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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. [January i, 1892. 
POULTRY SCEATCHINGS. 
Use plenty of white wash in your chicken houses- 
Green food is needed for young and old chickens. 
A dust bath with a Jittle carbolic powder mixed 
ia a sure remedy for lice. 
Charcoal, oystershell, bonemeal and gravel should 
be kept within reach of your fowls. 
Do Bot expect that more than three-fourths of all 
your ohioks will live to maturity. 
Yonng turkeys have to be kept out of damp 
quarters ; old turkeys will stand anything. 
Try and set your hens so as to have two hatch 
out at the same time, and give the broods to one ben. 
Good care, under all circumstances and at all limes, 
is a prime necessity to tuccess iu breeding f jwls. 
Care must be taken that chickens are not brooded 
on cold, damp ground, and the bed, whatever it be, 
must be renewed when soiled. 
There is no one thing which conduces more to 
cleanliness and healthfuluess in poultry breeding than 
a liberal and judicious application of whitewash on 
the in and outside of the poultry house. 
Farmers, invest a few dollars in pure bred fowls 
for the benefit of your boys if Ihey have a fancy in 
that direction. A. boy needs eomething that he can 
obU his own. Don't compel your son to lead an 
altogether humdrum life. You were once a boy 
yourself. — Rural Californian. 
HINTS ON WATERING PLA.NTS. 
A report of the Ohio' Experiment Station contains 
the following ; — 
Rain water is better than spring or well water. 
Hard water may be greatly improved by adding a 
drop or two of hart-shorn or a little soda — a small 
nugget about the size of a pea, to every gallon of 
water used. 
Time. — Morning is best, next, the evening. Never 
water house plants when the sun is shining brightly 
upon them. 
The supply of water must be regulated according 
to the demand of the plant. 
The condition of the plant and of the surface soil is 
the best guide. 
Never give water when the Eoil is moist to the touch. 
Nearly all plants require more water when in bloom 
than at any other time ; they require more in a warm 
temperature than in a cold ; more when in a state of 
active growth than when at rest. 
Plants in open rooms usually require water once a day 
and some that delight in moisture, need it twice. 
All plants should be examined at least once a uay 
with intent to water, if thatis oece.'isary. Experience 
alone determine the proper amount to give each plaot. 
Cleanliness. — The leaves of planti should bo kept 
free from dust, hence frequent washings are absolutely 
esaential. 
Never wet the flowers of a plant, nor allow drops 
of water to stand on the leaves in the sunsbice. 
Never allow water to stand in the saucers of the 
pots unless tlie plants are semi-aquatic. — Mm'ida 
Dispatch. 
WHEEE THEY CAME FROM. 
Lemons were used by the Komans to keep moths 
from their garments, and in the time of Pliny they 
were sconsidered an excellent poison. They are natives 
of Asia. Spinach is a Per.-^ian plant. Horse radish 
18 a native of Euglandi Melons found originally in 
Asia. Filberts origina'ly came ixom G-reeoe. Quinces 
came orij^iually from Corinth. The turnip is a na- 
tive of Itome. Tho peach originally came from 
Persia. Sage is a nativa of the south of Europe. 
Bweet marjoram is a native of Portuf^al. The bejn is 
said to bo a native of Egypt. Damson originally 
came from Damascus. The naBturtium came originally 
from Peru. The pea is a native of the south of 
Europe. Ginger is a native of tho Bast and West 
Indies. Coriander seed came from the East. The cu- 
cambor was originally a tropical vegetable The 
gooseberry is indiffenous to Great Britain, Apricots 
are indigenous to the plains of America. Pea's were 
origina'ly brought from the East by the RomaM. 
Capers originally grew wild iu Greece and Northern 
Africa. The wa'nut is a native of Persia, the 
Caucasus, and China. The clove is a native of t^''^ 
Malacca Islands, an is also the nutmeg. Vinegar i* 
derived from two French words, vin aigre, sour wine. 
Cherries were known in Asia as far back as the 
seventeenth century. Ga'^lic came to ua first from 
Sicily and the shores of the Mediterranean. Aspara- 
gu.'? was originally a wild sea coast plant and is a 
native of Great Britiain. Necla'ine rpceived its native 
name from nectar, the principal drink of the gods. 
The tomato is a native of South America, and it 
takes its came frrm a Portuguese word. Greengage 
is called after the Gage family, who first to'k it 
into England from a monastery in Paris. Parsley is 
said to have come from Egypt, and mythology tells 
us it was us^d to adorn the head of Hercule*. 
Apples were originally brought from the East by the 
Romans. The crab apple is indigenous to Great Britain: 
It is a curious fact that while the name? of our 
animals are of Saxon origin, Norman names are given 
to the flpsh they yield. The onion was almost an 
object of worship with the Egvptians 2,000 years 
before the Christian era. It first came from India. 
The cantaloupe is a native of America, and fo called 
from the name of a place near Rome, where it was 
first cultivated in Europe. Before the middl of the 
seventeenth century tea was not used in England, and 
was entire'y unknown to the Greeks. The word 
biscuit is French for " twi<'e baked," because oiiginally 
that was the mode of entirely depriving it of 
moisture. " — Florida Aariculturist, 
BARE AND DRUG BEPORT. 
(From the Chemist and Druggist.) 
London, Nov. 7th. 
Cinchona. — A supply of more than average extent had 
been declared for sale at Tuesday's auctions, but at 
the last moment about 500 packages of East Indian and 
Ceylon bark were i withdrawn, in consequence, it is 
believed, of the death of one of the owners and the 
transference of his interests to trustees. The quantity 
offered for sale was, therefore, as follows : — 
Pkgs. Pkgs. 
Ceylon ... 1,311 of which 1,206 were sold 
East Indian ... 438 do 427 do 
Java ... 33 do 33 do 
South American ... 238 do 238 do 
Total 2,020 do 1,904 do 
The quality cf the bark calls for no particular comment 
—there were no very tine p reels, but the average of 
the assortment apptared to be a pretty high one. Root 
bark was offered more plentifully than usual— one Ceylon 
plantation alone contributing about 12 tons of succirubra 
root. Competition was fully active throughout the auc- 
tions, and nearly the whole of the supply was taken at 
prices quite equal to those of the preceding auctions. 
The unit may tie placed at 1 l-16ths<l. to IJd per ,1b. 
The following are the approximate quantities purchased 
by the priucipal buyers :— 
Lbs. 
Agents for the Mannheim and Amsterdam works 209,831 
Ageuts for the Italian and American works .... 63,6l5 
Agents for the Brunswick factory .... 6.3,28* 
Agents for the Frankfort o/M. and Stuttgart works 47,59 
Messrs. Howards & Sons 32,048 
Various manufacturers' agents ... 14,49 
Sundry druggists •••• 42,905 
Total quantity of bark sold 473,768 
Bought in 29,911 
Total quantity of bark offered 503,709 
It should he well understood that the mere weight of 
bark purchased affords no guide whatever to the quinine 
yield represented by it ; firms who buy a email quantity 
of bark by weight frequently take the richest lots 
and vice versa. 
Essential Oit^s.— Oil of Citronella offers on the spot 
at ll-16ths d. per oz, for tins, To arrive there is np 
business doing. 
