crown, 

 Are smiling with hope a::d joy again, 

 Waititg the f »11 of the blessed rain. 



'Tis coming, coming, the welcome rain, 

 Bearing rich ilefsings in its train. 

 Nearer and nearer, the cloud waves come, 

 Nearer "the roll of r,be thunder-drum," 

 The distant spires are hid from sight, 

 Bhut out by a curtain dense and white, 

 And, almost here, on hill and plain, 

 We hear the roar of the rushing rain. 



Alas for cur hopes I some nnseen force. 

 Hath stajed the cloud in its onward course. 

 It vatisheB foon — we know not where. 

 And the 86y aga n is b'ight and f lir. 

 A eoucd cf its sighiig throtjgh the trees, 

 A breath of its cool lefrething breeze, 

 A few stray drops on the window-pane, — 

 These are our share of the blessed rain. 



But we will not murmur, f jr God knows best 

 When to Hl- ten to our request. 

 Safe in the thought that He watches UB still. 

 Be it not ours to question His will. 

 Others, more needy perhaps than we. 

 The silver side of the cloud may see ; 

 While we patiently wait the coming again 

 Of the cloud that bringeth the blessed rain. 

 Marlboro', Mass., Sept., 1870. Mattie. 



Flooring for Poultry House — Bricks 

 or pavement of any kind are the worst of all 

 materials for the floor ; they retain moisture 

 whether atmos-pheric or arising from insuffi- 

 cient drainage ; and thus the temperature is 

 kept low where warmth is moi-t essential, and 

 di;jeases too often follow, especially rheumatic 

 attacks of the feet and legs. The flooring of 

 a poultry house should be of dry gravel, and 

 quite loose to the depth of two or three inches 

 — nothing can then adhere to it ; and it is not 

 necessary nor right to sweep the floor of a 

 poultry hou'^e. A broom may be drawn 

 lightly over the surface, and everything offen- 

 sive to the smell removed ; but it turned with 

 a spade twice or trice a week, the earth deo- 

 dorizes the dung and becomes a good fertil- 

 izer in the course of a few months, and ought 

 ithen to be removed. — Canadian Poultry 

 Chronicle. 



