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of natriment than the common millet, though I 

 am not aw&re that it has been analyzed. A 

 practical farmer of Worcester county says of it: 

 "I have raised the "Moha de Hongrie," on a 

 snail scale only. In my garden it has grown 

 thick and fine. As it is a leafy plant and re- 

 mains green until its seeds mature, I think it 

 may prove valuable for fodder, both green and 

 dry." ( 



Raise more Food — The New York Post 

 gives seme "advice to the tillers of thesoil,"frora 

 which we take the following sensible and timely 

 remarks: 



"The revolt in India is the harbinger of fam-< 

 inc. One handred and eighty millions of human 

 creatures will need large supplies of food from 

 the products of other regions. The army of 

 India, the transport fleet for that army and its 

 supplies, the necessities growing oat of the dis- 

 turbed state of that great English dependency, 

 will call for much of our surplus beef, pork 

 and flour. The two last named articles are the ^ 

 product of every year, but beet requires years ^ 

 of nourishment before it is ready for use. The 

 wieked, wanton waste of breeding power, which 

 is the bflsetting sin of American farmers, ought 

 to be checked. Every farmer ouffht to be re- 

 quired to give an account of himself who kills a 

 female calf. "We ought to preserve every "cow- 

 calf" for five years to come. By this method 

 we might soon have a supply of beef, not only 

 for ourselves, but for any emergency abroad." 



To Whiten Linen Ttjkned Yellow. — 

 Cut up a pound of fine white soap into a 

 gallon of milk, and hang it over a fire in a 

 washkettle. When the soap has entirely 

 melted, put in the linen and boil it half an 

 hour. Then take it out, have ready a lather 

 of soap and warm water, wash the linen in 

 it and then rinse it through two cold waters, 

 with a very little blue at the last. 



Washing. — Mrs. L. W. says — "I send 

 the following for your housekeepers' depart- 

 ment; I have tried it for the last four or 

 five years. Whoever will soak clothes from 

 twelve to thirty-six hours before washing 

 them, will find they can do without patent 

 washing fluids, &c., and save nearly all the 

 wear of clothes by rubbing — any more than 



to rinse the loosened dirt. — [Mass. Plowman. 

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B^»The Scientific American gives the 



following cure for felons on the finger — 



"The past year we have known the spin- 

 al marrow of an ox or cow applied to three 

 different persons with the most satisfactory 

 results, in relieving pain and securing cures 

 of their felons. The spinal marrow should 

 be applied once every four hours for two 

 days." 



HORTICULTURAL. 



In selecting trees for on orchard, a grett 

 many varieties are not required. There is s 

 deal of good sense in the following article from 

 the Ohio Vall«y Farmer. The applss recom* 

 mended are fine, but a few additions might be 

 made here. Rawles' Jenette is anexcelleat win- 

 ter apple, though the two last seasons hare 

 proved that the tree is tender — many in this sec- 

 tion of the country having been killed and others 

 injured beyond hope of reecvery: 



Cub Apple Orchard. — Aboit ten years ago, 

 I planted out a small apple orchard containing 

 about thirty-fi?e trees. At that time I had 

 little or no personal experience in regard to the 

 kinds of trees it was most profitable to plant. 

 Realizing, however, the importance of making 

 as good a selection as possible, I took plains to 

 get the advice of persons eminent as cultivators 

 of fruit. The consequence is that my orchard 

 has proved more successful than the generality 

 of orchards. Realizing, however, the" import- 

 ance of making as good a selection as possible, 

 I took paius to get the advice of persons emin- 

 ent as cultivators of fruit. The consequence is 

 that my orchard has proved more successful 

 than the generality of orchards. It is, indeed, 

 the admiration of many as they pass along the 

 road. And yet, of the thirty-five trees of which 

 my orchard is composed, there are bst fifteen 

 trees that are entirely satisfactory to me. The 

 remaining twenty have all, more or less, dis- 

 appointed me. And had they been such other 

 varieties, as my present knowledge of fruit trees 

 would cause me now to select, I would wilK 

 ingly give a hundred dollars. I believe the 

 annual additional profit to me would be nearly 

 or quite half that sum. 



How important then is knowledge? By 

 lacking the proper knowledge ten years ago 

 to make a judicious selection of fruit trees to 

 plant an acre ot ground, 1 am now losing, from 

 the effects of that ignorance, the sum of fifty 

 dollars a year I And it my orchard had been 

 twenty acres, in place of one, my annual loss 

 would have been a thousand dollars a year. 

 Wfth such facts before us, who can resist an 

 ardent thirst for knowledge — for such practical 

 knowledge as our every^day pursuits impera- 

 tiveW require. 



The apple trees in ray orchard which are en- 

 tirely satisfactory to me, and which I have no 

 desire to displace for others, are as follows: 



6 Wine Sap, 



5 Smith's Older, 



2 Benoni, 



1 Summer Rose, 



1 Early Strawberry. 



The places occupied by the twenty that are 

 not satisfactory to me, I wish had been filled 

 with the following: 



4 Wine Sap, 



5 Smith's Cider, 



3 Benoni, 



5 Maiden's Blash, 

 3 Porter. 



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