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them away, and be thankful for a fresh supply. Lately, I put them 

 in old fruit-crates — slats all around — and by placing the crates so as 

 to stand at an angle of forty-five degrees, they cannot set. Biddy is 

 really out-generaled, and shows temper. 



Cleaning Bolting Cloths. 



Mr. Fred Weber, Los Angelos, Cal., wrote — Will the silk anchor 

 bolting cloth (such as is used in flouring mills), which has become wet 

 by water, so that the particles of flour adhering to it have assumed a 

 hard, pasty nature, be liable to shrink and render it unfit for further 

 use, were I to cleanse it by washing ? 



Mr. J. M. Molleson, of Croton Flour Mills, N. Y., replied — Our 

 miller informs me that we can never use it to any advantage after being 

 wet. Soda in cold water will clean the flour out very nicely, but we 

 have been obliged to throw away cloth that has been wet. 



Mr. Henry Stewart — I have had some practical experience in mill- 

 ing, and we always had to throw away our bolting cloths when they 

 by any accident got thoroughly wet. 



Oil Meal fob Sheep. 



Mr. William Erwin, Bourbon, Ind. — Is oil meal a suitable feed for 

 ewes having lambs, with a view to increase their milk ? 



Mr. F. D. Curtis — Oil meal is good for any kind of stock in any 

 condition, if fed sparingly. It keeps the bowels and pores of the skin 

 open. It is also nutritious. A gill a day to each sheep is enough. 

 Oil meal with oats or wheat bran would be excellent to produce a flow 

 of milk. No stock will thrive for a length of time on any kind of 

 dry concentrated food. The bowels must be fed as well as the stomach, 

 or they will get out of order. Food must not be selected solely on 

 account of its nutriment. There must be waste or there cannot be 

 health ; hence, some coarse feed like bran should be mixed with the 

 oil meal. 



Neosho Yallet, Kansas. • 



Mr. James Brown, Center, Ala., wrote for information as to the 

 climate, soil, wood, water and Indians, in the valley of Neosho river, 

 Kansas ; also, as to the prospect of completing the railroads which 

 advertise land for sale in that valley. 



Mr. Henry Stewart — The Neosho Yalley is in south-eastern Kansas, 



and consequently the climate is milder than in other parts of the State. 



■ The soil, timber and water are all that can be desired for agricultural 



